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hydralisk melee attack!?!?!? WTF!!!?!?

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tosS.ita
Profile Joined May 2010
Italy523 Posts
June 17 2010 17:04 GMT
#1
Look at the 0:06 !!


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DooMDash
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1015 Posts
June 17 2010 17:05 GMT
#2
I noticed this a long time ago. Funny that they consider it ranged though technically.
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da_head
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3350 Posts
June 17 2010 17:05 GMT
#3
hydras and roaches always have had melee attacks. the dps is exactly the same, it is merely an athestic feature.
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KameZerg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden1769 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-17 17:09:22
June 17 2010 17:08 GMT
#4
Its nothing new, dustin browder was also asked about this in a interview, he said its simply the same thing but only with a different animation

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Eschaton
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1245 Posts
June 17 2010 17:08 GMT
#5
In the depths of my SC2 newbdom, I did upgrade zerg melee attacks at least once in order to improve the melee attack for the roach. 'Cause it clearly has one, right? I get the aesthetic reasoning, but it's potentially confusing to newbs.
ThePurist
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada686 Posts
June 17 2010 17:10 GMT
#6
It looks pretty cool just because hydras have long forearm blade things and never really put them to use.

So even though it's a melee animation it registers as an ranged?
789
Profile Joined October 2009
United States959 Posts
June 17 2010 17:10 GMT
#7
This has been in the game since at least battle report 2. There was a point in the game when david kim was getting pinned in the corner by that lower right high yield, and a hydralisk did a melee animation on an auto turret. Like other have said, it's merely an animation and counts the same as their normal ranged attack.
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Licmyobelisk
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Philippines3682 Posts
June 17 2010 17:10 GMT
#8
I love how wild and durty the hydra gets when doing some smashing and slashing.
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UnderWorld_Dream
Profile Joined September 2009
Canada219 Posts
June 17 2010 17:16 GMT
#9
I'm guessing Guardan Shield still works even tho they attack in melee when close.

Anyone has tested it?
Ordained
Profile Joined June 2010
United States779 Posts
June 17 2010 17:17 GMT
#10
Well in every single cinematic the Hydralisk is melee.
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rastaban
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2294 Posts
June 17 2010 17:17 GMT
#11
The PDD does not stop the hydralisk's melee attack, might be useful is rare cases.
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Bibdy
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3481 Posts
June 17 2010 17:18 GMT
#12
I wanna see Thors punch shit.
gogogadgetflow
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2583 Posts
June 17 2010 17:21 GMT
#13
On June 18 2010 02:17 rastaban wrote:
The PDD does not stop the hydralisk's melee attack, might be useful is rare cases.

Wow. That could lead to some exceptional pimpest plays. Or at least some funny moments in 2v2s where hydras kill melee units even under enemy pdds.
chekthehek
Profile Joined May 2010
United States279 Posts
June 17 2010 17:22 GMT
#14
WTF??? THE HYDRALISK IS USING A MELEE ATTACK? WTF!!!!!?!!
Wr3k
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada2533 Posts
June 17 2010 17:23 GMT
#15
Same damage & rate of fire, the only difference is the animation, and that it can't be shot down by point defense drones.
Mindful
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden21 Posts
June 17 2010 17:25 GMT
#16
On June 18 2010 02:17 rastaban wrote:
The PDD does not stop the hydralisk's melee attack, might be useful is rare cases.


In that case it's not considered a ranged attack then?
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rastaban
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2294 Posts
June 17 2010 17:26 GMT
#17
On June 18 2010 02:18 Bibdy wrote:
I wanna see Thors punch shit.


The death animation for that would be so sweet, It would be worth building them vs zerglings just to see them fly through the air when struck.
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kajeus
Profile Joined May 2010
United States679 Posts
June 17 2010 17:26 GMT
#18
On June 18 2010 02:23 Wr3k wrote:
Same damage & rate of fire, the only difference is the animation, and that it can't be shot down by point defense drones.

I see some slick burrow action in the future...
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rastaban
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2294 Posts
June 17 2010 17:28 GMT
#19
On June 18 2010 02:25 Mindful wrote:
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On June 18 2010 02:17 rastaban wrote:
The PDD does not stop the hydralisk's melee attack, might be useful is rare cases.


In that case it's not considered a ranged attack then?


Technically the PDD only stops projectile attacks and not ranged attacks. So even though it is considered ranged it is no longer a projectile.

Guardian Shield affects ranged attacks but not "splash" attacks so it should still work in this case.
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pzea469
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1520 Posts
June 17 2010 17:31 GMT
#20
I knew about this already but had never seen the animation. I always thought that Blizzard should really take advantage of this and change it to melee and make the damage higher. Could even have a melee icon that you can right click to activate(like you would when switching to autocast on spells). Would lead to some awesome micro and add uniqueness to the hydra
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Thrasymachus725
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada527 Posts
June 17 2010 17:32 GMT
#21
On June 18 2010 02:28 rastaban wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2010 02:25 Mindful wrote:
On June 18 2010 02:17 rastaban wrote:
The PDD does not stop the hydralisk's melee attack, might be useful is rare cases.


In that case it's not considered a ranged attack then?


Technically the PDD only stops projectile attacks and not ranged attacks. So even though it is considered ranged it is no longer a projectile.

Guardian Shield affects ranged attacks but not "splash" attacks so it should still work in this case.



No, the PDD needs to be able to hit a projectile with it's projectile. A stalkers attack will likely not be intercepted from Melee range either. Reason being, the projectile makes contact with the target before the PDD's projectile can intercept it.
I have not tested this, but that would be my interpretation. Try putting a PDD right on top of the meleeing Hydralisk... maybe.
I think this is a tiny balance issue at best. The fact is, you need very minor micro to avoid Hydralisks meleeing.
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Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
June 17 2010 17:32 GMT
#22
Old news, there's threads about it already :p
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