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- If you are still building your tech tree, it is better to let the StarCraft AI handle any battles that you might be in rather than micro-managing them. Since growth in StarCraft is explosive at the beginning, you will gain more from tech you build now than the few units you save by wasting time accurately playing out minor battles.
- Well, I'm about half done with the Starcraft 2 campaign on Brutal, but seeing as how I already beat it once before (on Hard), I'm going to list the top 5 tech upgrades (in no particular order) you should acquire in the game. This list will have entries from the Armory and from the Laboratory.
Explaining How to 'Macro Better'
If you've been looking up how to get promotions or improve your gameplay online, then no doubt you've come across the expression 'you'll improve a lot once you learn how to macro better.' Now, let me introduce to you exactly what this expression means:
Basic Macro
- Workers
- Supply Blocks
- Unit production
- Expanding
- Upgrades
Each of the above bullets presents a problem for most players at some point in their sc2 experience. Fixing these problems in the order written above will assuredly improve your gameplay itself, with your ladder rank soon to follow.
Workers
This is the single most important aspect of the game. Until you have 70+ workers and you are mining off of 4+ bases, your economy is not nearly as high as it should be, and thus you won't have the income you should have in order to keep up with your opponent. Therefore, be sure to CONSTANTLY BUILD WORKERS (SCVs, probes, or drones). When you perform each and every build on this website, it is assumed that you are 100% always always always building workers (except for the rare build where it tells you explicitly to stop producing workers). Without constantly making workers, you will be unable to afford the units/buildings that the build orders discuss, so I repeat again: CONSTANTLY BUILD WORKERS.
- Workers
- Supply Blocks
- Unit production
- Expanding
- Upgrades
Each of the above bullets presents a problem for most players at some point in their sc2 experience. Fixing these problems in the order written above will assuredly improve your gameplay itself, with your ladder rank soon to follow.
Workers
This is the single most important aspect of the game. Until you have 70+ workers and you are mining off of 4+ bases, your economy is not nearly as high as it should be, and thus you won't have the income you should have in order to keep up with your opponent. Therefore, be sure to CONSTANTLY BUILD WORKERS (SCVs, probes, or drones). When you perform each and every build on this website, it is assumed that you are 100% always always always building workers (except for the rare build where it tells you explicitly to stop producing workers). Without constantly making workers, you will be unable to afford the units/buildings that the build orders discuss, so I repeat again: CONSTANTLY BUILD WORKERS.
Supply Blocks
This is the next most important aspect of the game. You cannot ever be supply blocked. Every second that you are unable to produce units (and also workers), your opponent's army (and income) grows in strength, while yours is completely stopped in its tracks. Assuming you both perform the same build as each other for the first 10 minutes, except you get supply blocked 3 or 4 times, your opponent will be around 15 supply above yours, and will simply be able to roll over your army in the open field. Every build on this website also assumes that you are never supply blocked. It is much better to be way under supply (e.g. 150/200) and have many extra supply depots/pylons/overlords, than to be completely supply blocked (e.g. 150/150) and unable to produce anything. That being said, optimally, you should never be too far under supply (think 1 or 2 depots/pylons/overlords) away from being blocked because those minerals used to construct the unnecessary depots right now can be used elsewhere right now for more unit production/building production/etc etc.
Unit Production
Now that you're familiar with the concept of constantly building workers and never getting supply blocked, the third most important aspect of the game is SPENDING ALL YOUR DAMN MONEY. If you ever have extra minerals/gas (whether you're in the middle of microing your heart out, or just staring at your base and making sure it's building workers), your army is not as large as it should be and your technology is not as far as it should be. Just like you need to constantly be building workers in order to have the largest income you can, you have to be spending that income on actual army/tech/bases in order to have the best army you can.
That being said, your money should never be tied up in queues. For instance, if you tell your barracks to queue up 5 marines, then you've just spent 250 minerals right here and now that won't actually be used to produce 4 marines until their production bars actually start up and the unit is about to be produced. People constantly go through their production hotkeys in order to make sure that (1) all their buildings are chronoed/injected/addoned/etc, (2) all their buildings have appropriate rally points, and (3) ALL THEIR BUILDINGS ARE ACTUALLY PRODUCING UNITS/WORKERS and not excessively queued.
The builds on this website are merely just different ways to perform items 1, 2, and 3 here. After the build order ends, it's up to you to transition into standard gameplay by actually spending your money.
Expanding
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This goes hand in hand with constantly producing workers because making and taking expansions also increases your income. However, you cannot take advantage of expanding until you are actually capable of constantly making workers and spending the money that those workers give you. You never want to be down on bases against your opponent for the same reason that you never want to be down in workers against your opponent – you don't want to be behind your opponent in the income battle.
Upgrades
I don't know if you've ever actually seen how effective upgrades are, but here's how to do so: load up a game of SC2 with a friend. One of you play terran, and the other one play protoss. Now, let the terran max out (have ~60 workers) on exclusively marines and have 0-0 with stim and combat shields. Let the protoss max out on exclusively zealots (have ~60 workers) and have 0-0 with charge. Watch what happens in the fight. Re-max, except get 3-3 for the marines. Watch what happens in this fight. For the price of 2 engibays, 1 armory, and the cost of 6 upgrades, those marines went from being kind of OK to being ABSOLUTELY FRICKIN AMAZING. This is what the power of upgrades gives you.
Upgrades make a huge difference in actual fights, but the ability to make workers and spend the money they give you is significantly more important.
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Big Reggie Fils-Aime, the intimidating president of Nintendo of America, may be the King Kong of the gaming industry. But we're not sure he can out-muscle Geoff 'iNcontroL' Robinson, who hits the gym three hours a day, competes in professional weightlifting events, and can reportedly bench over 500 pounds.
So when Robinson wanted to give us a few exclamation-mark-filled tips on how to get better at Starcraft 2 we said, 'Sir, yes sir.' But this guy is no random meathead. The English and history major at Oregon State University is also a former World Cyber Games U.S. Champion in Starcraft. (You might also recognize him from the Syfy reality show WCG Ultimate Gamer, whose second season starts this month.)
He's been a pro player for five years now, running with Team Genius, so you should probably pay attention to what he has to say. And not just because his protein shakes are tougher than you.
(Note: The following 10 tips aren't necessarily specific tactics to use in-game. They're more general tips to help improve your game in the long run. Check out more of Robinson's tips in part two. Also, check out Starcraft 2's 10 Coolest Secrets, Stories, and Easter Eggs.)
1. 'This is a thinking person's game. Pursue tips, tricks, and information. Explore the Web and find the community websites! Teamliquid.net, GosuGamers.net, GosuCoaching.com, etc…. One must know how others did it if they want to do it!'
2. 'Practice, practice, practice. Real-time strategy demands a lot from gamers. You won't be successful online against other people that are working to win if you just play it absentmindedly.'
3. 'Take care of yourself! It's fun to go on a burner of 5-10 hours. However, Starcraft 2 is a cerebral game. If you get tired or start to lose focus, your ability to play this game at a higher level will decrease. Log off, do something else, eat right, and be happy!'
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4. 'Make more harvesters! In order to make the cool units that are fun to play — and lots of them — you must bring in as much money as possible. Keep making those harvesters!'
5. 'Spend your money! If you have over 1000 minerals you're doing something wrong. Use that as a benchmark. If you have 3000 and beyond, you are doing something that much MORE wrong! Make harvesters, make units, make more production-oriented structures, and if all else fails…expand! Just make sure and spend your money.'
6. 'Manage your supply! If you can bring in money, spend the money and maintain supply: You will win games. Every time you get within a few supply of your capacity, increase said capacity so you do not get stopped! After a while you will develop the ability to anticipate this at a higher level. Make sure to cultivate that by being aware and working toward the goal of never being supply capped!'
7. 'Know your enemy! A lot of this game is about information. Scout your opponent! What are they doing? Where are they doing it? How much do they have? If you know these things, you have a chance to react. As you play Starcraft 2, you will learn the red flags and essentially develop a 'sense' for what is about to or could happen.'
8. 'Experiment! If something works, tweak it. Try it some more. If something fails, do the same! This is a young game with lots of capabilities. Don't get fixated on a few tactics because they will eventually bore you, but you may also find you like something else more!'
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9. 'Play with others! Starcraft 2 is an exciting social event. Facebook integration and other features are built around getting you near and by your friends or people of similar skill in the ladder. Utilize these both for the fun factor but also to help you get better!'
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10. 'Have fun! As cliché as it sounds, you won't get anywhere in this game if you aren't having fun. If it starts to become a chore or something you don't enjoy, take a breather! Go play a game with a silly tactic. Hop on 3-versus-3 with some friends. Enjoy!'
