So it's the new, long awaited custom game that everyone wanted to play due to there being a new portrait. I've been playing for about an hour and a half, managing to beat all the levels except 29 and 30. Made the thread for discussion about other levels. Ask questions and provide answers here.

EDIT: Finished

Insomnia125

United States15 Posts

March 03 2012 06:12 GMT

Ok, so the bane vs bane one isn't even close to being fair... do you see how the computer micro's its zerglings? Its like that stupid 100 lings vs 50 tanks controlled by ai video.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about,

RiceBowl2

United States24 Posts

March 03 2012 06:21 GMT

To pass that one, I split my banes into 2 groups of 2 and sent the first two to attack their banelings. The AI took out my two with 3 of theirs. After that I sent my other 2 and the AI used the last banelings it had to kill my 2, which also killed a good number of his zerglings by splash.

Onlinejaguar

Australia2823 Posts

March 03 2012 06:42 GMT

I have managed to do 17 of the challenges. Some of them seem quite hard.

Bliss_9

Canada1 Post

March 03 2012 07:18 GMT

I just finished playing through the game, and received the sc2 master in just 1 hr, 30min.. Some of the challenges are quite difficult, especially number thirty. For those of you struggling with thirty, my method was to avoid switching control between the tank and medivac at all. Ideally (see: how I did it) your actions should look like this:
1) Select medivac
2) Hit 'H' (or whatever your hold position key is.) This will stop the stupid medivac from running away if it gets shot.
3) Wait for the tank to have the stalkers shoot at it. Right click the tank with the medivac selected.
4) Hit 'D' (or whatever your unload key is.), and click on the medivac. You may need to spam this step (for some reason, if found it didn't always register)
5) Repeat steps 3-4 until stalkers are dead.

If your medivac is about to die, let the tank take a few shots. Make sure to unload medivac if you see it's doomed. Good luck!

Onlinejaguar

Australia2823 Posts

March 03 2012 07:22 GMT

It's so hard, i'm perplexed how everyone is just steamrolling through this game with seemingly no effort.

Lunchador

United States776 Posts

March 03 2012 08:01 GMT

Level 30 is an exercise in pure bullshit. Everything shoots way too fast and worse, way too RANDOMLY for there to be a proper way to clear this stage. Starcraft 2 is just too fast-paced to emulate Starcraft 1.

Chiller274

Germany59 Posts

March 03 2012 08:12 GMT

The last one is a bit of luck. I had one time that all three stalkers were orange... I dont have the apm to target with the tank

But after really really long time you get it

roronoe

Canada1527 Posts

March 03 2012 08:17 GMT

For level 30, you have to make the shots miss the tank, its not enough to transfer some of the shots to the medivac. Which means you have to pick up the tank as it's being shot at. Then drop it back down immediately, and press hold position on the medivac. This is especially important for the first couple cycles, as there are 3 stalkers shooting instead of 1 or 2. Once you get a hold of the timing, you just have to keep resetting a bunch of times till you get a good run.

Nile505

United States26 Posts

March 03 2012 08:34 GMT

#10

they should have reset be faster..I play starcraft 1 button should start instantly no 3 seconds!
Other than that I am stuck on infestor one -_- lol

Baumvieh

Germany67 Posts

March 03 2012 09:48 GMT

#11

On March 03 2012 16:22 Onlinejaguar wrote:
It's so hard, i'm perplexed how everyone is just steamrolling through this game with seemingly no effort.

I'm having some trouble with it myself. Played 1 to 15 so far and could not manage to solve 12 yet (two infestors against a couple of zealots, supposed to fungle them but it does not seem enough... experimenting with infested terrans).

Some of those first 15 I tried up to ten times, until I found the hints in the help menu. :D

On March 03 2012 17:34 Nile505 wrote:
they should have reset be faster..I play starcraft 1 button should start instantly no 3 seconds!
Other than that I am stuck on infestor one -_- lol

I agree. That 3 second delay is really annoying and totally breaks the flow, especially after trying the same challenge a couple of times in a row.

Lunchador

United States776 Posts

March 03 2012 10:09 GMT

#12

On March 03 2012 18:48 Baumvieh wrote:

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Fungals alone won't kill the zealots. You need to do some clever math with infestor energy: Enough for a total of 2 fungals and 2 infested terrans each.

Kambing

United States1176 Posts

March 03 2012 10:43 GMT

#13

Here's my video guide to the custom map. It's a walkthrough of every challenge (incl. the three extra achievements) and howtos in the descriptions of the videos. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE4C94853EFC9A46F

GoldRogers

19 Posts

March 03 2012 11:21 GMT

#14

I found a video guide with all 30 rounds, its got tips on how to complete all of them:

Baumvieh

Germany67 Posts

March 03 2012 12:10 GMT

#15

On March 03 2012 19:09 Lunchador wrote:

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Fungals alone won't kill the zealots. You need to do some clever math with infestor energy: Enough for a total of 2 fungals and 2 infested terrans each.

Thanks, got it now

. Also, I mixed up 12 and 16 (twelve is the one with the infested terrans and the siege tanks, 16 is the fungal one.

I only have 27 to 30 left to finish. The videos posted in here were helpful too on a few of the trickier ones. Anyone else feel like the "warp/reset" buttons are way too huge and constantly get in the way where they are?

myg_Adamska

Germany16 Posts

March 03 2012 12:39 GMT

#16

the last level is also possible without hold position.

i even find it harder to go with hold position.

you just need good timing so the stalkers will at least 2 at a time hit at your tank which you should be able to avoid

Insurrectionist

Norway141 Posts

March 03 2012 13:08 GMT

#17

Man, I can't figure out 29 at all. First 28 were reasonable for my platinum ass, and I've not tried 30 much yet but it looks doable, but I have no idea how to do 29 without 3 times the APM requirement for any of the other challenges, which seems excessive.

Baumvieh

Germany67 Posts

March 03 2012 13:31 GMT

#18

On March 03 2012 22:08 Insurrectionist wrote:
Man, I can't figure out 29 at all. First 28 were reasonable for my platinum ass, and I've not tried 30 much yet but it looks doable, but I have no idea how to do 29 without 3 times the APM requirement for any of the other challenges, which seems excessive.

Ah, but 29 is easy, just wait until the two zealots have focused the outer marines, then move them (both selected at the same time, no need to switch back and forth) south and then simply circle around the center marine who keeps shooting them down.

It's 28 that I'm biting my teeth out on, so close to throwing the computer out of the window, argh! (tried it like 40 times now... it's running way too fast, even with stim).

Qwix

531 Posts

March 03 2012 13:33 GMT

#19

On March 03 2012 15:12 Insomnia125 wrote:
Ok, so the bane vs bane one isn't even close to being fair... do you see how the computer micro's its zerglings? Its like that stupid 100 lings vs 50 tanks controlled by ai video.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKVFZ28ybQs

But just like every ZvZ you can have some luck as well. Had it after just a few tries when my AI had some luck with the baneling hits ;<

Twelve12

Australia268 Posts

March 03 2012 13:37 GMT

#20

you don't need to be perfect with the last one, just try and do the lifting as well as you can and waste a decent % of the stalker shots, depending on which out of the tank and medivac take more damage you can be more conservative with when you lift and drop to be safe. I generally found that my medivac seemed to die quicker. On the run where I finally got it, both were on red health.