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How to do effective building placements on Tears of the Moon
If you are a Protoss player like me, you know how much you hate this map. But if you are a good Protoss player you have to know how to overcome obstacles like these as the rule of life goes 'nothing will work the way you want it to.' One of the big things about Tears of the Moon is that no matter how many cannons you make, you will always, always be vulnerable to a Hydra Break. After careful analysis, the only location where you have a good chance of defending off a Hydra Break is 3 oclock. 6o'clock is almost impossible to defend due to the fact it has very little spot to build anything. This is a guide to show you how to block off zergling attacks by smart building placements on a 2 way entrance like this.
So let us get this stared.
6 O'CLOCK
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1st Picture:
This is the basic simcity you must do at 6'oclock.
The reason why the cannons are kinda far away is because there might be a break from the back. Simple stuff.
2nd Picture:
Now, you can see there is a small hole which a zergling can enter but nobody else can. If you are afraid that there might be a backside breach with zerglings, place a zealot between the Nexus and Gateway so the front can be easily fended off.
3rd Picture:
In this picture we can see what happens when there is a zergling break from the top. By selecting the minerals in your main, you can easily fend it off with the usage of probes. But there is still a chance zerglings will come from the behind so just use a zealot!
4th Picture:
Now if this happens, select the mineral on the very left and then select the mineral of your main base. Like the picture above, this will happen which will allow you to defend your cannon very easily with your probes. Remember, the cannon HAS to be on the spot shown on the picture or your PROBE AI WILL NOT WORK LIKE THIS.
I would like to add when you start at 6 oclock, don't build your robotics on your expo, instead put it in your main base because when the come from the behind your reaver can be (somewhat) safe on higher ground.
3 O'CLOCK
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1st Picture:
3 o'clock is probably the most simple simcity. Done like an average game but! I would like to say please build the robotics on your main base. Because of the vulnerable backside your reaver can get raped the second it tries to fight, which is bad and a waste of money.
2nd Picture:
This is a basic scenario. Your robotics is down and the lings are attacking your cannon! But what about the front of your base? Because of the Forge, Gateway, Core, Dragoon + 1 cannon it is impossible for zerglings to break through so you can concentrate on the backside.
3rd Picture:
Like I said previously, select the very right mineral patch and select your main. You will easily fend off the lings once again. But ofcourse, in reality you will not have 2 cannons to fend off both zerglings and hydras ;;
10 O'CLOCK
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1st Picture:
This is the basic simcity you must do at 10 o'clock
Excuse me for the picture, it filled up the whole screen so I couldn't show everything ;;
Some of you are probably wondering why the cannon isn't directly on top of the forge. After testing many placements, I have concluded building it here is a far better idea than building it out there. When you find out your opponent has decided to do all in lings or hydra break, then you can build more out there, but this should be where your first cannon is.
2nd Picture:
This is what it looks like when zerglings will come from the backside. I want to say this once again, don't build the robotics in your expo, please. If they come from the back you wasted so much money. Please build in on top of the ramp.
3rd Picture:
OH NOES! Select your VERY TOP MINERAL then proceed to select the mineral in your main base. By doing this, you can easily defend your back cannon. Also, if you build your cannon above your forge, your 1st cannon would not reach this cannon making defending much harder.
4th Picture:
Now lets say your zealot/goon died and your frontside was broken.
5th Picture:
Select the most bottom mineral at your expo then select one on your main. The AI will make the probes move like this making it easier to defend the cannon.
Easy isn't it amirite gusy? Oh after the lings, how do you defend the hydras? Simple answer
Build cannons all over the world. Seriously.
This has been a Sgeller with How to defend on Tears of the Moon goodbye
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