for all the terran players out there i want to know your m&m ratio when playing against zerg. i personally go for a 4/1 ratio for smaller groups but as my forces get bigger i will go for a 6/1 or 7/1 ratio.

Firien

Poland115 Posts

January 15 2011 22:44 GMT

its a matter of preference , i use 6/1 when i offrace terran. Whats more important is medic positioning, if medics are out of position then it doesnt matter what the ratio is .

Garrl

Scotland1972 Posts

January 15 2011 23:54 GMT

From a zerg perspective, I find that a ton of medics lategame is *really* annoying to deal with, because they screw with ultra pathing so much.

XXGeneration

United States625 Posts

January 16 2011 04:57 GMT

I think another way of looking at it would be at what point do you have so many medics that it becomes unefficient?

yB.TeH

Germany414 Posts

January 16 2011 06:21 GMT

i'm trying to maintain 4/1 ratio since with something lower cracklings alone will be cost efficient against rines

iNcontroL

USA29055 Posts

January 16 2011 06:36 GMT

no replay

no effort in OP

Thread needs MORE effort

13ThirtySeven

99 Posts

January 16 2011 07:09 GMT

5 to 1 is good enough.

xarthaz

1704 Posts

January 16 2011 08:54 GMT

in practical large battles the medic serves more of a symbolic purpose - cracklings and lurkers deal so much damage that theres not much medics can do about it. So enough medics to recover stimmed life without running out of energy works good

Ilikestarcraft

Korea (South)17727 Posts

January 16 2011 12:15 GMT

get some vods/reps of pro terrans and see their marine medic ratio. Should give you a general idea of what to have.

protoss_machine

Canada47 Posts

January 16 2011 16:47 GMT

#10

As a zerg player, if they can micro their mutas well, it won't matter 1 bit how many medics you have. So there is no need for a 2/1 or 3/1 ratio.

I would see a 6/1 work well

pwnsftw

United States42 Posts

January 16 2011 22:42 GMT

#11

On January 16 2011 15:36 iNcontroL wrote:
no replay

no effort in OP

Thread needs MORE effort

this thread was slow at first and i checked up on it relatively often, i gave up and went to bed thinking that it was going to be a dead thread so i was actually surprised so see it got this many replies the next day

djcube

United States985 Posts

January 16 2011 22:56 GMT

#12

As a zerg player, I welcome the MM balls that have many marines and very few medics rather than those that have somewhat many marines and a decent number of medics.

DenSkumle

Norway108 Posts

January 17 2011 01:57 GMT

#13

i hotkey marines 1 2 and medic 3. so usually the "ball" will be 1:3. but it depends marines and medics dies so fast the ratio is different every time. 8 rax = 2rax medic 4 rax marines etc...

Piste

6177 Posts

January 17 2011 11:37 GMT

#14

remember to keep in mind that vs early game mutas you need a bit more medics than later on, since you have to stim constantly vs muta harrass and medic energy drys very fast.

On January 17 2011 10:57 DenSkumle wrote:
8 rax = 2rax medic 4 rax marines etc...

and two idle raxes?

DenSkumle

Norway108 Posts

January 17 2011 14:51 GMT

#15

lol math not my strong side, but you get the point hopefully

Roe

Canada6002 Posts

January 18 2011 02:13 GMT

#16

even with a good ratio, the AI seems to choose(from my experience) killing marines over medics, so they can also be used as walls. if only against players that don't directly target the medics. just something to keep in mind

Roe

Canada6002 Posts

January 18 2011 02:21 GMT

#17

On January 17 2011 10:57 DenSkumle wrote:
i hotkey marines 1 2 and medic 3. so usually the "ball" will be 1:3. but it depends marines and medics dies so fast the ratio is different every time. 8 rax = 2rax medic 4 rax marines etc...

bah. i feel like i've been overdoing it all this time now that i read this :| I've been putting all my medic/rine/bat in one group then double clicking each to stim lol.

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11579 Posts

January 18 2011 03:22 GMT

#18

if you're busting sunkens u need 1 more medic than they do sunkens

Lightningbullet

United States507 Posts

January 18 2011 03:45 GMT

#19

I dont make too much medics. But thats cuz I never play TvZ. :o Oh yeah, and SC2 kinda sucks cuz you have to go medivac instead of a much easier, simple medic

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

January 18 2011 05:48 GMT

#20

When I offrace, I think I usually went with 5:1 or 6:1... I prefer to use that tiny bit of gas for either faster upgrades or adding gas units (like tank / vessel) asap. My philosophy is... marines shoot bullets, medics don't. lol