I found a cool trick using the warp prism, and I made this little video. Hope you guys like it.
A possible build that incorporates this would be:
gateway gas core chrono warpgate tech pull units off gas @ 100 (150 total mined) robo make one warp prism keep getting zealots only rally warp prism to enemy's cliff get nexus when pushing out lift zealots into enemy's main warp in zealots continuously transition into 2 base (gas up)
This would probably work best against a zerg, especially if they have spine crawlers defending their natural. If roaches counter, you could make immortals. Cannons could also be a possibility after the attack, since you have a lot of mineral income, and it will take a while to gas up. I haven't tried this on the ladder yet, so I don't really know. The cool thing is, though, that until the warp prism pops, it looks exactly like a 3 gate robo.
i think at the end of this video.. if u unload.. and before the last unit is unloaded u spam units to enter the warp prism.. it will continue to drop.. so if you spam units toward the warp prism while its dropping, itll drop until you have no more units left or u miss a cycle
On December 03 2010 09:49 rS.Sinatra wrote: i think at the end of this video.. if u unload.. and before the last unit is unloaded u spam units to enter the warp prism.. it will continue to drop.. so if you spam units toward the warp prism while its dropping, itll drop until you have no more units left or u miss a cycle
Yeah, that's how it works. You just have to keep spamming, and it becomes a continuous flow once you get good with it. The example at the end could be a lot faster, if I did it better.
On December 03 2010 09:39 Galaxy77 wrote: This is a really old trick, and theres a better method of doing it.
You select all your units to go into it,
Waypoint the static warpprism somewhere,
As your units start going inside the warp prism, spam the unload key and you dont need to keep selecting / unselecting the units.
hmmm, i don't think it lets you do that. If your right click a warp prism, as soon as it fills up, the units try and run around. You can see this in the beginning of the video.
On December 03 2010 13:53 Dox wrote: This is totally awesome, I'd love to see this technique become mainstream and used in more tournaments. Thank you!!
If i actually saw this used by a pro i'd shit my pants.
Wouldn't it better to use "stop" instead of "hold position?" That way if units come around and try and attack warp prism from low ground while you are loading/unloading the units on the low ground will fight right away instead of waiting for you to tell them not to hold position
On December 03 2010 14:31 CapnAmerica wrote: You can also set a rally point on your warp prisms so that the units already moved will run out from under the prism, right?
On December 04 2010 05:25 jdelator wrote: Can you use this to jump destructible rocks?
yeah. i tried it on all the rocks on scrap station. but it's really hard to do on the middle rocks because you have to be super precise, an it crowds quickly. I think you can jump the gap at the backdoor on jungle basin, too. But if you have a ton of units, you could just break the rocks anyways.
I'll be trying to use this in the near future. Not sure how well it'll work out in a real game situation, but I can see some harassment possibilites pre-viking/muta
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