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Arco
Profile Joined September 2009
United States2090 Posts
March 09 2013 15:58 GMT
#2101
I second the notion to remove air attacks from the Photon Overcharge and Widow Mines. I thought HotS was supposed to promote harassment, not let someone shut it down with no effort whatsoever. Terran has plenty of anti air defensive options. Templar can stop Speedivac drops.
Sapphire.lux
Profile Joined July 2010
Romania2620 Posts
March 09 2013 15:58 GMT
#2102
On March 10 2013 00:55 Exarl25 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 00:51 Sapphire.lux wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:48 Exarl25 wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:44 Sapphire.lux wrote:
There have been patchs that had a bigger impact on play then HOTS has on WOL for TvP lol


Complete bullshit. Name that patch. It's like this thread is full of people who have never seen a game of HotS before this.

Queen change for TvZ. There are others i'm sure.


You said TvP not TvZ. But even when talking about TvZ, if you actually believe that the queen patch had more impact on the matchup than the entirety of the HotS changes then you don't even have a functional brain.

Thank you! I am talking about what we see in this tournament of course.
Head Coach Park: "They should buff tanks!"
Badfatpanda
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States9719 Posts
March 09 2013 15:58 GMT
#2103
On March 10 2013 00:56 FeyFey wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 00:50 Nebuchad wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:49 syroz wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:45 PetitCop wrote:
Those drops seem to safe vs protoss low anti air dps.


Yeah. But iam sure that stargate opener can be really relevant here. One oracle to harass, a handfull of phoenix to handle drops, VR for viking and cover colossi. They need new builds.


Bio crushes us so much that we barely hold the timings when teching to our aoe, what do you think will happen when we get phoenixes before aoe?


You harass them and delay their attack, stopping them from doing damage to you. A good offense can also be a good defense. And if they move out their reinforcements won't come to help with Phoenix on the map. And an addition defensive tool helps you to delay even if the army arrives.
Never forget that Phoenix removes Mules from the game.


MC's 2 base phoenix play into chargelot archon as you take a third is really, really strong. A lot of protoss at this point are still playing WoL with opening colossi and transitioning to storm after a third. Drops abuse the fuck out of robo openings.
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. -Beethoven | Mech isn't a build, it's a way of life. -MajOr | Charlie.Sheen: "What is sarcastic, kids who have no courage to fight?" | #TerranPride #yolo #swag -Naama after 2-0'ing MC at HSC VI
syroz
Profile Joined September 2012
France249 Posts
March 09 2013 15:58 GMT
#2104
On March 10 2013 00:56 Zorgaz wrote:
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On March 10 2013 00:54 Derez wrote:
See mine with fake oracle, wait for cooldown to pass, fly in real oracle. Makes sense.


Yeah, why didn't he fly in with Halu, take the mine shot, then instanly fly in with a real one? Seems odd


And use the splash vs the terran mineral line. First seems a bit lost right now.
Daogin
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada2308 Posts
March 09 2013 15:58 GMT
#2105
On March 10 2013 00:56 Zorgaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 00:54 Derez wrote:
See mine with fake oracle, wait for cooldown to pass, fly in real oracle. Makes sense.


Yeah, why didn't he fly in with Halu, take the mine shot, then instanly fly in with a real one? Seems odd

He was trying to mindgame yoda thinking that it was his only one, hoping yoda would move the mines from the mineral line.
Leenoctopus <3, master of foreign events.
sitromit
Profile Joined June 2011
7051 Posts
March 09 2013 15:58 GMT
#2106
On March 10 2013 00:57 nomyx wrote:
Much better to complain that mines are imba vs oracles than just using 50 energy to have detection in 10 range

In which case the Oracle is still useless, because it can't clear the mine without being killed.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-09 15:59:38
March 09 2013 15:59 GMT
#2107
On March 10 2013 00:54 Derez wrote:
See mine with fake oracle, wait for cooldown to pass, fly in real oracle. Makes sense.


Mindgames. Usually Yoda should move his mine since First now knew where it was, but Yoda knew First anticipated that and just left his mine there :D.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
nomyx
Profile Joined June 2012
United States2205 Posts
March 09 2013 15:59 GMT
#2108
On March 10 2013 00:58 sitromit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 00:57 nomyx wrote:
Much better to complain that mines are imba vs oracles than just using 50 energy to have detection in 10 range

In which case the Oracle is still useless, because it can't clear the mine without being killed.


You don't need to kill the mine, kill the workers instead. You stay out of widow mine range, it's wasted supply. If he picks it up and tries to re-burrow, move away.

Micro saves your life.
BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5219 Posts
March 09 2013 15:59 GMT
#2109
On March 10 2013 00:58 sitromit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 00:57 nomyx wrote:
Much better to complain that mines are imba vs oracles than just using 50 energy to have detection in 10 range

In which case the Oracle is still useless, because it can't clear the mine without being killed.


And it won't have the energy to do any decent damage.


CikaZombi
Profile Joined August 2011
Serbia630 Posts
March 09 2013 16:00 GMT
#2110
On March 10 2013 00:57 nomyx wrote:
Much better to complain that mines are imba vs oracles than just using 50 energy to have detection in 10 range

Tbh Oracles drain energy so fast that it might not be possible :< Good hallucination timing may be more reliable. But yes if you have energy, that is the correct way to harass with oracles.
You can no more evade my wrath, than you could your own shadow.
Nebuchad
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Switzerland12411 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-09 16:01:57
March 09 2013 16:00 GMT
#2111
On March 10 2013 00:55 vthree wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 00:53 Nebuchad wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:50 vthree wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:49 Cyrak wrote:
Even if you know that the Terran is coming with this, when he is coming and where he is dropping it is still hard to even break even against it. That is antithetical to how RTS games are supposed to work. Artosis alluded to this as well.

Perhaps it is too early to judge the strength of this, but if it is still playing this way in a few months then we may have a problem!


Really? How about the sentry-immortal? Zergs know it is coming a mile away...


Yeah? How come you only have roaches and lings when we arrive then, when the push is basically made to crush roaches and lings? Maybe you should have taken that time when you see it coming to prepare against it.


With BL/infestor perhaps? What units can zergs build when the push comes at 9:04?


Baneling drops, hydras, infestors, take your pick...
What makes the push so strong is that zergs feel like it's ok for them to have three bases before gas every game and that they should be able to counter the biggest hard counter to it. If anything, the immortal sentry push wasn't strong enough, cause zergs were still able to win with greediest build vs most all-in build.

But yeah PM me if you wish to talk more about this
No will to live, no wish to die
Exarl25
Profile Joined November 2010
1887 Posts
March 09 2013 16:00 GMT
#2112
On March 10 2013 00:58 Sapphire.lux wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 00:55 Exarl25 wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:51 Sapphire.lux wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:48 Exarl25 wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:44 Sapphire.lux wrote:
There have been patchs that had a bigger impact on play then HOTS has on WOL for TvP lol


Complete bullshit. Name that patch. It's like this thread is full of people who have never seen a game of HotS before this.

Queen change for TvZ. There are others i'm sure.


You said TvP not TvZ. But even when talking about TvZ, if you actually believe that the queen patch had more impact on the matchup than the entirety of the HotS changes then you don't even have a functional brain.

Thank you! I am talking about what we see in this tournament of course.


What...? I give up, you have to be trolling me.
une_certaine_verve
Profile Joined May 2012
342 Posts
March 09 2013 16:00 GMT
#2113
So... mines are good.
Zorgaz
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden2951 Posts
March 09 2013 16:00 GMT
#2114
On March 10 2013 00:58 sitromit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 00:57 nomyx wrote:
Much better to complain that mines are imba vs oracles than just using 50 energy to have detection in 10 range

In which case the Oracle is still useless, because it can't clear the mine without being killed.


2 Oracles and a Hallucination could clean it up. But yeah 1 oracle can't kill a widow mine itself.
Furthermore, I think the Collosi should be removed! (Zorgaz -Terran/AbrA-Random/Zorg-Dota2) Guineapigs <3
sitromit
Profile Joined June 2011
7051 Posts
March 09 2013 16:00 GMT
#2115
On March 10 2013 00:59 nomyx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 00:58 sitromit wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:57 nomyx wrote:
Much better to complain that mines are imba vs oracles than just using 50 energy to have detection in 10 range

In which case the Oracle is still useless, because it can't clear the mine without being killed.


You don't need to kill the mine, kill the workers instead. You stay out of widow mine range, it's wasted supply. If he picks it up and tries to re-burrow, move away.

Micro saves your life.

Oracles have shorter range than the mine, right? If you stay out of its range, you're not going to kill much.
Dwayn
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany949 Posts
March 09 2013 16:00 GMT
#2116
On March 10 2013 00:56 theBALLS wrote:
crappy, one sided finals terran is not fun to watch atm. cant wait for the next balance patch


I really hope blizzard doesn't wait too long before making some drastic balance changes.
nomyx
Profile Joined June 2012
United States2205 Posts
March 09 2013 16:01 GMT
#2117
On March 10 2013 01:00 sitromit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 00:59 nomyx wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:58 sitromit wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:57 nomyx wrote:
Much better to complain that mines are imba vs oracles than just using 50 energy to have detection in 10 range

In which case the Oracle is still useless, because it can't clear the mine without being killed.


You don't need to kill the mine, kill the workers instead. You stay out of widow mine range, it's wasted supply. If he picks it up and tries to re-burrow, move away.

Micro saves your life.

Oracles have shorter range than the mine, right? If you stay out of its range, you're not going to kill much.


mine is 5 and oracle is 5.
Badfatpanda
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States9719 Posts
March 09 2013 16:01 GMT
#2118
On March 10 2013 01:00 Nebuchad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2013 00:55 vthree wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:53 Nebuchad wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:50 vthree wrote:
On March 10 2013 00:49 Cyrak wrote:
Even if you know that the Terran is coming with this, when he is coming and where he is dropping it is still hard to even break even against it. That is antithetical to how RTS games are supposed to work. Artosis alluded to this as well.

Perhaps it is too early to judge the strength of this, but if it is still playing this way in a few months then we may have a problem!


Really? How about the sentry-immortal? Zergs know it is coming a mile away...


Yeah? How come you only have roaches and lings when we arrive then, when the push is basically made to crush roaches and lings? Maybe you should have taken that time when you see it coming to prepare against it.


With BL/infestor perhaps? What units can zergs build when the push comes at 9:04?


Baneling drops, infestors, take your pick...
What makes the push so strong is that zergs feel like it's ok for them to have three bases before gas every game and that they should be able to counter the biggest hard counter to it. If anything, the immortal sentry push wasn't strong enough, cause zergs were still able to win with greediest build vs most all-in build.

But yeah PM me if you wish to talk more about this


You don't play zerg do you...
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. -Beethoven | Mech isn't a build, it's a way of life. -MajOr | Charlie.Sheen: "What is sarcastic, kids who have no courage to fight?" | #TerranPride #yolo #swag -Naama after 2-0'ing MC at HSC VI
BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5219 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-09 16:03:13
March 09 2013 16:01 GMT
#2119
Defend, defend, defend is all Protoss does in the mid game. Attacking early with Oracles is more gimmicky and risking than attacking with DTs.
Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12025 Posts
March 09 2013 16:01 GMT
#2120
First is still playing sooo badly.
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