On August 01 2011 10:18 Psychobabas wrote:
Hahaha so funny to see the older comments about the hellion.

It is arguably in the top 3 best terran units. If it had more use in TvP it would be #1 no problem.

Behind marines and medivacs?

Bandino

United States342 Posts

August 01 2011 01:27 GMT

#103

You sir are a genius good call. A pity it took so long for hellions to be appreciated.

TheButtonmen

Canada1401 Posts

August 01 2011 01:27 GMT

#104

You know, every time I see a terran lose TvP it's due to masses of chargelots.

Just saying.

ZidaneTribal

United States2800 Posts

August 01 2011 01:28 GMT

#105

hellions definitely should be used more in TvP as well, since some protoss like to go heavy zealots to counter the common mass marauder army. watch thorzain's play in the TL attack and you will see the future of TvP (marauder, lots of ghost, some blue flame hellion, viking)

Xivsa

United States1009 Posts

August 01 2011 01:28 GMT

#106

On August 01 2011 09:50 cursor wrote:
Necro my thread from Beta with respect to the MLG events.

May the mods have mercy on my soul.

Nice foresight from you sir. And a well-written OP, not sure if you've updated it with hellion changes since the beta (like blue flame upgrade being Blue!) It's so weird seeing TvTs with few to none marines on one or both sides.

Legless

United States48 Posts

August 01 2011 01:29 GMT

#107

Blue Cheese hellions.

Seriously though, TvT has devolved into luck timing on blue flame hellion drops, or who stacks their scv's when they pull them from the line...so annoying to watch imo.

Xadar

497 Posts

August 01 2011 01:43 GMT

#108

On March 03 2010 16:31 TheYango wrote:

Show nested quote +

Because clearly everyone figured out how to make vultures hit and run the first week of the Starcraft beta.

It will never be figured out how to use moveshot on hellion, cause its nonexistant.

EchoZ

Japan5041 Posts

August 01 2011 01:44 GMT

#109

Hellion has a cool name.

Chinchillin

United States259 Posts

August 01 2011 01:59 GMT

#110

Lol at the people complaining about hellions on the first page

Ihpares

United States40 Posts

August 01 2011 01:59 GMT

#111

Hellion... Hmmm. It shoots in a straight line... for AoE damage... with bonus damage to light (After an upgrade)

I GET IT NOW, It's the lurker! Look guys, I found the lurker!

In all seriousness, I love the Hellion and I love how it's revolutionizing TvT and TvZ. It's so much more fun to watch Hellions killing everything than it was to watch Marines.

-KarakStarcraft-

United States258 Posts

August 01 2011 02:01 GMT

#112

On March 03 2010 16:23 BluzMan wrote:
I cannot understand the point of this thread. Does a weak "don't fire when moving" flamethrower somehow justify the lack of spider mines? Imo, the idea to merge vultures and firebats was ultimately a good one, the idea to remove mines was not.

Indeed!

Xation

Canada147 Posts

August 01 2011 02:01 GMT

#113

You should do more of these! I like the comparison to the SC:BW units :D

ShatterZer0

United States1843 Posts

August 01 2011 02:05 GMT

#114

The Hellion's AI is pathetic... it has 1 range more than a reaper, does more damage than a reaper, has more health than a reaper, and is faster than a reaper... yet in even a progamer's hands the hellion loses straight up to the reaper... because it's firing AI is so slow... not to mention that blizzard reduced the AI firing range by .5 beacuse otherwise it wouldn't auto splash units BEHIND the unit the Hellion was attacking... The Hellion is great, but it could be SO MUCH MORE! with just a simple AI upgrade...

CursOr

United States6335 Posts

August 01 2011 02:05 GMT

#115

I'm refraining from doing an Edit to keep the OP legit. I just checked the stats/upgrades in game and they are still correct from even that long ago, and I'm not going to make an edit just for graphics to attempt to maintain it's humor.

Thanks a lot for the comments guys! Even more funny since the stats/upgrades have remained unchanged and it's just the utility in game, especially in TvT that has evolved. If anyone remembers Beta, this was pretty much written in the phase when Reapers were ruling all in TvT... and of course reapers have since been changed.

<3

Zaros

United Kingdom3692 Posts

August 01 2011 02:11 GMT

#116

Great unit, needs to be used more in TvP i keep hearin day9 goes it takes 50 shots for a marine to kill a zelot with +1 armour and guardian shield. How many shots for a blue flame hellion? 5 .

Koshi

Belgium38797 Posts

August 01 2011 02:20 GMT

#117

Helions, never used till recently and now they are seemingly needed for a win. Artosis always said it

Soulish

Canada1403 Posts

August 01 2011 02:23 GMT

#118

pointing it out here, if you assume that gas is worth 4 times as much as minerals, Hellions are more cost effective against virtually everything in the game (obvious exceptions being thors, tanks, ultras, archons, etc). If you can line up the shots right, they'll beat roaches, stalkers, you name it, cost for cost.

Jubio

United States50 Posts

August 01 2011 02:36 GMT

#119

the only problem that i have with the hellion is not that it looks like a motorbike or sounds like one, but that a Terran cant control a map because of the lack of the spider mine which makes going mech much harder