"Son of an ITCH."
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| Here are some micromanaging tips | | | Author: | | | IP: | XXXX | | Date: | 08/29/99 05:08 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | Starcraft(1), Text Only(1) | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 2, Max: 5, Min: 4
Lifetime Rating for -=DarkHawke=-: 6.0357 |   | Hello, I have been playing like a unmicro/macro player lately. I have convinced people I suck with micro.
But, now, it's time to come out :)
I have been practicing micro since 7 months sc came out.
I have read many articles on zealot to tank control.
Now, after my first game in microing, I think it's time to show some people a few micromanaging tricks.
But , before I tell you a bit,
I just recently played a 2on2 on lost temple.
I was protoss, and my partner was zerg, vs 2 protoss.
I told my partner to go straight lurkers, and I would go zealots. -pitt- ( my partner ) said I should be careful, I told him not to worry.
I had 6 zealots at my choke point ( not 4 on the ramp on hold position like turbo newbie ) and I see 4 brown and 4 red zealots coming up.
I move my 6 zlots back a bit, and then the fighting commences. I individually targeta zealot, moving back the ones getting attacked, and shuffle a sac. zealot to get in the way of his main force of zealots.
After alot of clicks and holding shift+right click ,
I came out with 4 zealots with healthy hp and 8 dead zealots belonging to red+brown. Ok, heres the tips
" Man my god! Godly micro! " - rd-zard
Ok :
First thing you want to do is target one individual enemy target. Like , if you have 6 dragoons, target 1 individual dragoon .
2) After you have one targeted, hold shift.
Then, right click on all the other dragoons. What this will do is make your dragoons hit individual other dragoons until they are all gone.
For a little clearer, read this :
6 dragoons target drag #1.
After you have holded shift, and right clicked on all the other dragoons, they will target the one you have right clicked on after. Then they will do it again, un til they are all gone.
If i attack drag #1, then hold shift and right click on drag #4, after destroying #1, they will target #4. Ok?
Got it? Hope so :P
3) In ranged battles, ( not in melee ) If the oppents is playing equally well, ie targeting 1 dragoon of yours too, here's a little counter trick.
If your facing marines or hydras, you can tell where they are aiming before they attack. But, if you unit can survive the first volley of fire, immediatly retreat it back behind your units. The enemy units will immediatly follow that unit in trying to attack it. Now, you get free hits. As soon as your oppents realizes this, he will target a new dragoon. Tell the drag you retreated to come back and tell them to all target the one dragoon.
Now, into diff units vs units. ( com bat situations )
Your ally is going for lurkers, and there are 2 terrans preparing to dbl rush you with about 10 marines each.
Around that time, out of a 2 gate standard opening, you will 7-8 zealots.
Put your zealots behind the ramp, about 2-4 squares, and seperate them. Make a line ( a curved one ) if you will.
Now, you see the marines coming up. Once they reach the top of your chokepoint, they should fire upon a zealot.
Then tell all your zealots to attack those marines. The marines will get clogged, run around, and not even fire due to the ai. =[ Thats about it for that,
heres a link to a video that shows it to perfection,
It's maynard defending a dbl terran rush
Here
Watch it, it's 5 mins and you will understand what I said.
Those are the 3 main things about micro.
1) Target 1 enemy unit
2) Retreat the one hes attacking,
3) Use shift+right click on all the other enemy units so they will target them individually after each unit is destroyed.
Heres a new (hard) trick :
CLOANING
Ok. You can cloan almost everythin in the game from telling probes to mine minerals to ghosts lockdowning carriers.
Ok, I will use the example of ghost vs carriers.
Select all your ghosts I will use 6 for now.
You might want you ghosts a bit far from the carriers.
Tell all your ghosts, to lockdown 1 carrier.
Deselect 1 ghost, then tell you 5 ghosts to lockdown a seperate carrier.
Deselect another one, and tell those 4 to anothe carrier.
Repeat until you have used all your ghosts :)
How you could use this with your probes is as follows
All probes to mineral #1.
Deselect a probe, 3 probes to mineral#2
Deselect another probe, 2 probes to mineral#3
Again, and 1 probe left to mineral #4
Then all probes will go to a diff patch at the same time, bringing in minerals the fastest way.
A good way is cloan storm 8)
2 templars storm clump of hydras #1.
Deselect, 1 templar storm clump #2.
Then, they will storm the 2 diff. clumps at the same time.
It's a neat little trick.
Well, thats it for now. Hope you enjoyed it!
" My god thats good micro!"
You'll hear that soon :)
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