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Terran unit compositions for each race

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xCruciox
Profile Joined March 2010
United States51 Posts
September 18 2010 20:35 GMT
#1
I'm a bronze level player who just got the game. I've played Brood War before, though.
I was wondering what the specific "standard" unit compositions are vs. each race. For example, in Brood War, vs. Protoss, you would usually form a mech army with tanks, vultures, and few goliaths.
Plz no flames, and thank you in advance
noveyak
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States35 Posts
September 18 2010 20:38 GMT
#2
There is actually a bit of variance depending on your style

in general though I would suggest

Protoss --> Marine + Marauder + random banshee/ghost
Terran --> Marauder + Tank + Viking
Zerg --> Tanks + Bio units thrown in and maybe a couple thors?

Again it really depends on what you are up against but these general unit compositions should work against most of the races.
xbankx
Profile Joined July 2010
703 Posts
September 18 2010 20:40 GMT
#3
If you are a bronze player just got marine+marauder against all 3 races, it will take you to diamond assuming you macro isn't terrible
monk
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States8476 Posts
September 18 2010 20:48 GMT
#4
Because sc2 is a relatively new game, the "standards" aren't as well defined as they are in BW. However, this is the closest so far:

TvP: MMM, Vikings vs Collosi or Air, Ghosts vs Templar
TvT: MMM, Tanks, Vikings
TvZ Bio: MMM + Tanks
TvZ Mech: Hellions, Tanks, Thors, Marines

These unit compositions are very general, so don't take them too seriously. Often, ravens, banshees, hellions, etc... are added to each of these combos defending on the situation
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Toast.yum
Profile Joined May 2010
51 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-18 22:51:37
September 18 2010 22:51 GMT
#5
I'm sure you hear this all the time, but if you're bronze, you should worry more about your macro and mechanics than fine-tuning unit compositions. I made it bronze to platinum making nothing but marines and marauders (with an occasional tank thrown in). As you progress and get better, you'll slowly learn what you need to throw into the mix to adapt to different situations.
topeg__
Profile Joined August 2010
United States10 Posts
September 19 2010 01:23 GMT
#6
TvZ=Hellions+blue flame, and marauder. Early push around 4 or 5 hellions and it usually is a win unless they went very very very fast lair.
sfdrew
Profile Joined January 2010
United States201 Posts
September 19 2010 02:07 GMT
#7
Sadly, unless they make some real changes, you can pretty much face roll as Terran against most lesser players. A good player will be ready for cheese or tech switch on you, but if they don't any reasonable massing of MnM will win you the game in the first 10 minutes.

The 4 gate is strong as toss but that is getting nerfed in the next patch. Terran is the easiest race to win with right now for equal skill level.
I cant build there, somethins in the way
TheHedonist
Profile Joined September 2010
54 Posts
September 19 2010 02:07 GMT
#8
On September 19 2010 05:40 xbankx wrote:
If you are a bronze player just got marine+marauder against all 3 races, it will take you to diamond assuming you macro isn't terrible


Seriously. Learn to macro well and just making MMM (throwing in some stuff to hard counters to popular builds... viking vs colossus, thor+siege tank vs mutalinglinginfestor) can carry you very very far.
xCruciox
Profile Joined March 2010
United States51 Posts
September 19 2010 03:20 GMT
#9
If you can beat Very Hard AI, where should you be rankwise? just confused right now cuz some ppl that play platinum cant beat Insane :s
Tabula`Rasa
Profile Joined September 2010
Singapore81 Posts
September 19 2010 06:39 GMT
#10
I'm having the same problem. The 3-rax MMM build got me all the way to platinum. The moment I got there, I lost 7 games in a row. Now I have to adapt against far superior players and hope I don't get dropped back down to gold T_T
BigFatRoAcH
Profile Joined July 2010
Japan90 Posts
September 19 2010 10:36 GMT
#11
TvT Tank MM BC Vike Banshee basically everything lol
When I have advantage I just brute force push with Vike&BC and 1a the whole ground force. When I'm getting pushed around I turtle up in a PF and try to backdoor drop on his structures.

TvP Seriously I have no idea what works... Mothership vortex and psi storm will decimate my army no matter what I do in late games. I try to end the fight asap with cloaked banshee rushes into MM push but I lose more than 70% the time against P if the game goes beyond 15 min. I can't even find a reliable way to defend cannon rush(it seems P doesn't have to sac his econ at all).

TvZ Mech combo of Thor/Hellion with a few Tank support seems to work wonder. When you see Broodlords make Vikes asap or you will die very miserably. This is by far my strongest matchup(due to serious imba i guess lol).

In all matchups I am absolutely horrible in long games. I have never won a game going 40+ min. I almost win every time when the opponent tries to cheese me(except cannon rush which I lose 100% the time). I currently just got in Plat and is having some serious problem against P, I just don't know what to do against them. I've beaten Diamond T and Z players.
Setev
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Malaysia390 Posts
September 19 2010 11:14 GMT
#12
TvP? Try Ghosts.. Then see how you fare.
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