[G] Basic Terran Walling - Page 2

On July 27 2011 13:57 LordLuo wrote:
What if they just drop into your mineral line? Wouldn't it just force you to spend more of your APM in dropping the depots? I suppose a turret would work fine, but there are definitely ways to still get hellions in your mineral line.

I like it though! I do agree; lots of pros just mindlessly put depots in spots that render them useless which is really bad due to the fact that terran is so vulnerable to counterattacks.

On July 27 2011 12:04 psp219 wrote:
Hmm what if he drops hellions right on the mineral line? Wouldn't you have to take the time to lower the sup depot to move your scvs out? which would probably funnel them in a line for the BF hellions.

On July 27 2011 11:56 akalarry wrote:
Too often I see games changed or even immediately lost due to a blue flame hellion drop, or a speedling runby.

It blows my mind that even pros who practice 10 hours a day succumb to even the most basic (yet deadly) of harasses. I seriously see it almost every tvt, where somebody instantly loses 20 scvs because of a blue flame hellion drop or runby.

People should try harder to try to minimize damage done by speedling/bfh harass and runbys. Give yourself time to react before all your scvs are dead!!!

Walling as terran seems so basic and logical. I'm not sure why I almost never see it! After this guide I hope this is implemented in every game (unless there's a reason not to).

Every game I see valuable supply depots being wasted and serving no purpose. You should take advantage of such a special building (being able to lower it)!


Look at these placements. They are useless with no thought into placing them. Imagine trying to do a push, and then 5 blueflame hellions or 20 zerglings run by and take out all your scvs! I see this happen WAY too often in pro games.




Again, another example of wasted supply depots.




Here is an example of effective use of supply depots. During the midgame, your opponent tries to do a sneaky hellion drop? Sorry! You cant get into the mineral line!





Look! Even if your forces are out busy harassing/attacking, those hellions are going to take forever to kill those supply depots. Your scvs will be safe, and you will have time to response to it!



You can even take it up a notch. In the picture above, the most likely hellion drop (straight into your mineral line) to your natural will be from the bottom. This is because your main is above you, so having them drop from top would give you ample time to respond, and would be awkward for them. Place a turret or two there to stop a straight up hellion drop into your mineral line. Experiment with it. There's probably more efficient ways to put your turrets.





Dreaded ling runby? Not anymore! The lings won't instantly kill your scvs, giving you time to respond. All this with free buildings that you would have built anyways, just putting it to good use!




I know this seems simple, but I almost NEVER see it in pro games. Games should NOT be lost to do a simple blue flame hellion harass. You should not lose 20 scvs to a simple ling runby. I honestly consider that careless, especially at a high level.

I hope this guide is useful, and people start walling off! I'll be happy if i see terran start using this in the GSL

On August 01 2011 19:38 th2pun1sh3r wrote:



what do you do when 4 helions drop into that little contain and your scvs cant escape fast enough. LOL

hahah

theres a reason the gsl players dont follow bronze theorycrafts

what do you do when 4 helions drop into that little contain and your scvs cant escape fast enough. LOL