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What type of micro do you regard as the hardest?

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Februarys
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Korea (South)259 Posts
November 06 2008 05:19 GMT
#1
Basically micro is anything you do with a unit but I'm talking about well-known micros that players obviously do to enhance that unit's power by a large margin. I also tried not to add spellcaster units into this poll for obvious reasons. I also did not add units that were not commonly used, like Ghosts or Scouts. And there are non-specific unit type of micros such as mines but I want this to be specifically unit-based

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Poll: Which type of Micro is the hardest to you?
(Vote): Marine&Medic Micro
(Vote): Zergling Micro
(Vote): Zealot Micro
(Vote): Dragoon Micro
(Vote): Muta Micro (Verse Terran/Protoss)
(Vote): Muta Micro (Verse Scourge)
(Vote): Lurkerling Micro
(Vote): Vulture Micro
(Vote): Goliath Micro (Verse Flying)
(Vote): Carrier Micro (Verse Ground)
(Vote): Shuttle/Dropship Micro
(Vote): Scourge Micro

My opinion:
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As simple as it might sound, I find Zergling micro incredibly hard. If you can micro them well, you can tear apart small number of m&m. But they block the path for each other and always run into medics instead. Surprisingly, I find myself using more than 2 scourges to pick off each vessel often because of my poor micro, but my vote would still be Zergling micro
Jaedong is the Hope of Zergs.
Camlito
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Australia4040 Posts
November 06 2008 05:21 GMT
#2
I'm just gonna say muta vs scourge because you have to be real precise or you pretty much lose a muta.
sAviOr...
Guybrush
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Spain4744 Posts
November 06 2008 05:22 GMT
#3
Muta micro vs scourge by far.
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Wasabi
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States3085 Posts
November 06 2008 05:23 GMT
#4
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Februarys
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Korea (South)259 Posts
November 06 2008 05:24 GMT
#5
I looked at the guide for Muta vs Scourge and I downloaded the map designed for that micro. After about an hour, Muta vs Scourge felt comfortable for me, both the Patrol micro and the Chinese Triangle method. Go check out that thread, it does wonders
Jaedong is the Hope of Zergs.
Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
November 06 2008 05:26 GMT
#6
Controlling 5 control groups of medic+marines+tanks+vessels whilst facing a dark swarming zerg.
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-06 05:32:30
November 06 2008 05:27 GMT
#7
I think vessel micro is pretty hard Keeping them alive and irradiating really fast is pretty hard.
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Augury
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States758 Posts
November 06 2008 05:28 GMT
#8
As far as intense micro goes, I'd say muta+scourge

Control in general, then marine+medic
littlechava
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States7221 Posts
November 06 2008 05:29 GMT
#9
Lurker/Ling micro in zvt
Entusman #12
ahole-surprise
Profile Joined August 2007
United States813 Posts
November 06 2008 05:31 GMT
#10
Comedy Carrier micro option
Pulp can move, baby!
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14900 Posts
November 06 2008 05:31 GMT
#11
muta/scourge or marine/medic
Polar_Nada
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1548 Posts
November 06 2008 05:32 GMT
#12
MM micro vs lurks/lings
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Ozarugold
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
2716 Posts
November 06 2008 05:35 GMT
#13
I think Siege Tank micro is pretty hard...when to siege, where to siege, position them a safe yet effective distance from one another, avoid mines, stay close to turrets, back off from Dark Swarm...so on and so forth.

Vessels would come is second, but it's casting unit so I guess it doesn't apply here and Scourges would be close third because I suck at cloning and whatnot.
this is my quote.
CuteSmallHydra
Profile Joined May 2003
Canada120 Posts
November 06 2008 05:51 GMT
#14
burrowing lurkers is probably one of the hardest for me; my finger never seems to land on the U button correctly... ;(
aka fOr)Darko
Camlito
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Australia4040 Posts
November 06 2008 05:52 GMT
#15
Yeh a close 2nd for me would be lurk ling micro.
sAviOr...
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
November 06 2008 05:58 GMT
#16
Muta/Scourge followed by MarineMedic.

Everything else is pretty straight forward and easy.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
November 06 2008 06:08 GMT
#17
muta vs scourage
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10829 Posts
November 06 2008 06:10 GMT
#18
lol carrier micro -_-;;
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BanZu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3329 Posts
November 06 2008 06:13 GMT
#19
MnM micro is definitely one of the harder ones

Not really sure whether Muta vs Scourge is hard though, never actually done that before in a 1v1 ZvZ
Sun Tzu once said, "Defiler becomes useless at the presences of a vessel."
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
November 06 2008 06:15 GMT
#20
Utralisks micro is hard.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
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