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Hello everybody,
Many of us want to go mech. Whether it be because you don't have the APM or marine micro to go bio, or that your positional sense is particularly excellent. But, until very recently, people have only really gone mech in TvT. And even that died out at the start of 2012, replaced by ol' reliable marine tank. In TvZ, it was pretty rare to see, until the August of this year when MVP (of course it would be him), introduced the fast double armory variation of mech. Most Korean's have stopped doing this now, because how to beat it has been figured out, but I do see a lot of KeSPA pros going for 1 armory mech, which will be something to research in the future! In TvP, mech on a high level is still very rarely seen. The only person to do it successfully recently was Liquid's very own Sea. Hopefully we can see more of it, now he's participating in Proleague. Anyway, the point of this slightly rambling introduction was, if you wish to mech, this is the number 1 place to find discussion, build orders, replays and VODs.
First of all however, I need your help. The OP before I updated it (11th December 2012), was not that great. It wasn't nice to look at, and certainly wasn't a resource thread content wise. The only thing people were getting out of this thread was some good advice, from people like Nightmarjoo, and interesting discussions from everyone and anyone. I think we can all agree, this needs to change. It needs to be our mission statement to keep this up to date, and reliable with sources. Are you friend with a pretty decent GM player who you know mechs? Ask him for a replay pack, or maybe even a guide! Did you watch some amazing GSL game where you saw some very interesting openings into mech? Link it here! However, if you do link a singular replay or VOD, then please, please make sure that it is a VOD which has something unique in it. For example, if you find a completely new build, or maybe you find a VOD of something standard, but the Terran's opponent has done something that forces you to react differently and change the build. Here is a suggestion on how you set out a submission:
Players: Liquid'Sea vs Naniwa
Link: [insert link here]
[Date game was played]
[Event game was played at]
[Short description of the game, from both players]
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General:
Terran Mechanics/Improvement Guide by GFever (Highly advised!)
TvZ:
Playing Mech TvZ - No More Banelings by LemonyTang
GFever's Video Guide: Mech vs Infestors
4 Thor Rush by StimmedProbe
4cc into Sky Terran
Guide to MVP's mech by DKR
TvT:
GFever's Video Guide: How to play Mech vs. Biomech
GFever's Video Guide to defending your 1 Rax FE
TvP:
Lyyna's TvP: How to mech every Protoss cry by Lyyna
How to Mech in TvP by Tom_Baburge
How to play Sky Terran by Synystyr
TvP Mech Build Evolution by Nightmarjoo
5 Factory Mech by StimmedProbe
Terran Mechanics/Improvement Guide by GFever (Highly advised!)
TvZ:
Playing Mech TvZ - No More Banelings by LemonyTang
GFever's Video Guide: Mech vs Infestors
4 Thor Rush by StimmedProbe
4cc into Sky Terran
Guide to MVP's mech by DKR
TvT:
GFever's Video Guide: How to play Mech vs. Biomech
GFever's Video Guide to defending your 1 Rax FE
TvP:
Lyyna's TvP: How to mech every Protoss cry by Lyyna
How to Mech in TvP by Tom_Baburge
How to play Sky Terran by Synystyr
TvP Mech Build Evolution by Nightmarjoo
5 Factory Mech by StimmedProbe
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The names are linked to the stream page of the person on TL.net. In case they don't have a thread on Teamliquid, I'll link the streams location. The Occasional Mech Players list shows streams of players who will go mech often, but also play other styles.
Grandmaster:
Avilo
FXOTheBest
FXOasd
RuineD
Master:
LemonyTang
Lyyna
Yoshi Kirishima
Nightmarjoo
Grandmaster:
Avilo
FXOTheBest
FXOasd
RuineD
Master:
LemonyTang
Lyyna
Yoshi Kirishima
Nightmarjoo
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TvZ:
GSL Code A - Baby vs Symbol - Game 1
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TvT:
NASL 4 - MMA vs Demuslim - Game 3
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TvP:
IPL5 - Sea vs Naniwa - Game 1
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IPL5 - Sea vs Naniwa - Game 2
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EGMC - Sea vs Genius - Game 2
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GSL Code A - Baby vs Symbol - Game 1
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Baby opens Command Centre first into hellion banshee. He defends Symbol's 3 base Roach and Nydus pressure, taking a 4th of his own while killing drones with hellion drops. Symbol gets to hive tech and begins producing brood lords, while Baby constantly denies Symbol's bases with tank drops and fantastic multitasking. Baby takes out Symbol's hive while Symbol kills Baby's 4th base. Eventually Baby manages to re-establish it, and his economic lead forces Symbol out.
TvT:
NASL 4 - MMA vs Demuslim - Game 3
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Demuslim opens CC First, and then goes for a quick 3 bases, while MMA gets faster 3 bases off a reactor hellion opening. The game transitions normally from there, with Demuslim going bio tank and MMA going into mech. MMA does end up losing because he doesn't scout Demuslim's air switch, but this is still a good example of how to play a mech vs bio TvT.
TvP:
IPL5 - Sea vs Naniwa - Game 1
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Sea opens with hellion banshee and defends Naniwa's blink stalker all in with good control and good decision making.
IPL5 - Sea vs Naniwa - Game 2
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Sea opens with a fast expansion into hellion banshee. He then plays out a standard hellion tank mech game, using a large amount of tanks as well as control of the centre of the map to crush Naniwa's army repeatedly.
EGMC - Sea vs Genius - Game 2
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Both players open with fast expands, Sea going down his usual route with hellion banshee, a pretty quick 3rd base and double armory. Genius opens with fast collosus, also getting a quick 10 minute 3rd. Sea amasses a huge amount of tanks while doing some excellent hellion harass. Both players repeatedly deny each others 4th bases, before backing off again. Sea is again given a chance to get an enormous amount of tanks, around 30, and just smashes through Genius's army multiple times, ending the 30 minute long game.
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Here I will link good replays and Mech- focussed Replay Packs.
Replay packs
RuineD's Mech Replay Pack. July 10th 2012
LastShadow's Mech Replay Pack. April 27th 2012. Mirror
GFever's Replay Pack
Lyyna's Replay Pack
Lyyna's Replay Pack
Lyyna's Replay Pack
Nightmarjoo's Replay Pack #1
Nightmarjoo's Replay Pack #2
MVP's IEM Gamescom Run (there are some non-mech games in here)
Ruined's TvP Mech Replay Pack
Standalone replays
TvZ:
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TvT:
MVP.Keen vs. WannaBeCool - Ladder game. Unknown release.
TvP:
MarineKingPrime vs. SK.MC - Home Story Cup #4 Qualifier. June 1st 2012
Older Replays:
뽀통령 vs. Python - Ladder game. January 10th 2012
Replay packs
RuineD's Mech Replay Pack. July 10th 2012
LastShadow's Mech Replay Pack. April 27th 2012. Mirror
GFever's Replay Pack
Lyyna's Replay Pack
Lyyna's Replay Pack
Lyyna's Replay Pack
Nightmarjoo's Replay Pack #1
Nightmarjoo's Replay Pack #2
MVP's IEM Gamescom Run (there are some non-mech games in here)
Ruined's TvP Mech Replay Pack
Standalone replays
TvZ:
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TvT:
MVP.Keen vs. WannaBeCool - Ladder game. Unknown release.
TvP:
MarineKingPrime vs. SK.MC - Home Story Cup #4 Qualifier. June 1st 2012
Older Replays:
뽀통령 vs. Python - Ladder game. January 10th 2012
+ Show Spoiler [Other Information] +
Last Shadow talking about Early Game Mech in TvZ.
Last Shadow talking about Mid-game Mech in TvZ.
Day[9]Daily #396 Mech in TvP
Day[9]Daily #452 DeMusliM vs Nestea TvZ Mech
Day[9]Daily #462 LastShadow's Mech Style TvZ
Day[9]Daily #490 MVP's Mech TvZ
Day[9]Daily #521 LiquidSea funky TvP style
Last Shadow talking about Mid-game Mech in TvZ.
Day[9]Daily #396 Mech in TvP
Day[9]Daily #452 DeMusliM vs Nestea TvZ Mech
Day[9]Daily #462 LastShadow's Mech Style TvZ
Day[9]Daily #490 MVP's Mech TvZ
Day[9]Daily #521 LiquidSea funky TvP style
Thanks,
Kollin
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