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iSini
13 Posts
I would really like to increase my APM because I just feel that I'm not microing right, and since I play as Zerg for ladder, I need to continue to micro right, but I can only macro well. I really need to learn to do both but I really am finding it difficult to raise my APM. Would someone please teach me anyway to raise my apm? | ||
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red_b
United States1267 Posts
people are joking about you being in bronze lol. work on getting thicker skin before improving at a game, anyway. I made it into plat with 60 apm zerg. 100 is sufficient to play at all but the very highest level, and even then it's not a vacuum and more =/= playing better. better playing = higher apm. | ||
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/search.php?q=apm | ||
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LoLAdriankat
United States4307 Posts
Keep making drones, keeping in mind where your enemy's army is, don't overmake drones when his army is on the move. Keep spawning larvae Retain map control Don't let your money get too high. Even during engagements, focus on making units while watching the battle. Put all your hatches on one control group. | ||
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Ogna
United States106 Posts
Try to learn build orders, and really try to grasp WHY this or that works. once you learn this the information you obtain from scouting will auctually mean something to you. Try to macro and build units while you are attacking and last but not least. play a lot of games I am in masters 2600 and my apm is around 114 | ||
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Sheekthief
United States267 Posts
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Saechiis
Netherlands4989 Posts
Search for exising threads on the subject before making a new thread, I'm pretty sure there are already 500 of them. | ||
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ectonym
United States147 Posts
The only other way I know is consistent practice, exercise those phalanges. | ||
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TheRealPaciFist
United States1049 Posts
http://day9tv.blip.tv/file/4712303/ according to Day9, sometimes its good to click a little less so you can work on your precision but yeah the main thing is just practice, practice with the micro and the macro, and then switching back and forth between them as fast as possible | ||
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Skamtet
Canada634 Posts
I really doubt you have good macro. I thought spamming ladder games would be the obvious answer here. | ||
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Okiesmokie
Canada379 Posts
At bronze-level play you should not be focusing on microing all your units perfectly, but instead working on macro and other mechanics. Would you rather have one zergling that can perfectly dance around units, or twenty zerglings that could easily plow through said units? | ||
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arterian
Canada1157 Posts
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Sein
United States1811 Posts
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Geovu
Estonia1344 Posts
>>>Bronze League ... Wat? Dood try making workers, units and expanding instead of spam clicking so much. Most Bronze players have ~20-40 APM. | ||
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LegendaryZ
United States1583 Posts
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`Zapdos
United States935 Posts
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eLiE
Canada1039 Posts
And it's important to keep your money low by spamming units and keeping under supply. Constantly putting out units instead of waiting to do a giant blob of like 30 units at once will allow you to have an army when you need it, and it will boost your apm. | ||
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fearus
China2164 Posts
Some of the ways to raise apm: 1.) SPAM, yes this does help and before anyone comes yelling at me, all the pros spam and they spam like a crazy Nigerian fraudster. You can have your own opinion on just how 'useful' spamming is but the fact that every single pro spams should really null your arguments. 2.) Play the game on the slowest game setting vs AI and gradually increase the game speed. | ||
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Pacman234
United States88 Posts
He talks mainly about strategy in normal dailies, which actually shouldn't be the major focus in bronze. its about getting a ton of stuff out. once your in platinum, really, you should try boosting apm, but smartly. Watch daily 252 to do that, because believe, NO PRO TRULY SPAMS. | ||
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Befree
695 Posts
These observations suggest to me that your APM is not at all what is holding you back. But if you're really focused on APM, Day9 just did a daily episode this week where he covered the topic and gave his view on where APM typically comes from and what you should do that will result in higher APM (Useful actions obviously). (http://day9tv.blip.tv/file/4712303/) I'd suggest you focus on other aspects of your play, though. GL | ||
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udgnim
United States8024 Posts
play a lot so you know what you're supposed to do for TONS of different possible situations / circumstances | ||
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SlapMySalami
United States1060 Posts
On February 05 2011 10:47 TheRealPaciFist wrote: I'm 40 APM and silver which makes me think that maybe you're spam clicking a little too much. http://day9tv.blip.tv/file/4712303/ according to Day9, sometimes its good to click a little less so you can work on your precision but yeah the main thing is just practice, practice with the micro and the macro, and then switching back and forth between them as fast as possible Was going to link this. You should actually try SLOWING DOWN when you play. No more spam clicks just play calmly. I dunno how you're at 100 APM I avg 110 as Zerg and I'm at about ranked 1000 NA on sc2ranks (Master League). I know you want to hear surefire ways to improve APM but that will be useless if you don't work on everything else first. | ||
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KevinIX
United States2472 Posts
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iSini
13 Posts
In fact i love Day 9's channel the best.... But I've been playing Starcraft 2 for about 2 monthes now....and I'm currently division rank 6, but I still find opponents beating me when it comes down to massive army engagements....So I'm thinking maybe I'm microing wrong.....Should I post a link to one of my ladder games? | ||
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Sein
United States1811 Posts
On February 05 2011 10:53 fearus wrote: People are getting confused that somehow getting macro right will raise APM, infact its the other way around. Low APM will ruin your macro. Some of the ways to raise apm: 1.) SPAM, yes this does help and before anyone comes yelling at me, all the pros spam and they spam like a crazy Nigerian fraudster. You can have your own opinion on just how 'useful' spamming is but the fact that every single pro spams should really null your arguments. 2.) Play the game on the slowest game setting vs AI and gradually increase the game speed. 70-100APM is plenty enough to macro well in diamond, and like I said above, I've even seen a Master league player with 70APM. It's clear that the problem here isn't his APM. You don't want him to start spamming just to boost his APM which could actually disrupt him from his decision making skills at his level of play. | ||
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LegendaryZ
United States1583 Posts
On February 05 2011 10:53 fearus wrote: 1.) SPAM, yes this does help and before anyone comes yelling at me, all the pros spam and they spam like a crazy Nigerian fraudster. You can have your own opinion on just how 'useful' spamming is but the fact that every single pro spams should really null your arguments. This is horrible advice. Your reasoning for it is nothing more than "pros do it". Do you even know WHY pros do it? | ||
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rei
United States3594 Posts
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KevinIX
United States2472 Posts
On February 05 2011 10:58 iSini wrote: I do watch Day9 Psy HD, and Husky In fact i love Day 9's channel the best.... But I've been playing Starcraft 2 for about 2 monthes now....and I'm currently division rank 6, but I still find opponents beating me when it comes down to massive army engagements....So I'm thinking maybe I'm microing wrong.....Should I post a link to one of my ladder games? Yes post your replays. Most likely, you are losing due to one of 3 things. 1) Your army is too small. When you watch your replay, look at the population count and the army tab. If his army is bigger, there's the reason you lost. 2) Your army positioning might be wrong. As a zerg, try to gain as much surface area on the opponent as possible. This means surrounding the enemy before attacking, if possible. It also means not fighting in narrow corridors and chokepoints. 3) Your army composition is off. His army might simply be composed of units strong against your units. Make sure to counter your opponent when you scout, and constantly keep tabs on his composition. | ||
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Geniuszerg
Canada454 Posts
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Buddhist
United States658 Posts
But anyway, the only way to get better micro is to micro, the only way to get higher effective APM is to do it during a game. Spamming will not help you what so ever. When you're in a game, figure out what you need to do at any given moment, and do it. You'll probably find that it's not your APM that is limited, but your awareness of what you need to do, and ability to remain calm and do it. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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