• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 12:15
CET 17:15
KST 01:15
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos0Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy7ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book19Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289
Community News
Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises3Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool48Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win42026 KungFu Cup Announcement6BGE Stara Zagora 2026 cancelled12
StarCraft 2
General
Potential Updates Coming to the SC2 CN Server What mix of new & old maps do you want in the next ladder pool? (SC2) Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises Weekly Cups (August 25-31): Clem's Last Straw?
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament World University TeamLeague (500$+) | Signups Open RSL Season 4 announced for March-April WardiTV Team League Season 10 KSL Week 87
Strategy
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Frigid Storage Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026]
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 518 Radiation Zone Mutation # 517 Distant Threat Mutation # 516 Specter of Death
Brood War
General
ASL21 General Discussion RepMastered™: replay sharing and analyzer site mca64Launcher - New Version with StarCraft: Remast BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Soulkey's decision to leave C9
Tourneys
[ASL21] Ro24 Group C [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL21] Ro24 Group B 2026 Changsha Offline Cup
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2
Other Games
General Games
General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile Dawn of War IV
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
G2 just beat GenG in First stand
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Cricket [SPORT] Formula 1 Discussion Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread General nutrition recommendations
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Laptop capable of using Photoshop Lightroom?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Money Laundering In Video Ga…
TrAiDoS
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
Unintentional protectionism…
Uldridge
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1565 users

1.3 - the death of the templar

Blogs > Alejandrisha
Post a Reply
1 2 Next All
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-22 15:15:32
March 22 2011 15:12 GMT
#1
well, my fellow brotosses, the amulet removal made it through to the live version of sc2, meaning henceforth every one of our games will look exactly the same.

can't say it will affect me so much now, as i have stopped opening with storm and have been favoring safer, more boring colo play. though when i do use templars before (or instead) of colo getting those storms out just helps you BARELY defend on a razer's edge. i think it's absolutely ridiculous trying to use them as the backbone of your army without amulet.

you wait what, 44 game seconds to throw an 80 damage storm that a terran has so literally sit in to be cost effective against anything. the last times i've opened storm i've just gotten kited trying to use it, anyhow. and then they make 6 ghosts and you'll be hard pressed to ever get a storm off worth casting.

the sad thing was this nerfs the only comparable thing toss has to octo drops and baneling drops to put the aoe hurt on a mineral line. i guess it's still there it just takes a warp prism not getting 2-shotted by a viking for 44 seconds to actually happen. i guess there are still dark templars but only koreans find a way to not die while getting those :/

i'm not too butt hurt about the change though. awful na ladder terrans are the squeakiest wheels in the community and if they want to be able to make vikings blindly every game then of course they should be able to. who wants to "pay" 270 minerals for a scout for information a 50/50 tier one unit can find, anyway.

***
get rich or die mining
TL+ Member
Antimage
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1293 Posts
March 22 2011 15:17 GMT
#2
hahaha

I'd like a cheaper HT then - though i still love the archon, their bonus dmg to biological will come in handy as usual.
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
March 22 2011 15:19 GMT
#3
As an awful na Terran, I gotta say ht was the least of my problems in TvP.
I'm more concerned about the stim delay for tvz anyway.
Official Entusman #21
SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
March 22 2011 15:19 GMT
#4
Well the ability to warp in and instant storm was pretty op vs T and yes a single storm isnt cost effective but when u blanket storm and then have a main army thats doing damage to half health bio its pretty strong.

Btw, terrans have the squeakiest wheels??! Shit, the swarm needs to step it up guys D:
Morrow on ZvP: "I'm not very confident in general vs Protoss because of the imbalance (Yes its imbalanced, get over it)."
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
March 22 2011 15:19 GMT
#5
yea i actually like archons a lot before one ghost in on the field since when mm is stutter stepping you can get a decent amount of hits on the medivacs. i guess the nerf to emp will help out with that a tad. prob gonna be doing some more stuff with dt.

i think cause of removal of amulet templar archive should be slightly longer build time but also give access to storm since ht is el oh el bad now ye?
get rich or die mining
TL+ Member
Antimage
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1293 Posts
March 22 2011 15:21 GMT
#6
I think the issue is that protoss doesn't even need HT - it's more of a luxury. HT's are the new SC1 scout.
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
March 22 2011 15:21 GMT
#7
On March 23 2011 00:19 SubtleArt wrote:
Well the ability to warp in and instant storm was pretty op vs T and yes a single storm isnt cost effective but when u blanket storm and then have a main army thats doing damage to half health bio its pretty strong.

Btw, terrans have the squeakiest wheels??! Shit, the swarm needs to step it up guys D:


how do you carpet storm? if you have any more than 5 storms available to you any terran that knows how to play is going to have a bunch of ghosts out. i am able to carpet storm in 1 out of every 10 games i use templars simply because the ladder pits me against some jobber who can't control units or respond to any kind of deviation in his opponent.

this is a balance change for bronze league and it is ridiculous
get rich or die mining
TL+ Member
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
March 22 2011 15:22 GMT
#8
On March 23 2011 00:21 Antimage wrote:
I think the issue is that protoss doesn't even need HT - it's more of a luxury. HT's are the new SC1 scout.


yeah i just felt like makin a blog about it since i used to 1gate fe every pvt and get many gateway and fast charge/storm/upgrades.

the old protoss in me is crying but i cut that shit and just make da colossus ^^
get rich or die mining
TL+ Member
Existential
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia2107 Posts
March 22 2011 15:23 GMT
#9
Just when I started to use templars as well....
Jaedong <3 | BW - The first game I ever loved
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
March 22 2011 15:26 GMT
#10
yeah i just started to really use storm drops in the late game quite extensively but i guess now i will do the same with dt drops? i guess i'll have to toy around with it this week
get rich or die mining
TL+ Member
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50692 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-22 15:31:03
March 22 2011 15:30 GMT
#11
why not use HTs like we use them in BW.

make'em,wait'em,use'em and fuse'em.

plus without amulet that 200/200 min/gas investment can go for a faster +2 attack which is really helpful for archons.

I'm no expert im just putting out my thoughts....
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-22 15:35:17
March 22 2011 15:34 GMT
#12
oh i forgot about this change as well:
PROTOSS
Mothership
Units leaving the Mothership's Vortex are now un-targetable and immune to damage for 1.5 seconds. The Vortex animation has been replaced with a swirling troll face.

I guess the toilet was a little imbalanced so I guess I'm fine with this change. I have yet to hear whether or not the units are stunned though since it would be kind of ridiculous if enemy units leaving a vortex could attack while invulnerable


and yeah i'm prob going to use ht as the extreme extreme luxury unit and keep 1 at each expansion or something like in bw
get rich or die mining
TL+ Member
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
March 22 2011 15:34 GMT
#13
God forbid we can't have Protoss players actually waiting for units. They should be allowed to chronoboost their ht for faster energy regen
Official Entusman #21
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50692 Posts
March 22 2011 15:35 GMT
#14
On March 23 2011 00:34 Alejandrisha wrote:
oh i forgot about this change as well:
PROTOSS
Mothership
Units leaving the Mothership's Vortex are now un-targetable and immune to damage for 1.5 seconds. The Vortex animation has been replaced with a swirling troll face.

I guess the toilet was a little imbalanced so I guess I'm fine with this change. I have yet to hear whether or not the units are stunned though since it would be kind of ridiculous if enemy units leaving a vortex could attack while invulnerable


technically it still works,it just doesn't OHKO anything and everything.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
March 22 2011 15:37 GMT
#15
yeah its probably good that you can't 1shot a whole zerg army in 2 seconds haha. i never really used the tactic much but i had lots of fun watching kiwikaki destroy 100food armies instantly :D
get rich or die mining
TL+ Member
Sewi
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Germany1697 Posts
March 22 2011 15:43 GMT
#16
On March 23 2011 00:30 BLinD-RawR wrote:
why not use HTs like we use them in BW.

make'em,wait'em,use'em and fuse'em.

plus without amulet that 200/200 min/gas investment can go for a faster +2 attack which is really helpful for archons.

I'm no expert im just putting out my thoughts....


Problem is that every pro who was asked about KA removal answered that it would be good to make it like it was in BW. On the forums, nearly everyone agreed that this would be the best solution.
I am not sure if Blizzard did not want to listen or if they simply dont know how KA worked in BW...
"Well, things were going ok until he lost all his stuff" - Tasteless, 17.02.2016
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
March 22 2011 15:44 GMT
#17
On March 23 2011 00:43 Sewi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2011 00:30 BLinD-RawR wrote:
why not use HTs like we use them in BW.

make'em,wait'em,use'em and fuse'em.

plus without amulet that 200/200 min/gas investment can go for a faster +2 attack which is really helpful for archons.

I'm no expert im just putting out my thoughts....


Problem is that every pro who was asked about KA removal answered that it would be good to make it like it was in BW. On the forums, nearly everyone agreed that this would be the best solution.
I am not sure if Blizzard did not want to listen or if they simply dont know how KA worked in BW...


haha could you imagine if dustin browder was just like, wtf what is this bw everyone is talking about
get rich or die mining
TL+ Member
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
March 22 2011 15:54 GMT
#18
One of the most retarded balance changes thus far, it needed to be modified not removed.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50692 Posts
March 22 2011 16:01 GMT
#19
On March 23 2011 00:44 Alejandrisha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2011 00:43 Sewi wrote:
On March 23 2011 00:30 BLinD-RawR wrote:
why not use HTs like we use them in BW.

make'em,wait'em,use'em and fuse'em.

plus without amulet that 200/200 min/gas investment can go for a faster +2 attack which is really helpful for archons.

I'm no expert im just putting out my thoughts....


Problem is that every pro who was asked about KA removal answered that it would be good to make it like it was in BW. On the forums, nearly everyone agreed that this would be the best solution.
I am not sure if Blizzard did not want to listen or if they simply dont know how KA worked in BW...


haha could you imagine if dustin browder was just like, wtf what is this bw everyone is talking about


dunno,but I think its probably because it won't be fair to the other caster units like Infestor and Raven...then again it would be unfair to let them have energy upgrades...
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
CryMore
Profile Joined March 2010
United States497 Posts
March 22 2011 18:30 GMT
#20
I started using immortal + templar + stalker against zerg. Oh well...back to colossi I guess...=/
"What wins? 3-base Protoss or 2-base Zerg?" "1-base Terran"
1 2 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 7h 45m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
LamboSC2 306
TKL 163
elazer 121
MindelVK 14
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 38633
Calm 4922
Mini 2483
ggaemo 588
EffOrt 584
actioN 277
firebathero 207
Rush 192
Soma 161
Snow 133
[ Show more ]
Sharp 107
zelot 103
Mind 101
Aegong 53
Barracks 52
Bale 19
Noble 15
Terrorterran 15
ajuk12(nOOB) 14
IntoTheRainbow 12
GoRush 10
ivOry 6
Dota 2
Gorgc8963
BananaSlamJamma198
Counter-Strike
kennyS794
byalli456
adren_tv85
oskar47
Other Games
singsing1586
B2W.Neo820
FrodaN753
hiko675
Lowko344
DeMusliM302
crisheroes288
RotterdaM210
Hui .153
mouzStarbuck104
QueenE83
KnowMe41
Rex28
Organizations
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream29
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV733
• lizZardDota250
League of Legends
• Nemesis2950
• TFBlade723
Other Games
• Shiphtur147
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
7h 45m
KCM Race Survival
16h 45m
The PondCast
17h 45m
WardiTV Team League
19h 45m
OSC
19h 45m
Replay Cast
1d 7h
WardiTV Team League
1d 19h
RSL Revival
2 days
Cure vs Zoun
herO vs Rogue
WardiTV Team League
2 days
Platinum Heroes Events
2 days
[ Show More ]
BSL
3 days
RSL Revival
3 days
ByuN vs Maru
MaxPax vs TriGGeR
WardiTV Team League
3 days
BSL
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Afreeca Starleague
4 days
Light vs Calm
Royal vs Mind
Wardi Open
4 days
Monday Night Weeklies
4 days
OSC
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
Afreeca Starleague
5 days
Rush vs PianO
Flash vs Speed
Replay Cast
6 days
Afreeca Starleague
6 days
BeSt vs Leta
Queen vs Jaedong
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-03-24
WardiTV Winter 2026
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
BSL Season 22
CSL Elite League 2026
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 1
ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
NationLESS Cup
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

2026 Changsha Offline CUP
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 2
CSL 2026 SPRING (S20)
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.