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Harass work better on complex maps? Sure? I've had great success sending Bisu (harassment in person in my game) in P favored short rush distance and macro maps with low complexity. Im talking about the latest translated version btw.

I agree with everything you said just find odd that Harass thing because my experience says otherwise. Might just be a player thing on my part. I would also like to add that defense its not only related to complexity. Rush maps also benefit the player that knows how to defend and they usually win just by countering the rush (I assume since the game ends after a few lines only).

In my experience, this list is mostly incorrect. I've tried a few things out and I've come to this system:

Sense - low complexity.
Control - low minerals
Attack - low distance
Harass - low distance and low complexity
Strategy - high complexity
Macro - high minerals
Defense - high distance
Scouting - high distance and complexity

Roadrunner favours defensive players heavily, but also gives an advantage to high control players, while fighting spirit favours macro, sense and harass. Judgement day favours macro players heavily, but also defensive and sensible players. Puma, for example, is very powerful on Judgement day, but vulnerable on roadrunner. Free is god on low mineral polaris rhapsody, Bisu is king on fighting spirit, while Great is perfect for match point. Beware, though, as a map like Grand Line does not only favour strategic players, but also well-rounded ones like ForGG. When a stat is bang in the middle, it favours players with high stats in both directions. Middle minerals for example favours players with high control and high macro, like Jangbi.

Finally, there's a heavy luck factor involved. Even the weakest player has a remote chance of causing an upset. There's nothing to do about it but remember that it works both ways.

If anyone has a different, working system I'm interested to hear about it.

According to Mystarcraft Cafe posts (they are written in 2008 so might be outdated by now)

Sense
-Increases when the map is more complex.
-Helps to fight better battles in same race matchups and long games

Strategy
-Increases when the map is more complex.
-More likely to succeed strategical plays
-Can amplify or decrease the effects of map balance

Control
-Reduces casualties in battles.
-Affects the outcome of battles between certain units.

Macro
-Includes making units, expanding, and resource management

Attack
-Increases in maps with short rush distance
-Inflicts bigger damages to the enemy while attacking

Defense
-Increases in maps with long rush distance
-Decreases damage inflicted while defending and inflicts heavier damages to the enemy

Harass
-Increases the impacts of guerilla plays
-Can attack enemy expansions with fast mobility during mid-late game

Scouting
-Increases chance of stopping enemy guerilla plays early.
-Can determine enemy movements during mid-late game

*Increase/decrease of stats due to map balance are calculated by % ratio

*In early battles, attack and defense are important while in mid-late battles, sense, macro, harass, scouting, etc are important

Also

Stats that affect every race and matchups: Macro, scouting

Protoss
Most important:Macro (Important for all races but especially for toss)
vZ:Harass, Strategy, Defense
vP:Sense, Control
vT:Attack, Defense

Terran
Most Important:Defense or Macro(You can have only one of them but it's very hard if neither are good)
vZ:Control, Harass, Strategy
vP:Defense, Attack
vT:Sense

Zerg
Most Important:Everything
vZ:Sense, Control
vP:Harass, Defense/Attack(Either is fine)
vT:Everything