







Bracket [ edit ]

Quarterfinals hero 3 Mong 2 HiyA 2 Movie 3 Bisu 3 Larva 2 Mini 1 Kwanro 3 Semifinals hero 3 Movie 1 Bisu 3 Kwanro 0 Finals hero 2 Bisu 3 3rd Place Match Movie 2 Kwanro 0





Notes [ edit ]

The play-offs saw a continuation of the strong play from the group stages.

hero endured playing just one short of the maximum number of games, 14 of 15, to reach the grand finals. Along the way, hero (post-KeSPA 47% ZvT win rate[1]) defeated Mong (post-KeSPA 60% TvZ win rate[2]) in a very tight series with hero relying on Hive-tech throughout, whether it was two-base Guardians or early Ultralisks, against Mong's largely Bio army. In the semifinals, hero (post-KeSPA 73% ZvP win rate) defeated Movie with a number of mid-game Hydralisk pushes before ending the series with two-Hatchery Mutalisks.

Bisu advanced to, and won, the grand finals on the back of his PvZ play, his strongest match-up (career 72% PvZ win rate[3]) with three consecutive Zerg opponents. In fact, 14 of the total 20 games Bisu played in SSL 9 were against Zerg opponents. Bisu endured a scare in his quarterfinal match against Larva, losing two games to Zergling run-by's before defeating Kwanro without a loss in the semifinals.

In the grand finals, Bisu defeated hero in an exciting best-of-five. In an engrossing game four, hero, seemingly behind, used a series of Lurker attacks and drops to starve and defeat Bisu. Game five saw Bisu opening with an aggressive two-Gateway build to harassed hero's two distant bases in alternating fashion to force the surrender. On his way to victory, Bisu went 15-5 (W-L) for the duration of the tournament.





