EPTAlso, and i can't stress this enough, hellions protect your cyclones when you come to poke and lock. I dunno why, but cyclones tend to eat shots when they lock even though they're supposed to have 7 lock on range. So a couple hellions in front force the protoss to manually target the cyclones. Which he won't do most of the time.
Is mech viable in TvP in higher leagues? - Page 2
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JackONeill
861 Posts
Also, and i can't stress this enough, hellions protect your cyclones when you come to poke and lock. I dunno why, but cyclones tend to eat shots when they lock even though they're supposed to have 7 lock on range. So a couple hellions in front force the protoss to manually target the cyclones. Which he won't do most of the time. | ||
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MockHamill
Sweden1798 Posts
The upside is that you survive longer then the typical mech game, you are in a better position to not die in the early game or in the early midgame. The downside is that I find it very hard to do enough damage. Protoss just blink out of lockon range so I kill a few stalker but not enough to get a real advantage. Then they start to add disruptors and it become very hard to engage their army. So instead of using lock on on and sniping their units I have to run away from disruptor shots all the time. Is there any solution to this? I was thinking of adding in tanks but then you lose all mobility. Replay Here are 2 replays of me playing this style. Any feedback would be much appreciated TvP 1 TvP 2 | ||
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raff100
498 Posts
Hope to see a fix to the cyclone bug soon,my mech is suffering more because of the insane lockon cooldown | ||
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JackONeill
861 Posts
You built no liberators, which are your saving grace in this matchup, and you never dropped once even though the unit you built the most is awesome at killing workers | ||
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guN-viCe
United States687 Posts
Thors are resource inefficient, but supply efficient. Their size and power can be hard to overcome once they reach a critical mass. Their lack of mobility and high cost are their greatest weaknesses. The basic idea is to defend, harass/attack, take 3 bases, mass thors+ counter composition. Once nearing 200/200, expand more, upgrades should complete, with ample resources, we go allin with most of our scv + thor + our other counter composition (ghosts + viking are great vs the counters to thor [broodlord, infestor; templars and tempest]). Yes, this is a very old strategy with many flaws, but I've still used it with success against opponents in LotV(I attained diamond 1v1 last season as Random+stating race/terran with not much effort). | ||
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Ty2
United States1434 Posts
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scoo2r
Canada91 Posts
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Womec
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I also think viability depends on the map and what you mean by 'mech'. | ||
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EJK
United States1302 Posts
Decided to play around with mech....had an interesting game http://lotv.spawningtool.com/18512/ I was pleasantly surprised when taking my 4th gas, that I saw I had almost 500 gas accumulated so I canceled it and took it later (the 50 gas nerf to cyclones makes them super affordable)! To be fair though, I am at least mid gm level on EU, so I was definitly just a better player then my opponent still, so there is a lot that remains to be discovered | ||
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EJK
United States1302 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24238 Posts
On June 30 2016 23:51 EJK wrote: I'm changing my answer to a no its not viable how do you counter it so cleanly it's not viable ? | ||
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raff100
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Lexender
Mexico2656 Posts
On June 30 2016 23:51 EJK wrote: I'm changing my answer to a no its not viable This is depressing :c | ||
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Lyyna
France776 Posts
Can you grind up there on the ladder ? sure Can you have a ton of fun with it ? Maybe Can you win the majority of your ladder games with it ? If you do it right Can you win the majority of your games against someone who know what's coming ? Probably not Is it viable in a competitive setting ? Nop HotS added its fair share of problems for mech (the biggest being the f*cking tempest), and LotV did not improve it with the new units, maps, and economy... | ||
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[PkF] Wire
France24238 Posts
On July 02 2016 19:48 Lyyna wrote: Depends how you define "viable" Can you grind up there on the ladder ? sure Can you have a ton of fun with it ? Maybe Can you win the majority of your ladder games with it ? If you do it right Can you win the majority of your games against someone who know what's coming ? Probably not Is it viable in a competitive setting ? Nop HotS added its fair share of problems for mech (the biggest being the f*cking tempest), and LotV did not improve it with the new units, maps, and economy... probably a fair summary | ||
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SHODAN
United Kingdom1153 Posts
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