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TelAvivXJoeX
Profile Joined May 2011
United States29 Posts
May 09 2011 02:26 GMT
#181
On May 09 2011 11:04 Moja wrote:
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On May 09 2011 10:25 TelAvivXJoeX wrote:
As a Zerg player, what is to stop me from just pulling back into the Fog of War and burrowing? Chasing marines with banelings never seems to work out for me since tanks are usually awaiting my arrival, so my first reaction is rarely to chase. During a large fight/final push this would be very difficult to execute while maintaining micro across your other units.

Aside from this, it seems like for the effort, the APM is roughly the same as box clicking.

Not trolling or trying to be a downer just thought I would bring up the questions. Educate me where I am wrong.


The primary use of this will be in small engagements in the early and midgame when you have zero tanks or a low tank count. In large fights with tanks it's better to just run away.

As for APM, it is SIGNIFICANTLY better to use patrol split than move command box splitting when you just have pure marines vs a one direction ling/baneling attack. As I noted in the OP, I got to around level 13 with box clicking and level 21 with patrol splitting. The difference is massive.

This isn't "the one micro trick to rule them all". It's a tool that should be used in conjunction with other micro techniques such as move command for optimal results.



Ah I see. I should really give it a try myself before bashing it honestly ha-ha. But I wasn't intentionally bashing it, just had questions. I'm glad someone can actually admit that their idea isn't totally flawless in every possible way.
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Marinechan
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden71 Posts
May 09 2011 02:29 GMT
#182
I just used this in a tournament game, worked amazingly well. The banelings wasn't on creep and didn't have speed. I didn't use stim.
Marinesplit, how do I do it?
LiquiidTAP
Profile Joined May 2011
Australia12 Posts
May 27 2011 09:59 GMT
#183
Do you click patrol once? then split the marines after normally? or do u keep using patrol?
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mardi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1164 Posts
May 28 2011 23:21 GMT
#184
wow this is sick. i play zerg but i definitely want to practice this just to say that i know how to marine split :D
Zaixer
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden82 Posts
May 28 2011 23:49 GMT
#185
hmm i dont think the explanation and pictures are very clear.

1. stim and patrol all marines away from the banelings before they get into attack range
2. box some marines and patrol in a new angle away from the banelings
3. repeat 2 until all marines or banelings are dead

am I understanding it correctly?
yiodee
Profile Joined February 2011
United States137 Posts
June 26 2011 01:03 GMT
#186
question for the OP, you said that after level five you are being cost efficient. Is this with or without stim? what about vs slings?

Also I was wondering if there was some sort of first person VOD of anybody doing this with the slice technique. Not many people have micro good enough for it, and replays can't really show how it is done. Closest thing i've seen is Jinro's marine split which is pretty sick :D
BlackPanther
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States872 Posts
June 28 2011 01:48 GMT
#187
I got to level 11 with sling mode on. I turned stim on at 5 or 6 dont remember which.
Moja
Profile Joined July 2010
United States313 Posts
June 28 2011 03:23 GMT
#188
On June 26 2011 10:03 yiodee wrote:
question for the OP, you said that after level five you are being cost efficient. Is this with or without stim? what about vs slings?

Also I was wondering if there was some sort of first person VOD of anybody doing this with the slice technique. Not many people have micro good enough for it, and replays can't really show how it is done. Closest thing i've seen is Jinro's marine split which is pretty sick :D


After 5 levels, the zerg ai has more resources than you, so passing that level and any future levels means you are being cost efficient. This applies to both normal and sling mode. Stim is a one time cost so it doesn't make sense to factor it in for gameplay situations.

I think you can find some decent VOD's on youtube. Look up Marine Split.
kickinhead
Profile Joined December 2008
Switzerland2069 Posts
June 28 2011 04:51 GMT
#189
wow, this is indeed a HUGE bonus, especially if the Terrn has Marauders in his Army... Just keep them in the front and you can micro them very easily to slow Blings and absorb a vast amount of them.
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micjmac
Profile Joined September 2010
42 Posts
June 28 2011 05:55 GMT
#190
Cool trick. Limited application. Throw some slings into the mix, and it doesn't work because they come within attack range too quickly.
Rosaria
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden23 Posts
July 03 2011 13:17 GMT
#191
I have tried it myself but I can't see the difference between patrolling and A-moving backwards.
Can someone explain to me in detail?
DarKcS
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia1237 Posts
July 03 2011 15:47 GMT
#192
On July 03 2011 22:17 Rosaria wrote:
I have tried it myself but I can't see the difference between patrolling and A-moving backwards.
Can someone explain to me in detail?


You need to begin the patrol before they are in auto-attack range, or else they will just stand there.
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SolidPyre
Profile Joined April 2011
United States19 Posts
July 03 2011 18:08 GMT
#193
That's great, but here's the reality. Marinekingprime and all other pros don't use this trick. Most zerg armys consist of not only banlinegs, but *gasp*, speedlings as well. When you attempt to patrol your marines with lings inbetween your marines, guess what? Yeah, it doesn't work. You have to either manually move your marines, or as I like to do it, use the "move command" key and constantly left click.
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Semtext
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany287 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-20 13:17:26
July 20 2011 13:16 GMT
#194
thats why until midgame in TvZ, i always have a few rauders to buffer damage. if you individually hotkey the rines and put the rauders on hold position as you pull the marines back (with or without patrol doesnt matter much) a lot of damage will get absorbed by the big guys, as rauders have 125 hp and unupgraded banelings only do 20 dmg against them.
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FoFo
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands207 Posts
July 20 2011 14:17 GMT
#195
On July 04 2011 03:08 SolidPyre wrote:
That's great, but here's the reality. Marinekingprime and all other pros don't use this trick. Most zerg armys consist of not only banlinegs, but *gasp*, speedlings as well. When you attempt to patrol your marines with lings inbetween your marines, guess what? Yeah, it doesn't work. You have to either manually move your marines, or as I like to do it, use the "move command" key and constantly left click.


patrol still has some use to pre split but idd, once any unit is in range of the marine they'll stop to fire until everything in sight is dead so speed lings ruin this trick, it's way better to split manually.
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kenkou
Profile Joined September 2010
United States235 Posts
July 20 2011 15:20 GMT
#196
So one nice thing I noticed about the patrol split was that, when I patrol backwards with my marines, the marines closest to the banelings would stop, fire, and tank a shot. Obviously, this doesn't work with the speedlings mixed in, which pretty much makes this trick very limited in use.

So I was practicing splitting manually, but my hand speed is just not that quick, as I have to move my mouse back and forth. I actually noticed something that might be of use, its like mixing the patrol trick with the manual move trick.

1. Move your marines back, far away preferably
2. Select 1 or 2 marines
3. Stop command (hold could be used too)
4. repeat step 2.

Now what this does, is actually replicate the patrol command, albeit, alot less efficient, but it seems to work against a speedling mix, as it doesn't stop all your marines in place. Also, I find this MUCH easier to do than a manual split as you can just, "click, S, click, S, click, S".

Of course, IF you can do a manual move split, that would be alot better, as you have more marines shooting at once, but for people with lesser hand speed or less accuracy, it might be alot easier, and practical.

Rosaria
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden23 Posts
July 21 2011 22:31 GMT
#197
On July 21 2011 00:20 kenkou wrote:
So one nice thing I noticed about the patrol split was that, when I patrol backwards with my marines, the marines closest to the banelings would stop, fire, and tank a shot. Obviously, this doesn't work with the speedlings mixed in, which pretty much makes this trick very limited in use.



So attack-moving backwards doesn't do the same? Looks like it to me.
kenkou
Profile Joined September 2010
United States235 Posts
July 21 2011 23:11 GMT
#198
On July 22 2011 07:31 Rosaria wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 00:20 kenkou wrote:
So one nice thing I noticed about the patrol split was that, when I patrol backwards with my marines, the marines closest to the banelings would stop, fire, and tank a shot. Obviously, this doesn't work with the speedlings mixed in, which pretty much makes this trick very limited in use.



So attack-moving backwards doesn't do the same? Looks like it to me.


It doesn't if there are speedlings in the mix, all the marines will turn around and attack them.
sas911
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada113 Posts
July 21 2011 23:36 GMT
#199
Um just wondering. Doesn't ANY pure rine split lose to sling/bling? Considering slings can wrap around rines and stop movement in the first place?
Crescend1
Profile Joined November 2010
Poland108 Posts
July 21 2011 23:56 GMT
#200
I would also like to ask it, i think it's strongly affected by upgrades/medivacs. I'm zerg, but as terran i find splittling vs speedling bane still a bit efficient (losing 50 marines to 5 banes is never good trade), but i would like to see some pro terran opinion too.
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