The Reaper is one of the most feared units in Starcraft 2. In this Starcraft 2 Terran guide, I am actually going to discuss how to stop the Reaper rather than worrying so much about how to beat the Reaper.
For Terran players, the easiest way to stop the Reaper is with the Marauder. It can kill a Reaper in 4-5 hits and can handle direct fire from multiple Reapers. It is as simple as that.
Zerg Players have a very tough time with the Reaper. However, it should be said that Zerglings with the speed upgrade do very well versus this Reaper. This is what is recommended in the Zerg Reaper Counter strategy outlined on a very good Starcraft 2 Strategy guide.
Zerglings with the speed upgrade along with the speed bonus of creep are great for stopping the Starcraft 2 Mass Reapers tactic. This is a common strategy for Terran players to use against Zerg players.
Protoss players have a fairly easy time stopping the Reaper as well. A single Stalker takes out a Reaper in just a few hits, and it takes many Reapers to take down the high HP Stalker. Due to the Reaper's high speed, Protoss players will need several Stalkers scattered around their base and their mineral line in order to cover your base from the Reaper attack. Reapers will rarely go for your buildings in this match-up so you do not have to worry so much about covering your buildings and more about just protecting your Probes from attack.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Starcraft 2 Reaper Rush
The Reaper rush is one of the easiest yet effective ways to win games of Starcraft 2. In particular, it seems to be most effective versus bad players (seriously)!
What I mean by this is that in the Platinum league, most players have seen the Reaper rush and know how to counter it so the person you are playing will really have to get surprised in order to not see this coming.
At any rate, the reason this is worth talking about is because 1) it is really fun to do and 2) it can result in a win in 5 minutes. So if you somehow got stuck into the Bronze league, you can perform the Starcraft 2 Reaper rush repetitively and quickly rank up to at least the Gold league before it stops working. Here is what you will end up doing:
Keep producing Reapers and sending them to the enemy's base. You will find that versus low-ranked Protoss players, this is nearly an instant win every time. The only thing you need to do at this point is to control your Reaper:
Since you will only have 1 Reaper at the start, it is important to kite so you do not get killed by SCVs or Probes.
By following his simple Starcraft 2 Reaper Rush, you can win a lot of fast, easy games and get out of the Bronze league in record speed.
What I mean by this is that in the Platinum league, most players have seen the Reaper rush and know how to counter it so the person you are playing will really have to get surprised in order to not see this coming.
At any rate, the reason this is worth talking about is because 1) it is really fun to do and 2) it can result in a win in 5 minutes. So if you somehow got stuck into the Bronze league, you can perform the Starcraft 2 Reaper rush repetitively and quickly rank up to at least the Gold league before it stops working. Here is what you will end up doing:
- Get a Barracks at 7/11 supplies
- Build a Refinery
- Harvest Vespene Gas
- Get a Tech Lab on the Barracks as soon as it is done
- Start training a Reaper as soon as the tech lab is done
- Build an Orbital Command and use that for MULEs (big resource bonus)
Keep producing Reapers and sending them to the enemy's base. You will find that versus low-ranked Protoss players, this is nearly an instant win every time. The only thing you need to do at this point is to control your Reaper:
- Do not allow your Reaper to get hit with melee attacks from workers, Zealots, or Zerglings.
- Rather, run away, and when you have enough distance, stop by hitting the "H" key, and then right click to move right away
- In that brief second you are stopped, your Reaper will attack
Since you will only have 1 Reaper at the start, it is important to kite so you do not get killed by SCVs or Probes.
By following his simple Starcraft 2 Reaper Rush, you can win a lot of fast, easy games and get out of the Bronze league in record speed.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Joana's Starcraft 2 Guide Review
Looking for a Starcraft 2 strategy guide that covers more than just the Terran race? Then I recommend getting Joana's Starcraft 2 Guide.
In this strategy guide, you will find a lot of great tips you can use to climb the ranks and finally break into the Diamond leagues. There is a great unit guide which details every single unit's strengths and weaknesses which is literally a blueprint for easy wins.
If you don't believe me, just check out this Joana's Starcraft 2 Guide Review. The author rates the guide with 4.5 out of 5 stars, which is a pretty solid rating if you ask me.
Here are some of the highlights of Joana's Starcraft 2 guide:
Famous for his original World of Warcraft Horde Leveling guide, Joana uses his WoW guide to pay his bills so he can dedicate himself full-time to his new Starcraft 2 guide. It is one thing to have a guide written by a great player, it is another thing to have access to a Starcraft 2 resource that is literally being updated as if it was his real job (as it is!).
Since you get free upgrades and Joana is updating this guide constantly, it is surely a win-win situation. Since the guide is constantly being updated and changes along with expansions and common strategy shifts, there is no reason why you cannot use this guide and significantly improve your rankings in online play for the rest of your Starcraft 2 career.
My recommendation is that you check this out if you are serious about improving your Starcraft 2 game.
For more info, see this Joana's Starcraft 2 guide review.
In this strategy guide, you will find a lot of great tips you can use to climb the ranks and finally break into the Diamond leagues. There is a great unit guide which details every single unit's strengths and weaknesses which is literally a blueprint for easy wins.
If you don't believe me, just check out this Joana's Starcraft 2 Guide Review. The author rates the guide with 4.5 out of 5 stars, which is a pretty solid rating if you ask me.
Here are some of the highlights of Joana's Starcraft 2 guide:
- Fantastic Beginner's Guide designed to bring newbies up to the top of their game as fast as possible
- Full campaign guide which will allow you to easily beat all the missions
- Arranged team strategies
- Random 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, and FFA tactics that will allow you to get wins in all the brackets
- Individualized strategy guides for each race: Terran, Protoss, and Zerg
Famous for his original World of Warcraft Horde Leveling guide, Joana uses his WoW guide to pay his bills so he can dedicate himself full-time to his new Starcraft 2 guide. It is one thing to have a guide written by a great player, it is another thing to have access to a Starcraft 2 resource that is literally being updated as if it was his real job (as it is!).
Since you get free upgrades and Joana is updating this guide constantly, it is surely a win-win situation. Since the guide is constantly being updated and changes along with expansions and common strategy shifts, there is no reason why you cannot use this guide and significantly improve your rankings in online play for the rest of your Starcraft 2 career.
My recommendation is that you check this out if you are serious about improving your Starcraft 2 game.
For more info, see this Joana's Starcraft 2 guide review.
Starcraft 2 Banshee Strengths and Weaknesses
The Banshee is a brand new Terran Starcraft 2 unit that has a lot of great uses. While this flying unit is a light, low-armor aircraft which can only attack ground units, its attacks are very powerful.
This unit replaces the Wraith from the original Starcraft. Whereas the Wraith dealt great damage to air units but was practically worthless versus ground units, the Banshee is the exact opposite. However, like the Wraith, the Banshee has a cloaking ability which allows it to go invisible to the enemy (unless they have detection).
Banshee Stats
- Takes 2 Supplies
- 140 HP (no armor though, so this is deceiving)
- 12 damage x 2 attacks (24 total damage) every 1.25 seconds (19.2 DPS).
Banshee Strengths
Banshee Weaknesses
The Light armor is also a weakness as most races have a unit that counters the Banshee. The Terran's Thor kills a Banshee in just a few hits; the Protoss' Phoenix kills Banshees just as fast.
Additionally, Zerg have Mutalisks, which can attack other air units and counter Vikings. As a result, Mutalisks can easily take out a Banshee and Viking combo.
Other uses for Banshee
This does not make the Banshee completely worthless. Here is another example of a great Starcraft 2 Banshee rush. Additionally, you can use the Banshees for a few other key purposes.
My favorite use for the Banshee is to harass minerals. Even if you lose your Banshees, you can often kill enough harvesters to make it worth it. I consider it a fair trade to kill 4 Harvesters per Banshee; by sending in 6 Banshees I can quickly kill every harvester at an enemy's base, often all 22 of them, before they are able to respond. This is a great trade: you lose about 1500 resources worth of units, but the enemy loses his entire economy plus 1100 resources in unit loss.
This is a devastating blow and almost a sure-fire win for the offensive player. Be sure to wall off your base with a few Siege Tanks and Anti-Air units to protect yourself from a desperate counter attack!
This unit replaces the Wraith from the original Starcraft. Whereas the Wraith dealt great damage to air units but was practically worthless versus ground units, the Banshee is the exact opposite. However, like the Wraith, the Banshee has a cloaking ability which allows it to go invisible to the enemy (unless they have detection).
Banshee Stats
- Takes 2 Supplies
- 140 HP (no armor though, so this is deceiving)
- 12 damage x 2 attacks (24 total damage) every 1.25 seconds (19.2 DPS).
Banshee Strengths
- Does great damage versus ground units (19.2 DPS is huge; kills a Marine in just over 2 seconds!)
- Is able to pick off high-value targets
- Great for harassing minerals
Banshee Weaknesses
- Cannot hit air units
- Light armor
The Light armor is also a weakness as most races have a unit that counters the Banshee. The Terran's Thor kills a Banshee in just a few hits; the Protoss' Phoenix kills Banshees just as fast.
Additionally, Zerg have Mutalisks, which can attack other air units and counter Vikings. As a result, Mutalisks can easily take out a Banshee and Viking combo.
Other uses for Banshee
This does not make the Banshee completely worthless. Here is another example of a great Starcraft 2 Banshee rush. Additionally, you can use the Banshees for a few other key purposes.
My favorite use for the Banshee is to harass minerals. Even if you lose your Banshees, you can often kill enough harvesters to make it worth it. I consider it a fair trade to kill 4 Harvesters per Banshee; by sending in 6 Banshees I can quickly kill every harvester at an enemy's base, often all 22 of them, before they are able to respond. This is a great trade: you lose about 1500 resources worth of units, but the enemy loses his entire economy plus 1100 resources in unit loss.
This is a devastating blow and almost a sure-fire win for the offensive player. Be sure to wall off your base with a few Siege Tanks and Anti-Air units to protect yourself from a desperate counter attack!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Starcraft 2 Terran Guide Overview
In Starcraft 2, Terran are often considered to currently be the best race and the Terran are certainly the most popular. Out of the 4 choices (Terran, Protoss, Zerg, or Random), it has been reported that over 1/3 of Starcraft 2 Beta testers choose to play as Terran.
For this reason, I decided to put together a Starcraft 2 Terran guide. It seems that if most of the people want to play Terran, it would be a good idea to put a reference list of a variety of strategies together. I recommend this site if you are looking for a complete Starcraft 2 Strategy Guide. For now, let's talk about the pros and cons of the Terran race.
Pros:
1. Easiest Race to Play
The Terran are the easiest race to play as they have no glaring weakness. While other classes have to spend vespene gas and go out of their way to build anti-air units, the Terran's first offensive unit, the Marine, is one of the best mineral-for-pound units in game (i.e. it is strong for how cheap it is) and has a ranged attack that hits air units.
Additionally, Terran can build perfect walls since now Supply Depots can be raised up and down. This allows Terran players to barricade their Marines in behind a wall of Supply Depots and safely fire at melee units on the other side. No more getting Zergling rushed!
Since you can't get rushed either on ground or in the air very easily, Terran is the perfect race for beginners.
2. Most Efficient
Terran are also the most efficient race. Both Protoss and Zerg players will find that the longer the game runs on, the less vespene gas they have. Some of the best Protoss and Zerg units (like the Immortal, Sentry, and Mutalisk) have a very high vespene gas requirement.
On the other hand, Terran's have a few units (Marines, Hellions) that cost absolutely no gas, and have some other low-gas units (Viking, Marauder). The fact that the Terran race has a ship that only costs 75 vespene gas (the Viking) is ridiculous as every other offensive air unit in game costs 100 vespene gas or more!
3. Multiple Viable Combinations
The Terran a large variety of potent unit combinations: Marines, Marauders, and Medivacs (MMM) and Hellions, Siege Tanks, and Thors (Mech). The Mech combination has no counter once the Terran player gets enough of each type of unit.
Once there are 10+ Siege Tanks and 10 Thors on the field, the game has ended. No one will ever be able to kill that army as the Thors and Siege Tanks have incredible range (Thor for air, Siege Tanks for ground) and both do splash damage. For more unit combinations I recommend checking out the Shokz Guide. This review contains a good inside look at what you will find in the guide.
4. No Hard Counters
The other thing about the Terran race is that they have no hard counters. The Terran Mech build is a hard counter for Zerg for example, but no other race has a combination which has a particular advantage over the Terran race.
Cons
The only cons the Terran have are susceptible to cheesy rushes. Normally, Terran can get a wall up quickly, but if the enemy is pulling a proxy Zealot rush or some other tricky strategy, Terran's can be in a rough spot, especially at small maps.
Thus concludes this rendition of the Starcraft 2 Terran guide. More strategies to come!
For this reason, I decided to put together a Starcraft 2 Terran guide. It seems that if most of the people want to play Terran, it would be a good idea to put a reference list of a variety of strategies together. I recommend this site if you are looking for a complete Starcraft 2 Strategy Guide. For now, let's talk about the pros and cons of the Terran race.
Pros:
1. Easiest Race to Play
The Terran are the easiest race to play as they have no glaring weakness. While other classes have to spend vespene gas and go out of their way to build anti-air units, the Terran's first offensive unit, the Marine, is one of the best mineral-for-pound units in game (i.e. it is strong for how cheap it is) and has a ranged attack that hits air units.
Additionally, Terran can build perfect walls since now Supply Depots can be raised up and down. This allows Terran players to barricade their Marines in behind a wall of Supply Depots and safely fire at melee units on the other side. No more getting Zergling rushed!
Since you can't get rushed either on ground or in the air very easily, Terran is the perfect race for beginners.
2. Most Efficient
Terran are also the most efficient race. Both Protoss and Zerg players will find that the longer the game runs on, the less vespene gas they have. Some of the best Protoss and Zerg units (like the Immortal, Sentry, and Mutalisk) have a very high vespene gas requirement.
On the other hand, Terran's have a few units (Marines, Hellions) that cost absolutely no gas, and have some other low-gas units (Viking, Marauder). The fact that the Terran race has a ship that only costs 75 vespene gas (the Viking) is ridiculous as every other offensive air unit in game costs 100 vespene gas or more!
3. Multiple Viable Combinations
The Terran a large variety of potent unit combinations: Marines, Marauders, and Medivacs (MMM) and Hellions, Siege Tanks, and Thors (Mech). The Mech combination has no counter once the Terran player gets enough of each type of unit.
Once there are 10+ Siege Tanks and 10 Thors on the field, the game has ended. No one will ever be able to kill that army as the Thors and Siege Tanks have incredible range (Thor for air, Siege Tanks for ground) and both do splash damage. For more unit combinations I recommend checking out the Shokz Guide. This review contains a good inside look at what you will find in the guide.
4. No Hard Counters
The other thing about the Terran race is that they have no hard counters. The Terran Mech build is a hard counter for Zerg for example, but no other race has a combination which has a particular advantage over the Terran race.
Cons
The only cons the Terran have are susceptible to cheesy rushes. Normally, Terran can get a wall up quickly, but if the enemy is pulling a proxy Zealot rush or some other tricky strategy, Terran's can be in a rough spot, especially at small maps.
Thus concludes this rendition of the Starcraft 2 Terran guide. More strategies to come!
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