Zagara

Vorazun

Karax

Abathur

Alarak

Nova

Stukov

Fenix

Dehaka

• You don’t need much firepower early on, so you can upgrade your Drill fairly early once you have 2-4 Tanks. Speed-build your Armory sometime around 7 minutes.
  
• The first A.R.E.S. can clear the first Lock, the first enemy wave, and most of the left Lock.
  
• Against Zerg and Protoss, an early Science Vessel not only lets you detect early cloaked units but also take them out via Irradiate.
  
• The second 8-minute A.R.E.S. can clear the second wave, the area above the central Celestial Lock, and the bottom right Celestial Lock.
  
• Your 12-minute A.R.E.S. should be used to push into a base of your choice.
  
• Build a small amount of static defense at each captured Celestial Lock in order to stem the trickle of enemy units trying to recapture those Celestial Locks. For large attack waves, you should not depend solely on these Turrets. Instead, warp your Herc/Tank back, or use your Laser Drill abilities.
  
• Concentrated Beam and Pulse Cannon can be used in conjunction with static defense to defend your Locks against enemy waves.
  
• Build extra Hercules in order to capture Celestial Locks quickly. Teleporting Hercules onto a Celestial Lock also prevents enemy units from capturing a contested Lock.
  
• Build static defense at Celestial Locks to prevent trickling enemy units from recapturing them.
  
• Siege Tanks can be unloaded below the ramps while Hercules provide sight for them. This triggers the enemy ground units to start clumping up at the ramps, which is fatal against Siege Tanks.
  

• The second wave should hit between 10:00 and 11:00, depending on how well you deal with the first Suppression Tower. You can use either your Concentrated Beam to defend it or setup static defense while you’re pushing. In order to have your Concentrated Beam ready by this time, you’ll need to upgrade your Laser Drill at around 6:50-7:50, after you have about 2-4 Tanks on the field.
  
• You can expand by speed-building Blaster Billys near the expansions. Since they have 9 range, you can build them quite far from the enemy units guarding the expansions.
  
• Focus more heavily on minerals over gas in the early-game, as you will need a few Turrets to defend the first enemy wave. Two Flaming Bettys along with two Siege Tanks will be able to defend against any type of enemy wave.
  
• There are only three enemy waves that actually attack your main base. If you know where they spawn, you can build Turrets on top of them. The third and final wave will spawn near the top of the second set of Suppression Towers. After the third wave, you can ignore base defense altogether.
  
• As you push deeper into enemy territory, reinforce your army via Hercs filled with fresh units.
  
• By the end of the game, you’ll always want at least two Hercs full of Siege Tanks to help you push and destroy Suppression Towers. Against ground enemy compositions, three Hercs full of Siege Tanks may be wise. The rest of your supply should be filled with Goliaths and Science Vessels.
  
• Bring SCVs along with you when you push in order to build static defense at Security Terminals as you secure new ground.
  

• You’ll want to use your Concentrated Beam at around 13:30 to handle the second wave. This means that you will want to begin upgrading your Laser Drill at 10:20 at the absolute latest.
  
• Use your first A.R.E.S. to clear the first Evacuation Ship and start building static defenses there. You have enough time to produce a Herc, 3-4 Tanks, and at least three Flaming Bettys for this defense.
  
• Siege Tanks in sufficient numbers decimate Infested. You’ll need approximately this many Siege Tanks for each Evacuation Ship:
  • Ship 1: 3 Siege Tanks
    
  • Ship 2: 6 Siege Tanks
    
  • Ship 3: 8 Siege Tanks
    
  • Ship 4: 12 Siege Tanks
    
  • Ship 5: 16 Siege Tanks
• For Evacuation Ships 2 and 3, Spinning Dizzys, Irradiate, and your Laser Drill are sufficient tools to cover against air enemies. You’ll also want a few Flaming Bettys for ground defense.
  
• For Evacuation Ships 4 and 5, Goliaths should be used to supplement your anti-air. You’ll have to defend against air from multiple different angles, and structures tend to be very vulnerable at the last Evacuation Ships that spawn Volatile Infested and Infested Siege Tanks. Thors can also be a good choice in the late game due to their high anti-air splash damage against Banshees as well as for their high HP.
  
• Remember that Infested Banshees are biological light units and are therefore vulnerable to Irradiate and the Thor’s Javelin Missiles. Both of these measures are helpful because they tend to spawn in clumped-up packs.
  
• If you and your ally have set up sufficient defences for the currently launching Evacuation Ship, you can use your A.R.E.S. Bots to clear the next evacuation launch site and grab some SCVs to build some Flaming Bettys and Spinning Dizzys there.
  
• Both bonuses can be optimally cleared by Herc/Tank micro. You’ll take too much damage from Eradicators if you try to fight them head on without micro’ing Hercs.
  

• Because Mist Opportunities features many constant but small waves, it's more important to build up a strong standing force before you upgrade Swann's Laser Drill. Getting out eight Tanks is advised before you even start thinking about upgrading your Laser Drill. A benchmark you’ll want to hit, however, is to have your Pulse Cannon ready by 15:30, which is the timing at which the most difficult wave spawns on the far right side of the map. To do so, you’ll have to begin your initial Laser Drill upgrade by 9:00 at the latest.
  
• It is advised to construct either a Flaming Betty or Blaster Billy to defend the first Harvesting Bot while he powers up, even with max-duration A.R.E.S.
  
• Against Sky Terran or any Protoss waves, it’s recommended to build a few Spinning Dizzys to help defend the second wave of Harvesting Bots. Against Protoss, it’s impossible to tell whether the enemy composition has air units until they begin attacking you. Against Muta/ling, Irradiate and your Laser Drill are more than enough for the first wave.
  
• In conjunction with Tanks and Goliaths, all three types of Turrets are useful for defending Harvesting Bots.
  
• You should have plenty of time to build Turrets at the attack wave spawn locations for the last wave of Harvesting Bots.
  

• You should be massing Siege Tanks with Turrets as an optional mineral dump. Massing Siege Tanks with Hercules for mobility is generally the most effective build on this map in taking out both the enemy units and trains quickly. Be cautious of the enemy composition, however, as you will want to respond by adding Goliaths and Spinning Dizzys if the enemy is an air composition.
  
• Build more Blaster Billys when facing enemy ground units, or Spinny Dizzys when facing enemy air units. Blaster Billy is much better than Flaming Betty against Trains, due to better damage and range.
  
• If necessary, Siege Tanks can be placed on the high ground, where they can still fire on the Trains and have protection from many ground units at the same time. These high grounds include the left side of the main base, and the cliff overlooking the bend in the bottom objective Train tracks.
  
• Build Blaster Billys where the bottom track and the bonus track coincide so that they can hit both Trains.
  
• For the double Train spawns, Concentrated Beam is better used for taking out the top Train escorts than the bottom Train due to its better alignment with the top track.
  

• You’ll want to use your Concentrated Beam at around 11:20 for the fourth wave, so you’ll want to begin upgrading your Laser Drill by at least 8:10. Build your Armory after approximately four Siege Tanks.
  
• The first wave arrives very early. Use a combination of one Flaming Betty and one Blaster Billy to defend the first wave. You should ideally be building them at the two minute mark with two SCVs after you build a single Blaster Billy at your natural to help clear the rocks. After the first wave is cleared, salvage the Turrets so that you have enough minerals for building a Command Center at your expansion. If you can scout the enemy race, three Flaming Bettys is usually better against Protoss.
  
• If you have full mastery points in A.R.E.S., delay your first A.R.E.S. by 10 seconds (or at 4:10). This allows you to start clearing defenders at the first two sets of Void Shards and pick off the second wave during the tail end of their duration. Don’t waste precious A.R.E.S. duration doing damage to the Void Shard.
  
• The second (8:10) A.R.E.S. Bot cooldown can be used to push the second set of Void Shards alongside your Herc/Tanks and help clear the third wave.
  
• After you clear the second Void Shard area, build some static defense there in order to help tank and provide vision for your calldowns against enemy waves - they always spawn in the same spot, so simply place them where they will intercept the enemy. Flaming Bettys and Spinning Dizzys are your structures of choice since they’re the two most cost effective structures for the HP they provide.
  
• If you’ve upgraded your Laser Drill on time, you should have Concentrated Beam ready in time to fend off the fourth wave.
  
• Use your third (12:10) A.R.E.S. Bots to clear out third Void Shard area.
  
• If you’ve kept up on Laser Drill upgrades, you’ll have Pulse Cannon ready in time for the fifth wave, but feel free to use it however you choose.
  
• The sixth wave can be taken down by another Concentrated Beam with some help from your units.
  

• As there are a large number of air units defending each Void Sliver - especially the later ones - Goliaths should make up your primary pushing force. Herc/Tank is still effective in providing additional ground DPS and for defending attack waves, but not in large numbers.
  
• Hercules are very useful at moving your entire army around the map quickly, allowing you to minimize travel time on this large map. Hercules also allows your ground units to escape easily if they are in danger.
  
• The last Void Sliver at the top-left corner of the map can be ‘cheesed’ by warping all your units in directly using Hercules and have them focus-fire on the Void Sliver, ideally with the help of Concentrated Beam or Pulse Cannon to take out most of the enemy units. However, this is a risky commitment to make and will require some practice to execute well.
  
• You’ll want to use your Concentrated Beam at around 9:50 for the third wave, so you’ll want to begin upgrading your Drill by at least 6:40. Build your Armory after you have two Siege Tanks, around 5 minutes into the game.
  
• The bonus objective on this map is incredibly difficult for Swann to complete. Without your ally’s help, Swann in the only commander in the game that has to delay his expansion if he wants to complete the first section of the bonus on his own.
  
• If you don’t feel like you can rely on your ally for the bonus, use the first (4-minute) A.R.E.S. Bot to clear the first wave, then clear the rightmost Void Sliver of defenses, and then clear the bonus. You will need full mastery in A.R.E.S. Bots and two Siege Tanks in a Herc to accomplish this feat. Use an SCV to construct a Blaster Billy next to the Void Sliver in order to finish it.
  
• If you’re confident in your ally’s ability to take care of the bonus or in his ability to clear your expansion, use your A.R.E.S. to push toward the expansion, clear it, and expand.
  
• Use the second (8-minute) A.R.E.S. Bots to take care of the second enemy wave and the second Void Sliver.
  Starting at around 11 minutes, begin building static defenses at both your main and your expansion. The next wave that spawns at 12:30 will come to your main. From thereon out it’s random. Static defense can delay the enemy waves while you clean them up with your calldowns supplemented by a few units.
  
• Use the third (12-minute) A.R.E.S. Bots along with your army to clear the second bonus area.
  The fourth wave can be softened up with your Concentrated Beam or completely decimated by the Pulse Cannon.
  
• Use the fourth (16-minute) A.R.E.S. Bots to clear the third Void Sliver at the top-mid as well as the third bonus area.
  From then on, alternate calldowns to clear enemy waves and use A.R.E.S. to push into Void Slivers.
  

• Minerals are more important than gas on this map, because you’ll be heavily relying on Turrets. In the early game, focus mining Minerals over mining Gas. That is, still speed-build your Refineries, but keep only 1 SCV on them each at the start.
  
• Against ground enemies, rely mostly on Siege Tanks for defense but supplement them with Flaming Bettys and Spinning Dizzys.
  
• Against air enemies, rely on Spinning Dizzys for defense against air units. Should the enemy have siege-ranged air units, especially Tempests in late game, Hercules can be used to kite them into the range of your Spinning Dizzys. Alternatively, you can use Goliaths. Even against air, Siege Tanks are still useful, though not in large numbers, as they allow you to quickly kill both ground units, Zenith Stones, and Void Thrashers more easily.
  
• Bonuses can be “cheesed” by your Laser Drill as long as an air unit gives you vision. Alternatively, you can send a Herc-full of Tanks to quickly dispatch each bonus objective.
  
• Remember to build Turrets/Tanks to defend the top-right lane of the Temple before 15 minutes into the game, which is when the earliest drops can come from the enemy island base.
  
• If the base defenses have already been cleared out, you may advance your Turret line into the enemy lanes so that they can deal with both the spawning Thrashers and attack waves. However, there is not much lead time between the announcement of the wave spawn and when it arrives at your Turrets; use this strategy at your own risk.
  

• You’ll want to use your Concentrated Beam at around 10:10 to deal with the third wave, so you’ll want to begin upgrading your Drill by at least 7:00. Build your Armory after pumping out approximately 2-3 Siege Tanks.
  
• Defend the first wave with Turrets while dropping A.R.E.S. onto expansion area. Use one SCV to bypass the initial defense and provide vision for A.R.E.S. to drop directly onto expansion area, then move in a Herc loaded with two Siege Tanks.
  
• When the Lava erupts, you can use one or more Herc-fulls of Tanks to warp to Molten Sal and rapidly take it out.
  

• You’ll want to use your Concentrated Beam at around 11:10 for the fifth wave, so you’ll want to begin upgrading your Laser Drill by at least 8:00. Build your Armory after approximately four Siege Tanks.
  
• You should primarily rely on Spinning Dizzys and not Goliaths to shoot down Shuttles, as Spinning Dizzys are the most cost-efficient anti-air option that Swann has access to. Quickly build a few of them in front of the Warp Conduits when you see a Shuttle is headed there.
  
• With full mastery in Combat Drop, the first set of A.R.E.S. Bots can clear both the first and second enemy waves.
  
• The second (8-minute) A.R.E.S. Bot will be ready just in time to help you defend wave three and to intercept the first Shuttle.
  
• It’s possible to use the third (12-minute) A.R.E.S. to push into the enemy main base to secure yourself a third base. Swann lacks the resources on two bases for sufficient production of both Tanks and static defense.
  
• Ideally, you can push far enough to build Spinning Dizzys around the Shuttle Launch Bays.
  
• Since enemy waves only spawn from two possible locations, you can easily camp them with Tanks and Turrets.
  

• There are two spawning patterns on this map for enemy units, so ideally your Laser Drill timing should depend on which pattern you encounter.
• To account for the earlier pattern, you’ll want to use your Concentrated Beam at around 12:30 for the fourth wave, so you’ll want to begin upgrading your Laser Drill by at least 9:20, or you can just always aim to have it ready by 9:20 if you don’t want to take this into account. Either way, build your Armory after approximately eight Siege Tanks.
  
• The first A.R.E.S. should be used to defend the first wave and push into enemy territory as far as possible. Do not waste their duration attacking the first Void Thrasher.
  
• The second A.R.E.S. along with 4-6 Tanks should be used to push the second Void Thrasher. This combination can easily clear all the defenses available there as well as intercept the third enemy wave. They also has enough firepower to decisively take down the Void Thrashers.
  
• The Void Thrashers can deal devastating AoE damage to the Swann’s clumped-up ground units, so try to keep your eyes on your army at all times when pushing into the Void Thrasher encampments.