Patch 1.4.3.2 - Page 30

On May 10 2012 16:14 SgtCoDFish wrote:
I'd love for someone to explain how hellions are now "useless" in TvZ

Hellions have 90HP. Queens have an attack power of 4x2, to give 8 if the zerg doesn't micro the queen halfway through the attack. We'll assume zerg's not doing that.

It still takes 12 shots from a queen to kill a single hellion. The queen attacks once every second. There are 4 hellions.

Hellions shouldn't be in range of queens when creep isn't being spread, which occurs once every 30 to 40 seconds; they should be their attack range away from the edge of the creep. When creep is being spread (or if a drone comes out to take a quick third) hellions should be darting in and out to kill or force cancels on tumours.

This patch doesn't change any of the above AT ALL. It just means that hellions will take some extra shots where they wouldn't have before. The micro involved here is pulling back damaged hellions if you really want to engage a queen. But you shouldn't be doing that.

So what does the patch affect with regards to hellion openers? Barely anything; hellions are still a hell (no terrible pun intended) of a lot faster, so any attempts by zerg to spread creep greedily are just as denied as they were before. Darting in and popping a tumour is still the same as it was. There will be a "dance" between hellions and queens to deny creep, but queens aren't going to start spearing hellions and snapping them in half. Hellions will still also deny any attempt to take a third until roaches or lings are out to fend them off.

Hellions are slightly worse, but will still be able to do their job... every time something is nerfed even a little, hordes of people seem to say it's now useless.

On May 10 2012 16:03 Ballistixz wrote:
i find it kinda sad that the FIRST thing ppl do with new balance changes is whine there cute lil eyes out instead of THINKING of new builds they can counteract this with.

use your head ppl and evolve. the game and its meta has always evolved with new balance changes. stop crying and waiting for a pro player to show u the light and do it ur damn selves -_-

"hellion openers are dead now"

boy, will these ppl feel stupid once they see pro/top level terrans still going hellion builds and then copy directly off of them.

tip: queens kill hellions stupidly slow.

On May 10 2012 16:16 Ballistixz wrote:
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hellions arnt useless, ppl are just overreacting like babies once again... they will get over it in less then a week once they find out how fail queen DPS truly is.