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kzn
United States1218 Posts
Seriousface spoiler, don't say I didn't warn you: + Show Spoiler + This is the mission where you have to escort Tychus in the Odin(?) while he rampages through bases. The first base is ok-ish, but the second base tears me apart and I get a vulture raid through the back door at the same time. Any tips at all would be helpful, unit mixes, when to do what, etc >.> | ||
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willeesmalls
United States477 Posts
I think this is poorly designed, as your only choice is to abuse the AI. You're asked to storm stationary terran defense, with terran units. The second base is beatable by microing medics and scvs. Let the the Odin tank damage, try to snipe air units so he doesn't waste time hitting them. Block the back of your base and leave some scvs on repair. When you assault a base, the Odin AI will prioritize hitting healers. He takes like 3 shots or so to kill medivacs. Tank splash kills any scv/marine/medics u have next to the odin. I try to dance in with diamondbacks to kill the tanks, snipe air units with wraiths, micro medics and scv's keep the odin alive. This mission is a huge pain in the ass and I would love for anyone to tell me how to beat the third base. Does thereisnocowlevel work? | ||
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Rezz
Canada20 Posts
If you kill the second base fast enought and you siege some tank in front of odin you can kill the wave of vulture that was comming to your base. Then mix Tank, marine, medic and some wrath (4-5) + elite viking then you should be ok. After the base 4th there is another push coming to your base but I had time to go defand and come back before Odin continue. Base 5 is ez. | ||
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SoMuchBetter
Australia10606 Posts
the counter attacks happen after he breaks a base so just send your units home while tycheus take rests and leave a couple of scv to repair him make sure that you use the odin as a meatshield so you dont lose units because youre not going to have a good economy | ||
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Lexvink
Canada310 Posts
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lynx.oblige
Sierra Leone2268 Posts
I did all this on brutal so I'm sure it can be done on hard. The key is to get your expos up (primarily the first expansion) asap and planetary fortress'd so you can focus on tank/BC sniping with wraith, as well as controlling everything else properly. | ||
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shinosai
United States1577 Posts
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TheFinalWord
Australia790 Posts
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CauthonLuck
United States93 Posts
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Gretch
Australia27 Posts
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bulge
161 Posts
wasn't so bad on brutal, though at the end he was at like 25hp! | ||
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willeesmalls
United States477 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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kzn
United States1218 Posts
On July 29 2010 00:27 CauthonLuck wrote: Manage your small squad of wraiths to take out air targets and tanks, you can let Odin tank a large amount of damage until you clear out the enemy targets with aoe, then send your small squad of m/m and repairing scvs in behind the odin to mop up once the dangerous enemy units are down. You don't really need more than your starting squad of wraiths and m/m + couple merc squads to take out the first few bases with this method. Take the expo after base 2 is clear then pump mass goliath and vehicle upgrades, letting them accumulate at your main to deflect attacks while you micro your forces supporting the odin at base 3. You should have enough forces to a move your way to victory behind the odin through base 4/5 once your eco kicks in and you're pumping from 5 facts. Uh, if you leave the Odin alone at the second base for long enough to pick off the raven, he's pretty much dead instantly. Should I be attacking the base beforehand? | ||
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Sevenofnines
United States167 Posts
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Jyvblamo
Canada13788 Posts
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monk
United States8476 Posts
And yes, the key to this mission is science vessels. | ||
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EnigmaZero
United States56 Posts
On July 29 2010 08:46 Sevenofnines wrote: Honestly, the key is Science Vessels. When I did it I had Science Vessels with an air force of Banshees/Wraiths/Vikings + Mercs. The Science Vessels just heal everything (including the Odin and SCV's) and since you are all air, your main army won't have to worry about tanks. Just send Cloaked stuff ahead to snipe off all the tanks/BC's with Banshees/Wraiths respectively. I did it with mass air as well, ground units just get so easily torn apart and you need tons of AA and mobility to come back and defend your base. 3 ports + mercs was enough at full saturation. | ||
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KingHillBilly
United States105 Posts
If you can beat this map with the units I had available on brutal, my hats off to ya. Barracks - marine, marauder, medic, firebat Factory - Hellion, Vulture, Diamondback Starport - Wraith, Viking Mercs - marine/marauder/viking Upgrades - marine/medic upgrades, turret upgrade, auto turret bunker upgrade. Hopefully It'll let me go back with new tech, eventually. | ||
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SilentchiLL
Germany1405 Posts
i wouldnt be so proud if i would made it withhigh tech units(bcuz i don´t have them yet) strategy: 2 reactor racks 1 tech lab starport and early upgrades level 2 i played with mass marines + medics and wraiths i think the most importantpart of the game was the beginning because right when ur wraiths finished off the 2 battlecruisers i wwent up 2 the third base cloaked them and killed the 2 tanks and a battlecruiser after that i went 2 the backside of the second base destroyed the raven which flys around there and killed another tank and another bc but then i moved them back 2 my base ofc cuz they had no energy anymore^^ when u have done that its way easier 2 destroy the first 3 bases, u can use less units so u can have more lateron when the odin is about 2 attack the fourth base u will have 2 attack from the bottom side (u will take much dmg but in that time the odin does much dmg and more importantly he stays alive and u can snipe the bc easily without getting blocked by the small entrance on the topside where u are just food for the hungry siege tank) well when u have killed most of the units kill the unit producing buildings there´ll be always units coming out and they do way more dmg than u would think after that deff ur main and keep on building mass marines, medics and wraiths then the last base should be easy if u fail at the last base just take most of ur buildings next time and send them into the fifth base right before the odin and your units start to attack and keep on moving tem around so they stay there and rightclick units with them so they get aggro(not sure if the aggro trick works but it seems like it did) (don´t forget that u won´t need ur scvs after the last battle anymore so use all of em in the fight) well if u use this strategy u can beat this mission on brutal with low tech (yes i just made my account to post in this thread because i´m so goddamn proud of it :D) greetings from germany -Silent (edit: yeah there are probably many typos but its 12 o´clock on the morning here and i played the whole night  ) | ||
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