Zerg Air vs Void Rays Mutalisk or Corruptor? - Page 2

Bibdy

United States3481 Posts

July 07 2010 20:08 GMT

#21

Hydras and Nydus Networks work fine. If you really want to chase them down outside of your territory then Mutas would be your best bet, not because their damage is all that great, but because they take 40% less damage from the Void Rays than Corruptors will.

A combination of the two isn't a great idea, since they'll just focus the Corruptors first, obliterate them in a moments, then work on the Mutas and it cost you the same amount of gas. Corrupters do quite a bit less DPS than Mutas that can bounce shots, too.

Xapti

Canada2473 Posts

July 07 2010 20:30 GMT

#22

Corruptors, thors and carriers are pretty much the only units that can't deal with VRs well (that can attack air).
As zerg I would not get mutas (or corruptors) vs void rays. VRs use up their gas, and you can just pressure them with hydra-ling/etc. While having a few spores and queens in the main base.

If you had to choose though, mutas are definately better, because they are faster (corruptors can't chase down a speed upgraded
VR), plus because they have less health, it won't give time for VRs to charge up, meaning that instead of taking only about 60% less damage than corruptors, they'd take even less, more like 65-75% less damage (both those figures are actually less due to VR having to charge up, but that relative difference still exists).
You also get an extra 50 minerals to spend on drone/queen/zergling/etc.

hizBALLIN

United States163 Posts

July 07 2010 20:33 GMT

#23

To be perfectly honest, either one works fine. I very seldom come across mass-stargate play Protoss, but I almost always smash the hell out of it with my air units. Despite some generally unapplicable video everyone seems to have viewed recently that makes void rays seem incredible, unless your macro is terrible you should be able to handily overpower his air with either mutas or corruptors. In a straight-up fight, I would favour Corruptors because only a very poor player would allow his units to sit around and let the VRs get a full charge on him. You should be moving in, using the Corrupt ability on one or two, mass-firing those units down, and disengaging until the VRs lose their charge, over and over. The disengage gives you time to manage your own macro as well.

If you can't manage as simple a pattern of macro as that, then you should probably lose to the protoss air, which as a zerg player is disgraceful.

Whole

United States6046 Posts

July 07 2010 20:44 GMT

#24

I think it is situational. If they just have a few Void Rays with Colossus, or if you know they will get Colossus, I would use the Corruptor. The Corruptor is excellent against the Colossus. Before the battle starts, you can usually snipe a few Colossi with the Corruptor.

If they have just Void Ray + Gateway units, I would use Mutalisks, but I feel Hydralisks are better against the mix. Sentries decimate Mutalisks, so Hydras would probably be better.

If it is just Void Rays, I would do Hydralisk or Mutalisk, depending on what tech I already have.

st3roids

Greece538 Posts

July 07 2010 22:27 GMT

#25

So much miss info fyi , download a freaky unit tester and use it ad see for ur self .

Mutas vs toss they get obliterate vs everything , fyi vs phoenixes and stalkers with sentries and guardian shield its not even a contest. They even loose form carriers as well in same food numbers.

ruptors own phoenixes and carriers and they do fairly well vs voidrays ( the more vrays the better vs ruptors).

Only units that counters vrays are vikings and these can be counter off from phoenixes.

so go ahead mass mutas vs a protoss thats has a clue and give him free points .

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