[G] Pride BC rush - Page 5

On April 05 2011 05:35 huytruong742 wrote:


that acutally sounds pretty good.. you need tanks though, sounds so susceptible to 2 base banel bust

On April 06 2011 03:58 MockHamill wrote:
I tried this strategy out and it did not work at all. The problem is that my initial attack with marines, hellions and 2 SCV got countered by some spine crawlers and speed-lings on creep. But since he massed speed-lings his spire was late so when my BC arrived I managed to do some damage killing some queens and a few drownes. But then he just massed hydras which easily beat my hellion/BC/Marine combo since he had two bases compared to my one.

However the strategy itself may be good since it works on high master level. But on my mid-diamond level I suspect it too hard to execute correctly compared to the normal standard strategies. I will give it a few more tries though to so see if I can refine the execution of the strategy.

On April 06 2011 04:23 Chemist391 wrote:
This is going to be a very difficult strategy to execute, as Pride relies on razor-thin timings and solid mechanics (sound familiar?)
I lose dozens of practice games to Pride, and I can usually spot multiple points in the replay where I could have just killed him.
It may also be difficult to isolate a single build order from the replays because of Huy's pretty on-the-fly and reactive play. He tends to view his games as state functions, not path functions: he makes quick decisions based upon the current gamestate, ignoring much of what has happened before.
Huy, maybe you should talk about some of the triggers and timings that you use when you play this build.
How do you go about executing your harass?
What deviations will you make based upon what you scout?
What will trigger you to pull scvs? (....)
Your OP is pretty barren, so I suggest fleshing it out with the game-knowledge that I know you possess.

On April 06 2011 05:53 Catch]22 wrote:
Done it
Won it
Loved it

Ihve had some troubles with quick banelings tearing up my drop tho'

On April 05 2011 08:01 IPA wrote:
A Top 200 Terran posts an interesting strategy, and the low masters rabble descends with much teeth-gnashing.

Thanks for posting, Huy. Looks very compelling.

On April 06 2011 06:51 c0sm0naut wrote:
It is all very much about denying information to your opponent with this build. Good post but I'd like to see a revision with more information about:
-Timings for Zgamer (Such as, he can have two infestors with NP at this point in time, or three corruptors from a spire at this point, etc.)
-How to micro the engagement (How many scvs do i bring? How to control the marines + Medivac?)
-Macro during and after the engagement. (What am i building with my production facilities back at home while i am engaging? Should i be adding production facilities? Should i be expanding? Is there room in the build to squeeze in a CC at some point? If i expand, how should i defend it?)
-Endgame (So, I killed a sizeable amount of his queens and army, but i was pushed back by spore colonies. What upgrades should i be getting if the game continues? When should i next attack? How am i going to delay his expanding after the attack?)

I think you can do a lot of polishing, but I am not complaining, i am ASKING you to do so. I am kind of tired with going siege tank marine medivac every game and if your strat is a viable break from the monotony I would love to hear more about it.

-c

On April 06 2011 18:57 Seagull_ wrote:
it's worth mentioning that if you put the scvs on auto-repair and keep them in the medivac, you can load hellions into the medivac and they'll be repaired by the scvs which could make that initial pressure stronger in certain situations