EPTOn August 16 2009 01:41 Adeny wrote:
Bro the liquipedia article you linked says 1 gate reaver counters JoyO.
Bro the liquipedia article you linked says 1 gate reaver counters JoyO.
Dude just read again what I wrote from the beginnig.
[Q]TvP Various Counters to Early Reaver Drop - Page 2
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ZeKk
Sweden320 Posts
Dude just read again what I wrote from the beginnig. | ||
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niteReloaded
Croatia5282 Posts
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
On August 15 2009 23:36 Adeny wrote: ^ I don't get it. Then again I thought optical flare only removed a units ability to detect. You should probably stop posting advice... | ||
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
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TheFoReveRwaR
United States10657 Posts
On August 15 2009 22:39 JFKWT wrote: ^ What Adeny said. Get your Ebay up right before or after your CC (if you're going for any FE build) and lay down a few turrets, defend/kill his shuttle and roll out with superior macro on 2 bases while hes struggling to lay down his natural/3rd. build a depot in the corner of your main to spot the shuttle early so you have more time to react. Floating your ebay around the edges of your base helps that too. The other counters to reaver drop (apart from scouting) are usually part of your build. If you went early armoury then get a gol or 2 if his expansion is slow (and if you have mines/scan) to kill DT. If you went 1fac1port build then make a wraith if you think hes going for drop. The wraith is useful anyways if you're going for map control but its quite expensive so don't lose it. Eventually you'll be using them to kill arbiters so its not a waste either way You should never make your ebay before your cc off 1 fact...thats horrible. | ||
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Adeny
Norway1233 Posts
On August 16 2009 06:44 TheFoReveRwaR wrote: You should probably stop posting advice... The only time I have EVER, EVER, seen optical flare used was boxer's flare on observers to cloak a ghost. Why should I care about flare? There's more than enough useful information about broodwar out there for me to try to absorb, and flare isn't exactly high on my list of priorities. | ||
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JoeSumo
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julealgon
Brazil120 Posts
On August 16 2009 06:21 niteReloaded wrote: Here is the replay of Optical Flare vs Reaver: I loved that game. The way you used optical flare on those observers later on was really nice, it forced him to build more of them to see the spider mines. I really think this strategy should be used more. If you have more replays of you using optical flare efficiently like this one, I would love to watch them. It would be cool also to use it on the front dragoons before a push, hopefully without him noticing it. That way, you can get into siege position and have the upper hand. And since we are talking about OF, how about making 1-2 more medics to use it more often? The medic is quite inexpensive and I think spamming OF on everything could be somewhat decent, mainly on those observers/shuttles/reavers and them on the front units, since it also helps when they are walking around mines (the probability of them stepping onto them instead of destroying them is enormous if not 100%). And what about a bunch of medics drawing fire from the goons and healing each other? It is a possibility too, although it does waste a lot of energy from them. | ||
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