[D] How do you micro terran like the koreans? - Page 2

On February 29 2012 00:27 Chaggi wrote:
I presplit vs banelings, it's really easy too. I just patrol everyone, and then I hold position. Basically spreads them out and then I move clumps at a time

On February 29 2012 08:12 shizna wrote:
against BC's i would spam right click to get your vikings 'stacked' outside BC range, then use stop/hold position to fire a volley, then spam right click a little further away to stay out of range etc.

i think some of the originalbeast's methods are unneccessarily complex...

stutter step - you'd be better off with stutter step if you just right click > H > right click > H... the units out of range won't have time to get in range in the 0.5 seconds between your marine attack 'stepping' so a-move is lowering your dps...

medivac - why press L and click on unit, when you can just right click on the unit? two button presses versus one button press. clicking on the unit portrait seems like the best way to drop though - one button press versus two button presses.

On March 01 2012 00:51 whiskypriest wrote:


Can you explain this a little more? Thanks!

On March 01 2012 21:39 heeheehoohoo wrote:
i have a cool little micro trick for marines vs banshee if you have a medivac that i dont think many people use (if any)
what you do is u load up ur marines in the medivac, and u get ur medivac to chase the banshee and u unload on your medivac so you can carpet your marines across the banshee. this can be helpful if you are doing a marine hellion medivac attack and the opponent gets a banshee

On March 02 2012 02:12 smaug81243 wrote:
Thought id chime in regarding the marine micro vs lings and banelings. The most optimal way really depends on the number of banelings he has. If its a relatively small engagement and he only had 3, maybe 4 banelings its probably better to focus them down as you should be able to kill all of them before they get to your marines. But if they have more than 4 baneling's its going to be extremely tough to focus down all of the banelings (assuming equals army sizes and that they have ling support). So I guess a rule of thumb I follow is in large engagements split the marines, and in earlier engagements with few banelings try to focus them down.

On March 02 2012 03:31 OriginalBeast wrote:


I don't really see how this is any better than just stutter stepping toward the banshee and picking up injured marines with the medivac

On March 02 2012 03:31 OriginalBeast wrote:


I don't really see how this is any better than just stutter stepping toward the banshee and picking up injured marines with the medivac

On March 02 2012 10:46 DontLoseSightOfIt wrote:
Wait, when you stutter step, obviously pressing stop is enough right? What is the difference between stop, a move, and hold position when stutter stepping? I dont understand

On March 01 2012 03:28 yoona2012 wrote:
Q: How do you micro terran like the koreans
A: Practice like the koreans (intensity and focus training)

Thats the shortest real answer. Koreans are known for practicing alot and willing to focus train on small details again and again regardless of it being tedius and boring to do the same thing over and over. Theory means little without practice, and most theory you can figure out yourself just by doing the micro a ton of times, you´ll eventually notice whats better when.

PS. Most kiting and stutterstepping is done with s(top) and not h(old) or a(ttack).

On March 02 2012 20:28 yoona2012 wrote:
I find that medivac+marine vs banshee discussion fairly hilarious. It´s very standard to scan/scout banshee openings before the banshee pops. If you had a starport to make a medivac and scouted a banshee opening, for the love of god.... cancel that medivac and start a viking instead.

@fiveoh

Using a instead of s requires more apm for practically doing the same thing since a requires a target and s does not, so obviously s is superior. In case of ling/banelings and you need to focus fire, you´d still not use a, but rather just right click the banes. As for banshee/viking micro, i still use s and i wouldnt use h. the s key placement on the keyboard is more natural, allowing for quicker access and you´ll want to move the banshee as soon as it gets it shot off, so it really doesnt matter if you use s or h. Hold is just to block chokes (from dt, hellion, lings etc) or to prevent the AI mechanics of all your marines suddenly charging into siege death or similar, lured by a few cheap units.

On March 02 2012 23:02 Bommes wrote:
Depends on the opening if you can scout the banshee opening or not. Many openings need every MULE they can get to not die against other 1 base pressures besides banshee, so you have to rely on reacting fast and saving a scan or 2 at the right times instead of scanning their base.

edit: also scanning their base doesn't mean that you are guaranteed to see enough to be certain that its a banshee opening.