The Four Horsemen

It should come as no surprise that all of the Four Horsemen will be playing at IEM Shanghai. What is a surprise, though, is that 3 of them are in the same group. Group D stands for Death. It’s easy to feel bad for Trust who has to battle his way through INnoVation, Expert_ByuN and JinAir_Maru, but I’m sure Terran players will find a way not to, on the account that he’s Protoss and all.

The Zerg short-list

If you had to name the world’s best Zergs, it would go something like this:

soO, the complete package of Zerg, 6 time GSL Finalist

Dark, the most aggressive macro player maybe ever, SSL Champion and Blizzcon runner-up

LFT_ByuL, the mechanic god, INnoVation’s counter-part for the Zerg race, 4 time combined GSL/SSL runner-up

Splyce_Solar, the meta-changer, SSL Champion

JinAir_Rogue, the long-time up and comer “sexy Zerg”, who’s time may have finally come, Korean Ladder #1 dominator

Well, IEM Shanghai will showcase 4 of those names, with only ByuL being unable to make the cut.

This year’s GSL Champions

Splyce_Stats and PsiStorm_GuMiho will both be competing in Shanghai. In the same group. You’re welcome.

The Chinese hopefuls

China has an extremely strong and passionate StarCraft II scene. Sadly, we only get glimpses of it, due to many of their tournaments being Chinese-cast only on Chinese streaming sites, Visa issues, and the difficulty of cross-server play.

Luckily we get the chance to see 2 of their very best in action, in front of their home-field crowd. TIME, the incredible rising star of China, who we just got to see put up some fantastic games in GSL Code S (being the first Chinese player to play in GSL in many, many years) will be in the incredibly hard Group C. We will also get to see a preview of the GSL vs the World invited player, iAsonu, a household name of the Chinese scene.

Perhaps the hottest player on earth right now

The one and only Super Tournament champion, ROOT’s very own herO. This man is absolutely on fire, absolutely demolishing his competition in his recent matches. Not only one of the favourites of IEM Shanghai, but of GSL Code S this season as well.

And of course, the Groups:

Group A

TY

Dark

Bunny

PenguiN

Group B

Stats

GuMiho

Rogue

iAsonu

Group C

soO

herO

Solar

TIME

Group D

INnoVation

Maru

ByuN

Trust

Make sure you catch all the action starting at:

9:40am Thursday 27th - Sunday 30th, Shanghai time

On:

http://www.Twitch.tv/esl_sc2

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