EPTAs we all know, SCVs are normally incapable of self repair. Under normal circumstances an SCV can't target itself for repair. However, due to the nature of the relationship between Auto-Repair and a bunker, it's fairly easy to overcome this. When placing an SCV with auto-repair on inside of a bunker, the SCV is able to repair itself (this is due to the fact that SCVs are able to target any unit inside a bunker when also inside a bunker). The repair still costs minerals, but you can use this trick to keep and SCV alive longer during a bunker push!
SCV Self Repair trick
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Dalmatica
United States39 Posts
As we all know, SCVs are normally incapable of self repair. Under normal circumstances an SCV can't target itself for repair. However, due to the nature of the relationship between Auto-Repair and a bunker, it's fairly easy to overcome this. When placing an SCV with auto-repair on inside of a bunker, the SCV is able to repair itself (this is due to the fact that SCVs are able to target any unit inside a bunker when also inside a bunker). The repair still costs minerals, but you can use this trick to keep and SCV alive longer during a bunker push! | ||
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PowerDes
United States520 Posts
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Inkatha
United States50 Posts
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Crushgroove
United States793 Posts
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Bytz
United States33 Posts
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Dalmatica
United States39 Posts
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HeroHenry
United States1723 Posts
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Dalmatica
United States39 Posts
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Wrongspeedy
United States1655 Posts
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Moonling
United States987 Posts
On April 05 2011 09:37 Crushgroove wrote: Does this work in a medivac too? curious. Yes it does Husky has a video about it | ||
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Kenneff
United States3 Posts
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lyAsakura
United States1414 Posts
And no, this probably won't be patched because blizzard took the obligation to go ahead and make it normal cost so if they decided to buff it, why would they remove it? + Show Spoiler + totally didn't read op, whatever haha | ||
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Dalmatica
United States39 Posts
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god_forbids
United States111 Posts
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FinestHour
United States18466 Posts
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Hoon
Brazil891 Posts
Just tested it on the bunker, really awesome to do some bunker rushes leapfrogging. | ||
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gogogadgetflow
United States2583 Posts
On April 05 2011 10:21 FinestHour wrote: Didn't know about this. Thanks for the heads up! Could def be a life saver in one of those 1 in a 1000 games. or in every single tvz muahahaha | ||
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henreiman
United States407 Posts
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Isomer
United States186 Posts
On April 05 2011 09:34 Dalmatica wrote: The repair still costs minerals, but you can use this trick to keep and SCV alive longer during a bunker push! At least it's not free, lol. | ||
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lorkac
United States2297 Posts
Bunker rushes just got more ridiculous. | ||
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avilo
United States4100 Posts
! bob the builder build just got better ^_^ | ||
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Dalmatica
United States39 Posts
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spybreak
United States684 Posts
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Rareware
Canada340 Posts
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jabberwocky
Singapore59 Posts
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Temporarykid
Canada362 Posts
On April 05 2011 09:51 lyAsakura wrote: There were threads complaining about how it costs normal minerals amount now. It has always worked, but before a 1.3 or 1.2 or something it used to cost something like quad the resources to repair inside a bunker or inside a medivac. I honestly do this all the time in 3 hellion drop with 2 scvs, which essentially lets me endlessly drop harass by letting the scvs repair the hellions inside the medivac or i can just drop the scvs to repair the medivac if it's too damaged. And no, this probably won't be patched because blizzard took the obligation to go ahead and make it normal cost so if they decided to buff it, why would they remove it? + Show Spoiler + totally didn't read op, whatever haha If this is true, then blizzard intentionally put it into the game... not sure why they would "patch" it back down to normal minerals though. Nice find, OP ! | ||
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Dalmatica
United States39 Posts
On April 05 2011 11:08 jabberwocky wrote: The scv repairing in the medivac was proven to be true by HuskyStarcraft. Again, not actually what I'm talking about (but useful none-the-less!) | ||
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IzieBoy
United States865 Posts
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Yosho
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BoondockVeritas
United States191 Posts
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Zombo Joe
Canada850 Posts
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ElusoryX
Singapore2047 Posts
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davidlaskin
United States13 Posts
I must admit, I do not understand comments equating this too SCV auto-repair in flight. That is a long known aspect of the game and thus far Blizzard has not seen the need to patch it or adjust it. I find most amusing the comments insinuating that this trick will have an impact on the game or make Terran more effective cheesers. I will guarantee that this will never cause a single person a loss. If I am wrong I'll buy you ice cream. | ||
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Exactable
Australia263 Posts
Also I bet Blizzard are going to love you for finding this. They were just dying to find something to change/fix with the bunker! | ||
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FudgeMunkey
Australia59 Posts
if you put the Scv on auto repair with a hellion for example thats been damaged then the scv will repair it! but i didn't know this happens in the bunker as well | ||
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BigJoe
United States210 Posts
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ZeromuS
Canada13386 Posts
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TimeSpiral
United States1010 Posts
On April 05 2011 11:08 jabberwocky wrote: The scv repairing in the medivac was proven to be true by HuskyStarcraft. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n1A4AtL05g (1) Repairing mech in medivacs I believe this to be working as intended strictly because it just makes sense to me. The Medivac is a huge drop ship (cargo ship) there should be plenty of room and time for the SCVs to make on the fly repairs (no pun intended) (2) Self-Repair in bunkers This is almost certainly a bug and should be patched. Multiple SCVs repairing each other in a bunker? That makes perfect sense and should remain. | ||
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THAmarx
65 Posts
I also tested or 1 scv repaired slower than 2 and 3 etc and it does. so next time i go medivac drop hellion i bring some scv's with me | ||
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DeltruS
Canada2214 Posts
On April 05 2011 09:39 HeroHenry wrote: This works on CC's too. Whaaaaat?! So, to defend a 6 pool, 14 SCV's could be micro'd around a command center, going into its safe protection at low HP to repair? | ||
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Dalmatica
United States39 Posts
On April 06 2011 00:22 DeltruS wrote: Whaaaaat?! So, to defend a 6 pool, 14 SCV's could be micro'd around a command center, going into its safe protection at low HP to repair? Yes, this is correct, but you could always do that with 2 SCVs on auto-repair :3 But yeah, you could do it with just sending 1 in as it stands right now. | ||
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IzieBoy
United States865 Posts
hold down shift + move-click a marine into a bunker + while still holding shift + attack and click on the marine itself. would the marine go into the bunker and shoot itself? | ||
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Came Norrection
Canada168 Posts
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Ziktomini
United Kingdom377 Posts
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Tynan
Canada111 Posts
On April 05 2011 23:26 TimeSpiral wrote: (1) Repairing mech in medivacs I believe this to be working as intended strictly because it just makes sense to me. The Medivac is a huge drop ship (cargo ship) there should be plenty of room and time for the SCVs to make on the fly repairs (no pun intended) (2) Self-Repair in bunkers This is almost certainly a bug and should be patched. Multiple SCVs repairing each other in a bunker? That makes perfect sense and should remain. If that was true, wouldn't you be able to expect Medivacs to repair infantry while they're inside? Pretty weird ambulance that can't heal people inside it! | ||
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NormandyBoy
France200 Posts
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Carmine
United States263 Posts
LOL! that is awesome. Edited to say something relevent: I think it is a bug and should be fixed. SCV shouldn't under any circumstances be able to repair itself. | ||
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kawaiiryuko
United States368 Posts
On the other hand, every other worker unit can fix itself without outside help.  So maybe it isn't so OP. (Unlike marine DPS. :D) | ||
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Tonttu
Finland606 Posts
On April 06 2011 05:11 NormandyBoy wrote: Guys, you need to understand SCVs are only human, they need to hide to be able to touch their own body... Rofl indeed! | ||
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Malni
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gunman103
United States84 Posts
On April 05 2011 09:37 Crushgroove wrote: Does this work in a medivac too? curious. Ya, Husky did a vid on it. | ||
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Jeffbelittle
United States468 Posts
I'll give you that Blizzard liked the idea of filling up another slot in the drop ship with an SCV to repair mechanical things. This makes sense. HOWEVER, a SCV repairing ITSELF, that's ludicrous. The only thing this effects is bunker rushing, which I suppose is now a staple of TvZ; however, I don't think they should make it any harder on a Zerg to shut down bunker rushing and halting the meta game where it is now by making the longevity of each SCV increase by allowing them to heal themselves (and thus go on to make more salvageable bunkers) All in all: it's a great find for 1.3, but I hope we find it's gone next patch. | ||
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jay236
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aka_star
United Kingdom1546 Posts
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JustinHit
United States196 Posts
Auto repair scvs is as stupid as if queens auto inject. | ||
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Bombmk
Denmark95 Posts
On April 06 2011 06:20 Malni wrote: Same like e.g. damaged helions are repaired by SCVs on auto repair in medivacs Think quite a few are missing the point here: The SCV can repair _itself_, by being in the bunker on auto-repair. That it can repair other units in the medivac seems a little more reasonable/logical and seems to be intentional. Not sure this is. | ||
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niteReloaded
Croatia5281 Posts
The only thing they should change is that it should be able to repair to maximum 40/45, because it can't repair the repairing hand. | ||
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aka_star
United Kingdom1546 Posts
On May 10 2011 21:04 Bombmk wrote: Think quite a few are missing the point here: The SCV can repair _itself_, by being in the bunker on auto-repair. That it can repair other units in the medivac seems a little more reasonable/logical and seems to be intentional. Not sure this is. intresting with the scv repairing within a medivac, glad it couldn't be abused with a thor But I'm thinking 2 scv's with 3 helions in a medivact could be quite sick for worker harras just upload from main when hurt fly to natural and woola 3 fully healed helions for another round of harrasing. | ||
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JustSomeGingerKid
United States4 Posts
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turdburgler
England6749 Posts
On April 06 2011 05:03 Tynan wrote: If that was true, wouldn't you be able to expect Medivacs to repair infantry while they're inside? Pretty weird ambulance that can't heal people inside it! it also makes no sense that medivacs cant be repaired from the inside but this bunker trick sounds so sick :o | ||
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JustSomeGingerKid
United States4 Posts
On April 06 2011 04:29 IzieBoy wrote: What if I: hold down shift + move-click a marine into a bunker + while still holding shift + attack and click on the marine itself. would the marine go into the bunker and shoot itself? Suicidal marines... next best thing to self-healing SCVs | ||
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OnFire
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teekesselchen
Germany886 Posts
I'm really wondering if we will ever see a practical use. During a bunker rush it might happen in a very few detail moments, but perhaps we will once see 2scv+3blue flame hellion drops which repair themselves when picked up before dying. | ||
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Kaitlin
United States2958 Posts
On May 10 2011 21:04 Bombmk wrote: Think quite a few are missing the point here: The SCV can repair _itself_, by being in the bunker on auto-repair. That it can repair other units in the medivac seems a little more reasonable/logical and seems to be intentional. Not sure this is. The OP was clear. The point has been clarified numerous times thoughout the thread, including here. Yet, people still don't or can't read. Sad. Anyways, would it not be reasonable to see the initial SCV scout put down a forward bunker in every case now ? If they can worker harass, then repair in the bunker, seems they would repair quicker than probe shield regeneration and drone life regeneration. Then, you have the option to either send addtional units to apply pressure, or simply salvage the bunker. In either case, you've efficiently pissed off your opponent. | ||
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Techno
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Atlasy
Hungary229 Posts
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Germany10114 Posts
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