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GreenHealing
Profile Joined December 2015
82 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-14 20:00:52
January 14 2016 19:59 GMT
#381
If your tvp is 30%, i believe you are playing basic bio+liberator, which is nononono. Go tank marine, and your tvp winrate increases to 70%. Also, pure mech is not good either.
PinoKotsBeer
Profile Joined February 2014
Netherlands1387 Posts
January 14 2016 20:02 GMT
#382
On January 15 2016 04:59 GreenHealing wrote:
If your tvp is 30%, i believe you are playing basic bio+liberator, which is nononono. Go tank marine, and your tvp winrate increases to 70%. Also, pure mech is not good either.

I agree Bio liberator is a nono, tank marine is also a nono :D

Because, i dont know how to play bio! haha
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BiiG-Fr
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada109 Posts
January 14 2016 20:18 GMT
#383
If you dont play bio or bio mech, you re really in trouble with lotv!
If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.
PinoKotsBeer
Profile Joined February 2014
Netherlands1387 Posts
January 14 2016 23:25 GMT
#384
Yup, glad they are looking to "buff" mech in some kind of way but the golden armade army is the least micro intensive ever with the biggest dps, seems fair....
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Empirimancer
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada1024 Posts
January 15 2016 02:18 GMT
#385
Why not use Cyclones against Ultralisks instead of Ghosts?


EatingBomber
Profile Joined August 2015
1017 Posts
January 15 2016 03:06 GMT
#386
On January 15 2016 11:18 Empirimancer wrote:
Why not use Cyclones against Ultralisks instead of Ghosts?



Because

1. Cyclones are expensive (150/150), produce slowly from a Factory with a Tech Lab, and
2. Get easily overwhelmed by mass Zerglings, and lastly
3. Do not synergise well with Terran infantry, which is the conventional army nowadays
Sissors
Profile Joined March 2012
1395 Posts
January 15 2016 08:53 GMT
#387
On January 15 2016 02:13 PinoKotsBeer wrote:
Oh the joy of tvp, when its not an warprism with adepts they are turtle into mass carrier tempest mothership core.

What is the counter to this? to me it seems impossible to kill and the micro for toss , it's amazing.... canons everywhere and lets herp derp into the golden armada.

For warp prism my defense as mech player completely consists of a Cyclone. Well and a few random stuff around it I happen to have, but it pretty much comes down to that the cyclone needs to get rid of the warp prism before it can warp in a single round. So besides a (reasonably) fast cyclone (although if he might go Oracle of 1 base you need a very fast one), what you need is to have it in position, and complete vision of your base (with supply depots), so he cant do a warpin without you noticing.

And yes, when toss realise they can do the warpin outside the base, and elevator it in in a second, I am screwed. But for now they don't do that. And while his initial 4 adepts are irritating, they try to kill your cyclone which is killing his warp prism, and they will fail at it.

Regarding countering the golden armada: Well there are different theories. Some say Liberators are very good against larger number of carriers, since they shred interceptors, but I haven't had much success myself with it. Against mass tempests adding widow mines can help. And of course a shitton of vikings + few ravens for PDD.

For carriers: Battlecruisers, Liberators according to some, and my personal preference: Make a field of missile turrets right outside his vision, and use that as base to push from.
BurningRanger
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany303 Posts
January 15 2016 09:20 GMT
#388
On January 15 2016 03:42 GreenHealing wrote:
Tempest/disruptor/stalker/ht&archon is currently unbeatable by any composition from terran. As always, TvP is once again a race against the clock for terran.


I'd pretty much fight this the same way I did in HotS: Viking / Raven / Tank (/Hellion)
Raven's PDDs to block Tempest and Stalker shots while engaging the Tempests with the Vikings. Tanks are just to keep the HTs, Archons and Stalkers at some distance. Hellions as mineral sink speeding into his bases, transform to Hellbats and burn it all to the ground.
You have to be careful with the Ravens to not get them feedbacked and you need to learn when and where to set how many PDDs to not waste energy.
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PureMetal
Profile Joined December 2010
United States83 Posts
January 15 2016 13:23 GMT
#389
On January 14 2016 02:52 EatingBomber wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2016 00:28 PureMetal wrote:
I am a high gold/plat level Terran who used to be Diamond 6 months ago in HotS despite my low APM. During WoL I had 160+ APM. Now am a slow old man at 25yo who can barely manage 100 APM. What builds would be good for me?

Previously I found a lot of success with mech in all my matchups because I could rely on playing a defensive macro style. Now with LotV my tricks don't work any more against Zergs and Protoss. TvT is my only strong matchup where I can use a variety of units effectively using a rax units mainly. What TvP and TvZ builds would work best with my lower APM? Thanks.


Your mech worked against HotS Protoss?

Yes. A lot of P players were caught off guard. Hellions threatened run bys early-mid game, tanks stopped all blink aggressions. Hellbats blocked for tanks late game and sprinkling a couple thors and BCs in the mix made the comp difficult to directly counter. Of course mines too.

Warp prism + Adept harass seems to be the answer because it forces me into overly defensive mode. I have no mobile threat (Hellions) because I have to spend more on defense. Nathanias posted his Jalapeno Cyclone cheese build which looks like my best option to catapulting into a mech mid game if I don’t win outright early.

On January 14 2016 06:27 Grizvok wrote:
25 years old and you can only manage 100apm even with how it is registered now? You may need more than that to play LOTV effectively.

Gee, I wonder if there’s a help thread I could post in to get advice… OH WAIT, that’s this one. So you’ve contributed nothing to my post asking for help except scoffing at me. 100 APM might be an exaggeration, but I’m slow now. I train weights and my hands just aren’t as limber as they used to be.
GreenHealing
Profile Joined December 2015
82 Posts
January 15 2016 14:14 GMT
#390
On January 15 2016 22:23 PureMetal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2016 02:52 EatingBomber wrote:
On January 14 2016 00:28 PureMetal wrote:
I am a high gold/plat level Terran who used to be Diamond 6 months ago in HotS despite my low APM. During WoL I had 160+ APM. Now am a slow old man at 25yo who can barely manage 100 APM. What builds would be good for me?

Previously I found a lot of success with mech in all my matchups because I could rely on playing a defensive macro style. Now with LotV my tricks don't work any more against Zergs and Protoss. TvT is my only strong matchup where I can use a variety of units effectively using a rax units mainly. What TvP and TvZ builds would work best with my lower APM? Thanks.


Your mech worked against HotS Protoss?

Yes. A lot of P players were caught off guard. Hellions threatened run bys early-mid game, tanks stopped all blink aggressions. Hellbats blocked for tanks late game and sprinkling a couple thors and BCs in the mix made the comp difficult to directly counter. Of course mines too.

Warp prism + Adept harass seems to be the answer because it forces me into overly defensive mode. I have no mobile threat (Hellions) because I have to spend more on defense. Nathanias posted his Jalapeno Cyclone cheese build which looks like my best option to catapulting into a mech mid game if I don’t win outright early.

Show nested quote +
On January 14 2016 06:27 Grizvok wrote:
25 years old and you can only manage 100apm even with how it is registered now? You may need more than that to play LOTV effectively.

Gee, I wonder if there’s a help thread I could post in to get advice… OH WAIT, that’s this one. So you’ve contributed nothing to my post asking for help except scoffing at me. 100 APM might be an exaggeration, but I’m slow now. I train weights and my hands just aren’t as limber as they used to be.

Sorry but that is just bullshit excuse, reason your apm is shit because you havent played enough.
Grizvok
Profile Joined August 2014
United States711 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-15 14:52:51
January 15 2016 14:51 GMT
#391
On January 15 2016 22:23 PureMetal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2016 02:52 EatingBomber wrote:
On January 14 2016 00:28 PureMetal wrote:
I am a high gold/plat level Terran who used to be Diamond 6 months ago in HotS despite my low APM. During WoL I had 160+ APM. Now am a slow old man at 25yo who can barely manage 100 APM. What builds would be good for me?

Previously I found a lot of success with mech in all my matchups because I could rely on playing a defensive macro style. Now with LotV my tricks don't work any more against Zergs and Protoss. TvT is my only strong matchup where I can use a variety of units effectively using a rax units mainly. What TvP and TvZ builds would work best with my lower APM? Thanks.


Your mech worked against HotS Protoss?

Yes. A lot of P players were caught off guard. Hellions threatened run bys early-mid game, tanks stopped all blink aggressions. Hellbats blocked for tanks late game and sprinkling a couple thors and BCs in the mix made the comp difficult to directly counter. Of course mines too.

Warp prism + Adept harass seems to be the answer because it forces me into overly defensive mode. I have no mobile threat (Hellions) because I have to spend more on defense. Nathanias posted his Jalapeno Cyclone cheese build which looks like my best option to catapulting into a mech mid game if I don’t win outright early.

Show nested quote +
On January 14 2016 06:27 Grizvok wrote:
25 years old and you can only manage 100apm even with how it is registered now? You may need more than that to play LOTV effectively.

Gee, I wonder if there’s a help thread I could post in to get advice… OH WAIT, that’s this one. So you’ve contributed nothing to my post asking for help except scoffing at me. 100 APM might be an exaggeration, but I’m slow now. I train weights and my hands just aren’t as limber as they used to be.


You are making the dumbest excuses and deserved to be called out on it. Weight training slows your APM? Being 25 slows your APM? Weird I've been lifting and rock climbing for years and get 220-ish APM with SC2 not even being my main game. Why make the excuses?
Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
January 15 2016 15:27 GMT
#392
What are you guys thinking about Hellions in TvZ now? It feels like I can't seem to get much value out of them at all and I wasn't sure if opening Hellion was still required in LotV ...
Wat
PureMetal
Profile Joined December 2010
United States83 Posts
January 15 2016 15:50 GMT
#393
On January 15 2016 23:14 GreenHealing wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2016 22:23 PureMetal wrote:
On January 14 2016 02:52 EatingBomber wrote:
On January 14 2016 00:28 PureMetal wrote:
I am a high gold/plat level Terran who used to be Diamond 6 months ago in HotS despite my low APM. During WoL I had 160+ APM. Now am a slow old man at 25yo who can barely manage 100 APM. What builds would be good for me?

Previously I found a lot of success with mech in all my matchups because I could rely on playing a defensive macro style. Now with LotV my tricks don't work any more against Zergs and Protoss. TvT is my only strong matchup where I can use a variety of units effectively using a rax units mainly. What TvP and TvZ builds would work best with my lower APM? Thanks.


Your mech worked against HotS Protoss?

Yes. A lot of P players were caught off guard. Hellions threatened run bys early-mid game, tanks stopped all blink aggressions. Hellbats blocked for tanks late game and sprinkling a couple thors and BCs in the mix made the comp difficult to directly counter. Of course mines too.

Warp prism + Adept harass seems to be the answer because it forces me into overly defensive mode. I have no mobile threat (Hellions) because I have to spend more on defense. Nathanias posted his Jalapeno Cyclone cheese build which looks like my best option to catapulting into a mech mid game if I don’t win outright early.

On January 14 2016 06:27 Grizvok wrote:
25 years old and you can only manage 100apm even with how it is registered now? You may need more than that to play LOTV effectively.

Gee, I wonder if there’s a help thread I could post in to get advice… OH WAIT, that’s this one. So you’ve contributed nothing to my post asking for help except scoffing at me. 100 APM might be an exaggeration, but I’m slow now. I train weights and my hands just aren’t as limber as they used to be.

Sorry but that is just bullshit excuse, reason your apm is shit because you havent played enough.

Yes, I’d agree my APM is shit and I don’t play enough. Grats dude. I’m not denying any of it, I’m asking for builds that will be easy for me to execute.
On January 15 2016 23:51 Grizvok wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2016 22:23 PureMetal wrote:
On January 14 2016 02:52 EatingBomber wrote:
On January 14 2016 00:28 PureMetal wrote:
I am a high gold/plat level Terran who used to be Diamond 6 months ago in HotS despite my low APM. During WoL I had 160+ APM. Now am a slow old man at 25yo who can barely manage 100 APM. What builds would be good for me?

Previously I found a lot of success with mech in all my matchups because I could rely on playing a defensive macro style. Now with LotV my tricks don't work any more against Zergs and Protoss. TvT is my only strong matchup where I can use a variety of units effectively using a rax units mainly. What TvP and TvZ builds would work best with my lower APM? Thanks.


Your mech worked against HotS Protoss?

Yes. A lot of P players were caught off guard. Hellions threatened run bys early-mid game, tanks stopped all blink aggressions. Hellbats blocked for tanks late game and sprinkling a couple thors and BCs in the mix made the comp difficult to directly counter. Of course mines too.

Warp prism + Adept harass seems to be the answer because it forces me into overly defensive mode. I have no mobile threat (Hellions) because I have to spend more on defense. Nathanias posted his Jalapeno Cyclone cheese build which looks like my best option to catapulting into a mech mid game if I don’t win outright early.

On January 14 2016 06:27 Grizvok wrote:
25 years old and you can only manage 100apm even with how it is registered now? You may need more than that to play LOTV effectively.

Gee, I wonder if there’s a help thread I could post in to get advice… OH WAIT, that’s this one. So you’ve contributed nothing to my post asking for help except scoffing at me. 100 APM might be an exaggeration, but I’m slow now. I train weights and my hands just aren’t as limber as they used to be.


You are making the dumbest excuses and deserved to be called out on it. Weight training slows your APM? Being 25 slows your APM? Weird I've been lifting and rock climbing for years and get 220-ish APM with SC2 not even being my main game. Why make the excuses?

I’m not making any excuses though, I am stating the facts on my skill level. Do you have some kind of insecurity complex where you need to point out you’re better than me? What the hell is wrong with you? I’m asking for builds that my slow APM can execute.
So far all the only replies I’ve gotten are rude belittling comments.
Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
January 15 2016 16:02 GMT
#394
And I think people are simply telling you that your "slow APM" is something you should work on instead of trying to foster it by using builds designed with little APM. I'm not the fastest player in the world either but I still play bio.
Wat
EatingBomber
Profile Joined August 2015
1017 Posts
January 15 2016 16:02 GMT
#395
On January 16 2016 00:50 PureMetal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2016 23:14 GreenHealing wrote:
On January 15 2016 22:23 PureMetal wrote:
On January 14 2016 02:52 EatingBomber wrote:
On January 14 2016 00:28 PureMetal wrote:
I am a high gold/plat level Terran who used to be Diamond 6 months ago in HotS despite my low APM. During WoL I had 160+ APM. Now am a slow old man at 25yo who can barely manage 100 APM. What builds would be good for me?

Previously I found a lot of success with mech in all my matchups because I could rely on playing a defensive macro style. Now with LotV my tricks don't work any more against Zergs and Protoss. TvT is my only strong matchup where I can use a variety of units effectively using a rax units mainly. What TvP and TvZ builds would work best with my lower APM? Thanks.


Your mech worked against HotS Protoss?

Yes. A lot of P players were caught off guard. Hellions threatened run bys early-mid game, tanks stopped all blink aggressions. Hellbats blocked for tanks late game and sprinkling a couple thors and BCs in the mix made the comp difficult to directly counter. Of course mines too.

Warp prism + Adept harass seems to be the answer because it forces me into overly defensive mode. I have no mobile threat (Hellions) because I have to spend more on defense. Nathanias posted his Jalapeno Cyclone cheese build which looks like my best option to catapulting into a mech mid game if I don’t win outright early.

On January 14 2016 06:27 Grizvok wrote:
25 years old and you can only manage 100apm even with how it is registered now? You may need more than that to play LOTV effectively.

Gee, I wonder if there’s a help thread I could post in to get advice… OH WAIT, that’s this one. So you’ve contributed nothing to my post asking for help except scoffing at me. 100 APM might be an exaggeration, but I’m slow now. I train weights and my hands just aren’t as limber as they used to be.

Sorry but that is just bullshit excuse, reason your apm is shit because you havent played enough.

Yes, I’d agree my APM is shit and I don’t play enough. Grats dude. I’m not denying any of it, I’m asking for builds that will be easy for me to execute.
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2016 23:51 Grizvok wrote:
On January 15 2016 22:23 PureMetal wrote:
On January 14 2016 02:52 EatingBomber wrote:
On January 14 2016 00:28 PureMetal wrote:
I am a high gold/plat level Terran who used to be Diamond 6 months ago in HotS despite my low APM. During WoL I had 160+ APM. Now am a slow old man at 25yo who can barely manage 100 APM. What builds would be good for me?

Previously I found a lot of success with mech in all my matchups because I could rely on playing a defensive macro style. Now with LotV my tricks don't work any more against Zergs and Protoss. TvT is my only strong matchup where I can use a variety of units effectively using a rax units mainly. What TvP and TvZ builds would work best with my lower APM? Thanks.


Your mech worked against HotS Protoss?

Yes. A lot of P players were caught off guard. Hellions threatened run bys early-mid game, tanks stopped all blink aggressions. Hellbats blocked for tanks late game and sprinkling a couple thors and BCs in the mix made the comp difficult to directly counter. Of course mines too.

Warp prism + Adept harass seems to be the answer because it forces me into overly defensive mode. I have no mobile threat (Hellions) because I have to spend more on defense. Nathanias posted his Jalapeno Cyclone cheese build which looks like my best option to catapulting into a mech mid game if I don’t win outright early.

On January 14 2016 06:27 Grizvok wrote:
25 years old and you can only manage 100apm even with how it is registered now? You may need more than that to play LOTV effectively.

Gee, I wonder if there’s a help thread I could post in to get advice… OH WAIT, that’s this one. So you’ve contributed nothing to my post asking for help except scoffing at me. 100 APM might be an exaggeration, but I’m slow now. I train weights and my hands just aren’t as limber as they used to be.


You are making the dumbest excuses and deserved to be called out on it. Weight training slows your APM? Being 25 slows your APM? Weird I've been lifting and rock climbing for years and get 220-ish APM with SC2 not even being my main game. Why make the excuses?

I’m not making any excuses though, I am stating the facts on my skill level. Do you have some kind of insecurity complex where you need to point out you’re better than me? What the hell is wrong with you? I’m asking for builds that my slow APM can execute.
So far all the only replies I’ve gotten are rude belittling comments.

I must confess that I am intrigued by your success with mech against HotS Protoss. May I ask what region and league you are in?

Okay, firstly, in Legacy of the Void,you must know that the speed of development has been violently increased, which means that the amount of time you have to accomplish a set number of goals has been contracted. This means that a limited APM will severely hinder your development in the game. Furthermore, turtling has been severely weakened due to the reduced number of minerals and vespene gas per base, so a Factory-based, space-control composition will be unlikely to work. Lastly, mech itself has been weakened, not because of direct nerfs, but rather because Zerg and Protoss have obtained new tools to destroy mech; Ravagers completely shut down Siege Tanks without Medivacs(not a mech unit), while Disruptors and Adepts are also pretty effective.

So, to be perfectly frank with you, Terran is no longer a race that accommodates players that cannot perform (relatively) heavy multitasking and army control that Terran bio requires.

HOWEVER, the game is still young, and there is still (I hope) lots to be discovered, so hopefully a few months down the road I can answer you more helpfully. But, if you insist on mech, I suggest you incorporate mass Cyclone/Thor/Hellbat into your list of compositions you try. It seems pretty strong. Unfortunately, I have no builds for you.
Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
January 15 2016 16:07 GMT
#396
Does HTOMario still exclusively play mech? If so just watch his stream and take notes. I think most people in this thread are aware that mech is the inferior composition in the current patch and meta so we don't have really any answers to give.
Wat
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Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37122 Posts
January 15 2016 16:29 GMT
#397
Please be civil to one another in this thread. The tone of this thread is getting kind of nasty so I'll be monitoring this thread to make sure no unnecessary insults are being thrown around.
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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PureMetal
Profile Joined December 2010
United States83 Posts
January 15 2016 17:07 GMT
#398
On January 16 2016 01:02 EatingBomber wrote:
I must confess that I am intrigued by your success with mech against HotS Protoss. May I ask what region and league you are in?

Okay, firstly, in Legacy of the Void,you must know that the speed of development has been violently increased, which means that the amount of time you have to accomplish a set number of goals has been contracted. This means that a limited APM will severely hinder your development in the game. Furthermore, turtling has been severely weakened due to the reduced number of minerals and vespene gas per base, so a Factory-based, space-control composition will be unlikely to work. Lastly, mech itself has been weakened, not because of direct nerfs, but rather because Zerg and Protoss have obtained new tools to destroy mech; Ravagers completely shut down Siege Tanks without Medivacs(not a mech unit), while Disruptors and Adepts are also pretty effective.

So, to be perfectly frank with you, Terran is no longer a race that accommodates players that cannot perform (relatively) heavy multitasking and army control that Terran bio requires.

HOWEVER, the game is still young, and there is still (I hope) lots to be discovered, so hopefully a few months down the road I can answer you more helpfully. But, if you insist on mech, I suggest you incorporate mass Cyclone/Thor/Hellbat into your list of compositions you try. It seems pretty strong. Unfortunately, I have no builds for you.

This was NA Diamond where I played mech in every matchup during HotS.

Currently I’m going bio in TvP—it just performs more consistently against all threats and is mobile. I am experimenting with including larger amounts of cyclones, hellbats, and thors. I am not finding success with Liberators though.
TvZ I am at a complete loss. My bio armies melt to Ravager/Roach/Bane. Even when I consistently drop on him, Roach/Ravager is just so much health to try and straight up fight.
Mech he 1-a’s into my defensive lines and because he will generally have more bases than me, I can’t sustain the unit production. If I go extremely-heavy-Hellbat with Medivac/Tank/Mine support the trades seem closer to equal. Maybe more Thors + Liberators are the answer.
EatingBomber
Profile Joined August 2015
1017 Posts
January 15 2016 18:08 GMT
#399
On January 16 2016 01:07 Tenks wrote:
Does HTOMario still exclusively play mech? If so just watch his stream and take notes. I think most people in this thread are aware that mech is the inferior composition in the current patch and meta so we don't have really any answers to give.

I saw him play Marines/Tanks against Protoss in a game on Prion Terraces, so probably no.
MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1798 Posts
January 15 2016 19:11 GMT
#400
I think people confuse what viable means. Mech is perfectly viable below GM in all matchups so if you are just a normal ladder player there is no reason not to use mech in every matchup if you like that playstyle.

Viable at pro level is something completely different.
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