Category Archives: Replay Spotlight

Replay Spotlight: TerranEZ [T] vs [Z] loginn

This week’s replay comes from our Discord channel. We hope you’ve been enjoying these replay spotlights, but in the future we may move on to try out other types of content for the community. This weeks replay immediately intrigued me when I looked at the active army chart and saw that for the last several […]

Replay Spotlight: ArchangeL [T] vs [Z] Railgan

ArchangeL [T] vs [Z] Railgan Highlight Clip 1: Baneling Queen Drop Opening    A Deadly Start There are a lot of cool things going on in this fight. First, the idea of this attack from the Zerg was already an amazing idea. The zerg player Railgan had already scouted that the Terran player ArchangeL was going […]

Replay Spotlight: The Lingering Horror of Adepts

The Lingering Horror of Adepts JhonnyPienso (T) vs TheSkunk (P) To most Terran players this probably seems like a reasonable and measured reaction even given the Adept’s recent nerf. The Terran Player’s fears weren’t entirely unfounded, as TheSkunk had delayed his Nexus significantly. Something was up, but it wasn’t mass Adept.   But after sending out a drop […]

Replay Spotlight: Railgan vs GuSty

Fan Replays This week’s replay is from long-time Sc2ReplayStats user Railgan who has over 4,000 replays uploaded. Most recently known for playing two games of StarCraft II at once, Railgan is a regular member of the Sc2ReplayStats Discord and sent us several replays to look over for the Replay Spotlight. I didn’t watch the replay in advance, but […]

Replay Spotlight: Playing SC2 with only Broodwar Units

Playing Playing SC2 with only Broodwar Units! With the excitement surrounding the announcement of StarCraft Remastered I wanted to write a post that paid homage to the original. I tossed a few ideas around, but ultimately decided I wanted to try a game of StarCraft II where both players only used units that exited in Brood […]

Replay Spotlight: Improving by Statistics, Part Two

Improving by Statistics – Part Two If you didn’t see part one, check it out here: https://sc2replaystats.com/blog/archives/1629   At the end of the last episode I said I would focus on my three statistically weak points and play the Training Center’s recommended 30 games per week and then report on my progress.   What a journey it was! […]

Replay Spotlight: Improving by Statistics

Improving by Statistics   After a 4-month hiatus, Replay Spotlights return! In Replay Spotlight, we take a look at replays based on viewer recommendations. Each episode has a different theme. In this two-part “Improve by Statistics” series, we’ll be taking a look at how you can use Sc2ReplayStats to improve your play and take a […]

Replay Spotlight 9: Bly vs Mana

Bly vs Mana I found this week’s pro replay while searching for recent Grandmaster level games using the Sc2ReplayStats replay search.  It was played for the Gauntlet Season 2 Weekly #1 on Galactic Process. Initially, I was searching for high level games that had cool hero units displayed in the statistics:   But after finding this replay I […]

Replay Spotlight 8: The Raven

The Raven Ketroc vs Vreaks For this week we have Ketroc vs Vreaks: sc2replaystats.com/replay/2971198 A 25 minute TvZ on Prion Terraces, shared with us by sc2hl.com who featured it in their latest Top 5 Community Plays. Fond Memories of Prion This replay starts off with the classical problem of Prion Terraces: How do you stop a Zerg from getting […]

Replay Spotlight 7: Carriers and Cruisers

Carriers and Cruisers Hymirth vs GilTzOkO This week’s show (found using the Sc2ReplayStats.com Replay Search feature to look for Grandmaster games with Carriers) is Hymirth vs GilTzOkO, a 35-minute TvP on Dusk Towers: https://sc2replaystats.com/replay/2953689 An Eye for an Eye The game starts out fun, with our Terran player GilTzOkO proxying a Factory. But our Protoss player Hymirth […]