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Ultralisks counter Siege Tanks Fanatic-Templar Send a noteboard - 01/09/2010 01:59:26 AM
Zergling: These units have been seriously crippled. Adrenal Glands needs to be buffed big time, Zerglings quickly become inadequate right now.

I have to disagree with this though. Zerglings are good against basically any unit (except maybe the helion) if you can flank them and get a surround. Zerglings will destroy siege tanks, Thors, etc. really quickly.


If you've got SCVs auto-repairing the Thor, then the Zerglings have to manually shoot them down before they can hope to achieve anything, and Siege Tanks kill Zerglings in droves until the next patch. Sure, if they're by themselves they'll get surrounded and killed by the Zerglings, but why would they be by themselves? For Terran, Marines, Hellions or Reapers can render Zerglings largely ineffective, and those are pretty cheap units to mass.

Ultralisk: The Ultralisk transitioned from a huge tank it Brood War into a massive damage dealer in StarCraft II. And I love it.

I think it is really overrated, to be completely honest. It's only useful if you can get a surround in the center of the map. In anything resembling a choke point, they're a huge liability. And there are plenty of units that can counter them (basically all air units, immortals, siege tanks, marauders (especially with stim packs), etc).


Marauders and Immortals are good against Ultralisks. Tanks less so, even though they're still good against pretty much all ground units. Ultralisks are actually pretty core in dealing with meching Terrans because they can absorb enough Tank fire to get in range, and once they do they slaughter them. Same goes with Marauders, to an extent, though it's much easier to kill Ultralisks with Marauders than it is to kill Marauders with Ultralisks.
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Your thoughts on Starcraft 2 units Sidious - 31/08/2010 11:22:45 AM 1696 Views
Have you seen the patch notes for the upcoming 1.1? Zalis - 31/08/2010 02:15:43 PM 1390 Views
I swear, I posted a pretty lengthy reply, but it's gone now *NM* BlackAdder - 31/08/2010 07:59:01 PM 715 Views
Re: Your thoughts on Starcraft 2 units Fanatic-Templar - 31/08/2010 08:31:03 PM 1524 Views
Agreed on the queen. The corruptor remains awful. Ghavrel - 31/08/2010 09:25:08 PM 1048 Views
I generally agree BlackAdder - 31/08/2010 10:44:20 PM 1226 Views
Ultralisks counter Siege Tanks Fanatic-Templar - 01/09/2010 01:59:26 AM 1297 Views
That is where the Overlord drops come in handy BlackAdder - 01/09/2010 02:10:03 AM 1126 Views
Re: That is where the Overlord drops come in handy Fanatic-Templar - 01/09/2010 02:29:23 AM 1241 Views
I don't play as Zerg either, but I've seen it done effectively. Check out this video BlackAdder - 01/09/2010 03:13:51 AM 1283 Views
That was a great move! Fanatic-Templar - 01/09/2010 03:24:46 AM 1316 Views
Yeah the roaches made a huge difference BlackAdder - 01/09/2010 07:42:46 AM 1200 Views
I'm only familiar with Zerg and what annoys me as Zerg, SO. Ghavrel - 31/08/2010 10:12:48 PM 1199 Views
Tried Zerg once or twice in coop games last week. Any advice for a Zerg noob? Zalis - 31/08/2010 10:36:28 PM 1113 Views
Queen per hatchery. Constant spawn larvae. Expand creep constantly. Ghavrel - 01/09/2010 07:53:27 AM 1135 Views
The thing about the Zerg in Starcraft 2, is that they're a very reactionary race. Variant - 02/09/2010 09:12:16 AM 1271 Views
Thanks for both replies. The Queens + larvae help tremendously. I'll work on the rest. Zalis - 02/09/2010 08:41:24 PM 1112 Views
Have you experienced the new Reaper based openings? Fanatic-Templar - 01/09/2010 02:07:40 AM 1126 Views
Alright, second crack at this... BlackAdder - 31/08/2010 10:22:40 PM 1250 Views
Re: Alright, second crack at this... Fanatic-Templar - 01/09/2010 02:27:27 AM 1260 Views
Re: Alright, second crack at this... BlackAdder - 01/09/2010 07:56:06 AM 1238 Views
Re: Alright, second crack at this... Fanatic-Templar - 02/09/2010 07:13:21 AM 1211 Views
Also, wraiths are worse than useless BlackAdder - 31/08/2010 10:49:17 PM 1146 Views
I really only play the campaigns in single player mode, so my experience might be a little different Cannoli - 01/09/2010 12:54:07 AM 1351 Views
Marauder... expensive? Variant - 02/09/2010 04:30:47 AM 1154 Views
Re: Marauder... expensive? BlackAdder - 02/09/2010 05:21:22 AM 1026 Views
Well, we've got Force Field, Hallucinate, Psi Storm and Feedback, so I'm not complaining . Fanatic-Templar - 02/09/2010 07:04:39 AM 1075 Views
They're handy in team games. Not so much in 1v1. Ghavrel - 02/09/2010 07:35:10 AM 1154 Views
In regards to Infested Terrans Variant - 02/09/2010 07:48:36 AM 1229 Views
It's slow as all hell. Fanatic-Templar - 02/09/2010 08:02:51 AM 1171 Views
It depends... Variant - 02/09/2010 08:34:53 AM 1171 Views
The Raven is excellent, but in my opinion it's really expensive. Variant - 02/09/2010 07:31:38 AM 1227 Views
Yeah, the ability to do all that while burrowed is really great. BlackAdder - 02/09/2010 07:42:22 AM 1099 Views
You can? Crap. In that case, I need to start using it. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/09/2010 09:33:17 PM 545 Views
Yes... press the hotkey for burrow and then the key for parasite (very quickly, but in that order) BlackAdder - 03/09/2010 03:39:38 AM 1107 Views
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