Swann

Zagara

Vorazun

Karax

Abathur

Alarak

Nova

Stukov

Fenix

Dehaka

Han and Horner

Tychus

Zeratul

• The Dusk Wings can handle the first objective, and the Hyperion can handle the first attack wave and then warp elsewhere to take out key targets or finish off the first objective if the Dusk Wings were unable to do so.
  
• It may be useful to build Command Centers near the ramps into your main base in order to draw enemy fire (don’t forget to repair), since the attack paths run very close to the mineral lines, and the enemy attack waves are often drawn to the workers.
  
• The Artifact Trucks draw surprising amount of aggro and do a good job of blocking melee units. Use that to your advantage and try to keep your Truck just in front of your forces, especially at ramps, to hinder the enemy.
  The Gatekeeper Constructs tend to draw aggro from your forces when disabled, who will happily shoot them instead of other enemy units—including enemies with long range and splash damage. Make sure your forces are targeting those before they fire on the Constructs.
  
• Scout the direction of the final objective early in the game with a Marine or SCV. If the final objective is the bottom-right, you will be facing a lot of anti-bio defenses, which will require lots of Orbital Commands or teching up to something more suitable, such as Banshees and Vikings or Battlecruiser support.
  
• Do NOT use calldowns or Drop Pods in isolated areas, since the Gatekeeper Constructs will make short work of anything that does not have an Artifact Truck to support it. Calldowns are strictly to be used as support during pushes, not as an independent force.
  
  

• Dusk Wings can take care of expansion Rocks and still be able to attack the first attack wave plut the central Celestial Lock, though they but may not be able to clear everything out if you command them to destroy the Vespene Rocks.
  
• The first Hyperion can accomplish a lot. Delay it for about 20s and then call it down on top of the enemies guarding the western Celestial Lock, and drop Point Defense Drones as necessary while destroying high priority units and using a Scan to target down any cloaked or burrowed units. Once the dangerous units are taken out, Hyperjump it to the southern Celestial Lock, and target the anti-air there so that your Dusk Wings can clean up. With the remainder of the Hyperion’s time, Hyperjump it into the base guarding the eastern Celestial Lock and use one last Yamato to take out another dangerous unit. Once the Dusk Wings are done clearing out the southern Lock, they can be used to clear out additional targets in the eastern base. If done right, your forces should be able to easily claim the western and southern Celestial Locks, while the eastern is left with slightly weakened defenses.
  
• Vultures can be useful for defending against the late game double waves that spawn if the game drags on for too long.
  
• The second Hyperion will be out in time to deal with the first double wave.
  
  

• With a 4CC opener, the first Security Terminal can be defended by the first Hyperion, or by a couple of Bunkers right under the Terminal if you have the multitasking skills to send the Hyperion elsewhere. Make sure to build bio forces even after Bunkers are full, as you’ll need the extra forces for the first Suppression Tower.
  
• Save the second set of Dusk Wings until the first Suppression Tower, which spawns at 7 minutes—though you can summon them as early as 6:30 and attack nearby encampments while waiting. Afterwards, unload and salvage one Bunker, and leave the other Bunker full in case an attack comes from behind.
  
• Recommended use of gas in the early game: 1 Tech Lab, 2 Reactors, Combat Shields, +1 Weapon upgrade, and then a Factory. This should get 5-6 Vultures out in time for the second wave, with both Vulture upgrades going.
  
• One round of Dusk Wings can clear a bonus area on their own. This applies to both the first and second bonus areas. Do not summon them right on top of the bonus area, but rather summon them a short distance away and A-move.
  
• Your Vultures should be lagging behind your main forces, laying Spider Mines as each spawn point is cleared out. About 24-36 Spider Mines at each spawn point should be sufficient to start, after which you can reinforce each spawn point with further Spider Mines as necessary.
  
• Some spawn points cannot be mined up early on, unless you really make the effort to clear them out quickly. This includes a spawn just past the ramp to the right of the second Security Terminal, as well as the bonus area just below the third Terminal. Because of this, expect many attacks to come from those directions, and place extra Spider Mines accordingly.
  
• Against heavy air enemy compositions, it’s better to go full bio instead of splitting your attention with Vultures. Unfortunately, against Zerg and Protoss, you won’t know what exactly you are facing until the second wave arrives.
  
• If against a ground composition, then you won’t need a large bio force to take down each Suppression Tower. If you have the APM, split off a chunk of your forces to attack ahead towards the next Security Terminal.
  
  

• Marines, Medics, and Firebats should be your core units for this mission. Firebats are an ideal supportive unit for your Marines to hide behind against the hordes of Infested.
  
• You can open with 4CCs and still produce enough Marines to defend the first Evacuation Ship. Do not begin Marine production until the first use of Dusk Wings is ready, as they can clear the path to the first Evacuation Ship. Send a few SCVs in to build two Bunkers, and with the help from your first Hyperion (or your ally), you should hold without much difficulty. Keep the Bunkers filled after the first Evacuation Ship leaves in order to handle the first attack wave.
  
• Target-firing the Volatile Infested with small groups of Marines is highly recommended. Don’t use F2 to target fire.
  
• One of the Eradicators can attack air targets, and is capable of taking out the Dusk Wings. It is recommended that you use the Hyperion to take it out first. Do not attempt to kill off Eradicators with bio forces, as you’ll suffer heavy losses.
  
• Send an SCV or two with your bio force to build Missile Turrets at each Evacuation Ship, in order to save on Scans against Infested Banshees.
  
• Try to have a second bio force moving around the map clearing out stuff, as you don’t need a full army to defend Evacuation Ships.
  
• Feel free to build some Siege Tanks for the last Evacuation Ship. You could use Siege Tanks for the other Evacuation Ships for additional safety as well, but they will hinder your mobility.
  
• Dusk Wings are great for preemptively clearing various Evacuation Ship staging areas if they aren’t needed for defense.
  
  

• The Hyperion can protect the first Harvesting Bot as well as clear some of the second and third Terrazine areas. The 6-minute Dusk Wings can further clear out the third Terrazine area. With a 3CC opener, you can build a Bunker to defend the first Harvesting Bot, allowing you to use the first cast of the Hyperion to be used to clear out the air units at the third Terrazine area before Hyperjumping to another area, such as the fifth. Leave behind a Point Defense Drone for your Dusk Wings at the third area, letting them clean any leftover enemies up with impunity.
  
• You should be able to get a few Vultures out by the second wave of Harvesting Bots, even with a 5 or 6CC opening. Dusk Wings will help until you can start laying Spider Mines. However, against Protoss, you should wait until you’ve seen the attack waves going for the second Harvesting Bot, in order to verify that it is a ground composition.
  
• Lay Spider Mines all over the map, especially at enemy spawn points. Building Missile Turrets at the final set of spawn points helps against masses of air units as well. You can defend without resorting to spawn camping fairly well up until the third wave of Harvesting Bots, but afterwards the amount of splash damage from ground compositions may grow to be too difficult to handle without Spider Mines at enemy spawn points.
  
• The second Hyperion can be Hyperjumped in behind the first Terrazine Extraction Device bonus objective and be used to clear out the enemy air units, so that the 12-minute Dusk Wings can finish off the bonus. This is useful if a mutation makes it difficult for you to push into the first bonus area. It is also possible to do this for the second bonus, but it is a lot less forgiving.
  
  

• The Hyperion can take out the first Train on its own, as well as Hyperjump over to take out the attack wave that follows shortly after.
  
• Due to the late first attack wave as well as the late first objective, you can build up to 6 Orbital Commands before adding additional Barracks.
  
• It’s useful to push into the Train spawning locations to lay Spider Mines at the spawn areas where the Train’s escorts spawn in. If you can’t push both, then at least push into the upper Train location, since a number of attack waves will also spawn there.
  
• It may be helpful to build a Bunker and Missile Turret at the locations that the AI builds on, so that you can maintain control over those areas. The other option is to just fully-clear the map in order to stop the AI from bothering you.
  
• You will need to focus a lot more on laying Spider Mines, as well as maintain a slightly larger force of Vultures than normal. Due to the sheer number of Spider Mines that are needed to take down Trains, it is advised to build 7-8 Orbital Commands on this map, and 16-20 Vultures.
  
• If going against air compositions—particularly Terran air—it can be useful to have a moderate fleet of Vikings, since Marines that are out of range tend to attack the Train instead of moving up to attack enemy air units.
  
  

• When facing Terran or Protoss, you will find a number of undefended Parts in the western area. You can build a Marine or two with your first Barracks and get a bunch of free Parts while you work on your infrastructure. Against Zerg, this is not possible due to the Defense Bots that defend this area. There are also a number of Parts around the map that can be easily accessed by air units (particularly Dusk Wings) for easy pickup without having to go through the defenses that guard them with your main force; this is useful for mutations that hinder your ability to push.
  
• The Dusk Wings can clear out some enemy forces between the main and expansion, as well as much of the expansion itself. You may need a final cleanup crew for the upper expansion, though.
  
• The first Hyperion can defend against the first attack wave, but you may need to distract the enemy or let them attack a structure while you repair it for a short while. After destroying the attack wave, Hyperjump it over just to the east of the expansion area, where you can use it to take out a Hybrid Reaver. You can then move it elsewhere to clear out even more units—the defenses near the second Hybrid Experiment make for a good choice.
  
• It is recommended to use a 3CC opener instead of the 4CC, even if you plan to build more CCs later on, since you need to build an early force to roam around the map for Parts. Go up to 3 Barracks after the 3rd CC, and add the 4th CC around the second attack wave.
  
• Your army can output more than enough damage to make it feasible to wait with taking on the first bonus Train near the end of the tracks. You can gather enough Parts to trigger the first Hybrid Experiment objective before you engage the bonus Train if you route your movements correctly.
  
• You should tech up to Spider Mines and begin Vulture production around the time you engage the first Hybrid Experiment. Spider Mines will make the second and third fights very easy with their burst damage; make sure to spread them out, so that they can hit the Hybrids Experiments’ Shades. You can also place Spider Mines at enemy spawn points if you are facing a ground composition.
  
• The southeastern area has very few anti-air defenses, making it a perfect target for Dusk Wings if you have nothing better to spend them on.
  
• The Hybrid Experiments’ abilities are fairly dangerous to Raynor’s fragile bio units, including the stasis which is paired with enemy summons that can shred through your non-frozen forces.
  
• Try to finish before the 24-minute mark—a very powerful wave will spawn at this time, so it is best to avoid that if possible.
  
  

• You will need a Bunker and Marines to deal with the first wave on this map, but your Marines can be rallied to the Rocks until 2:20 before they have to get to the Bunker. Against enemy waves with slow movement speed (Protoss), you can actually break the expansion Rocks with diligent use of Stim before the Marines are needed at the Bunker.
  
• Delay the first Hyperion for about 20s and spawn it on top of the second attack wave, after which you should target down the various high priority units guarding the second set of Void Shards. Dusk Wings will then be able to clear out even more units.
  
• Enemy attacks always come from the same direction—after finishing off the second set of Void Shards, push into the minibase that guards the spawn point and trap it with Spider Mines.
  
• Dusk Wings are able to take out about one and a half Void Shards, so you can clear out the Void Shard defenders and move your bio forces out after dealing enough damage to the Shards.
  
  

• Dusk Wings can take out the first attack wave. Send them to the mini-base between the main and the expansion Void Sliver to clear the area, and then to the mini-base between the expansion Void Sliver and the southeastern Sliver. Make sure to float an Orbital Command over to the cleared-out mini-base, as well as a number of newly-constructed SCVs, since you will be taking the expansion very soon.
  
• Summon the first Hyperion just below the first bonus area and begin attacking it. With careful control, you should be able to clear everything and have some time left over to warp it to the expansion Void Sliver.
  
• While the first Hyperion is active, rally Marines right outside range of the Void Sliver at the expansion area. The Hyperion can take out the Void Rift upon Hyperjumping over, and once your second use of Dusk Wings become available, summon them to help the small Marine force to take out the Void Sliver. Make sure to move your Orbital Command into place during the attack.
  
• Doing a 15/15 split on the Hyperion/Banshee cooldown mastery will give you an extra use of the Hyperion in a typical run, at the cost of 2 uses of Dusk Wings. This may be worth it since the Hyperion is a great tool for pushing into Void Slivers.
  
• Your third cast of Dusk Wings can help repel the second attack wave, but if the first enemy wave came from the north, you may want to delay expanding since the second attack will then pass through the expansion and will hit it before Dusk Wings are available.
  
• Dusk Wings can help greatly during attacks on Void Slivers by taking out dangerous enemy units with splash, as well as for sniping Void Rifts and Death Grip Crystals—but make sure they don’t get too far ahead of your bio as they can be shot down by the enemy very quickly. They also tend to aggro on the Void Slivers over the other high-value targets, so it’s good to have them on a control group to manually choose your targets.
  
• The map is big. Raynor wants to minimize travel time. The recommended map route, accounting for bonuses, is as follows: the expansion Void Sliver -> first bonus area (Hyperion) -> eastern Void Sliver -> second bonus area -> northern Void Sliver -> third bonus area -> northwestern Void Sliver -> western Void Sliver.
  
• PAY ATTENTION TO THE BLUE CIRCLE OF DEATH
  
• SERIOUSLY, PAY ATTENTION TO THE BLUE CIRCLE OF DEATH
  
• SERIOUSLY
  
  

• Float your starting Barracks to the top of the main ramp to stall enemies until Dusk Wings come online. Against Zealots or Reapers, add a few SCVs to repair.
  
• Use the Hyperion for the second attack wave and Hyperjump to the southwestern enemy base at the end of the lane to take out the enemy CC/Hatchery/Nexus and the nearby workers. Leave some Point Defense Drones in the area to provide vision for summoning the Dusk Wings on the third attack wave.
  
• With a 4CC opener, you should be able to get out a Factory in time to make some Vultures to assist with the fourth and fifth attack waves. Against air compositions, you can delay the Factory, but it is still useful to have a force of Vultures to kill ground Hybrids and Void Thrashers.
  
• After the first Void Thrasher, you can add two more OCs for additional income, or push into the side lanes if you are rushing for a full map clear.
  
• Clearing out the lanes is very important for laying Spider Mines at Void Thrasher locations, and for giving yourself more room to respond to enemy attacks.
  
• The first few Dusk Wings are best used right on top of the enemy CC/Nexus/Hatchery, using either a Scan or a dropped Marine to provide vision. Getting rid of all the workers and worker production will not only prevent the AI from starting to build defensive structures in the lanes, but it also clears a drop point for your Vultures to trap the enemy spawn up.
  By the end of the game, you can have your entire base covered with Spider Mines and Missile Turrets, providing an impenetrable defense.
  
• It is highly advised to clear out all the lanes in order to place Spider Mines at the enemy spawn points. If spawn points cannot be secured, you will need to lay a lot more Spider Mines to overwhelm the enemy forces before they can shoot the Mines.
  
• You can drop Vultures at the spawn points behind enemy lines, even if you haven’t cleared the defensive structures. You should aim to drop 4 Vultures at each lane before the 8-minute mark in order to lay enough Spider Mines to deal with the attacks from the sides. You will still have to clear out the lanes so that the Vultures will have room to hide from the enemy air units that will eventually come.
  
• Full mech is also very viable on this map if the goal is not to clear the map. Vultures, Tanks, Banshees, Missile Turrets, and Vikings are all excellent choices for defense.
  
  

• Dusk Wings can defend against the first attack wave and then move directly to the expansion area. If you can take out the enemy detection quickly enough, the Dusk Wings can take out the enemy CC/Nexus/Hatchery, or at least severely damage it. The Hyperion can clear out dangerous units and then Hyperjump to another area—when versus Protoss, the central isle just to the east of the expansion features Disruptors that you’ll want to destroy. Against Terran, you may want to clear out the Siege Tanks on the western isle , and for Zerg, choose anywhere that has Vipers. Don’t forget to float your CC into place.
  
• Your second cast of Dusk Wings can finish clearing out the expansion while you rally Marines to intercept the second attack wave—the enemy will try to land transports in your main base, so don’t let them. You can also choose to save your Dusk Wings to defend against this attack if you aren’t sure if you have enough Marines.
  
• If you have Xenon Crystals spawned far apart from each other, just get the closest one and use Dusk Wings to deal with the other one while dropping a few Marines if there are any air units present.
  
• Use Spider Mines for defense, especially once you have access to the two AI bases at the northeast and southeast, since those will be the enemy spawn points towards the end of the game.
  
• Raynor can benefit from splitting his forces to reduce response time and improve his base-clearing efficiency. Aside from the central base and later attack waves, the enemy density should be low enough that you can handle it with split groups.
  
  

• Placing a Barracks near the main ramp can hold off the first attack wave until Dusk Wings become available, but it will need to be repaired for a while. If this makes you nervous, build a Bunker after your Barracks is finished.
  
• The Hyperion can solo the first Shuttle wave, as well as the second attack wave that follows shortly after.
  
• If you use a 3CC opening and begin unit production early, you can then use the Hyperion to instead handle the second attack wave, before moving on to clearing out a lot of either the second or third bonus areas. With this approach, you will still have enough forces available to handle the first Shuttle wave even without needing the Hyperion.
  
• Vultures can be out by the time you need to defend the first bonus and destroy the second Shuttle wave, even with a 5-6CC opening. Be warned, however, that the Hybrids spawn in a little after the main enemy units, meaning that after the Spidermines kill the main attack force, the Hybrids may be able to AoE the Spider Mines as they try to reburrow. If you summon the Dusk Wings slightly before the attack wave, the Dusk Wings will distract the Hybrids so that the remaining Spider Mines can connect.
  
• Try to clear out the enemy bases as quickly as you can, then build Missile Turrets around the Shuttle Launch Bays.
  
• Towards the end of the match, after you’ve sufficiently mined up the attack spawn points, you can destroy all your Vultures and Marauders in order to build more Marines.
  
• Vikings may seem like a logical choice for this mission, but since the Shuttles are not armored, and since the Shuttle escorts are relatively few in number compared to the actual attack waves, Marines and Spider Mines are more important unless the enemy composition is heavy air. That being said, Vulture-Viking works reasonably well if your goal isn’t to clear the enemy bases, since the attack wave spawn points are so easy to access.
  
  

• You can summon the Hyperion at the right edge of the third Void Thrasher area can take out most of the anti-air there, in order to enable your Dusk Wings to safely take out two of the three Void Thrashers. A second cast of Dusk Wings will handle the third Thrasher and some of the remaining ground forces. Try to leave the Hyperion’s final Point Defense Drone in a safe area, so that you retain vision for the second cast of Dusk Wings.
  
• The second Hyperion can Hyperjump directly to the Archangel and take it out, which is useful if you’ve cleared the third Void Thrasher area with the first Hyperion and subsequent Dusk Wings and don’t want to push through that area again.
  
• Try to skirt around the edges of the final area to avoid aggroing all the dangerous units at once; for Protoss, the final area features 4 Colossi, 2 Tempests, and 2 Carriers that are placed very close to the front. There are also two Hybrid Dominators that can be aggroed too early if you are not careful.
  
• You can safely drop Vultures onto the spawn point on the right side, which is particularly useful if you’re taking a while to clear the third area.