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Sonu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada577 Posts
March 09 2009 21:37 GMT
#1
people i found my second problem (besides trying to find a good build for a year)

My army control sucks! I lost a maxed out army with 1/1 to a Terran at 134 supply with 1/1. i had 7 templars... I 1a2a3a ... then I GG! now i understand the 1a2a3aGG joke. u little..

anyway now im going into training for entirely army control. once i get this down i think i can win more games :o

btw i havent watched a VOD in 20 months :'( soo busy

*
"I really like this wall-in, because its not a fucking wall" - DAy[9]
gusbear
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
333 Posts
March 09 2009 21:42 GMT
#2
man if it took you 1 year to find a good build.... lol jk good luck
Sonu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada577 Posts
March 09 2009 21:45 GMT
#3
On March 10 2009 06:42 gusbear wrote:
man if it took you 1 year to find a good build.... lol jk good luck


actually i never found it . thats what hit me so hard and thats the point of this blog. Basics before advanced zealot bombings and sht
"I really like this wall-in, because its not a fucking wall" - DAy[9]
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
March 09 2009 21:45 GMT
#4
uh well you should be spreading your units out more, you shouldn't send all your units in a giant clump unless you want your army to simply die.
blabberrrrr
statix
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States1760 Posts
March 09 2009 21:46 GMT
#5
Yea... only newb p's actually 1a2a3a. When attacking a T army you cant just send your whole army into 50 sieged tanks. You'll die horribly.

Instead wait for them to unsiege and flank them. You don't want your units to stream in single file or from one direction but more importantly come at them like a wall. Try to run your zealots past the mines/vultures and into the tanks. Hopefully you'll drag a few mines though and blow up some tanks/vults in the process.

You say you had templars? Did you have them in a shuttle? That's really the only way they'll be effective if youre attacking in the manner I'm describing. While his tanks are attacking your goons and vultures, drop your templars off to the side and storm his tanks. If you just mix them up in your army they'll lag behind and most likely get to the battle once all your stuff is dead ( a good T will just see you coming and vulture snipe your templars.)
SCC-Caliban
il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
March 09 2009 21:47 GMT
#6
A replay would help
Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
March 09 2009 21:50 GMT
#7
On March 10 2009 06:46 statix wrote:
Yea... only newb p's actually 1a2a3a. When attacking a T army you cant just send your whole army into 50 sieged tanks. You'll die horribly.

Instead wait for them to unsiege and flank them. You don't want your units to stream in single file or from one direction but more importantly come at them like a wall. Try to run your zealots past the mines/vultures and into the tanks. Hopefully you'll drag a few mines though and blow up some tanks/vults in the process.

You say you had templars? Did you have them in a shuttle? That's really the only way they'll be effective if youre attacking in the manner I'm describing. While his tanks are attacking your goons and vultures, drop your templars off to the side and storm his tanks. If you just mix them up in your army they'll lag behind and most likely get to the battle once all your stuff is dead ( a good T will just see you coming and vulture snipe your templars.)


Yeah that. Also manually controlling your observers so that they just don't go suicide into turrets helps a lot. The worst thing after a big battle is defeating terran, only to have all of your units melt as well to mines right after because your observers died to turrets.
Jayme
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States5866 Posts
March 09 2009 21:54 GMT
#8
On March 10 2009 06:37 Sonu wrote:
people i found my second problem (besides trying to find a good build for a year)

My army control sucks! I lost a maxed out army with 1/1 to a Terran at 134 supply with 1/1. i had 7 templars... I 1a2a3a ... then I GG! now i understand the 1a2a3aGG joke. u little..

anyway now im going into training for entirely army control. once i get this down i think i can win more games :o

btw i havent watched a VOD in 20 months :'( soo busy


Spread your goons out.

Make sure your goons take the first round of tank fire and then immediately after your speedlots should be running in.

For safety I stick my HT's in shuttles and drop them only after the engagement has started, no T worth their salt will target the shuttle over the arbiter for instance.

It's merely practice but you can't just A-move into a terran mech ball, you'll die a horrible death. It takes some bad control to lose to an army you had a 66 Psi advantage over.
Python is garbage, number 1 advocate of getting rid of it.
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
March 09 2009 22:02 GMT
#9
I remember a game where i distracted all his vults with goons, then laughed as 24 speedzeals came in from his unprotected flank all over his tanks
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
March 09 2009 22:12 GMT
#10
lol? Just another protoss joker who realizes the truth -.-
imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
March 09 2009 22:49 GMT
#11
My tips

1) if you can, dont attack a sieged terran. try to attack when he unsieges and moves

2) flank flank flank sooooo important

3) spread your goons out. very helpful

4) you also need to learn how to rush to the tank line with zealots. use couple of zealots + goons to clear mines then let the rest of the zealots in.

5) ht + shuttle! helps against vulture sniping, and also you can storm the tanks during the actual battle, not after you lost everything

6) dont get pissed, and just keep practicing. i lost so many games because of bad army control, and i still lose sometimes.

i hope that helped!
blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
March 09 2009 23:22 GMT
#12
Haha maybe you took the 1a2a3a joke a bit too seriously.
No I'm never serious.
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
March 09 2009 23:26 GMT
#13
On March 10 2009 07:49 imperfect wrote:
1) if you can, dont attack a sieged terran. try to attack when he unsieges and moves

2) flank flank flank sooooo important


This. Don't attack into a sieged terran unless you absolutely must, and if you DO have to, flank like a motherfucker and use those zeal bombs
Sonu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada577 Posts
March 10 2009 00:33 GMT
#14
On March 10 2009 07:12 Racenilatr wrote:
lol? Just another protoss joker who realizes the truth -.-


shaddup. im no joker >.> and i dont 1a2a3a all the time. i was off macroing somewhere atm
"I really like this wall-in, because its not a fucking wall" - DAy[9]
Sonu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada577 Posts
March 10 2009 00:33 GMT
#15
On March 10 2009 09:33 Sonu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2009 07:12 Racenilatr wrote:
lol? Just another protoss joker who realizes the truth -.-


shaddup. im no joker >.> and i dont 1a2a3a all the time. i was off macroing somewhere atm


dont take so directly please
"I really like this wall-in, because its not a fucking wall" - DAy[9]
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