Skill level: 6/10. I would rate this replay as 'semi'. Both players knew what they were doing in terms of builds and unit composition and it made for an interesting match.
Entertainment level: 8/10. Epic comeback from the v china player from a game that was almost certainly lost.
AngeL^:
I liked your start. The 2 rax allowed you to get the capture upgrade just that bit earlier which can make a huge difference. Taking red guard veterancy was a good idea as your opponent ended up taking it as well, if you didn't he would have most likely denied some of your oils faster. The lix start was good and standard, however I don't think there was much need for mines around your main so early - it delays getting the crucial war factory up faster. If you wanted mines, I would use them on that fast expansion to the bottom, incase of sneaky BMs. Also instead of going for an immediate supply I would put down a rax first and a bunker just to make sure you're safe. A bit too greedy there. Good deny of his oil grab with your lix. Migs with v china vs nuke were interesting, and they slowed you down a bit. I think the meta right now is heaps of outpost / ecm or lix spam. Migs can work well but you need at least 2 full airfields to be able to beat ecm / gatt mix, also a lix can sneak it (like it did) so place a gatt or two for vision.
After this, the game started to get very interesting. Lol.
I thought this game was well over when he had teched up to nuke migs and had a decent eco with prop up, and I can't even put it into words how you managed to comeback, lol. The genpoint on his airfield helped.
Very interesting GG WP
|S41M1|:
You had a very good start too, quickly getting on 3 supplies and 1 oil even as your middle and top oils had been denied, so the game was equalized from here. Good movement of your gatts, and you managed to take out the lix in which you started to have a very big advantage. However, you instead went for a lix yourself which is in my opinion a huge mistake. You should have went for propaganda at this point (or even before actually) and over-ran him with overlord / ecm.
You were floating about 8k cash which is a very big mistake tbh. Always spend your cash, and if you feel you're going to float throw down another war factory or put down some bunkers, do something with the cash at least.
However saying that about the lix, it did manage to deny his oils and then go on to kill 4 black napalm migs (lol), but against an opponent who was a bit more attentive and scrolling the map I think your lix would gone down a lot sooner.
At about 6 mins, you had a huge advantage with full map vision and nuke missile being built. At this stage, the game was 95-5 in your favour. Instead of sending individual units to their death like you did, I would rather sit back with the nuke migs, take the island and let v china have to be the aggressor to recapture the island
Your army composition was lacking and with couple of gatts you / ecms in your army mix you could have secured the game
Anyway, WP and you did well, it was a good game to watch!
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