[Q] Why do progamers use guardians? - Page 3

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BalliSLife

1339 Posts

August 13 2009 23:39 GMT

#41

Ya it sucks when you're caught off guardian

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

August 14 2009 00:54 GMT

#42

On August 13 2009 14:07 De4ngus wrote:

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Actually, Jaedong said in an interview a while ago, that he doesn't like to use guardians because every time he does, he loses, lol.

lol, recent Fantasy game where he just needed muta is a prefect example of how to lose a game with guardians.

BoT, Guardians are not very high HP considering the cost. And they require lots of attention and micro to make sure they don't fly into STATIC defenses. It's just a really bad unit overall.

Steelflight-Rx

United States1389 Posts

August 14 2009 01:49 GMT

#43

On August 13 2009 14:20 cgrinker wrote:
Guardian Hydra used to be a standard play until SK Terran an then they were just big Irradiate clouds to break your Hydralisks

i used hydra/guard all the time when i played campaign. it was pretty sweet.
But yeah, guards kinda suck, i don't know why progamers build them tbh. you'd think they know better by now

Pyrrhuloxia

United States6700 Posts

August 14 2009 02:00 GMT

#44

On August 13 2009 14:07 De4ngus wrote:

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Actually, Jaedong said in an interview a while ago, that he doesn't like to use guardians because every time he does, he loses, lol.

Lol proleague finals.

nicoaldo

Argentina939 Posts

August 14 2009 02:34 GMT

#45

In Outsider zergs where doing a guardian-ultralisk build and it was working pretty well (probably because they can easily secure at least one of the double gas expos). So i think it depends on the map, some units become effective when the metagame changes, and that usually happens when maps change.

Sulunais

Korea (South)34 Posts

August 14 2009 02:40 GMT

#46

Hey, thanks for the responses everyone. Seems like the consensus is that guardians are only useful on very convenient maps or when a sudden surprise. Maybe they're are a sign of the swarm's arrogance in other situations.

Clasic

Bosnia-Herzegovina1437 Posts

August 14 2009 02:59 GMT

#47

On August 13 2009 14:07 De4ngus wrote:

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Actually, Jaedong said in an interview a while ago, that he doesn't like to use guardians because every time he does, he loses, lol.

This is true

Failsafe

United States1298 Posts

August 14 2009 03:53 GMT

#48

On August 13 2009 21:14 Liquid`Drone wrote:
for guardians to function in an actual fight you need to time them so they arrive before he has multiple irradiates and you need to have ensnare in addition. no other zvt scenario has ensnare being as beneficial as it is when going guardian. (i'd rather have 9 guardians and 2 queens with ensnare than 12 guards)

i support this post and it needs more attention