Part 2 of this Blog of Boo exclusive series where I compare to similar pro players and argue who is the better player of the 2. Part 1 featured Leigh vs Kobra https://crushravids.blogspot.com/2021/03/red-alert-head-to-head-series-episode-1.html
The 5 categories which will be judged out of 10: Tanking (Shift, Q/GQ,Stacking,Positioning, Rushing), Building (Teslas,Base Crawl, Turrets, Chrono etc), Infantry (scouting, guarding, engineers, grenadiers, thieves), Teamwork, Map knowledge. Each of the 5 categories will receive a score out of 10 and we will get to a total at the end.
Red corner: Muad'Dib
Country: Romania
Best known for: rage-quitting and premature resigning, sometimes in won games :))))))).
Tanking: 8.5/10
Building 9.25/10
Infantry: 8.25/10
Teamwork: 8/10
Map Knowledge: 7/10
Muad has become a very respectable tanker in recent years - perhaps not top top level, but he is certainly strong in this department so I think an 8.5/10 score is fair. However, Muad is best known for being an extremely strong soviet 10-cy player. He is one of the very best tesla crawlers and the south tesla crawl on P4 is often referred to as the "muad crawl". Context example: "I'll go back and muad south crawl". This is his trademark play. He is arguably a top 5 level builder on CnCNet so his 9.25 score is very realistic. His general use of infantry is very good - he knows to make lots of rifle infantry and defends with them well - perhaps he isn't a magician with engineers and thieves like some other players, but he is definitely a solid player in the infantry department. His teamwork would be higher if this was just a P4-exclusive list. He is very good at defending his partner from back. However he lets himself down as he very often rage-quits won games. There have countless games Muadib has let his stress levels get to him and left a winning game - not recognising that his partner has wiped out the enemy base. His game awareness could definitely be much better. As for map knowledge - very basic. In fairness to him he has started branching out into playing ore and gem maps so credit where it's due - he used to play P4 and Ribbon exclusively. He still has a long way to go however, as for example you will never ever see him playing A Path Beyond 1v1 or a Keep off the Grass game - 7/10 is fair for this.
Blue corner: Grave'Diga
Country: New Zealand
Best known for: Being a new dad
Tanking: 9/10
Building: 8.75/10
Infantry: 8.5/10
Teamwork: 8/10
Map knowledge: 8.5/10
Diga is a very strong player in all aspects of the game. He can tank well (very good on platinum medal) and I would say on the whole he is slightly better than Muad in this department (though Muad is very good). Building wise Diga is very strong, not quite top top tier but he is strong and solid - 8.75/10 is fair. His infantry use is well above average and he is very potent with grenadiers in particular, I'd also say his score is fair here. His teamwork isn't quite top level as he sometimes isn't in synergy with what his partner is doing - this isn't a criticism, he's still very good but he doesn't have the same team awarness as some other players. Map knowledge well above average as he proved by winning a 1v1 tournament on a range of maps. Definitely well above average and experience on standards, customs and most maps.
Final average totals
Muad 8.2/10
Diga 8.55/10
Another very close match with 2 strong players. I think Diga has the slight edge overall as reflected in these scores. I think he is a more diverse player with more threats and more 1v1 or standard map ability, for example. This is just my opinion as of March 2021. I hope you enjoyed reading!
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