Viper has had probably the best micro, he basically turned aoe into fornite and he was dancing ships and ranged units years before lierey, when he was on the elementary school, micro is mouse speed mostly, not board speed(formations) which is what larry uses for his archers to dodge ballistics.
I can't believe how people dare to give viper such lower scores, he has proven to be the best at every single front, he doesn't over micro like hera anymore cause his experience is above that now, same like the mighty lord.
Not to downplay that stuff that was all revolutionary at the time but that all seems rudimentary compared to the micro Lierey has brought to the game over the last 4-5 years. And it's not just board speed, it's otherworldly timing that no other players has been able to figure out except Lierey.
To me the area where Viper has separated himself more than anyone else over the last decade is his incredible decision making in-game. He's the best at identifying a situation and adapting to it and I think a lot of his success in the first three KoTD's against Lierey was due to him being a step ahead in that regard. Since then Lierey/Hera have definitely caught up and are probably on equal footing in terms of decisions (at least on standard maps) but if you put a gun to my head and told me to pick one player to bring a game back from a losing position it would still be Viper because of that.
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