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How to exactly micro a protoss army like a pro?
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crazyskills
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Summerfield
Sweden88 Posts
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/CrunCher | ||
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Schwopzi
Netherlands954 Posts
Ofcourse your unit positioning depends on the situation at hand, vs ghosts you'll want to try to feedback before combat, vs tanks you want to have immortals up front, etc etc. | ||
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Spectorials
558 Posts
Very little attempts to move DTs in different directions to avoid scans. Didn't target mules with the DTs... | ||
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iSTime
1579 Posts
On January 17 2011 15:20 Spectorials wrote: No offense to wishbones or cruncher but I just opened that stream as he warped in 4 DTs on jungle basin and he literally did no micro :S. Very little attempts to move DTs in different directions to avoid scans. Didn't target mules with the DTs... Microing 6 DTs against a guy who doesn't even have ebay up yet: not worth it. On topic, just do things that make sense. Early game PvT, for example, usually you'll just want to a move zealot while focusing down the 2-3 marauders they have with stalker/sentry. Once the marauders are gone zealot+stalker just tears through marines. | ||
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crazyskills
36 Posts
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wishbones
Canada2600 Posts
#1 being units that will go in first, #2 being units that will be behind any of the first units, #3 being anything i don't want running directly into the fight but instead fighting from behind. so sentries/air/collosi etc.. | ||
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Hane
France210 Posts
On January 17 2011 15:47 wishbones wrote: for hotkeys. i place (melee/tank unit#1) (stalker#2) (long range/air#3) #1 being units that will go in first, #2 being units that will be behind any of the first units, #3 being anything i don't want running directly into the fight but instead fighting from behind. so sentries/air/collosi etc.. pros don't use those hotkeys to micro during battles. | ||
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zorion
Sweden72 Posts
ie make sure my imortals spread their fire aswell as the colossus(ies) not have all my stalkers fire on random targets, but rather trying to get grps of 5or6 shift clicked on targets also trying the get a runby with a couple of zealeots to a flank to drag away AI fire from my dps units ot if lucky get em in the base to harras keybuildings/workers. I hate when i do 2(stalker grp) target klick a banshee or so instead of selecting just acouple of em... | ||
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aesth
2 Posts
 There is this day9 daily where LiquidTyler plays a PvP and he is behind in army value, but wins the fights by colossus micro (he basically positions them nicely and targets the enemy colossi from a ~20° angle if I recall this right, you better go and search for said episode). Aside from that there is not much that I do aside from moving the stalkers so all of them keep hitting the enemy (either spread them out or move them). I think what improved my P micro the best was smurfing as a T with a friend's account, as MM reaps such huge benefit from micro you will naturally want to micro them. And many things you do with Marines (like running from Zerglings while shooting, preventing a proper surround) can be done with Stalkers too! But what's probably the best idea for you to do is get some high APM player's replay pack and watch what he is doing. In fact, forget my personal advice and do that! | ||
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wowsukz
Netherlands58 Posts
On January 17 2011 15:39 PJA wrote: Microing 6 DTs against a guy who doesn't even have ebay up yet: not worth it. Sure its not worth it to win the game. What is this? | ||
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PaPoolee
Netherlands660 Posts
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da_head
Canada3350 Posts
basically it goes like this: early game: nexus 1 zlot/sentry 2 stalkers 3 mid game: nexus 1 ground ball 2 collo 3 phoenix/voids 4 important building 5 obs 0 late game: depends what composition i have, but usually the same as mid game. Yes i know having nexus as 1 is terribad, but its a bad habit i have from bw -___- but whee for having a free hotkey for warpgates. helps a lot | ||
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tadgh11
Canada14 Posts
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lolrider
United States12 Posts
On January 17 2011 18:08 Hane wrote: pros don't use those hotkeys to micro during battles. So Hane - what do pros do? | ||
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tadgh11
Canada14 Posts
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Nifel
706 Posts
Yeah, I do hotkey a lot. And yes, it might seem like a huge mess. But trust me, compared to my Brood War hotkeys this is really well structured and thought out. | ||
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crazyskills
36 Posts
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Eggcake
Switzerland722 Posts
1: Zealot/Sentry/Immortal 2: Stalker 3: Colossi/HT 4: Phoenix/VoidRays 5: Robo/Stargate 6: Nexus 7-9: Special things like DTs, Drops/Split up group or 2nd Observer 0: Observer There are pros who don't use any hotkeys for their armies, but obviously it is much easier if you do and it's way easier no matter how good you are. I know for a fact that TLO didn't use hotkeys for his armies (maybe sometimes) for a long time. | ||
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