Patch 1.2.0 on PTR - Page 125

and imo cost him the game.

First of all, I don't think players have sufficient practice in the late game for any match-up yet. I feel as though the mid-game is just now starting to stabilize in Starcraft 2 as players are starting to figure out what does and doesn't work. However, as a match goes on for a longer period of time, the number of options exponentially increases. There are shitloads of possibilities when both players have access to their entire tech tree. Trying to comment on whether or not the late game of TvZ is balanced is somewhat pointless, because it's extremely unlikely that either side has even come close to discovering the most effective strategies yet.

For Clide vs. Leenock game 3, I think the Brood Lord into Ultralisks transition is extremely difficult for any player to handle. Whether or not there is imbalance there still remains to be seen. It would be helpful if someone could discover a way to defeat Brood Lords without using mass vikings. Some well placed Hunter-Seeker missiles might reduce the amount of Vikings necessary to take out a group of Brood Lords.

Here is an extreme, unrealistic example. Still, it demonstrates that they can do a LOT of damage


Another approach might be to address the problem that Broodlings get in the way of ground units, keeping them from having access to the Brood Lords. One possible approach might be to use Hellions to clear them out quickly with splash damage, enabling your army to move under the Brood Lords? It would take approx two shots from a hellion with the blue flame upgrade to kill a broodling.

Unfortunately, hellions are also pretty worthless against Ultralisks, but if you had enough units that were effective versus Ultras that managed to survive the Broodlord onslaught, surviving because of the hellions, then maybe it would be worthwhile.

Another possibility might be using Banshees. If Terran already has a lot of Vikings and achieved air dominance, a large amount of Banshees could be used to easily pick off Ultralisks. Cloak could even be used to make them extra effective, as Overseers would be easily sniped by the Vikings. In fact with the next patch removing the effect of Fungal Growth on air units, all air units will become more effective against Zerg.

Anyways that's just some of my own random theorycrafting. I'm really not good enough at the game to accurately speculate how good those unit compositions would be, and it would take a lot of experimentation to figure it out anyways.

As for the game between Jinro and Moon on Xel'Naga Caverns. Jinro definitely demonstrated that Terran has to be very proactive about expanding vs. Zerg. Also, Jinro's harassment was excellent. He repeatedly denied Moon's expansions. There is no doubt that his harassment saved him that game. Also, harassing your enemy before they can harass you will always be advantageous for any player, in any matchup, because they'll have to use their units to defend rather than harass you themselves.