EPT[Trick] Hold position workers - Page 3
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Salv
Canada3083 Posts
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TBone-
United States2309 Posts
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NonY
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On February 23 2012 06:38 darkcloud8282 wrote: I thought everyone does hold position with their lings? hold position with lings is effective only if there's a good spread of lings through the mineral line. but when this maneuver is done by the defender, there are only 3-4 workers exposed to 3-4 lings. and when those die, zerg has to move forward and hold position again. | ||
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bananaman533
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This is pretty sick Geiko! =D | ||
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oxxo
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burningPurple
Norway76 Posts
On February 23 2012 05:53 eNtitY~ wrote: How is this new to anyone to just didn't buy the game? This has been done in so many competitive matches and has been known forever... I've been playing since beta and this is news to me ^_^ I also watch a ton of streams when I have the chance (which is every other month, since I can't watch stream when I'm at work and I'm working one month at a time, stupid shitty internets >_<) and I've actually never heard mention of this. Thanks for sharing Geiko! =D | ||
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Uncultured
United States1340 Posts
On February 23 2012 06:42 Salv wrote: Can someone elaborate on this method, I still don't understand. You select all the probes and group them, right click them all on a probe in the middle of the ball and hit 'H' (H probes), and then click that probe you right clicked on and have it A move somewhere (A move Probe). This makes the zerglings ignore the 'H' probes and only try to get to the 'Amove probe'? Exactly that. | ||
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Warpath
Canada1242 Posts
Using pure workers for this is a pretty good idea. never occurred to me! | ||
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Bidj
France98 Posts
Great find ! | ||
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Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
EDIT It takes 6 drones to surround 1 drone when I tried. So just box 7 drones, click 1 drone, hold position, attack with that one drone and you're safe(r). | ||
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UmiNotsuki
United States633 Posts
 I think some people misunderstand you and think you are referring to the fact that workers on hold position don't get included in threat calculations for army units and thus aren't attacked by a-move units, but in fact this trick is clearly a function of this fact that enables you to create a bubble of workers which will take absolutely no damage from an a-moved melee army (or, in fact, any army who's max range is less than the distance from the outside of the bubble to the worker in the middle.)I think I'll use this against zealot warp-ins as a Zerg player, and also it'll be good to be aware of when I do get lings into mineral lines. Thanks! | ||
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Geiko
France1936 Posts
On February 23 2012 07:06 UmiNotsuki wrote: Hey, this is actually kinda cool, I like this I think some people misunderstand you and think you are referring to the fact that workers on hold position don't get included in threat calculations for army units and thus aren't attacked by a-move units, but in fact this trick is clearly a function of this fact that enables you to create a bubble of workers which will take absolutely no damage from an a-moved melee army (or, in fact, any army who's max range is less than the distance from the outside of the bubble to the worker in the middle.)I think I'll use this against zealot warp-ins as a Zerg player, and also it'll be good to be aware of when I do get lings into mineral lines. Thanks! Not sure how effective this is against zealot warpins... It's probably better to run your drones away in that case. The trick is useful because against speedlings, there's really no other way to escape. | ||
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BlueBoxSC
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fighter2_40
United States420 Posts
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ClysmiC
United States2192 Posts
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BuddhaMonk
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pallad
Poland1958 Posts
same here .. Where is the trick ..? its normal , you cant past hold position units , not only workers.. | ||
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SeraKuDA
Canada343 Posts
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Dalavita
Sweden1113 Posts
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mango_destroyer
Canada3914 Posts
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