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The thing is, one does not simply walk into a base with DTs to destroy buildings. With the oracle having even more dps than a stimmed marauder(not being sarcastic here), it is by far the best option for killing stuff that protoss has without committing the whole army or suiciding the units.
Time warp is a compliment to that, it allows you to put warp on a ramp and bounce between two bases and kill buildings. Not so effective versus zerg perhaps, but it doesnt have to be.
The problem with the ability is that it becomes more effective the larger the army is, ie most effective in a death ball. On top of that it reduces micro by disabling, just like fungal and I am not a fan of that.
Still, it is miles ahead of the old syphon + entomb
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If my math is not wrong, gas defecit is countraeble with 1 mroe worker added to gayser right?
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On October 28 2012 22:19 Cuce wrote: If my math is not wrong, gas defecit is countraeble with 1 mroe worker added to gayser right?
Pretty much, but why would you even bother? You could just build one less stalker and instead get a zealot and still have a considerably larger army when you attack your opponent, for example.
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hmm, either for avoiding timing issue while using a very tight build, or in middle/late game to do not lose gas income. but you are right, I would probably not do 4 worker gas since pretty sure I will forget fixing it later.
I think tw is really great, espacially because of its duraation.
unlike every other speel, its does not matter for secons, or as long as combat. its a long ass spell. we wont go "TIMEWARPUUUUU!" and watch whole armies destroyed, instead it is this annoying distracting, annoying ability, that manipulates the map, not change it.
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To use timewarp on workers is a waste. Just because timewarp replaced entombed does not mean you have to use it in the same way. It's more geared to be a supportive spell a bit like forcefield to help control the flow of a ground battle.
Pulsar beam is the harrassment ability and it can work quite well, it can even be used as a tool for tactical strikes against enemy tech structures.
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Yup timewarp is not intended to eb used as mineral harrass. Pulsar beam is the harrass option. Timewarp is a support spell to give oracle a role later on in the game.
Funny how people think that timewarp would replace entomb. It does not.
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Good thread thanks for demonstrating this, It's even more useless than I thought for mineral harrass.
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That's why it should be 50% mining rate too. No effect on combat, but brings it back to being a great multi-use tool.
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On October 30 2012 03:43 Cloak wrote: That's why it should be 50% mining rate too. No effect on combat, but brings it back to being a great multi-use tool.
Its already a good multi-use ability, can slow pushes, catch retreating armies, very useful for catching drops and muta harass too. I also imagine you could use it to slow down reinforcements from your opponent.
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On October 30 2012 04:07 rembrant wrote:Show nested quote +On October 30 2012 03:43 Cloak wrote: That's why it should be 50% mining rate too. No effect on combat, but brings it back to being a great multi-use tool. Its already a good multi-use ability, can slow pushes, catch retreating armies, very useful for catching drops and muta harass too. I also imagine you could use it to slow down reinforcements from your opponent.
Well, when the inevitable combat nerfs come a-swingin', it will be wise to salvage whatever harass potential it can get.
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Its definitely not good enough for harass. If they are saturated, it has no real effect. If they are not, it lasts for 30 seconds and goes away. When zergs kill workers, that worker's income is gone. Forever. And they have to spend money rebuilding them. Time warp is useless for harass. It has no long term effect, and does a small amount of annoyance (not damage, because nothing gets hurt) for 30 secs that the player has to ignore anyway. It has forced no spending from the player, and nothing has changed after it wears off. Its as if nothing happened at all. Useless.
EDIT: Great post, by the way. I've been looking for the stats.
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