EPTI wonder whats the reason behind those changes in meta? emplars are so much more expensive than zealots, require time to gain energy, and since tanks will fire on each other + zealots will do some dmg, they achieve essentially the same effect as storm...
Zealot bombing is no longer popular?
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SiarX
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I wonder whats the reason behind those changes in meta? emplars are so much more expensive than zealots, require time to gain energy, and since tanks will fire on each other + zealots will do some dmg, they achieve essentially the same effect as storm... | ||
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WGT-Baal
France3436 Posts
If you re going shuttle play, Templars are cheaper than zealot, half the mineral cost specifically. While you wouldn't have many other ways to spend your gas. It costs a lot to make enough shuttles and trade constantly. Ht energy is fairly quick to cast the first storm. Also it s rare that pro clamp their tank to the point a zealot bomb would do better than storm, given storm has much larger area of effect . you could also catch a bunch of vultures or whatever. Finally the priority mechanics makes it that the tanks/vults will target the incoming army and not the ht, allowing you to do a ton of damage. | ||
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SiarX
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WGT-Baal
France3436 Posts
On January 29 2026 01:48 SiarX wrote: Makes sense, although there are other ways to spend your gas. Reavers, arbiters, potentially carriers, some DTs... Mass dragoons are not gas free either, and gas income is much lower than mineral income. Yes but those are other build/styles and not the current meta of constant trades with speedshuttle | ||
FlaShFTW
United States10298 Posts
In isolation, maybe zealot bombing has gone down, but shuttle style still uses it pretty heavily. | ||
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zelevin
United States311 Posts
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BisuDagger
Bisutopia19305 Posts
On January 31 2026 01:52 FlaShFTW wrote: Shuttle style still has lots of zealot bombing going on. And usually for storm drops they now unload a zealot or two before the templars come out. In isolation, maybe zealot bombing has gone down, but shuttle style still uses it pretty heavily. Agreed. Zealots are a must for mine drags and tank aggro before dropping the fragile HTs. | ||
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KrillinFromwales
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mtcn77
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