Ask TL Staff Anything - Page 172

I feel as if in this metagame, going Marine/Tank in TvZ is only situationally good, and Bio requires so much APM, Precision, Accuracy, Multitasking, and Gamesense that it's not viable for the majority of players.

My reasoning for this is, with Marine/Tank once they have Hive tech, both your Marines and Tanks are much less useful than before since Siege Tanks do such pitiful DPS to single-targets such as the Ultralisk, and the Ultralisk has 6 armor when fully upgraded making Marines do a grand total of 3 damage to them.
When the Zerg gets Broodlords, the Zerg just picks away at your Marine/Tank force with the Broodlords with the Infestors behind them with the rest of the Zerg army in back, and when the Terran charges forward, the Infestors fungal, Broodlords kite, and the main army 1-a's to overrun the Terran army, remax on Cracklings for the GG.

For Bio, it's just so ineffective against Zergling/Infestor/Baneling when the Zerg makes enough Lings and Banes to instantly overrun your ground army and then fungal your Medivacs and spawn Infested Terrans under them to kill them. (Mutalisks can do the same thing in place of Infestors, possibly)
Obviously it's not this one-sided, but this, or something like this, is usually what ends up happening.

So, why not try something that makes units that can hold their own all the way into the late-game, like Mech? I really like Mech because all three core units, the Hellion, Tank, and Thor can be incredibly useful all the way into the late-game--Especially the Thor. It also solves the problem with Gas stockpiling, as you can make a lot of Thors, Vikings, and a few Ravens for PDD against Corruptors. (and Hydras if the Zerg is crazy...)

Infestors aren't much of a problem as Fungal doesn't do much damage, Infested Terrans melt to Hellions and Tanks, and Infestors using Neural Parasite die to Siege Tank focus firing. (and Infestors in general)
Banelings can be dealt with using splitting and Siege Tank focus firing.
Broodlords die to Thors' 10 range AA attack before a mega-huge BL count like 16+, using Hellions to roast Broodlings, SCV's to repair the Thors, and Tanks to kill any Infestors or Banelings.
Roach drops and counter attacks aren't actually that scary, a depot wall with a turret and a few tanks or even a defensive PF+wall late-game shuts them down, and drops are very weak against Missile Turrets in key locations, plus the buildings create a sim-city which makes the Roaches extremely cost-ineffective. Also, lift.