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Gere
Germany55 Posts
I don't play often enough to memorize too many details (builds, strategies, hotkeys, ...) and I don't expect to do more than 40 APM. Which race do you think would be easiest to keep up a good ladder placement? (and why? [micro, injects, macro, decision making, ...]) Or to put it in another way: If you had 3 beginners playing *casually* T, Z and P respectively, who would you bet your money on to be most successful in ladder placement after a while? | ||
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DwarfTherapist
United States48 Posts
fewer units more aoe more long range. | ||
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Domsaleo
United States3 Posts
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TOCHMY
Sweden1692 Posts
"Or to put it in another way: If you had 3 beginners playing *casually* T, Z and P respectively, who would you bet your money on to be most successful in ladder placement after a while?" Such a tough question T_T | ||
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Sjokola
Netherlands800 Posts
With 40 APM I don't think it really matters. Just try random for a while and you'll win more with some race vs another. With global play you can even do terran on EU toss on US and zerg on KR or SEA. | ||
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Rkie
United States1278 Posts
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StarscreamG1
Portugal1653 Posts
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gingerfluffmuff
Austria4570 Posts
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thezanursic
5497 Posts
Terran is probably the easiest early on because it is the most similar to other RTS like AoE, but is considered to be the hardest race overall (and the most punishing at high levels), but you caan get pretty high in all MU by just doing Mass marines + medivacs Protoss is probably the easiest after you've already mastered the bare essentials | ||
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purakushi
United States3301 Posts
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Ambre
France416 Posts
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thezanursic
5497 Posts
On March 13 2013 00:07 gingerfluffmuff wrote: I think T is the hardest and most frustrating race to play. Followed by Z. --> Play P. I would argue that T is the easiest early on... It only gets frustrating after you start playing people who are decent. It also helps that T production is really similar to how it works in AOE, WC1-3 etc etc So anybody with prior RTS experience would find T the easiest race to play at first. | ||
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Prog455
Denmark970 Posts
If you are at about Silver or Gold level i'd say Protoss is easiest. Once you are used to the basics of the game Protoss is pretty much a-move to win. At this level i'd put Terran as the hardest race because Terran units scale much more with micro than both Protoss and Zerg, which basicly means that you can no longer just a-move into a Protoss deathball, and you're still miles away from utilizing the units to their full potential. Nevertheless i still think that personal style and taste matters more than anything from Bronze to Bonjwa | ||
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
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SinCitta
Germany2127 Posts
Protoss if you are a turtling player. Go for Zealot, Stalker and Colossi. You will need to learn how to defend until you reach such a composition. Terran has an easy composition with Marines, Marauder and Medivacs which is easy to use in lower levels. But it would be better if you just push your limits instead of pursuing a specific ladder rank. A ladder rank is reset after a short while anyway, what remains are your skills. APM 40 is very, very low, even for newcomers and casual players. Learn to use hotkeys. It's not that hard and it makes the game easier and comfortable. Activate the gameplay option where the hotkey for each button is displayed. | ||
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BigAsia
Canada451 Posts
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Nerv3
Germany36 Posts
The easy thing about protoss for new players is that you can just build up a big army with a lot of expensive units like colossi, archons on 2 or 3 base and then pretty much attack without microing much and win more easily than with Terran or zerg. With Terran or Zerg you can't usually turtle as much. With Terran it's harder to pick engagements, don't run into storms etc. while with Zerg I think it's harder in the beginning to get the mechanics of the larva, making drones and units when you have to. However I wouldn't pick a race that is easier for beginners, I would pick the race that is the most fun to play for you, because say if you get diamond with Protoss but platinum with Terran, you are still "bad", there is still so much to improve in Starcraft, the league doesn't matter as much as your personal improvements. The journey is the reward.  tl;dr: Pick the race which is the most fun, you get better with every race, you can still switch races once you get basic knowledge of the game. | ||
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Blacklizard
United States1194 Posts
If you like to defend, P or Z can work fine. Z's defense is probably the easiest to grasp though. All mineral defense can work against a lot of builds, except in ZvZ. Static defense is actually useful to Zerg, whereas it mostly only makes sense early or midgame PvZ when playing Protoss... otherwise do not use cannons when learning to play. HotS has opened up options though. Now you can defend with widow mines as T for a while, then attack later. As P you can put on pressure with mothershipcore and recall if needed. As Z, 2 base mutas is completely insane vs P so lots of attacking there. For team games, Terran is definitely the easiest to defend with. You can make bunkers and repair and defend a lot of lower tier players. | ||
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DemigodcelpH
1138 Posts
Terran has to micro units to be effective as Z/P relatively unmicroed armies, so losing in battles and wondering "why did all of my stuff die so fast?" would be extremely frustrating for a beginner I would imagine. Warp Gate is a forgiving macro mechanic that has no weakness, and the units are effective without micro. | ||
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