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Zerg Overlord Drop Micro

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vengee
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada52 Posts
May 26 2010 22:39 GMT
#1
Hey guys I really need some help with my Overlord drop micro. It's not a huge deal but i wouldn't mind knowing how to do this.

Anyway I was watching a game that sen played and i was almost positive that i saw him drop with his overlords WHILE moving.
I was just wondering how do i drop while my overlords are still moving. It sounds easy but i messed around with it for awhile and I just can't seem to figure it out.
Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

*
EE HAHN TIMING!
shadesofkarma
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Romania708 Posts
May 26 2010 22:40 GMT
#2
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Drop_Techniques
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
May 26 2010 22:41 GMT
#3
Maybe its different in sc2 but in bw you unload directly on top of a moving overlord. Like you press the hotkey (I think it's D in sc2?) and left click on the overlord itself. I imagine this is still how it works.
KCrazy
Profile Joined August 2009
United States278 Posts
May 26 2010 22:41 GMT
#4
Hello, well this is how it worked in sc1, and im sure it does in sc2 as well. You move all the overlords overshooting where you want to drop units. Then as they enter your target drop area, you select them one by one and use the hotkey to drop and target that overlord. This should issue the command to drop at overlord's location, and since the overlord is moving, the location should move with it. Hope this helps!
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vengee
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada52 Posts
May 26 2010 23:21 GMT
#5
Thanks guys all helpful and i got it to work.
Appreciated!
EE HAHN TIMING!
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
May 26 2010 23:24 GMT
#6
Soo uh, was this for sc2 or broodwar? You might want to put that in your op next time cause I still don't know.
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vengee
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada52 Posts
May 26 2010 23:35 GMT
#7
My bad it was SC2
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3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
May 26 2010 23:40 GMT
#8
On May 27 2010 08:35 vengee wrote:
My bad it was SC2

I re-read this 5 times and then finally re-loaded it to figure that out lol. Other than that, look at liquipedia next time.(both BW and SCII as certain things like this are the same)
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synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
May 26 2010 23:45 GMT
#9
Click on the unit in the overlord while its moving? Does moving drop work in SCII?
:)
vengee
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada52 Posts
May 27 2010 00:17 GMT
#10
Ya I came from Wc3 and I assumed it would be the same mechanics it's definitely not.
EE HAHN TIMING!
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
May 27 2010 01:10 GMT
#11
It's the same as SC, you can drop while moving by unloading on the transport itself.
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QuothTheRaven
Profile Joined December 2008
United States5524 Posts
May 27 2010 02:38 GMT
#12
On May 27 2010 10:10 Grobyc wrote:
It's the same as SC, you can drop while moving by unloading on the transport itself.

Yeah, and it's actually a lot easier in SC2 since once an overlord starts dropping, giving it new move commands won't cancel the drop action (the only way to make it stop dropping is to hit Stop, or wait until it runs out of units).
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