Swann

Zagara

Karax

Abathur

Alarak

Nova

Stukov

Fenix

Dehaka

• Delay your first Summon Shadow Guard until 3:30, which will allow you to clear the units at the first Celestial Lock and the first enemy wave.
  
• Burn your first Time Stop at 4:00. You won’t need it until after 8:00.
  
• Place a Dark Pylon at each captured Celestial Lock and build Photon Cannons around it in order to halt the trickle of enemy units that will attempt to recapture the Celestial Lock. Recall your army whenever enemy waves are headed for your Celestial Locks.
  
• Dark Templar/Corsair can be your unit composition of choice as it has excellent mobility and is effective both in small and large numbers. Compositions that involve Stalkers tend to peter off too quickly on this map, while Void Rays take too long to ramp up. This composition results in leftover minerals, which should be spent on reinforcing Dark Pylons with Photon Cannons.
  

• You can quickly lay claim to your expansion’s gas by placing your first Dark Pylon on the cliff overlooking the expansion, then using its Cloaking Field to sneak a Probe past the defenders. Place another Dark Pylon that covers the gas geysers, thus cloaking the Assimilators you build on top of them.
  
• Delay your first Shadow Guard until 3:15, which will provide you with plenty of time to clear both the first wave and the expansion. Your second Shadow Guard at ~6:20 can clear enemy waves attacking Aurana as well as destroy the first Suppression Tower.
  
• Burn your first Time Stop at 4:00. You won’t need it until after 8:00.
  
• Dark Templar can manually cast Shadow Fury to burst down Suppression Towers.
  
• Dark Pylons are extremely useful in teleporting entire armies around the map, especially from Suppression Tower to Suppression Tower.
  

• The Shadow Guard Duration mastery can be useful on this map as it allows you to clear your expansion as soon as possible. If you don’t have the Mastery, summon your Shadow Guard at 3:20 and use your first Time Stop at 4:00. This gives your Shadow Guard 20 extra seconds during which they can clear the expansion without fear of reprisal.
  
• If the first Evacuation Ship is next to the expansion, you can defend it and expand quickly using two clusters of 1 Dark Pylon and 4 Photon Cannons at each entrance. Be sure to bring a few Probes early on to warp in both Photon Cannons and your expansion’s Assimilators - you’ll need them on-scene lest they are cut off by the spawning Infested.
  
• Dark Templar/Corsair and mass Void Rays are equally viable strategies on this map. A Dark Templar focused build will have more success early on as it takes a shorter time to ramp up - however, due to the large number of Volatile Infested on the map, they’ll struggle during the late-game when melee units get picked off more quickly.
  
• When using Mass Void Rays to defend, support them with a Dark Pylon at each Evacuation Ship - preferably with maximum points sunk into the Dark Pylon Range mastery - protected by Photon Cannons and high-HP buildings such as Cybernetics Cores to tank for your Photon Cannons after you have built a significant mineral bank. Void Rays are greatly enhanced when cloaked, as they receive bonus damage, shield regeneration and Emergency Recall.
  
• Oracle Stasis Wards can be useful on this map, more so than on any other map. Place them in the path of the Infested in order to prevent damage to the Evacuation Ships. A single Stasis Ward can also be used to start the launching sequence of the Evacuation Ship, which comes in handy for a mass Void Ray army lacking ground units.
  
• The Dark Pylon at your expansion should be used for Recalling your army to defend against attack waves, followed by immediately recalling back to the Evacuation Ship if you have another Dark Pylon there. If Time Stop is available, you can use it to cover for the short period where your army is absent from the Evacuation Ship. Alternatively, build enough Photon Cannons at the expansion to defend against the attack wave with the aid of a Black Hole.
  
• When trying to destroy either of the the Bonus Objectives, support your army with either Black Hole or a Time Stop. Dark Templar can suffer heavy losses against the Eradicators should Black Hole or Time Stop be unavailable.
  

• Anti-air units are not required until the second set of Harvesting Bots. Any potential air units show up at 8:19 at the earliest. If opting for a Dark Templar/Corsair composition, the Stargate can be delayed very slightly in favor of warping in more Dark Templar in order to defend the first Harvesting Bot.
  
• Use Time Stop to assault major enemy bases and encampments. Use Black Hole to handle difficult attack waves.
  
• While preparing for the defense of 4th and 5th sets of Bots, warp in Photon Cannons at each choke point, preferably supported by a Dark Pylon and normal Pylons at each cluster. Use Dark Pylons to teleport your or ally’s armies around the map in order to intercept the waves of enemies approaching from different angles.
  

• Use your first Summon Shadow Guard at 3:25. This allows them to destroy both the expansion Rocks and the first attack wave. After clearing the Rocks, send them to the northwest enemy base and cast Time Stop as soon as the first enemy wave spawns.
  
• You may not have a sufficient number of Dark Templar for the first Train. Use a second cast of Summon Shadow Guard as soon as it is available if your ally cannot handle it. If the Train escorts come with air units, warp in a few Stalkers.
  
• You will need lots of Dark Templar to deal with the Trains quickly. Prioritize Dark Templar tech.
  Blink forward often when catching up with fleeing Trains in order to avoid Dark Templar catching on each other while chasing the tail end of the Train.
  
• Time Stop is best used when the double Trains have arrived and both your - and your ally’s armies are in position. In order to time this ideally, reserve your second Time Stop for the second Train and use only Black Hole to deal with all other Trains and attack waves, holding back Time Stop for the double Train waves.
  
• A Dark Pylon can be placed between the top and bottom tracks. Support it with Photon Cannons in order to prevent the trickle of enemy units from taking over the map with static defense.
  
• A Dark Pylon can be placed between the bottom Train track and the Bonus Train track, allowing your army to be Recalled in pursuit of the Bonus Train.
  

• Your first Shadow Guard can be used to defend against the first enemy wave and then to clear your expansion Rocks. With some practice, you can split them into two pairs and send one of these pairs to break your ally’s Rocks.
  
• Burn your first Time Stop at 4:00. It won’t be needed until after 8:00.
  
• Ideally, both players should have enough combined forces to assault the second set of Void Shards at around 8:00 with the help of your second cast of Summon Shadow Guard and Time Stop.
  
• Save a Time Stop for each enemy base that contains Void Shards. Enemy waves can be effectively dealt with using Black Hole.
  
• Navigating this map involves a lot of walking. Circumvent this by deploying a Dark Pylon at the 2nd set of Void Shards after they have been cleared, then be prepared to defend it against incoming attack waves.
  
• The Pirate Ship bonus is a difficult one for Vorazun. Fortunately, it can be disabled by Black Hole to buy your anti-air units time.
  

• Summon the first Shadow Guards at around 3:40 and use Time Stop at 4:00 in order to intercept the first enemy wave and clear the expansion Void Sliver’s defenders. As long as you keep attacking the Void Sliver with any unit - even a worker - it will not respawn its Void Rift and will be left helpless to be demolished at your leisure. Take your expansion as soon as the Void Sliver’s defenders have been cleared out.
  
• Use your second cast of Summon Shadow Guard at around 6:40to clear the first Bonus area and the Void Sliver’s defending units in the way. Stalkers may be required against Protoss or Zerg defenders to take out Phoenixes or Corruptors and Scourge.
  
• Try to save a Time Stop for each subsequent Void Sliver, which can be easily killed by an army of Dark Templar within its duration. Once the Void Sliver is down, use the Dark Pylon’s Recall on your army to escape the heavily-armored air units defending each Void Sliver, since a Dark Templar-centric army composition is ill-equipped to deal with these units. This tactic also allows you to skip detection, if there is no invisible attacking unit in the enemy waves.
  
• Stalkers are usually a better choice than Corsairs against non-air enemy waves on this map, while you will likely need Corsairs against air waves. Use Black Hole to defend against the enemy waves, which generally come with Hybrids. Stalkers fare better than Corsairs against the large numbers of spread-out, capital-class ships defending the enemy bases on this map. A Stalker composition will also allow for more Dark Templar, which are a key unit on this map.
  

• If you are adept with your control, you can possibly split your first Shadow Guard into two pairs to clear both sets of rocks and then defend against the first enemy wave.
  
• Burn your first Time Stop at 4:00. It won’t be needed until after 8:00.
  
• Upon clearing each Zenith Stone, deploy a Dark Pylon in the now-empty alcove. These locations are safe from enemy attack waves and allow you to quickly Recall your army or warp in Gateway units.
  
• Spend spare minerals by warping in Photon Cannons around the Temple or at each possible Void Thrasher spawn area.
  
• Black Hole or Time Stop should be used for dealing with more difficult waves - especially those that come with the high-HP Hybrid Nemeses that Vorazun is weak against. Time Stop should ideally be used for the double waves that approach from both sides so that your ally can make use of it as well. Be liberal with Black Hole and abstain from using Summon Shadow Guard beyond the first cast.
  

• Use your first Summon Shadow Guard to defend against the first enemy wave and to subsequently attack the enemies guarding your expansion as described below. .
  
• After the first lava surge, send a probe to sneak into the northeast entrance of the expansion to provide vision for a Dark Pylon. Use it to quickly Recall your Shadow Guard to the expansion after dealing with the first wave. Warp in a few Stalkers at the Dark Pylon and use Time Stop in order to clear out the structures and any lingering air defenders.
  
• Time Stop should ideally be reserved for attacking the heavily defended bases, while Black Hole is enough to defend against problematic enemy attack waves.
  
• Scattering a few Dark Pylons around the map can be very useful for defending against attack waves, and for Recalling your army to deal with the Molten Salamander during lava surges and the defenders at each crystal spawn area. The attack waves can be rather unpredictable, heading for either your main base or expansion.
  

• Use your first cast of Summon Shadow Guard to clear the Rocks at your expansion, then Recall them to your main base to deal with the first enemy attack wave.
  
• Use your first Time Stop at 4:00. It won’t be needed until after 8:00.
  
• Corsairs are great units on this map against the Shuttles and their escorts. Use Black Hole to counteract their weakness against Hybrid Nemeses.
  
• If you are not familiar with the attack wave and Shuttle patterns, it can be useful to deploy a Dark Pylon at each Warp Conduit in order to quickly Recall your Corsairs to destroy the Shuttles before they can escape.
  
• Dark Templar are needed to complement the Corsairs and destroy enemy attack waves and base defenses. Engage with your Dark Templar to clear out enemy bases whenever Time Stop is ready.
  
• Try to push into one of the enemy main bases in order to build additional Assimilators for extra gas. If you are able to clear out the defenses around the Shuttle Launch Bays, spend your spare minerals on warping in Photon Cannons around them in order to spawn camp the Shuttles. Otherwise, set up your Photon Cannons around the Warp Conduits.
  
• The final wave of Void Launch features masses of capital-class ships and is therefore difficult for Vorazun to defend against. Plan for this by bringing in additional air units to ensure that you retain air superiority. Save Time Stop and enough energy for multiple Black Holes during this final wave.
  

• Burn your first Time Stop at 4:00. It won’t be needed until after 8:00.
  
• This map features two attack wave patterns, with the initial wave spawning at either 3:00 or 4:00. If the first wave is announced at 3:00, cast your Summon Shadow Guard at the expansion to clear the Rocks before Recalling them to the main base to deal with the first attack wave and the defending units at the first Void Thrasher. Otherwise, wait until 3:15 to summon your Shadow Guard to clear the Rocks, so that their duration lasts long enough for them to intercept the 4:00 attack wave - it will spawn from the northwest.
  
• Dark Templar work especially well on this map, and should be the core unit of your army composition. Even against bases with heavy air presence, you can simply snipe the Void Thrashers during Time Stop with your Dark Templar and then Recall them to safety with a Dark Pylon once the Thrashers are dead.
  
• Reserve Time Stop for assaulting each set of Void Thrashers, casting it just before your army moves to engage. Should there be any significant number of leftover units still alive by the time Time Stop ends, disable them with a Black Hole while you clean up the remaining Void Thrashers.