----NEW REPLAYS!! (Gas first into Double expand)----
Replays with MECH TRANSITIONS (double expand)
http://drop.sc/296679
Vs 1g FE on Cloud kingdom. He does the fast 2 base blink build that's supposedly stomps mech players. I hold it off with a combination of frantic micro and him getting apprehensive because he can't lose the observer, so he thinks I have more defenses in my natural than whats actually there.
This replay really shows the power of doing a double expand from a gas first opening. Even though I lose so many SCVS, I actually float over 1000 minerals during the bulk of the harass! And again, to any people who say mech is too harassable, just watch as I stabilize. He keeps trying to harass me, and I send my hellions right into his bases. I repeat this cycle and eventually weasel my way back into the game. He does a miscalculation (very common for people who don't face mech very often) and loses his entire army with me having 4 tanks left and some hellions. I deny his fourth, kill some more probes, then I'm able to finish the game. Insane game where both of us are at 200 APM for the whole game.
http://drop.sc/296678
Vs 1g FE on Daybreak. He does the standard 3g into robo followup from an expand. I harass him with hellions and banshees. Also note that he kept a lot of his probes inside his main until he had enough stalkers. But I still do quite a bit of economic damage with this build, and I am able to get away with a double expand BECAUSE I saw how defensive he was getting. He was even keeping multiple obs with his units even though I didn't have cloak. I still trust my gut and don't reveal my expansion until I have a large enough army size + siege mode. He tries to feign an attack, but I simply run my hellions in from the third when my watchtower hellion sees his army moving out. That move solidified my win, I hold off various attacks and end the game with tank mode a-move lol.
--- STANDARD MACRO---
Replays with MECH TRANSITIONS (double expand)
http://drop.sc/296679
Vs 1g FE on Cloud kingdom. He does the fast 2 base blink build that's supposedly stomps mech players. I hold it off with a combination of frantic micro and him getting apprehensive because he can't lose the observer, so he thinks I have more defenses in my natural than whats actually there.
This replay really shows the power of doing a double expand from a gas first opening. Even though I lose so many SCVS, I actually float over 1000 minerals during the bulk of the harass! And again, to any people who say mech is too harassable, just watch as I stabilize. He keeps trying to harass me, and I send my hellions right into his bases. I repeat this cycle and eventually weasel my way back into the game. He does a miscalculation (very common for people who don't face mech very often) and loses his entire army with me having 4 tanks left and some hellions. I deny his fourth, kill some more probes, then I'm able to finish the game. Insane game where both of us are at 200 APM for the whole game.
http://drop.sc/296678
Vs 1g FE on Daybreak. He does the standard 3g into robo followup from an expand. I harass him with hellions and banshees. Also note that he kept a lot of his probes inside his main until he had enough stalkers. But I still do quite a bit of economic damage with this build, and I am able to get away with a double expand BECAUSE I saw how defensive he was getting. He was even keeping multiple obs with his units even though I didn't have cloak. I still trust my gut and don't reveal my expansion until I have a large enough army size + siege mode. He tries to feign an attack, but I simply run my hellions in from the third when my watchtower hellion sees his army moving out. That move solidified my win, I hold off various attacks and end the game with tank mode a-move lol.
--- STANDARD MACRO---
HELLION BANSHEE ALL INs
For indepth guide on this strategy, please check out:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=390846
http://drop.sc/289420
http://drop.sc/289421
STANDARD MACRO GAMES
http://drop.sc/284754
Good game where I manage to do nothing fancy besides solid play, didn’t get any massive probe kills just sharked around with helions and outmacroed my opponents. I immediately build a barracks wall around my 3 bases (antiga) after I suicide my helions (had excess mins). They were pretty effective when he went in for the attack. I win when he gets antsy and tries to kill my ninja expo (not really ninja, more like …trap expo) with a big army.
http://drop.sc/284753
Interesting game on daybreak, again solid macro game where I don’t really get any free probe kills, but still outmacro my opponent because of my map control and proactive expansion checking. Poor defense allows a lot of helions to run around and severly damage his macro, he goes for an all out attack where I barely hold.
http://drop.sc/284752
Awesome game on Ohana, Very close engagements, had he had more intel and kept on pushing I probably would’ve lost. However, I botched up my Raven micro in the first place that led to me losing way more than I should. Shows some special tactics (observer snipe with 2 vikings then let 3 banshees go to town on immortals). Also Engi Bay placements on side expansions save my stuff. Also, I win this game when he decides to take the bait, my PF expansion right underneath my main, I cut off retreat path and he fights a rigged engagement.
http://drop.sc/286724
http://drop.sc/286728
http://drop.sc/286727
http://drop.sc/286726
http://drop.sc/286725
