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Workers keep getting blown up on Fastest

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qet
Profile Joined May 2007
Australia245 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-09-21 02:33:04
September 21 2024 02:32 GMT
#1
I have played a few fastest games, but almost always lose because someone kills all my workers with some sort of AOE attack.
e.g. storm, reaver, lurker, etc.
It's such a let down.
More recently I was playing as terran and noticed my minerals weren't going up. Went back to my base and all my SCVs were dead and I couldn't figure out why.
I watched the replay and saw a science vessel come in and cast irradiate on one of them, which killed the whole stack. I had some turrets up, but it didn't help. Irradiate has a long cast range.
After that I played a game of BGH and found it much more enjoyable.

With the stacked workers being such a vulnerable and frustrating part of Fastest, why do people play the format so much? (based on the list of games you commonly see on US West)
Is there some technique to defend against getting all your workers killed, or is it just part of the game, and you should expect to be wiped out like this from time to time?
prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania8527 Posts
September 21 2024 06:06 GMT
#2
qet , you can do the same to your enemies so it's fair. watch brain on youtube to see how to play on fastest

He is the best player on this type of map !
Lee JaeDong Fighting! The only church that illuminates is the one that burns.
art_of_turtle
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
United States1202 Posts
September 21 2024 06:53 GMT
#3
Watching some of the Pro Fastest players much if it comes down to really setting up static defense and having 4-5 Command Centers or Nexus's in order to replenish the worker count you will eventually lose.

Flash should fear Sacsri
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