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Trick - Moving any army up a cliff w/ 1 transport

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teedee
Profile Joined April 2010
United Kingdom15 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-25 09:15:51
September 25 2010 09:14 GMT
#1
Ok, couldn't find this in search so thought I'd post:

SC2 is my first RTS so if this is pretty low skill have some sympathy for your noobie kin. What kinda got me into starcraft in the first place was seeing a video of the 2 inch drop with terran in sc1. So I present the sc2 equivalent...




This works with any race but I suspect is most useful for protoss as you can have the warp prism warping at the same time and you tend to have very low numbers of transports, otherwise you need to hold position to stop the transport from moving. Basically this works on the principle that the range at which units load into things is larger than the block created by it being up a cliff.

The same method can be used to retreat, just make sure the transport is just over the edge.

I am 100% positive that people can do this cleaner and faster than I can. Enjoy!
jpaugh78
Profile Joined May 2010
United States179 Posts
September 25 2010 09:53 GMT
#2
Pretty neat concept. I suppose you could use this instead of researching blink stalkers.
ChickenLips
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2912 Posts
September 25 2010 10:15 GMT
#3
Very nice find, might be useful when Opponent doesn't have his stuff spread out around his base and I only have 1 Medivac.
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KaoReal
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada340 Posts
September 25 2010 10:22 GMT
#4
Thats some sick elevator action, i could see that being very effective. When you're retreating, the prism is giving your ranged units sight, too
Just make sure to get the ranged expensive units out first!
Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forward
Powster
Profile Joined April 2010
United States650 Posts
September 25 2010 10:30 GMT
#5
Damn.. that is really cool. I use warp prisms ALOT in PvT but its hard to find as much use as I would like with them. I am sure I will use this sometime..
Competent
Profile Joined April 2010
United States406 Posts
September 25 2010 11:38 GMT
#6
First magic box, then mineral boosting, now this, the game is unfolding!
Nurrrhhh, I'm gonna be A+ by Wendsday! -Day[9] "I'm going to spread out my lings so it looks like there is more. Lots of animals do that." -CatZ
Kwaa
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden91 Posts
September 25 2010 12:18 GMT
#7
Wow, imagine a 300 APM player doing this. Suddenly, there's a dynamic ramp, everywhere.
MACRO HARD!
SwampZero
Profile Joined September 2010
Greece350 Posts
September 25 2010 12:20 GMT
#8
If it was possible to rally point units coming out of transports, you could probably only have to hit unload once, then just load em in at max speed
green.at
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Austria1459 Posts
September 25 2010 12:24 GMT
#9
let's hope this is not going to get patched like the infestor burrow trick did -.-
Inputting special characters into chat should no longer cause the game to crash.
IzieBoy
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States865 Posts
November 10 2010 02:36 GMT
#10
Lol maybe you can combine the queue trick. Have the army queue into the warp prism and move. Then queue also the warp prism to spam unload. Will test it. :D
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GinDo
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
3327 Posts
November 10 2010 02:41 GMT
#11
On September 25 2010 20:38 Competent wrote:
First magic box, then mineral boosting, now this, the game is unfolding!


You forgot the Bunker of Death

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avilo
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States4100 Posts
November 10 2010 02:48 GMT
#12
wow...no one abuses this yet...oh god... good stuff
Sup
Zhou
Profile Joined February 2009
United States832 Posts
November 10 2010 02:49 GMT
#13
A use for warp prism in later game stages? Ohohohoho.... <3
ZasZ.
Profile Joined May 2010
United States2911 Posts
November 10 2010 02:57 GMT
#14
Wow very cool stuff. Will be very interesting to see pros catch on to this and use it, eliminates some of the one-dimensional aspects of having ramps everywhere on ladder maps.
Selkie
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States530 Posts
November 10 2010 03:04 GMT
#15
I've seen a thread similar to this, what I'm really dying to know is if this works for ALL races instead of just protoss.
Hurricane Sponge
Profile Joined March 2010
868 Posts
November 10 2010 03:10 GMT
#16
Sorry, I'm missing the big 'Ah ha!' of this. It looks like standard elevator (or 'manual labor drop' to you, SuperDanielMan!) play to me

Is it just the hold-position transport over the cliff edge?
boak
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia24 Posts
November 10 2010 03:13 GMT
#17
On November 10 2010 12:10 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
Sorry, I'm missing the big 'Ah ha!' of this. It looks like standard elevator (or 'manual labor drop' to you, SuperDanielMan!) play to me

Is it just the hold-position transport over the cliff edge?


Typically you have to move a transport back and forth, using this method you can leave the transport where it is and just manage the units.
Oh hey Sean, how was your game?
Coufu
Profile Joined July 2010
Guam137 Posts
November 10 2010 05:59 GMT
#18
It looks like it would work best for protoss because the warp prism won't move while it is in energy mode.

Great find indeed.
Noxie
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2227 Posts
November 10 2010 06:06 GMT
#19
Seems kind of normal.. not sure how else you do this lift?

As terran I do this a lot... I think it is kind of underused. Especially on Meta
yrag89
Profile Joined July 2008
Malaysia315 Posts
November 10 2010 06:10 GMT
#20
On November 10 2010 12:13 boak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2010 12:10 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
Sorry, I'm missing the big 'Ah ha!' of this. It looks like standard elevator (or 'manual labor drop' to you, SuperDanielMan!) play to me

Is it just the hold-position transport over the cliff edge?


Typically you have to move a transport back and forth, using this method you can leave the transport where it is and just manage the units.


Not to mention warp in additional units
secondly morrow is a korean pro who plays terran what the hell did you expect lol - charlie420247
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