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DexVitalitY’s Starcraft 2 Tip of the Day #15

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DexVitality
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Hong Kong234 Posts
July 11 2011 18:48 GMT
#1
DexVitalitY’s Starcraft 2 Tip of the Day #15


Tip #15

Actions Per Minute

Many people have the impression that they must have a high APM in order to become a good player and that is not true. A high APM will allow you to do more things, that is true but purely thinking that high APM must equal good play.

APM is a result of good play, not the other way around.

So how do you get it higher?

Well, this relates to a previous tip I gave and that is setting goals for yourself. When you have a clear idea of what you want to do in each game, you will find that you will have a lot of things to do and manage, now what you need to do is practice and naturally, you will become faster and hence have a higher APM.


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MenSol[ZerO]
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada1134 Posts
July 11 2011 18:51 GMT
#2
do you even play 1v1?
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Probe1
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United States17920 Posts
July 11 2011 18:54 GMT
#3
You get APM higher by practicing? Fuck me I'm going pro after learning the best kept secret of Starcraft!
우정호 KT_VIOLET 1988 - 2012 While we are postponing, life speeds by
LML
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Germany1774 Posts
July 11 2011 19:13 GMT
#4
seriously, my D+/C- friend kept crying about his Terran being too bad because he had a too low apm.
Many people think that way, that they need a higher APM, which is total bullshit, if you don't have macro, even 500 APM won't help you out.
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Snuggles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1865 Posts
July 11 2011 19:17 GMT
#5
Will you guys agree that high APM will be required to perform at a high level tournament such as the GSL, or are your 50 APM manner mules enough to take 1st place?
Artifice
Profile Joined May 2010
United States523 Posts
July 11 2011 19:22 GMT
#6
High APM comes from practice and knowing everything you need to do, it isn't a separate skill. The more you practice and the more things are second nature / rote memorization, the higher your APM will be.
DexVitality
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Hong Kong234 Posts
July 13 2011 09:16 GMT
#7
On July 12 2011 03:51 MenSol[ZerO] wrote:
do you even play 1v1?


I do, more custom games than anything when I use to train with a clan. But not my school is over Season 3 I should have time for more games.
HkeSports: Tournament Coordinator Twitter: @DexVitalitY | Master League Protoss SC2 / Diamond LoL Player / Rank 6 HS Noobie
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