APM by Race - Page 6

On September 24 2011 14:26 Supamang wrote:
I really dont understand all these people coming in here saying "select larva make zerglings inflates APM". First of all you do that like every 40 seconds max and it lasts for liek 2 seconds tops. How will that inflate APM to this level? Second of all, how is making a bunch of zerglings any different from making a bunch of marines for bio? Sure for protoss it takes half the APM to make the same supply for zerglings, but does it really make a 60 APM difference every game? Lastly, who says the zerg is making zerglings all the time? Roach/Infestor? Roach/Hydra? Theres many games where zerglings arent spammed at all.

I think people are just fishing for excuses

On September 24 2011 14:31 RoboBob wrote:
Microing 1 Zealot = 1 APM
Microing 2 Marine = 2 APM
Microing 4 Zerglings = 4 APM

50 energy of Mule = 1 APM
50 energy of Chronoboost = 1 APM
50 energy of inject = 2 APM

I'm tired of people epeening about apm. It depends upon your unit composition more than anything else. When I go bio, my APM shoots up because I'm always stutterstepping large globs of units. But when I'm going mech I move huge supply units across the map without stutter, so my apm drops significantly.

To be honest I'm a bit surprised that the difference between the races aren't more prounced.

On September 24 2011 13:40 figq wrote:
You are wrong. Hold Z, get 300+ APM instantly, just tested in 1.4.

Main reason for Z>T>P is the number of units actually. Z - lots of units, T - middle, P - fewest units, but strong. Select an army and move it around a bit, and (in current patch 1.4) you will get exactly Z>T>P for APM for armies of equal cost, because of the number of units in each army.

APM will always be quite meaningless measure, because in the average actions the most weight comes from moving an army. Which is just one click. You click once, 120 lings move, you get 120 actions. (that's still how it is in 1.4) That overrides by far your macro. So basically people with high APM issue a lot of move commands and attack commands with large armies. They don't really click/press 300+ times in a minute, at all.

On September 24 2011 14:36 tuho12345 wrote:
Say that to Korean Pros. I remember MC boost his APM over 400 in the real battle vs XiaoT. How many Zerg and Terran could micro like that in the battle when they don't have to micro every single unit in the army?

I thought this was neat because it lends support to the idea that Protoss is the easiest race. I know many people already believe this, but many Protoss players out there are in denial. These results, of course, aren't the final word on the issue, but they are piece of objective, empirical evidence in support of the "Protoss is EZPZ" hypothesis

On September 24 2011 14:31 RoboBob wrote:
Microing 1 Zealot = 1 APM
Microing 2 Marine = 2 APM
Microing 4 Zerglings = 4 APM

50 energy of Mule = 1 APM
50 energy of Chronoboost = 1 APM
50 energy of inject = 2 APM

I'm tired of people epeening about apm. It depends upon your unit composition more than anything else. When I go bio, my APM shoots up because I'm always stutterstepping large globs of units. But when I'm going mech I move huge supply units across the map without stutter, so my apm drops significantly.

To be honest I'm a bit surprised that the difference between the races aren't more prounced.

On September 24 2011 14:44 Petninja wrote:
I like how they're "very close" at 20 APM different, but at 30 they're very far apart. Tabloid journalism IMO.

On September 24 2011 14:31 Medrea wrote:


There are other things as well. Such as placing buildings. Protoss continues to wall off things even after taking 3 bases. Placing buildings in specific spots is a low-apm move. No matter how good you are at it, your never going to be as fast as spam clicker.

Sending out overlords is one thing, but your not sending out every single overlord.