Romans on the draft for Jan Zizka, possible training partner for Sugismund? It will be interesting to see whether they are played on High Tides
Alfred the Alpaca also had Romans iircRomans on the draft for Jan Zizka, possible training partner for Sugismund? It will be interesting to see whether they are played on High Tides
I think you mean Viper. and yea, the eco of this civ is pretty frickin bonkers, +40% more on wood, gold and stone upgrades. I remember in NAC5 ACCM was cooking a strategy where he got both wood and gold upgrades from Armenians just to market cause the gold income is so insane. That's why Daut's eco in this game was so good even tho he was 1 tc all in priesting@kalpit00 Sebastian consistently had fewer res than Daut in game 6, the armenian eco really is that good eh
Sebastian picked Romans in his drafts in the Qualifiers, altho he didn't play it. This 100% confirmed it for me that Alfred The Alpaca was Sebastian and NOT Liereyy. This player Alfred can only be either 2 players, Liereyy or Sebastian from the way he played the 1 tc xbow mangonel Arabia without armor upgrades. T90 baited it so hard throughout the set by saying this was Liereyy, and they were maybe teammates (Heart = Jan) because they knew each other so well. NO, it was 100% Sebastian, because Liereyy would not pick Romans imo, and ALSO Alexios is 100% Liereyy.You know, maybe we shouldn't overthink Romans too much. Evacuation seems to be played as an infantry map for the most part, and so Romans are a logical enough choice there.
Sebastian picked Romans in his drafts in the Qualifiers, altho he didn't play it. This 100% confirmed it for me that Alfred The Alpaca was Sebastian and NOT Liereyy. This player Alfred can only be either 2 players, Liereyy or Sebastian from the way he played the 1 tc xbow mangonel Arabia without armor upgrades. T90 baited it so hard throughout the set by saying this was Liereyy, and they were maybe teammates (Heart = Jan) because they knew each other so well. NO, it was 100% Sebastian, because Liereyy would not pick Romans imo, and ALSO Alexios is 100% Liereyy.
The current Quarter final is proving me. The 16 pop Archer into Scouts build with Khmer, sooo Liereyy. he just absolutely destroyed Jan with the micro. Its Liereyy. Also his flawless Islands game yesterday game me lots of liereyy vibes who would do well on classic maps
It doesn't prove that picking Romans is Sebastian. But it sort of reinforces my point that it cannot be Liereyy. I dont think Liereyy ever played Romans in recent tournaments. But when you combine the fact that Seb had Romans in Qualifiers in a BO5 vs FreakinAndy tells me he had some sort of strategy cooked up with Romans (He is a very xbow heavy player, xbow kts. so I find it hard seeing him going Romans. Same for Liereyy!)Eh, Alfred didn't actually use Romans either and had a conventional civ remaining for Mudflow. I agree Alexios is Liereyy, but I don't think the presence or absence of Romans by itself proves anything if it's not even used and it plausibly wouldn't have been used in a 7 game series.
and ALSO Alexios is 100% Liereyy
Thats all very reasonable. My remaining doubts are the Ethiopian picks for Vasco (isnt that Liereyy) and the Islands pick for Alexios (more Hera than Liereyy). Also the Mongols 1st pick feels like Hera.One thing I've had a hard time with when considering Alexios for Lierrey is no Japanese on cross for him. He LOVES Japanese, especially for cross. This really had me second guessing.
I think it still makes sense though.
In round 1, Guiscard picked Japanese as his hidden pick, giving Alexios no chance to pick it himself. If Alexios is Lierrey, he'd know how strong Japanese is on the map and hence went for the crazy 5 mangonel push.
Same for quarters as well. Jan Zizka picked Japanese in the first rotation. Knowing how strong it is on Cross, he went for the throwaway Hindustanis pick despite having Persians in his draft. I say throwaway because he picked it last.
So I'm feeling good about Lierrey as Alexios. The other aspects (micro, aggression, link with Vasco) are of course the main reasons for the reasoning.
Edit: islands pick is still a point of contention though.
The last time Viper lost against Liereyy in a tournament was a year ago.I thought he underperformed against Liereyy because he respects him too much
Man the Ethiopians pick had me convinced that Vasco was Lierrey after round 1 but Vasco's macro oriented play and preference to get the eco lead points to Hera.Thats all very reasonable. My remaining doubts are the Ethiopian picks for Vasco (isnt that Liereyy) and the Islands pick for Alexios (more Hera than Liereyy). Also the Mongols 1st pick feels like Hera.
Edit: Mongol Arb, well 11
Edit2: Arb actually would make sense given the matchup and what the opponent is doing, so could still be Hera.
The last time Viper lost against Liereyy in a tournament was a year ago.
Also very consistent Japanese prioritization.So noticed many similarities in Zizka and Sitaux bans, check the screenshots. In his last game of the qualies against Sobek he bans Aztecs, Dravids, Byz and picks double meso (Incas, Mayans) in third round of picks maybe to get them out of opponent's?
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