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| 2v1 "why ultras rule" | | | Author: | | | IP: | XXXX | | Date: | 07/30/99 10:07 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | Starcraft(1), Text Only(1) | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 6, Min: 6
Lifetime Rating for Lorak`: 5.5000 |  | I wanted to try my new Ultra drop build order on some hapless public games. I join a 2v2 temple. The game didn't last long and I didn't take and pics :(
Crocdiledundee (terran 12)
Phatom (Protoss 9)
VS
Lorak (zerg 9)
The_Sword (terran 3)
IN THE BEGINING
I started off with my standard 11/9 build order and quickly expanded to my natural. My ally was bunkering his ramp so i thought he'd be safe for now. I was going to expand to my other natural when Sword had to leave. I was slighty worried since i didn't know the skill of the other two players. Croc refused to ally (under Phatom's suggestion) and I quickly made 2 extractors and upgraded to a lair. Once the lair was done i put down a queen's nest and made a hive. I put up and evo chamber to upgrade melee weapons. Once my hive was done, i made an ultralisk cavern and 9 Overlords (3 form each of my 3 hatcheries). I researched speed for overlords and adrenial for crack lings. Finally i put down a hydra den after seeing protoss has ALL of his tech buildings put only made zealots.(go figure)I sent 5 ultras and about 19 cracklings to Phantom's base, but he had a nice ling of photon cannons guarding his base. Instead of using zerg strength, i research transportaion, and i kept cranking out Overlord ,lings, ultras, and hydras.
THE END OF THE PROTOSS
Sending 7 overlord filled with infantry i drop Phantom's base with all my units perfectly intact. My ultras ingaged the zealots while i used my zerglings to flank them from the side. His base went down in about 1 minute.. i only had one hydra left, and two pylons powering the photons. I sent him to work chipping away at the pylon. Once both were down i sent my remaining force to kill the unpower cannons.
Phatom has been eliminated
Wow, that was all he had. I expanded to his natural and i sent 2 ultras and 4 hydras in OL's in search of island expansions. Nothing at the top left, and the bottom right was just starting off. Killed in quick succession. Then Croc made his first offensive. He sent 4 wraiths to try to kill my ol's at the expansion...4 wraiths vs 4 0/2 hydras...
THE FALL OF THE HUMANS
Launcing his second great attack of TWO vultures vs my 5 sunkens almost lost me the game :). I scouted his main with an ol and found 2 barracks surrounded by medarine and 2 ghosts. 3 tanks and 3 bunkers. Right now i almost choked on my soda..He had almost no base D. The 12 overlords i sent filled with units was a bit overkill, but great fun to watch :) The infantry was killed before they good get thier hands out of thier pants, and the tanks and bunkers just made a few scratches on my ultras.. He sent 8 wraiths (give or take) but my 16 hydras made short work of them....
Right now he was begging me to ally. He put shared vision on even. I asked him why he didn't ally before... no answer. His only creditable D was 3 bunkers and 1 turret behind 20 or 30 mines...just to and insult to injury i sent my ultras to kill the mines first before killing the bunkers..
Lessons learned.
1. Upgrade!!!!
2. Expand and multiply like a rabbit!!
3. Ultra drops are little less than unstopable, you can't even storm em to death :)
4. take pics of all games with a lot of blood and explosions. |
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