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The event was the opening of the French Master Series - season , and Stephano made a convincing run, losing only to his teammates Adelscott and MoMaN. He finished in fourth place.

At the end of the month, he repeated his solid performance, taking third place at the Azerty Party While he was unable to compete in European offline events because of his class schedule, he was still able to attend the LANs of the French Master Series and achieved two more podium finishes in the Atomic Re-SO and in the MaXlan He continued to play well, snagging third place in the Master Series rankings , winning him a spot in the Finals scheduled to take place in July, which acted as French qualifiers for the Electronic Sports World Cup In the meantime, Stephano had became a familiar name for viewers of weekly online tournaments, of which he won five Go4SC2 between January and May.

In the last one, an invitational featuring the top 16 players in Go4SC2 rankings , the French player displayed his mastery of the Zerg vs Terran match-up his best match-up at the time by defeating SjoW , Naama , Kas and ClouD on his way to victory. In early June, Stephano qualified for the playoffs of the eOSL Summer , in which he was considered something of a favourite, thanks to his then-recent achievements.

However, the Zerg player lost in the quarterfinals when he faced Origine. Origine had been the underdog, but started the match with a advantage because Stephano had arrived two hours late in eGG-one's studio he had a health issue during the train journey to Paris. He took the first place of his group, winning against the tournament's eventual champion, HuK.

Having been sent to the lower bracket by ThorZaIN , he eliminated Jinro , XlorD and White-Ra before losing to MC , proving himself to be able to compete on an equal footing with some of the finest foreign players. Even though Zerg vs Zerg was regarded as his weakest match-up at the time, he defeated the Taiwanese player before knocking Seiplo out in quarterfinals.

This time, he wasn't able to secure a spot in the main bracket, losing to MaNa and then to the reigning NASL champion PuMa in a tense best of three series.

Stephano later claimed that he hadn't practiced for the event, and had been on holiday the previous week. He also hinted that he might delay his entry to university for a year so that he could dedicate himself to StarCraft II. On September 12, Stephano officially confirmed that he would play and compete full-time for one year, as he wanted to capitalise as much as possible on the training it had taken to reach his current level. Stephano also stated that, while he had been in touch with several major teams, he had declined their offers and was confident that he would stay with Millenium.

On September 18, compLexity Gaming announced they had recruited Stephano. The two teams reached an agreement in which Stephano paid a fine, voided his contract with compLexity, and was allowed to remain with Millenium.

The incident tarnished Stephano's reputation, and he was reported to have lied to compLexity during the contract negotiations, telling the team that Millenium had been making counter-offers. It was alleged that, in actuality, he hadn't informed the French organization that he was in discussion with compLexity. This achievement also granted him a spot in the Blizzard Cup , an all-star event featuring ten of the most successful players of year There, he was far less successful, taking eighteenth place at the event after a run that was ended by BoxeR in the championship bracket.

He managed to take first place of his group without losing a single match, allowing him to advance to the playoffs. Although his South Korean opponent was arguably an expert in the Terran versus Zerg match-up, Stephano was able to win , bringing him to the finals. His competitor for the title was his friend and practice partner, MaNa.

Stephano made three more appearances before the end of the year. Two weeks later, he made an unimpressive run at DreamHack Winter , dropping out of the tournament in the second group stage. The next month, he travelled to South Korea to compete in the Blizzard Cup.

During that month, he lived and practised in the Old Generations team house, and played with DreAm's South Korean account, which he brought to the top ten in Grand Master League, in just a few days. Despite being regarded as a favourite, he was eliminated in the second group stage, in a stacked pool where he was defeated by MarineKing and MC.

Afterward, Stephano made a few noteworthy appearances in online tournaments. At the end of the month, he won the SCAN Invitational 3 without losing a single game, but he also sparked controversy later the same day; Stephano had been scheduled to compete in the last rounds of the ONoG Starcraft 2 Invitational right after the SCAN tournament, and made it to the finals where he would face Kas. However, Stephano told the tournament's organisers that he was too tired to play this last match, and would have to play on another day.

He then gave an ultimatum that if he couldn't postpone the match, he would forfeit the tournament, and then promptly logged off. Following this turn of events, the tournament organisers decided to place him fourth, with the winner of the third place match playing against Kas in the finals. Despite the fact that he appeared to have a hard time overcoming KenZy in the quarterfinals, he went on to crush Adelscott and SarenS arguably the two best French players other than Stephano himself to win the league.

In the playoffs, he continued his winning streak against Protoss players, defeating ReaL and elfi. He was finally defeated by Polt , taking second place, his second podium finish in the competition after his third place in the previous edition. In March, Stephano, who was then on an ladder run, [35] traveled across the Atlantic to participate in several major offline events in a row.

When he eventually found a player willing to attend a few minutes later, and told Stephano to get ready for the match, the French player left the channel without saying a word. The manager called the house where his player was staying and learned that Stephano had left for dinner, and consequently would forfeit the tournament.

Llewellys then had the following to say about Stephano [9] :. I don't know what happened to DIMAGA yet, but what Stephano has done is totally direspectful and he showed an obvious lack of education.

Anyway, he can behave like an arrogant little prick if he wants to, but it will be without me and too bad for his fans, you will see neither of them in the next MSI Pro Cup. He soon faced Polt again, and was sent down to the loser's bracket. This set up a potential match against IdrA in the losers' finals, but Stephano never made it to his American counterpart, losing to inori , thus failing to make the championship bracket.

In early April, Stephano was once again reported to have forfeited an official match, which was to have been an encounter versus MMA in the Iron Squid — Chapter I group stage.

The tournament's organisers stated that the French player had neither played his game before original deadline, nor during the numerous extensions that were given to him. They also criticised his professionalism, as well as his team's. Stephano delivered a strong performance in the group stages, setting the scene with a strong return to the tournament in which he'd made his name in October After a clean victory against Bomber in the first round, Stephano met the three-time GSL champion NesTea in a highly anticipated confrontation.

The South Korean Zerg-versus-Zerg master managed to get the best on Stephano in a tense series, sending him in the loser's bracket. His opponent there was none other than MMA , who eliminated the French player in a spectacular best of three, featuring a plethora of Nukes. On April 19, Stephano announced that he had decided to extend his break from the university in order to spend a second year as a professional player. He added that he meant to take a trip to Korea during the summer, which would be his second time in the country after his stay at the Old Generations team house at the end of He eventually turned the offer down, as he believed that competing in the GSL would consume too much of his time and prevent him from attending other tournaments.

The South Korean player overwhelmed his foreigner opponent, taking game one with an efficient Mutalisk play and game two after a huge Fungal Growth that caught most of Stephano's Roaches off guard. He then made short work of PartinG in the quarterfinals, and met MC in the next round.

The match was much more tied than their previous encounter the week before, and the Protoss player eventually took the upper hand and won the series Stephano ultimately took the third place of the tournament as he defeated Squirtle in the bronze match. He delivered an impressive performance, remaining undefeated in his group and proceeding to the championship bracket's semifinals.

His opponent there was MarineKing , who comfortably took game one and massed a heavily upgraded mech army in game two. Stephano nonetheless tied the series, but MarineKing's Marines micromanagement sealed the deal in the decisive map, hence sending the French player in the lower part of the bracket.

Three days after this outcome, Stephano earned his spot in the NASL Season 3 main event , due to his record in matches and record in games in his division. Besides his forfeit against PuMa , Zenio had turned out to be the only opponent who managed to take games off him. On June 16, Stephano attended the DreamHack Open Summer , where he made his way to the playoffs through the three group stages. He barely defeated KeeN in the round of 16, and went on facing Nerchio in the quarterfinals.

Nerchio, regarded as a strong Zerg-versus-Zerg player, looked like a threatening opponent as Stephano was struggling in this match-up at the time. Stephano started with his trademark Roach-Zergling push in the two first sets, which was successful in game one and countered in game two. In semifinals, Stephano met MC. The first game featured his emblematic Roach-Zergling pressure against MC's standard three base play. Stephano's Infestor control and units positioning allowed him to survive upon the late game, where his army composition became too strong and efficient to overcome and led MC to concede the game.

In the second set, Stephano went for a surprise Mutalisks attack which rendered MC's robotic tech useless and made him able to tech safely up to Hive, and finally to build an unstoppable Brood Lords and Infestors force that secured the win.

Game three featured MC going for fast three bases once again, while Stephano chose to transition from Roach pressure to drop play.

The South Korean player managed to hold on all fronts though, and made his way to the victory with a Colossus supported army after he'd lifted up all of Stephano's crucial Infestors before the final fight with his Phoenixes , therefore bringing the score at in favor of Stephano. MC followed up a standard 4-gate pressure build with Dark Templars in game four, but his DTs were prevented from killing Stephano's Lair by drone-clipping.

Now being one loss away from elimination, MC went for a two base all-in which took the upper hand on Stephano's late Roaches, hence bringing the score to In the next set, MC built three bases on Shakuras Plateau and tried to defend two unconnected entrances. Stephano feinted at one of his opponent's bases and managed to open up a weakness in the defenses at the other, allowing Roaches and Zerglings to stream in until MC had to concede, hence sending the French player in final. Stephano's competitor for the title was Alicia.

The Zerg player crushed his opponent in a macro game to take an early lead, which he furthered to as he took advantage of Alicia's cannon rush in his natural expansion to build more Hatcheries at other bases, hence securing a much better economy than his opponent's. Game three was a macro game as well, which Stephano won in a dominating fashion. On August 7, three weeks after his victory in the NASL Season 3, Stephano took the trip to Korea he had mentioned when extending his break he arrived too late for participating in the GSTL as it was initially scheduled, though.

On August 21, Stephano was reported to have declined Millenium 's offer and that he wouldn't be re-signing, which meant that he would become a free agent on September 1, at the end of his current contract. Being seeded in group play thanks to his performance in the Summer Arena, Stephano was quickly sent by viOLet into the lower part of the bracket.

Stephano met Revival for his first match in the championship bracket , and was soundly beaten by the South Korean player, hence being eliminated from the tournament. He eventually won the event, realising his last achievement for Millenium in their own cup, the day before his contract ended. His transfer to Evil Geniuses was announced on September 11, through a documentary titled " Geniuses Falling ", after weeks of speculation on the identity of his new team.

On September 15, Stephano made his first appearance in an offline event in EG colours as he participated in the World Championship Series — Europe Finals held in Stockholm, going into the tournament as a favorite for the title as European Champion.

Despite the Zerg-versus-Zerg being regarded as his weakest match-up, Stephano managed to enter the overall final of the tournament, winning in convincing fashion. A few days later, Stephano attended the DreamHack Open Valencia , where he smoothly reached the playoffs. He made short work of NightEnD in the round of 16, but lost to ForGG in the next round and dropped out of the tournament.

On October 13, Evil Geniuses announced that Stephano had been suspended without pay for the remainder of the month following his inappropriate comments. The French player, who was being penalised for joking about molesting an underage girl on BlinG 's stream, became subsequently ineligible to participate in all online and offline competitions during the month of October, including the upcoming GD Invitational and DreamHack Open Bucharest tournaments for which he was previously signed up.

He swept away his opponents in the group stage, not dropping a single game in the process, and knocked-out JonnyREcco and PandaTank in playoffs in order to reach the semifinals. The Terran player took the upper hand , but coming from the loser's bracket he had to win an additional best of 3 series to secure the victory.

Stephano eventually won this second series , and claimed the title. On November 17, Stephano's run in the Battle. His run in this tournament was short-lived as well, as he was eliminated in group stage again with two wins against TheStC and elfi and three losses against fraer , TaeJa and Snute.

He was sent into the loser's bracket by HerO in the second round, where he knocked-out GanZi and Heart. Stephano was finally eliminated by HyuN , placing 25thnd in the event.

He fell down into the second round of Code A, where he was defeated by Flying. His debut would not escape his trademark of causing drama. In his first match against herO Stephano typed "gl hf" in the chat, as is custom for foreigners, however, this was against KeSPA's rules, as players may only use the chat to request a pause by typing any number of p's, or type out with 'gg' when accepting defeat.

Many players have been disqualified due to this. At the time Stephano was presumably unaware of this. When the referee requested for a pause shortly afterwards, herO responded to Stephano with 'gl'. Stephano was not disqualified for the offense, and many fans suggest that it was due to the fact that herO responded. Afterwards the game went on as usual with Stephano taking down both herO and Bbyong. Stephano would play Russian Protoss TitaN whom he would end up defeating As of the end of Round 3 of Proleague his last match was on March 4, where he played against ParalyzE also known as "Afrotoss" he would end up losing this match, Stephano's record stands at which includes wins over such notable players as sOs , EffOrt , and ZerO.

Stephano would TLO, keep his winrecord vs Grubby by beating him , Golden as well but he would end up losing vs both Terran players Mvp and Dream and respectively. Stephano would play in the Round of 8 he faced Korean Protoss PartinG , the last time they played Stephano 'ed him but this time was different as PartinG would Stephano knocking him out of the tournament. Stephano's next tournament would be MLG Winter Championship for which he qualified for about a month earlier.

Stephano would fall out in the Round Of 32 to Korean Terran player Last who showed his dominance by dismantling Stephano Stephano would next play in Sweden at the Dreamhack Stockholm tournament.

Stephano was seeded into Group Stage 2, where he his opponents would be Kas , Feast , and monchi. Stephano would be matched up against returning player CoCa who had pursued another career in the game League Of Legends, however despite that he showed that he was better than Stephano and defeated him knocking him out of the tournament and ending his run.

Stephano would play KrasS first, he would beat him , he would then play BabyKnight whom surprisingly he lost , he would then go on to face Grubby in the final match and would easily beat him to advance into the Round Of On May 14, Stephano would announce his plans to retire later that year on August In the Round of 8 Stephano would have BabyKnight as his opponent, he easily defeated him Now for the Round Of 4 Stephano got a much harder opponent in Korean Terran ForGG , despite him being tougher than his last opponent, Stephano still easily defeated him pushing Stephano into the finals.

In the finals Stephano faced Legendary StarCraft II player Mvp , coming into the match fans were expecting a close match between the two, however despite Stephano winning the first map the next 4 maps would go to Mvp crowning him the Champion while Stephano got a very respectable 2nd place. On June 15, Stephano would return to Dreamhack, he would not be seeded into the Group Stage 2 this time. In the first group stage he would be placed in a group with QueenE , Fade , and HoBbe , Stephano would go not dropping a single map and advanced to the Group Stage 2.

In the Round of 16 he would face teammate Jaedong and lose which knocked him out of the tournament. His opponent in the Round of 8 would be EG-Liquid teammate Snute , interestingly this would be the only time the two would meet in a tournament for Heart Of The Swarm, Stephano would end up losing putting him out of the tournament.

Stephano was set to play in WCS Season 2 Europe as he got 2nd from last season which got him a seed all top 8 gets a seed for next season into this season's premier league. Stephano was placed into group b with long time rival MC , sLivko , and Shuttle. Stephano would fight his way through sLivko defeating him , he then faced MC whom which he dispatched with easily He would defeated LionS , Lysander and lose to Goswser which put him 2nd in the group advancing him to the next Group Stage.

In the group he was placed in Stephano only won a single game in his group of StarDust , Dayshi , and Tefel , the game he won was versus StarDust. Stephano would be defeated by both duckdeok and LucifroN each, thus ending his run this tournament and ultimately it was the last StarCraft II tournament Stephano would ever play in.

It is unknown whether or not this represents a one-off for Stephano or a permanent return to StarCraft II, however in an interview with iNcontroL he stated that it was something of a holiday for him which seems to indicate the former.

Stephano was also announced as an invited participant at Lone Star Clash 3 , where he tried to win his third Lone Star Clash. Stetmann has access to mecha ravagers , which are temporarily spawned from mecha infestors. Buries the unit underground. Burrowed unit are unable to move or attack, but they cannot be seen without detection. Launch a missile at the target location, dealing 60 damage to all units in the area upon impact. Can destroy Protoss Force Fields.

Can stack up to Biomass. Essence Hoarder: Ravagers can collect an additional 25 Biomass summary The amount of collected biomass vary, based on difficulty and the amount of supply consumed by the killed enemy unit: Collect 5 biomass per supply Casual and Normal Collect 4 biomass per supply Hard Collect 2. Up to a maximum 0. Down to a minimum 5.

Down to a minimum 3. The Ravager evolves into a Brutalisk. Can be set to autocast. Essence Hoarder: Evolve to Brutalisk is unavailable. The Limitless: Evolve to Brutalisk is no longer limited to 3, but requires stacks of Biomass. Increases the attack damage of zerg ground ranged units. Also affects Broodlings. The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void beta which is no longer valid.

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