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Archons, the epic comeback!

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mufin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States616 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-05 18:54:34
September 05 2010 06:53 GMT
#1
I give you the most game changing moment you will ever witness in a match. I give you The Archon Toilet (not my idea to name it that lol)

Apologies in advance for the crappy video quality. I really wanted everyone to see this and my computer kinda sux when it comes to recording (only 20 seconds long).

Enjoy!




Blizzard's Response
Archons currently lack good counters from the ground as well as the air. They are simply too powerful for their cost. With this in mind, Archons will no longer deal damage.
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Edit: Tozar is the player in the video using this technique (to give credit where its due). He's a 1100 diamond player so I'm sure if this thread gets big enough he'll see it .

Edit2: This has not been patched. I played this game yesterday (Sept 4th, 2010)

I only make 5 actions per minute. But since I use all my time deliberating and planning, my 5 actions are so brutally devastating that children cry out and grown men weep.
mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-05 06:58:22
September 05 2010 06:54 GMT
#2
ok this should be youtube thread but LOL that was freaking awesome

edit: btw man your signature is freaking hilarious
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R0YAL
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States1768 Posts
September 05 2010 06:56 GMT
#3
Iv heard that this works wonders but iv never actually seen it, thanks for sharing! :D
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Leeoku
Profile Joined May 2010
1617 Posts
September 05 2010 06:57 GMT
#4
yes it works for banelings too
claricorp
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada142 Posts
September 05 2010 06:57 GMT
#5
its like a vortex nuke, but without the terran!

I would love to see that happen in a pro game.

NuitariSC
Profile Joined July 2010
United States11 Posts
September 05 2010 06:57 GMT
#6
LOLOLOLOLL
s2pid_loser
Profile Joined March 2010
United States699 Posts
September 05 2010 06:57 GMT
#7
lol funny strat, i gotta try it some time
Et Ducit Mundum Per Luce
mufin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States616 Posts
September 05 2010 06:58 GMT
#8
On September 05 2010 15:57 Leeoku wrote:
yes it works for banelings too


but whats great about archons (instead of banelings) is that this can be done in a 1v1 and banelings can't hit air .
I only make 5 actions per minute. But since I use all my time deliberating and planning, my 5 actions are so brutally devastating that children cry out and grown men weep.
R0YAL
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States1768 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-05 07:03:01
September 05 2010 07:00 GMT
#9
On September 05 2010 15:57 Leeoku wrote:
yes it works for banelings too

Thats why you shouldnt get Mothership vs Zerg.. Neural Parasite + Vortex + banelings =

On September 05 2010 15:58 mufin wrote:
but whats great about archons (instead of banelings) is that this can be done in a 1v1 and banelings can't hit air .

It can be done 1v1 but its the Zerg that benefits from it >_<
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
MrRey
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
183 Posts
September 05 2010 07:10 GMT
#10
Wow that's great.
Far better than the ex-colossus trick and the nuke stuff.

This one is largely do-able.
PhiliBiRD
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2643 Posts
September 05 2010 07:11 GMT
#11
holy crap

id like to see that done in an actual game tho but still, seems plausible.
OhJesusWOW
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom127 Posts
September 05 2010 07:13 GMT
#12
Maybe this is why Korea think Protoss is BOSS...
Red Bull is the new Mountain Dew.
-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
September 05 2010 07:17 GMT
#13
LOL this is sick
'life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery'
how sad that sc2 has no shield battery :(
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
September 05 2010 07:19 GMT
#14
I just can't help but think what if terran had just 3 or 4 ghosts. That battle would have gone completely in the other direction.

But still, archons are sweet and this is a good example that one just needs to learn to micro them properly to be more effective.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
red_hq
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada450 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-05 07:21:43
September 05 2010 07:21 GMT
#15
LOL I seen that happen vs zerg at a local tourney he had 4 archons a mo ship to zergs 30 or so mutas and lings he vortexed the whole army and put his archs in there to the zerg player got up out of his chair when his entire army died to that and raged so hard everyone LMAOED
Get some 'good' Dota 2: twitch.tv/redhq
Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
September 05 2010 07:27 GMT
#16
Pimpest play right there, I would have never thought of that... or gotten a mother ship.
groms
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada1017 Posts
September 05 2010 07:28 GMT
#17
This is pretty sweet. I've seen the colossi trick but doing this with archons is just baller.
I have a recurring dream that I'm running away from a terran player but the marauders keep slowing me down. - Artosis
Tozar
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States245 Posts
September 05 2010 07:31 GMT
#18
Thanks for the clip.

https://sites.google.com/site/tozarsc2/build-orders/release-replays/Massarchons+vortex.SC2Replay?attredirects=0&d=1

Different FFA I did this in. Very long, and a much closer game.
arew
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Lithuania1861 Posts
September 05 2010 07:32 GMT
#19
Omg, this was so awesome! :D
750/750 emotions fully stacked
SaturnAttack
Profile Joined September 2010
United States125 Posts
September 05 2010 07:37 GMT
#20
LOL best thing I've seen all day.
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