EPTNo "special tactics" used here, just go as fast as possible to trigger a reaction.
I played against a "very easy" AI to focus on the board and not the units
As a reminder, here how to beat the insane AI 1on1
StarJeweled Insane Mode - Page 16
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Piou
Belgium415 Posts
No "special tactics" used here, just go as fast as possible to trigger a reaction. I played against a "very easy" AI to focus on the board and not the units As a reminder, here how to beat the insane AI 1on1 | ||
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Tweleve
United States644 Posts
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DrSeRRoD
United States490 Posts
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LioRawr
56 Posts
On July 11 2011 21:33 DrSeRRoD wrote: Is it really mostly luck or skill? Can people consistently beat Insane or do they only record and post the one good match of the many it took to get it done? I have beaten the Insane A.I. several times by now, yet it took me a long time to get there and not every attempt now is successful. I'd say that it's a mix from the right tactics & being able to use the gem board in the right way + being lucky enough not to have a too bad board with bad gem combinations. When the AI beats me now, it's mostly a matter of the board, for example when I have to reset it several times. | ||
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TwoToedSloth
United States1 Post
Also...I don't understand how the AI exceeds cap limits. For instance; I'll be pushing with an ultralisk, colo, and some ghosts and all of a sudden the AI will summon zealots, 2 ultras, and a colo. How are they able to stock pile that much energy? I've tried some of the strats on here and can't seem to make any headway. I have no idea why not. Maybe my timing is off... | ||
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Cyber_Cheese
Australia3615 Posts
On July 05 2011 22:48 Piou wrote: i also did a "For the Swarm video" No "special tactics" used here, just go as fast as possible to trigger a reaction. I played against a "very easy" AI to focus on the board and not the units I actually found it easier to focus with ai that was around a decent level, while being able to easily be defeated by me should it push too far /medium 2v2 setting worked better too, my strength/weakness was less effective allowed for more leeway let every chain finish before starting a new one | ||
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Cyber_Cheese
Australia3615 Posts
On July 12 2011 14:21 TwoToedSloth wrote: Ok this is impossible. I can't even beat the medium AI. It doesn't make ANY sense. When I look at the post game data the numbers do not ad up. I have more energy than the AI AND my unit made to units lost is positive. WTF? Does the AI get some phantom units or something? Also...I don't understand how the AI exceeds cap limits. For instance; I'll be pushing with an ultralisk, colo, and some ghosts and all of a sudden the AI will summon zealots, 2 ultras, and a colo. How are they able to stock pile that much energy? I've tried some of the strats on here and can't seem to make any headway. I have no idea why not. Maybe my timing is off... so your losing less units but they were more expensive show us the replay of the ai spawning that much stuff instantly | ||
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ugem
Denmark14 Posts
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TheTurk
United States732 Posts
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Fus
Sweden1112 Posts
Save alot of points, untill the enemy is at your cannons, then build alot of tanks. The towers and tanks should hold the enemy for a while. Keep massing upp tanks while the enemy is in range of your cannons, and you will eventually start to break through. This is where you would prefer some luck, when you feel that the enemy is about to get pushed back, stop producing tanks and start massing hydras. Your tanks and hydras should roll over the insane ai. | ||
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IamaGrapeMan
Canada165 Posts
so by 5 minutes you should have 10k energy 10 minutes 20 k energy etc. i consider anything over that over quota | ||
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Jmmxp
Canada1 Post
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kiwi27
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HekFaith
Slovenia9 Posts
start with collo and then spamm 6 8 roaches and then 5 6 hydras after that just spawn roach hydra roach hydra u should have your first collo till end... i win 6 of 8 with that setup... easily but at the end its wery based on luck on start for the placements of crystals of what so ever u call them... dont watch the fight at all... u just leave camera on your base | ||
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Seviro
Canada98 Posts
On July 22 2011 04:55 HekFaith wrote: its wery easy to complete this ... just like a video few posts up start with collo and then spamm 6 8 roaches and then 5 6 hydras after that just spawn roach hydra roach hydra u should have your first collo till end... i win 6 of 8 with that setup... easily but at the end its wery based on luck on start for the placements of crystals of what so ever u call them... dont watch the fight at all... u just leave camera on your base Thanks, worked for me, I tried many time to go roach/hydra right after the collo but the best is to get some roach and then start the hydra prod | ||
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ZaeZSC
Canada15 Posts
After that I did the insane AI after about 6 or 7 tries. The first 5 tries I tried the tank/ghost and it sucked to be honest. The insane AI seems to always open with immortals or tanks, which quickly kills off the tank opening unless you get very lucky combos. After 1 failed atempt with the muta only strat, I managed to pull it off the second time. It isn't a huge momentum stomp over the AI like the tank push it, it is very back and forth and a longer game, but it was easier and more effective IMO | ||
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iMech
United States28 Posts
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Ultrasonicc
41 Posts
I'm after like 50++ tries and nothing. I'm starting with 2 colo and then tank/hydra/roach and in ~2mins enemy base is on half of health and then every single time computer got huge wave coming i simply can't hold and losing instantly. I managed few times to hold few moments but didn't even get back to his cannons. Almost every time i got much more kills and obviously less points... lols at last i got it! | ||
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Eloquious
18 Posts
What you want to do is lose the initial battle, use your cannons to tank. Mass roach and when you start pushing back, mass tank. The only thing mass roach loses to is a high colo count (which is impossible) or a high banshee count (which is also impossible). | ||
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cypho
United States13 Posts
Eventually I melded the two - wait until the enemy hits your cannons and build 3 tanks with the 1k energy you should have built up. Afterwards, build roach/hydra. The problem I had with pure tank was that if you hit a dry spell then the meatshield for your tanks evaporate and they die extremely quickly. The problem I had with mass roach/hydra was that Collosi and cannons could shred your hydra DPS. Combining the two worked well - I didn't need to use any spells... and with ~1.9k energy per minute, Insane AI didn't stand a chance. | ||
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