The HotS Terran Help Me Thread - Page 25

On March 27 2013 12:44 ThePianoDentist wrote:


not too bad. try to make sure youre constantly producing scvs, no gaps between them. also once the game gets going youll be having to make 3 supply depots at a time, its better to overmake them than to undermake them.

you had at least 5 barracks on 2 bases which is nice, but when you make your third go up to 8 barracks straight away. like depots its better to overmake production than undermake it.

also medivacs go very well with bio so as soon as your factory finishes make a starport that you can put a reactor on to get medivacs out!

when your refineries finish you often forget to fill them up with 2 additional scvs

One thing to note is your hotkey system. while there is no right hotkey system macro and multitasking are infinitely easier with a setup you can use well and are happy with. Most people dont have their cc's on 1 and their army on 3, but if that works for you you can stick with it...its just when you get better you will want to hotkey select units like ghosts, or vikings on hotkeys on their own, and I find it awkward combining attack move with the buttons to the right, therefore most people will have their army on the leftmost hotkeys (1-3 or 1-4 etc) then their ccs, then their production to the right of that

what would be useful for you is to learn a build order as your actions seemed a bit random at times, a build order helps you play with purpose and trying to successfully execute a set build really helps your macro skills, heres an example which you could use in all matchups:
10 depot
12 barracks
13 gas
make orbital command and marines
after orbital make 2nd depot
at 100 gas make a factory
at next 50 gas put reactor on barracks
have 1 scv always building a depot (when he finishes 1 build another)
keep making marines and making widow mines from your factory
at 100 more gas make a starport
when starport finish make medivac
drop widow mines in opponents base and make 2nd command centre
now make 2 more barracks and engineering bay
get 2nd gas
use new 2 barracks to get stim and combat shield
get a turret in each mineral line for detection and antiair


thats just an example, you can use any opening you like, just find something that suits you and you find fun to play


2v2s are a more relaxed way to kind of get into the game and get better at playing your race and learning the game without being quite as stressful as 1v1s.

On March 28 2013 06:45 iGrepair wrote:
What are some good 2 bas all ins for terran it seems we are forced to macro even though our late game vs toss in particular is non existant

On March 28 2013 07:40 Thor.Rush wrote:
Anyone know where I can get some pro terran replays from this month? I just started playing HotS and I'd like to learn properly..

On March 28 2013 07:03 DBS wrote:


Late-game TvP is actually kind of a joke, i've been playing lots and haven't lost by doing lost of multitasking with the Turbovacs to buy time to a transition to ~8 ravens. Let energy build up, Have big engagment EMP and Seeker everything and you should be fine, I've always been good at TvP lategame but the raven Tranistion is awesome, You can also use them for harass and protecting your vikings w/PDD's, Just make sure you don't seeker the zealots as the splash will slaughter your marines.

To more directly answer your question, I don't know, as i always play for the late game.

On March 28 2013 01:04 Snoodles wrote:
Now that early game reapers, hellions, and mines are standard, it begs the question of how to macro behind it. Let's say your reaper is right outside your opponents base. Are there any rules you follow to make sure your buildings get placed on time or whatever, or do you simply focus on your reaper the whole time you're there? For example, what I try to do is poke in, and then right click outside of my opponents base. While my reaper's running away, I camera key to my base, lay down my barracks or whatever, and then double tap to re-engage my reaper. That said, my early harass macro still sucks. In TvZ it's either lose my hellions or bank minerals at home. One or the other.

On March 28 2013 08:19 ThePianoDentist wrote:


sounds really cool...gonna have to try that :D

On March 27 2013 20:19 ApocAlypsE007 wrote:
Is CC 1st still viable in any form in TvT and TvP in HotS?
Can I stop 8-8 proxy reaper with CC 1st?

On March 28 2013 07:03 DBS wrote:


Late-game TvP is actually kind of a joke, i've been playing lots and haven't lost by doing lost of multitasking with the Turbovacs to buy time to a transition to ~8 ravens. Let energy build up, Have big engagment EMP and Seeker everything and you should be fine, I've always been good at TvP lategame but the raven Tranistion is awesome, You can also use them for harass and protecting your vikings w/PDD's, Just make sure you don't seeker the zealots as the splash will slaughter your marines.

To more directly answer your question, I don't know, as i always play for the late game.

On March 28 2013 11:09 Hyp3 wrote:
Whats a standard Terran opening in hots now? Can someone give me a good opener to work with because im lost

On March 28 2013 18:36 iky43210 wrote:
mid master currently, since every zerg blind starts speed for lings very early now, what is the greediest build I can do to punish that while also ensures i'm doing enough pressure / timing push so I don't get overwhelmed by zerg's econ?

On March 28 2013 18:40 Everlong wrote:


I think reactor hellion expo with fast 3rd cc.. You could go for 2 factory bf, but that is risky in case he goes roaches. I find reactor factory expand really good, since you can produce 2-4 mines really fast for roaches or some ling/bling attacks. Then you can secure your 3rd realatively easy with mines and free siege mode.

On March 28 2013 18:45 iky43210 wrote:


what do you follow up with the factory expand? bio or mech? and how do you put the pressure so zergs econ don't explode?

thanks in advance