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Pros React To: SnOw's Reaver Micro vs Speed (asl)

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jinjin5000
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1400 Posts
April 05 2024 17:26 GMT
#1
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland24702 Posts
April 05 2024 18:10 GMT
#2
Crazy stuff, anyone more knowledgable than me explain how he dodged that tank shot when inside the T’s mineral line?

Thanks for the translations as ever, love hearing what these lads are thinking!
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
prion_
Profile Joined September 2022
67 Posts
April 05 2024 18:34 GMT
#3
In essence it's just that you load the reaver back into the shuttle in the time between the tank firing and the shot hitting, which is an extremely tight window. Snow unloads away from the direction the tank turret is pointing, which makes the trick doable - he unloads and since the tank turret has to turn slightly, he has enough time to load back in before the shot lands but after the tank fires.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland24702 Posts
April 05 2024 18:38 GMT
#4
On April 06 2024 03:34 prion_ wrote:
In essence it's just that you load the reaver back into the shuttle in the time between the tank firing and the shot hitting, which is an extremely tight window. Snow unloads away from the direction the tank turret is pointing, which makes the trick doable - he unloads and since the tank turret has to turn slightly, he has enough time to load back in before the shot lands but after the tank fires.

Ah interesting, I’d always thought tank shots were hitscan, you learn something new every day!
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
XenOsky
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Chile2245 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-04-06 05:22:52
April 06 2024 05:21 GMT
#5
Snow is the kind of protoss i always admired, IntoTheRain, Rainbow, nal_ra, bisu and now SnOw...

all their wins equal skill....

protoss is so beautiful t_t
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Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16056 Posts
April 06 2024 06:39 GMT
#6
Firebathero: See this is why people can't learn anything from watching Snow's games. His style is something only he can pull off.

Facts.

Thanks for doing videos like these. I love hearing the commentary from the pros so having these translations is great for me.
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moktira *
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Ireland1543 Posts
April 06 2024 18:47 GMT
#7
Thanks for translating this, really interesting to watch the progamers reactions and comments. Funny how many of them independently said that would lead to a fight in real life!
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JoinTheRain
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
Bulgaria408 Posts
April 06 2024 19:18 GMT
#8
I used to play P and watching this reaver is mind boggling. But really, sometimes I wonder how no one broke Snow or mini's wrists, they're so repulsive to play against. It's so funny to watch them and I can imagine how infuriating it is for the other player. Oh, look, I aced my build, I have advantage now, turrets, stuff all over. Boy, it doesn't matter, here's my reaver, you're dead, ez, next.
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IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32274 Posts
April 06 2024 19:40 GMT
#9
Great video as always jinjin!

On April 06 2024 03:38 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2024 03:34 prion_ wrote:
In essence it's just that you load the reaver back into the shuttle in the time between the tank firing and the shot hitting, which is an extremely tight window. Snow unloads away from the direction the tank turret is pointing, which makes the trick doable - he unloads and since the tank turret has to turn slightly, he has enough time to load back in before the shot lands but after the tank fires.

Ah interesting, I’d always thought tank shots were hitscan, you learn something new every day!


iirc both tanks and goliath are a 2 part unit. The base and the turret moving on top. That makes them good at kiting, but the turret part always have to move to face the unit being targeted.
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland24702 Posts
April 06 2024 21:01 GMT
#10
On April 07 2024 04:40 IntoTheWow wrote:
Great video as always jinjin!

Show nested quote +
On April 06 2024 03:38 WombaT wrote:
On April 06 2024 03:34 prion_ wrote:
In essence it's just that you load the reaver back into the shuttle in the time between the tank firing and the shot hitting, which is an extremely tight window. Snow unloads away from the direction the tank turret is pointing, which makes the trick doable - he unloads and since the tank turret has to turn slightly, he has enough time to load back in before the shot lands but after the tank fires.

Ah interesting, I’d always thought tank shots were hitscan, you learn something new every day!


iirc both tanks and goliath are a 2 part unit. The base and the turret moving on top. That makes them good at kiting, but the turret part always have to move to face the unit being targeted.

Aye so you can pop back up before the turret swings, but if it actually fires I’m not sure how you can dodge it. Is a tank shot a very, very fast projectile rather than a hitscan?

IIRC in SC2 tanks always swing into a certain position when sieging, so depending on orientation prior you can get a first volley off faster/slower.

I’d just always assumed tank shots were fully instantaneous but hey, part of the beauty of the game that I’m still learning new craic to this day!
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
jinjin5000
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1400 Posts
April 07 2024 05:58 GMT
#11
On April 07 2024 03:47 moktira wrote:
Thanks for translating this, really interesting to watch the progamers reactions and comments. Funny how many of them independently said that would lead to a fight in real life!


it was the old wild west 90/2000s days where tempers would flare up in cig-smoke filled pc bangs
similar to arcade cultures worldwide
MeSaber
Profile Joined December 2009
Sweden1235 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-04-07 10:37:06
April 07 2024 10:34 GMT
#12
They speak about 'having no duds' well this is because positioning and it seems a lot of progamers still dont understand what duds a scarab. If they knew they wouldnt say it like that but rather say 'op positioning' as duding is a mistake from protoss perspective.

To outplay reaver you need to understand what makes scarab dud and use that positioning against itself. I dont see much else to do. 2-3 wraiths maybe a must.

Snow really mastered this and he really outplays the top T's with it.
-.-
MeSaber
Profile Joined December 2009
Sweden1235 Posts
April 07 2024 10:42 GMT
#13
On April 07 2024 06:01 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2024 04:40 IntoTheWow wrote:
Great video as always jinjin!

On April 06 2024 03:38 WombaT wrote:
On April 06 2024 03:34 prion_ wrote:
In essence it's just that you load the reaver back into the shuttle in the time between the tank firing and the shot hitting, which is an extremely tight window. Snow unloads away from the direction the tank turret is pointing, which makes the trick doable - he unloads and since the tank turret has to turn slightly, he has enough time to load back in before the shot lands but after the tank fires.

Ah interesting, I’d always thought tank shots were hitscan, you learn something new every day!


iirc both tanks and goliath are a 2 part unit. The base and the turret moving on top. That makes them good at kiting, but the turret part always have to move to face the unit being targeted.

Aye so you can pop back up before the turret swings, but if it actually fires I’m not sure how you can dodge it. Is a tank shot a very, very fast projectile rather than a hitscan?

IIRC in SC2 tanks always swing into a certain position when sieging, so depending on orientation prior you can get a first volley off faster/slower.

I’d just always assumed tank shots were fully instantaneous but hey, part of the beauty of the game that I’m still learning new craic to this day!


It might be because the projectile needs to decide what gets 100/50/25% dmg from the origin. IE all splash projectiles might work like this.
-.-
sophisticated
Profile Joined October 2021
58 Posts
April 07 2024 22:04 GMT
#14
Shoutout to mini's reaver micro as well during some games of ro24/ro16
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland24702 Posts
April 07 2024 22:07 GMT
#15
On April 07 2024 19:42 MeSaber wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2024 06:01 WombaT wrote:
On April 07 2024 04:40 IntoTheWow wrote:
Great video as always jinjin!

On April 06 2024 03:38 WombaT wrote:
On April 06 2024 03:34 prion_ wrote:
In essence it's just that you load the reaver back into the shuttle in the time between the tank firing and the shot hitting, which is an extremely tight window. Snow unloads away from the direction the tank turret is pointing, which makes the trick doable - he unloads and since the tank turret has to turn slightly, he has enough time to load back in before the shot lands but after the tank fires.

Ah interesting, I’d always thought tank shots were hitscan, you learn something new every day!


iirc both tanks and goliath are a 2 part unit. The base and the turret moving on top. That makes them good at kiting, but the turret part always have to move to face the unit being targeted.

Aye so you can pop back up before the turret swings, but if it actually fires I’m not sure how you can dodge it. Is a tank shot a very, very fast projectile rather than a hitscan?

IIRC in SC2 tanks always swing into a certain position when sieging, so depending on orientation prior you can get a first volley off faster/slower.

I’d just always assumed tank shots were fully instantaneous but hey, part of the beauty of the game that I’m still learning new craic to this day!


It might be because the projectile needs to decide what gets 100/50/25% dmg from the origin. IE all splash projectiles might work like this.

That would make sense. I wonder if you can dodge the primary shot and still have it splash out?

One for Snow rather than me to try I imagine!
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-04-08 04:23:33
April 08 2024 04:20 GMT
#16
On April 07 2024 04:40 IntoTheWow wrote:
Great video as always jinjin!

Show nested quote +
On April 06 2024 03:38 WombaT wrote:
On April 06 2024 03:34 prion_ wrote:
In essence it's just that you load the reaver back into the shuttle in the time between the tank firing and the shot hitting, which is an extremely tight window. Snow unloads away from the direction the tank turret is pointing, which makes the trick doable - he unloads and since the tank turret has to turn slightly, he has enough time to load back in before the shot lands but after the tank fires.

Ah interesting, I’d always thought tank shots were hitscan, you learn something new every day!


iirc both tanks and goliath are a 2 part unit. The base and the turret moving on top. That makes them good at kiting, but the turret part always have to move to face the unit being targeted.


This is what makes BW so beautiful. Crazy micro stuff made possible due to realistic scientific or tech limitations. Like clunky unit pathing and high ground advantage.

Whereas SC2 tech is so advanced to the point where both realism and gameplay tactics suffer for the worse.
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prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania7898 Posts
April 08 2024 08:27 GMT
#17
Many thanks jinjin! You and okso are amazing
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Comedy
Profile Joined March 2016
456 Posts
April 08 2024 11:28 GMT
#18
his micro is so crazy i dont know why the whole world isnt watching it lol
BulgarianToss
Profile Joined May 2011
Bulgaria482 Posts
April 13 2024 10:09 GMT
#19
Thank you so much for the translated content Jinjin! I'm amazed that they all seem to share the same experience that if someone played like this back in the day and they were in the same room a fight would break out lol. That's a whole different level of passion for the game.
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Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8082 Posts
April 13 2024 17:33 GMT
#20
On April 08 2024 07:04 sophisticated wrote:
Shoutout to mini's reaver micro as well during some games of ro24/ro16


I think mini is the only other player that is close to snow with shuttle/reaver but he's still not as good. But mini probably is best player in world with early game zealot micro as far as I can tell. seems like most of his wins come within first 5 minutes vs terran lol.
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