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is there a guide with list of counters?

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omgbbq2
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada169 Posts
November 02 2010 19:11 GMT
#1
anyone know a site displaying list of counters for every race
ToastieNL
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands845 Posts
November 02 2010 19:13 GMT
#2
The Help in- game?

but honestly, with some thinking, you'll figure it out.
Zerg lategame is imbalanced as shit. Also: "Protoss is really strong recently. Perhaps, it's time for there to be some changes for Terran." -MMA. Even MMA asks for buffs. Srsly Blizzard. Srsly.
ensis
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany340 Posts
November 02 2010 19:13 GMT
#3
well, i dont want to insult you, but if you are asking such basic questions, you propably arent that great. in that case just take a look at the help button in the top left corner of your screen, the next time you play.
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omgbbq2
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada169 Posts
November 02 2010 19:16 GMT
#4
if i was great, why would i be asking questions?
tehemperorer
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2183 Posts
November 02 2010 19:20 GMT
#5
There probably isn't something like what you are looking for, mostly because this game cannot be boiled down to "this unit is the direct counter to that"
Knowing is half the battle... the other half is lasers.
PaPaLung
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada51 Posts
November 02 2010 19:21 GMT
#6
Go play around on the unit testing map for a while, or finish the campaign. It starts to come pretty naturally once you do.
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ToastieNL
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands845 Posts
November 02 2010 19:21 GMT
#7
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=104154
Zerg lategame is imbalanced as shit. Also: "Protoss is really strong recently. Perhaps, it's time for there to be some changes for Terran." -MMA. Even MMA asks for buffs. Srsly Blizzard. Srsly.
PwnSnake
Profile Joined October 2010
9 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-02 19:23:04
November 02 2010 19:22 GMT
#8
There's something like that at http://www.starcraft-replay.com/guides/starcraft-2-terran-strategy-best-counters-vs-zerg-units.php (with TvP and TvT also). I don't know if they have it for other races or if it's really that useful.

I agree that there's really no such thing as a "counter" but you should still really be able to know if going against Banelings and Zerglings with your Marines is a good idea.
Fr33t
Profile Joined June 2008
United States1128 Posts
November 02 2010 19:24 GMT
#9
Start out by playing 3v3's/4v4's or maybe some co-ops. You'll learn what counters what way faster than reading the entirety of TL. Much more fun than all that reading too. However, if you are intent on reading, Liquipedia is a great place to start for general information, check it out.

Also, you don't have to be a noob to ask questions btw
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Seide
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States831 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-02 19:38:53
November 02 2010 19:27 GMT
#10
I like the absurd amount of effort and thought put in by the OP of this thread. Brings back the good old memories of WoW Blizz forums.

Some units perform against others better, you can see this in the help window.

Otherwise micro and positioning plays a big part, so having a complete list like that is a bit worthless unless you are planning to play some nexus wars or something.

Banelings technically counter marines, unless you are BoxeR. -_-

It's not like Liquipedia, doesn't have a unit role section for nearly every matchup.
Put in some of your own effort man instead of opening a 1 line thread, it's not hard.
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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19200 Posts
November 02 2010 19:38 GMT
#11
Try Liquipedia.
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orotoss
Profile Joined September 2010
United States298 Posts
November 02 2010 20:17 GMT
#12
A good thing to know is units that are considered light or armored, and units that do bonus to light or armored. Also, rate of fire helps determine counters.

For example, immortals are armored, do bonus to armored, have hardened shields, and fire very slowly. They counter any armored unit (roach, marauder, tank, thor, stalker, colossi) and are generally countered by fast hitting, low dps units like marines and zerglings.

Banelings do a ton of damage to light and have splash, so they counter groups of light units, like marines, zealots, and zerglings.

Units with splash damage typically counter small units with low hp.

Tanks counter all ground units except immortals.

In general, I would suggest you go to SC2 armory and study the armor status/bonus damage of different units. It is also good to know that units with multiple attacks do worse vs. armor upgrades. For example, thors shoot four missiles at air units, so a battlecruiser with 2 armor is blocking 8 damage while a battlecruiser with 5 armor is blocking 20 damage.
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iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
November 02 2010 20:19 GMT
#13
unacceptable OP

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