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Clarity SaroVati - The Innovator

Sometimes you see someone do something in Starcraft that makes you turn your head in confusion. You cock your head and think, well that's a really odd decision. If you have friends who've played Starcraft but had no attachment to the current "meta," you might have a similar reaction. But the difference is when SaroVati is the one that's trying something weird, you had better have a chair ordered on Amazon express shipping, because when you see what he has planned it's going to floor you.



And that's when you'll realize he's a genius.



Hailing from the cold region of Canada, Brian "SaroVati" Zhao is far from cold himself. On top of that, he has



To be honest though, my favorite part about Sarovati is that he is an innovator. Not to be confused with Jowj, a Tactician; where Jowj finds great tactics and utilizes them in the midst of a game, SaroVati will be the one coming to a game with a large arsenal of self-developed builds that you actually cannot prepare for. In game one of a PvZ, he'll do an aggressive zealot timing attack with a single sentry that he uses to attack each zergling exactly once instead of researching +1 weapons. In the next, he'll go super macro and hide an expansion in the corner of the map and recall his probes to it so as not to alert you to its presence. Game 3 he'll play the most standard game of Starcraft 2 you've ever seen. SaroVati is a man who prides himself on being impossible to predict.



If you're looking for someone to cheer for because of their innovative play that you've never seen before in your life, SaroVati is your man. I have often considered him to be a TLO for the Protoss race, but with a more heavier focus on pre-planned genius.



His Group



SaroVati is one of the two players in the entire tournament that must prepare for all three matchups in his group. For his first game, he will be facing off against Eternity Gaming's NuBrGNi, a zerg player nicknamed the punisher. This is going to be an absolutely crazy bout and I am incredibly excited to see how it turns out. If there's a player that might have the ability to pick apart SaroVati's crazy builds, it's NuBrGNi. NuBrGNi simply finds ways to punish players that cut corners or make mistakes. So there's going to be a lot of pressure on SaroVati to design and pick builds that don't cut too many corners, but still take advantage of his innovative capabilities. Following up this match, he will either face off against Arium, an all around up and coming protoss player, or Sonic, an incredibly aggressive Terran. I get the feeling SaroVati will feel a bit more comfortable with Arium, but it's hard to ignore the possibilities of a player like SaroVati in PvT with the new oracle buff. Regardless of who he ends up facing, I know come Wednesday, I'm going to have a whole new arsenal of builds that will make me want to try myself.



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