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Junior Starleague · Season 1 · Round of 128 · Bo1 · Week 4
STR_ Karnivor
0 – 1
Karachi [Enrgy⚡]
Games
1 · ▶ replay
■ Karnivor
■ Karachi
army value
■ Karnivor
■ Karachi
economy
Battle report ▾
Play-by-play (55 lines)
0:12 Karnivor spawns in Green at s1 while Karachi spawns in Yellow at s4.Cross positions or close ones, it starts here: Karnivor at s1, Karachi at s4.
0:32 Karachi opens Overpool against Karnivor's 12 Pool.Karnivor shows 12 Pool — Karachi has gone Overpool. The clock starts on who blinks first.
— The early game —
1:12 Karnivor places down a hatchery.Karnivor takes another base — the economy widens.
1:47 Karachi starts expanding.Karachi plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
2:04 Karnivor pushes out with his zerglings! It appears that these zerglings have speed upgrade!No patience from Karnivor: the first units are already marching.
🎙 Dead even — neither player has found the edge yet.
2:46 Karachi is bringing his speedlings out for a walk and maybe decide to kill the enemy zerglings on the way.No patience from Karachi: the first units are already marching.
3:08 The battle to decide the game begins!Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
3:38 Karnivor with more superior zergling control outpowers Karachi!Karachi wasn't ready. Karnivor's early aggression takes the lead.
4:06 After that battle, Karachi still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Karnivor — the losses are light.
4:47 With excellent skills and micro, Karnivor managed to fend off Karachi while losing less than half of his army.A cheap fight for Karachi — the losses are light.
5:24 Karnivor appears to have more army than Karachi!Karnivor's army is visibly the bigger one — Karachi should not take this fight.
5:49 Karnivor decides to start pushing across the map.Here it comes: Karnivor crosses the map with everything.
6:11 Karachi's speedlings rapidly push out across the map.Karachi tests the door early. Is anyone home?
6:45 Karachi desperate in getting his economy pumped up, expands to another location.Karachi plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
🎙 Nothing between them. One engagement could decide it.
7:17 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
7:56 Karnivor failed to break Karachi's zergling line of defense.Karnivor's early gamble buys nothing — Karachi's defense was already in place.
8:24 Losing only less than half of his army, Karachi seems to be fine.Karnivor keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
8:46 With excellent skills and micro, Karnivor managed to fend off Karachi while losing less than half of his army.Karachi keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
9:16 Karnivor places down a hatchery.Karnivor plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
9:46 Karnivor is bringing his speedlings out for a walk and maybe decide to kill the enemy zerglings on the way.Karnivor tests the door early. Is anyone home?
10:18 Karachi's speedlings rapidly push out across the map.Karachi tests the door early. Is anyone home?
10:50 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!The armies collide — this is the fight both of them wanted.
11:18 Karnivor failed to break Karachi's zergling line of defense.Karnivor's early gamble buys nothing — Karachi's defense was already in place.
🎙 Even footing again — the tension builds.
11:50 After that battle, Karachi still has most of his army with him.Karnivor keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
12:23 After that battle, Karnivor still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Karachi — the losses are light.
12:54 Karnivor moves out with his armies.No more waiting. Karnivor pushes.
13:29 Karachi is bringing his speedlings out for a walk and maybe decide to kill the enemy zerglings on the way.Karachi goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
13:56 Karnivor's army is small compared to Karachi!Karnivor is badly outgunned — Karachi's force is a size larger.
14:28 Karachi places down a hatchery.More workers, more money: Karachi expands.
15:07 The two armies clash and a large battle starts to happen!Neither side backs off — the battle is joined.
15:29 Karachi with more superior zergling control outpowers Karnivor!The early pressure works — Karachi breaks Karnivor's front door.
16:05 About half of Karnivor's army has been decimated in that battle.Karachi pays for that trade with about half his army.
🎙 Slight advantage Karachi as the game develops.
16:32 With excellent skills and micro, Karachi managed to fend off Karnivor while losing less than half of his army.A cheap fight for Karnivor — the losses are light.
17:02 Eager to end the game, Karachi moves out with his armies.No more waiting. Karachi pushes.
17:41 Karnivor starts expanding.Quietly, Karnivor adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
17:59 The two armies clash and a large battle starts to happen!Neither side backs off — the battle is joined.
— The mid game —
18:37 Karnivor made a mistake and lost both the air and ground battle! Karachi is pushing his mutalisks further on!Karnivor's defense bends, then snaps. Karachi takes the middle of the game.
19:05 Karnivor lost about half of his army in that battle.Half of Karachi's force stays on that battlefield.
— The late game —
19:28 After that battle, Karachi still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Karnivor — the losses are light.
20:12 Zerglings ran past Karachi's defense line and start harassing the mineral line! What a nice run-by by Karnivor!Karachi looks away for one second and Karnivor makes him pay for it.
20:41 Karachi is now bringing both his mutalisk/scourge stack and his speedlings across the map!Karachi hits the timing — this push arrives exactly when it hurts.
🎙 Karnivor is a step behind and knows it.
21:12 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Neither side backs off — the battle is joined.
21:47 Karachi made some nice zergling maneuver and won the zergling battle!Karnivor's defense bends, then snaps. Karachi takes the middle of the game.
22:15 About half of Karnivor's army has been decimated in that battle.Half of Karachi's force stays on that battlefield.
22:41 After that battle, Karachi still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Karnivor — the losses are light.
23:04 Looking at the opponent's overwhelming forces, Karnivor GGs!Nothing left to defend with — Karnivor taps.
That's the game: Karachi defeats Karnivor, settled in the mid game.