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May 23 Balance Update: Hellions, Hellbats and Brood Lords…

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Oboeman
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada3980 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-23 23:42:13
May 23 2014 23:41 GMT
#61
On May 24 2014 06:37 WellCrap wrote:
I wish they would make it so you can still abuct friendly units, ultralisk harass was really fun with vipers, even if it only happens 1/10000 games.

meh. elevator it ith an overlord. ventral sacks costs about the same as a viper

and you can even abduct the overlord if you really want to be crazy
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
May 24 2014 00:05 GMT
#62
On May 24 2014 05:34 Saechiis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2014 05:31 LeimoC wrote:
what is the "Frenzied ability"??


It's a "this unit doesn't give a fuck" ability that means Broodlords and Ultra's ignore movement altering spells. (concussive, abduct, fungal, forecefield, timewarp). Don't get why they can't give the mothership this, probably because an angry mothership doesn't make sense lorewise rofl.


Ultras aren't restrained by forcefields not because they have the frenzied ability, but because they're massive units. Same goes with colossi, archons, thors, etc.
imrusty269
Profile Joined January 2014
United States1404 Posts
May 24 2014 00:31 GMT
#63
On May 24 2014 06:51 Nebuchad wrote:
I predict terrans start bitching again in... 4 days

Like this patch is gonna fix anything.
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neptunusfisk
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
2286 Posts
May 24 2014 00:41 GMT
#64
On May 24 2014 09:31 imrusty269 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2014 06:51 Nebuchad wrote:
I predict terrans start bitching again in... 4 days

Like this patch is gonna fix anything.


It will certainly be helpful against mutalisks and high templars to really get that knowledge of the brood lord not being abductable going
maru G5L pls
aZealot
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
New Zealand5447 Posts
May 24 2014 00:45 GMT
#65
On May 24 2014 09:31 imrusty269 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2014 06:51 Nebuchad wrote:
I predict terrans start bitching again in... 4 days

Like this patch is gonna fix anything.


Ah, only a couple of hours then.
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buchaa
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Pakistan77 Posts
May 24 2014 01:02 GMT
#66
I don't see how this balance update can affect any build order... Nobody gets the transformation servos upgrade anyways... Against protoss you still need blueflame to make any use of hellbats...
Against zerg you may be able to save 6-8 hellions max to transform them to hellbats when mines and tanks play a bigger role...
I dont get it
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Axxis
Profile Joined May 2010
United States133 Posts
May 24 2014 01:04 GMT
#67
^^^
Abduct works on tanks, medivacs, vrays, immos, msc. Vipers have blinding cloud, which is stupidly good. Abduct shouldn't pull Thors/BLords/Colossus. They should just make Massive immune to abduct. . .
What we obtain too cheaply; we esteem too lightly. It is in dearness only that gives everything it's value.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12387 Posts
May 24 2014 01:06 GMT
#68
On May 24 2014 10:02 buchaa wrote:
I don't see how this balance update can affect any build order... Nobody gets the transformation servos upgrade anyways... Against protoss you still need blueflame to make any use of hellbats...
Against zerg you may be able to save 6-8 hellions max to transform them to hellbats when mines and tanks play a bigger role...
I dont get it

Just steal the build when the Koreans are using it.
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
GoodSirTets
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada200 Posts
May 24 2014 01:07 GMT
#69
Wierd that you can still build hellions and hellbats seperately. Can't build air vs ground mode vikings or different weapon thors
High Diamond/ Low Masters :^)
ConGee
Profile Joined May 2012
318 Posts
May 24 2014 01:45 GMT
#70
On May 24 2014 05:43 GinDo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2014 05:39 Swisslink wrote:
On May 24 2014 05:38 GinDo wrote:
IMO it makes more sense to make the traits of Frenzy applied to all Massive units, and then eliminate the Massive tag from units like Collosi/etc.

Seems like a cleaner fix IMO


That would make lots of Protoss immune to Fungal Growth which shouldn't be immune to it, imo.
The Protoss death ball would basically just keep on running, even with GOOD FUNGAL GROWTH!


No I'm saying that you make Massive = Frenzy

And then remove Massive tags from collosi and other units.

Chillax


Then you nerf anything else that has +bonus damage v massive.
xxjcdentonxx
Profile Joined November 2012
Canada163 Posts
May 24 2014 02:04 GMT
#71
Could mind controlling Brood Lords ever become something Zergs will wish they had the ability to do?
"Expand or die." —Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #45
Waise
Profile Joined June 2013
3165 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-24 02:14:09
May 24 2014 02:12 GMT
#72
On May 24 2014 10:02 buchaa wrote:
I don't see how this balance update can affect any build order... Nobody gets the transformation servos upgrade anyways...

that's the point. now it's not an upgrade and you can do it for free since you build an armory in every matchup anyway. investing in an earlier armory isn't as bad as investing in a useless upgrade

On May 24 2014 10:02 buchaa wrote:Against protoss you still need blueflame to make any use of hellbats...
it's not a tvp patch

On May 24 2014 10:02 buchaa wrote:Against zerg you may be able to save 6-8 hellions max to transform them to hellbats when mines and tanks play a bigger role...
I dont get it

i don't see what tanks have to do with it. you will be able to use the hellbats to drop or put them with your bio push. time will tell whether it makes a difference or not, but having a bunch of hellbats is definitely better than hellions in midgame tvz

this will also encourage terrans to be more cautious with their hellions so they can save them later instead of desperately trying to make them useful by going for risky mineral line runs that get the hellions surrounded and completely fuck terran's map control
Shinespark
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile843 Posts
May 24 2014 02:13 GMT
#73
I hope gglords replace boring hosts as the zerg late game unit of choice.
I mean, I wish ultralisks were used more but I don't see that happening...
"I, for one, welcome our new Korean overlords."
Waise
Profile Joined June 2013
3165 Posts
May 24 2014 02:14 GMT
#74
On May 24 2014 11:13 Shinespark wrote:
I hope gglords replace boring hosts as the zerg late game unit of choice.
I mean, I wish ultralisks were used more but I don't see that happening...

what matchup are you talking about? zvz? swarm hosts aren't the unit of choice in zvz and the brood lord patch doesn't affect zvt or zvp at all
Shinespark
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile843 Posts
May 24 2014 02:17 GMT
#75
On May 24 2014 11:14 Waise wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2014 11:13 Shinespark wrote:
I hope gglords replace boring hosts as the zerg late game unit of choice.
I mean, I wish ultralisks were used more but I don't see that happening...

what matchup are you talking about? zvz? swarm hosts aren't the unit of choice in zvz and the brood lord patch doesn't affect zvt or zvp at all

Actually, you're right. I dunno what I was thinking.
I mean, what I was actually thinking was, "I wish people didn't make swarm hosts in any matchup"
But yes, you're right, if this patch makes brood lords show up more in ZvZ then I'm for it
But god forbid brood lord vs brood lord (Sniper vs Hyun lol)
"I, for one, welcome our new Korean overlords."
Danglars
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States12133 Posts
May 24 2014 02:39 GMT
#76
Making my 8 harass/map control hellions into hellbats for the first push hasn't failed to net me a lead thus far (diamond tvz). I really like having something real meaty like that up my sleeve for threatening the third or putting them heavily economically behind. Pair 8 hellbats with 20 supply of 1/1 stim bio and the ability to lift the bio away to safety. No lair tech ready so the stim+mine+medivac push 11:00-12:00 is more deadly. I'm absolutely loving this change TvZ.
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Hider
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Denmark9376 Posts
May 24 2014 02:41 GMT
#77
On May 24 2014 10:02 buchaa wrote:
I don't see how this balance update can affect any build order... Nobody gets the transformation servos upgrade anyways... Against protoss you still need blueflame to make any use of hellbats...
Against zerg you may be able to save 6-8 hellions max to transform them to hellbats when mines and tanks play a bigger role...
I dont get it


Big difference between blueflame hellbats and hellbats wihtout blue flame. Seems possible that you may end up researching blue flame quite early in this matchup to go with the first hellion/hellbat/marine/medi push.
anessie
Profile Joined August 2011
180 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-24 02:44:51
May 24 2014 02:44 GMT
#78
Even though a mothership can't really frenzy, maybe just make it "too f*cking big to abduct" and all is fine
Ansinjunger
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2451 Posts
May 24 2014 03:33 GMT
#79
When playing mech, I like to hellion harass since hellbats are slow. With this, just drive the hellions outside their base and walk in with more firepower. It won't always work better, since workers can run away, but hellbats can still do some things much better, like killing zealot warp ins. Hellions require a ton of micro to do that and there's a good chance you'll want to prioritize something else.

And of course, it would be nice to have 6 hellbats in TvZ as a reward for keeping hellions alive. Hellions again require micro and damage over long intervals and are not as good as hellbats in a straight up fight most of the time.

I would feel more comfortable with hellions against DTs, as you really can't fight those carelessly in even, small numbers. Some Protosses are really good at escaping with DTs too.
Estancia
Profile Joined July 2011
Korea (South)335 Posts
May 24 2014 03:46 GMT
#80
The original frenzy apparently prevents the Ultralisk from being snared, stunned and/or mind controlled. Which means that
the only 3 abilities that the ultralisk was immune to would be Thor's 250mm strike cannon, neural parasite and fungal growth.

Frenzied - Liquipedia SCII

Now that bliz says that "Frenzied is changed to also be immune to movement altering abilities", I guess the list now expands to time warp and abduct? (Both abilities were only introduced in HotS) I guess it would not only help vipers, but also help ultralisks now that it can now go through time warp with ease and attack protoss more efficiently? (The fact that immortals rape ultralisks still doesn't help though).

Concussive shell and Forcefields are not applied to massive units (forcefields are broken by massive units) which is why frenzied didn't include those initially, but I guess now they are under "movement altering abilities" now.

So I guess now broodlords can be viable in ZvZ now that it can't be abducted? Doubt it will affect any other matchup as Protoss and Terran doesn't have any movement altering abilities that affect air units.


Also about the mothership, while I find that it being abducted/mind controlled is silly, I think that the whole unit itself is quite useless for now. I find mothership core more useful than it. That unit needs a complete redesign.
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