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Daily Ladder-age #8: Phoenix Drop Denial

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Sir.Phalanx
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Japan195 Posts
May 16 2013 12:54 GMT
#1
YEAAAAAH! Another day, another blog. As this gets more and more habitual, I realize how much time I spend writing these up... oh well, maybe I can haz some people who look forward to my work! ^^

So I cheated again with not exactly using my first game of the day... Mostly since the first two were extremely boring PvPs against the same exact guy. First game I failed my FFs and build order so I lost to a 4gate; next game I didn't mess up my build order, so I completely crushed the 4gate in probably the longest post-4gate PvP ever.

The Game I decided to actually use was a PvT, in which my smexy style shines most! Also, I decided to up the graphics to Ultra (other than physics, which only works when on high for some reason), so perhaps you can see come better quality pictures! :D HQ AW YISSS

replay : http://drop.sc/335106

The Game

Early Game
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Spawn on Whirl Wind, a terran in the top-right and me in the top-left. I personally love this map both for it's shape and the face that the bases aren't too hard to defend, especially due to the large map size. The terran opens up pretty greedily with a CC first, although due to the size of the map punishing it becomes pretty hard.

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If only all houses could be self-constructing.

I look to see if an opening is there to attack with my first msc and 2 stalkers, but the bunker is up and I don't feel too confident in pushing into his mineral line, so I decide to also sit back and macro. Two can play that game. Also, I've decided to name my MotherShipCore, since it's almost always in my early game... I'll call it "Emily".

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Yay, a name!

My terran opponent seems pretty prepared for early aggression, pre-positioning marines where an oracle would pass through and even making a fast turret and +1 upgrades. I must admit, I'm glad I decided not to go straight into stargate like I usually do, That oracle would have been toast.

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Many many techlabs...

Meanwhile in fort Phalanx...

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Looks like an OPfacility is active.

A fast colossi! Yeah! I usually tend to have troubles with the terran 10-or so minute 2 medivac attack, so I've been trying to get my colossi out as soon as possible. I guess that it's fine since I float a lot of gas, and getting them out faster can only help. Since I saw a bunch of techlab add-ons, I actually decide to get 1 immortal out before I start making my 2nd Colossi too.


Mid Game
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The anticipated 10-ish minute attack actually came more around 11 minutes, but none the less I'm fairly prepared. My zealot count isn't quite where I would have liked it, but I believed my sentries I build up early on would suffice for zone control.

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Emily you whore, get off that colossus' face!

Regardless of how prepared I am both emotionally and physically, the marines run in with their drugs! With the use of force fields, the lone colossus bravely combats the MMM while Emily runs to safety.

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Pretty Colossus ragdoll.

A warp in round of zealots, along with the planetary nexus, cleans up the stragglers... But once the carnage is past, I realize; EMILY THE MSC DIED!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
She was a brave MSC.

And was soon rebuilt.

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Bitch we're fabulous.

As I prepare for building up my army, I get all my remaining infrastructure, placing down 2 forges, twilight council, and double stargate. Why double stargate, you may ask? Well, that's because I didn't realize I'd already made 1 stargate, and being the idiot I am I built a second one. The stargate it's self is no mistake, however. I love myself some phoenixes in PvT, both to deal with drops and to make colossi a ton more potent in engagements. The composition of chargelot/colossi/phoenix is pretty sweet, and all you protosses out there should try it out if you haven't already.

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Meanwhile, the terran.. well, he MMMs. Drop after drop after drop. He tries to drop so much, but after every drop he loses almost all of his forces. My units arrive in time to kill the dropped units, and my phoenixes were able to run in and clean up the retreating medivacs. That's a really great part about having phoenixes; carving down dat medivac count.

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Phoenix squad, move out! Wait, turn back there's a drop! No, over there too!?

After all of those drops, only 7 probes were killed, and the only structures picked off by them were pylons. I must strongly recommend the usage of phoenixes to stop drops, especially after having so much success.


End Game
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With all of his unsuccessful drops, although he annoyed me a lot, my opponent managed to widdle his forces down quite significantly. The closest he came to dealing a blow, nearly taking out my robotics bay, was prevented thanks to phoenix's AWESOME gravitational lifts.

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Oh, you wanted to snipe a tech structure? Well here's a face full of anti-gravity!

As the terran moves out for the final battle, his poor MMM are quite down in numbers, not to mention not supported by any vikings at all. Free Colossi food.

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Colossus beam ZHUUUUUUUWP!

Lets just let the following slew of pictures tell the tale for how the battle went.

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Colossi OP OP OP!!!

Literally rolled over that guy, with a loss difference of about 20 supply vs 60. Immediately following that battle my enemy left the game, bringing me to a SUPER satisfying victory. Only negative is that I forgot to /dance.


And so another game and day ends. I hope that you guys enjoyed the read, maybe also that you'll try out some phoenix play in your future PvTs! Don't forget to love your family members and wish your enemies good luck, and I'll see ya guys again tomorrow!

P.S.
Like Dark Onyx! With some more love, maybe the others will become more active too!
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Rotodyne
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2263 Posts
May 16 2013 13:52 GMT
#2
Nice, I like your writing style and enjoy reading your blogs when I wake up!
I can only play starcraft when I am shit canned. IPXZERG is a god.
josemb40
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Peru611 Posts
May 16 2013 16:56 GMT
#3
i really enjoy blog about games, and even more when they have nice pics and comments, keep it up!
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Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-16 20:37:11
May 16 2013 20:36 GMT
#4
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Sir.Phalanx
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Japan195 Posts
May 16 2013 21:53 GMT
#5
On May 17 2013 05:36 Emzeeshady wrote:
Very sexy. What is the point of getting two stalkers at the start if you are not going to pressure? Seems like wasted gas to me.

Well actually I got the 2nd stalker before I was sure whether or not I could pressure... It's just another thing that I do by habit. If I were able to walk into his base, I would have wanted that 2nd stalker to be around. Since I couldn't, I can make the excuse that the 2nd one was made for defense, just in case.

And thanks for the feedback guise!
Go to school - Laddder - Sleep - repeat. Who needs a social life anyways.
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