I notice during 6 pools and 10 pools, or premedivac all ins, sometimes a Zerg wont have his rallied units immediately attacking the front or mineral line, and in a way, spamming the army attack button can help you make sure your rallied units are in action ASAP.

Apom

France656 Posts

August 26 2013 18:37 GMT

#162

I'm bronze and I don't make army control groups anymore now that this button is available.

// edit : except for high templars (I play random btw).

sevia

United States954 Posts

August 26 2013 18:51 GMT

#163

I use it to find lost units.

Early game reaper whose control group got overwritten; medivac that flew off into the airspace after a drop with 10 hp left; widow mine that got left behind after a fight in a now-irrelevant part of the map; etc. 'Select all' finds them more quickly than scanning the minimap does.

FoxShine

United States156 Posts

August 26 2013 19:09 GMT

#164

I developed a bad habbit of turning to this button to add newly built collosus/voids to my control group. It interrupts templar i have positioned for drops or zealots in chokes or watch towers. I feel like you can use it if you aren't doing things like that or in the beginning of the game but while useful it ends up being a crutch that causes issues.

Santi

Colombia466 Posts

August 26 2013 19:13 GMT

#165

I use it but then I realize I lose control of watch towers lol so I stopped using it.

ManiacTheZealot

United States490 Posts

August 26 2013 21:36 GMT

#166

It's on my ~ button right next to 1. I use it a lot. It's mostly for controlling my zerglings which I don't like to hotkey after mid game because there's sooo many of them it takes a lot of time to hotkey all the eggs. My ultra/muta/hydra/roach will go on 1, infestors on 2, vipers on 4. Anything that I want to stay put is burrowed.

9-BiT

United States1089 Posts

August 26 2013 21:53 GMT

#167

I use it but I always regret using it, it would probably be a good idea just to learn how to select all of my units manually.

JinDesu

United States3990 Posts

August 26 2013 21:54 GMT

#168

Losing battle as terran - retreat.
Has 8 different rallys of units streaming across map.

<3 this button.

Alternatively - as zerg:
Accidentally pulls mutas through enemy base, and all units off watchtower

h8 this button.

raf3776

United States1904 Posts

August 26 2013 22:05 GMT

#169

I actually started using it. It helps a ton I feel

Emzeeshady

Canada4203 Posts

August 26 2013 22:06 GMT

#170

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kaluro

Netherlands760 Posts

August 28 2013 05:28 GMT

#171

I am now trying to just hotkey eggs once again.
I only use this button for a full out retreat if needed, or if I want to select all of my mutalisks.
Orr, when I'm going in for the killing blow, sometimes.