i'd say nukes and blind. i only recall boxer using both at the SAME TIME. (he nuked first, scanned, blinded the obs that was comming in, THEN bring in the sci vessel to emp the nexus.)

or when he blinded 5-6 obs in 1 second, and then brought in the wraiths. that dropped jaws.

StrikeFLOW

United States369 Posts

September 14 2008 07:16 GMT

#10

I agree with storms.... Pros make it look easy, but its hard to use.

Bosu

United States3247 Posts

September 14 2008 07:18 GMT

#11

swarm

Peter[Deuce]

United States93 Posts

September 14 2008 07:22 GMT

#12

I miss too many storms =[

thunk

United States6233 Posts

September 14 2008 07:31 GMT

#13

Mind Control or Feedback. The latter has more practical uses than the former, I think. It's a great counter if I ever had the micro to use it.

Kennigit

Canada19447 Posts

September 14 2008 07:49 GMT

#14

I would say EMP also. Seeing Sea use 3 EMPs at once in different directions on Stork at WWI was one of the most amazing broodwar moments i have ever seen....EMP requires some guestimating as to where the units will be rather than most other spells which insta-cast.

United States2921 Posts

September 14 2008 07:56 GMT

#15

to actually master, I would say D-Matrix on Marines in TvZ. It must be the right Marine in the right position and quick as hell on the small marine before it dies.

Storm especially in PvT is hard as well since you have to baby sit the HT's in big battles while trying to position your main units correctly. That along with good T's always vulture raiding your army to pick off HT's and tanks target firing them before they are in range of the T (or at least in range of any part of the Terran push worth storming).

D-Web is hard too since it had to completely be in a correct place depending on your units positioning / your opponents units positioning because if you miss-place it, it becomes worthless as fuck as your opponent just runs by it.

Consuming with Defilers causes probs also simply because lings are so small and fast and they run away from the Defilers a lot and it takes some time to actually do it since shifting doesn't work with consume. You have to click each consume one after another and with Z, it takes a lot of time away from managing everything else.

Those are all hard but I would say the Double D's would be the hardest to master. D-Web and D-Matrix.

3clipse

Canada2555 Posts

September 14 2008 07:59 GMT

#16

Disruption Webs

Small area of effect, don't last very long. You have to place them really quickly and carefully to get any real benefit.

Not that anyone actually uses d-webs much in modern broodwar, but thoeretically.

CommanderFluffy

Taiwan1059 Posts

September 14 2008 08:07 GMT

#17

swarm play is imo really difficult, especially if you want to achieve that endless consume/swarm cycle that terran players fear.

but then again thats 2 spells..

IdrA

United States11541 Posts

September 14 2008 08:09 GMT

#18

storm:click in the middle of a bunch of shit and it dies
swarm:click in the middle of your shit and it doesnt die
emp:guess which direction his arbiters gonna go and click the right amount in front of him or half his army ends up in your base

lxginverse

Monaco1506 Posts

September 14 2008 08:23 GMT

#19

Disruption Webs and Dark Swarms

CommanderFluffy

Taiwan1059 Posts

September 14 2008 08:25 GMT

#20

On September 14 2008 17:09 IdrA wrote:
storm:click in the middle of a bunch of shit and it dies
swarm:click in the middle of your shit and it doesnt die
emp:guess which direction his arbiters gonna go and click the right amount in front of him or half his army ends up in your base

gg, well played idra.