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Ancestral
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3230 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-14 18:43:10
September 14 2008 18:40 GMT
#61
The hardest to actually use to effect

Toss: Mind Control
Terran: Optical Flare
Zerg: Infestation

IMO

Edit: I guess no one has "mastered" these spells though, since no one uses them really, except Kingdom vs Reach's carriers, and BoxeR vs. Skelton's observers, or various Zergs as proclaiming their dominance in a game.

Edit 2: Also I suppose Stork used Mind control well vs GGplay, except where he wasted tons of minerals building Zerg structures hence endangering his very victory, so I would say he slightly less than mastered.

I'm sure SC veterans can come up with more examples, but I still think they're the hardest.
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thor jton
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada62 Posts
September 14 2008 19:23 GMT
#62
going against a huge pure goon force with vult trying to kill with mines
ray1234
Profile Joined October 2007
Canada679 Posts
September 14 2008 19:29 GMT
#63
return cargo

fucking probes
go OVERSKY MODE!
o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
September 14 2008 19:36 GMT
#64
IMO the hardest to use is Dweb

OP, plz add a poll for this
V6
Profile Joined February 2008
147 Posts
September 14 2008 20:44 GMT
#65
bah, you are all wrong. Havnt playd BW for a while so i cant remember the spell name haha.. anyways, its the one from the queen when you use the spell that makes enemy units to 2 little buggs. Try shift deselct 12 of them on diffrent targets.

Darn hard ^^
kpcrew
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1071 Posts
September 14 2008 20:52 GMT
#66
On September 14 2008 16:13 H_ wrote:
Lockdown. Putting it to any sort of practical use is nigh-impossible.


unless you are boxer
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Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
September 14 2008 20:55 GMT
#67
infestation is a great way to finish off a burning cc

i used it to great effect when he lifted and was trying to fix it
so i build 10 scourge and a queen and bam dead cc

then he forgot about it and an infested killed 30 scvs yay

very situational though lol
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o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
September 14 2008 21:05 GMT
#68
On September 15 2008 05:55 Caller wrote:
infestation is a great way to finish off a burning cc

i used it to great effect when he lifted and was trying to fix it
so i build 10 scourge and a queen and bam dead cc

then he forgot about it and an infested killed 30 scvs yay

very situational though lol

Hmm, a random Infested Terran drop would be nice
Pyrrhuloxia
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States6700 Posts
September 14 2008 22:44 GMT
#69
On September 15 2008 00:02 Piy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2008 18:52 Liquid`Drone wrote:
ya dmatrix is hard.
i dont think dweb is tho


How isn't D web hard to use. Your having to place 4-6 d webs around your reavers, being careful about where you place them, all within the space of a few seconds if you see Hydras unexpectedly.

I've only ever see Nal_ra and Bisu pull it off in a pro game.

Much harder than D matrix, and debatably harder than swarm, its just no-one would notice if it was or not because you can opt not to use web if you can't do it, whereas swarm is a necessity.

Stork can do this. See Stork's last games against GGPlay or Luxury.
EGMachine
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
United States1643 Posts
September 14 2008 22:49 GMT
#70
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Nyovne
Profile Joined March 2006
Netherlands19138 Posts
September 14 2008 23:07 GMT
#71
Lockdown takes the cake for me.
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Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
September 14 2008 23:14 GMT
#72
On September 15 2008 05:44 V6 wrote:
bah, you are all wrong. Havnt playd BW for a while so i cant remember the spell name haha.. anyways, its the one from the queen when you use the spell that makes enemy units to 2 little buggs. Try shift deselct 12 of them on diffrent targets.

Darn hard ^^


Yes, because you'll quite often have 12 queens with 150 energy just sitting around.
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Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Chile4591 Posts
September 14 2008 23:23 GMT
#73
proper dark swarm. Anyone can cast 1 or 2, but it's really hard to chase the terran all over the map efectively as pro's do.
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
September 14 2008 23:27 GMT
#74
On September 15 2008 05:52 kpcrew wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2008 16:13 H_ wrote:
Lockdown. Putting it to any sort of practical use is nigh-impossible.


unless you are boxer


I can't believe it took 4 pages for someone to say this
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floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
September 15 2008 01:25 GMT
#75
Why has only one person mentioned lockdown. single target spell from a tiny ass unit with no hp that only really gets used (well, attempted) against air units that stack on eachother. Hardest spell in the game to use by far, and if it could be used by anyone other than God and Boxer could be extremely game changing
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6641 Posts
September 15 2008 01:31 GMT
#76
On September 15 2008 05:44 V6 wrote:
bah, you are all wrong. Havnt playd BW for a while so i cant remember the spell name haha.. anyways, its the one from the queen when you use the spell that makes enemy units to 2 little buggs. Try shift deselct 12 of them on diffrent targets.

Darn hard ^^

Spawn Broodling, a very funny spell imo ^^
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aTnClouD
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Italy2428 Posts
September 15 2008 01:34 GMT
#77
Ensnare without the slightiest doubt is the hardest spell to throw into a game efficiently and with the right timing.
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evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
September 15 2008 01:59 GMT
#78
Build scarabs >_<
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Quanticfograw
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States2053 Posts
September 15 2008 04:02 GMT
#79
I struggle with mael alot just because i try to avoid hitting my zealots and also sometimes cant decide to mael groups of lings or a few ultras
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V6
Profile Joined February 2008
147 Posts
September 15 2008 09:17 GMT
#80
On September 15 2008 08:14 Divinek wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2008 05:44 V6 wrote:
bah, you are all wrong. Havnt playd BW for a while so i cant remember the spell name haha.. anyways, its the one from the queen when you use the spell that makes enemy units to 2 little buggs. Try shift deselct 12 of them on diffrent targets.

Darn hard ^^


Yes, because you'll quite often have 12 queens with 150 energy just sitting around.

So, its still the hardest fucking thing ever.
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