[D] Viable Hydralisk Uses (ZvT) - Page 4

On June 21 2011 01:43 Synystyr wrote:
Hydras are only really good in ZvT when you need to get a quick squad of AA units out to deal with something. Also if the opponent is going really heavy Marauders, you could technically go Hydras and soft counter them. However mass lings or mutas would be better there, so Hydras really dont have a niche anywhere =[

They need more health and speed >_<

On June 21 2011 05:50 jdsowa wrote:
I tried to think of ways to use the Hydra, until I realized that I can't afford to have any 80 hp, unarmored units taking up 2 supply in my army, mid/late game. You could use them for drops, but zerglings have the best dps/cost and dps/supply in the game, so why bother. The range of 6 (*after* the ridiculous upgrade), is pointless vT, unless you've got 20+ roaches in your front line. HP and armor are more important than dps, imho, which is why 80 supply of thors will destroy 120 supply of zerglings without losing a single unit.

On June 21 2011 01:34 BinxyBrown wrote:
VS Marines - Hydras can win but it isn't cost effective, also marines will scale better with ups
VS Tanks - lol
VS Thors - they do pretty well here, unless there is any other type of support
VS Hellions - they do fine until the hellions get on top of them, but roaches do better are available sooner, and cost less.
VS Marauders - Hydras do great here as well, not quite as good as lings, but I could see hydra ling being just as acceptable as ling baneling vs just MM, maybe MMM. Once you throw tanks into the mix it gets really bad, also hydras drastically slow your army movement off creep so they can become a liability when you need to do counters or run bys.
VS Banshees - Hydras do find once again, just not as well as queens or mutas that also serve other purposes like spreading creep or harassing/scouting
VS Medivacs - Hydras would be nice for sniping drops after they have unloaded, but nothing queens and ling couldn't take care of almost as well, however at 50 gas each they would cut deep into mutas not to mention the cost of hydra range and the den it self. Mutas are a better answer for deflecting drops in transit or killing drops that have already started to leave your base, and are still decent at drops in progress.
VS BC - they are bad, corruptors hold this down, another reason to choose spire over hydra den, although most terran dont make this unit anyways.

that leaves a hand full of unused units that aren't really problems in the match up yet anyways. Also anything you would use hydras to counter is probably countered harder by either mutas or infestors, which is actually pretty true vs toss as well.