The Raven is excellent, but in my opinion it's really expensive.
Variant Send a noteboard - 02/09/2010 07:31:38 AM
One of my favorite Units has to be the Infester, in my opinion the best caster in the game with the best spell in the game Fungal Growth. Not to mention Infestation Terran spell only costs 25 energy, which in my opinion is borderline overpowered.
It's close... I would argue that the Point Defense Drone from the Raven as well as the seeker missiles (good against clumps of units) and autoturrets (good for worker harassment) make it quite effective as well. The Protoss really got the thin end of the wedge when it comes to spell casters, since Psi Storm was nerfed so badly.
I'm not trying to take anything away from the Raven, and I find them important in most TvT and some TvZ. But in my opinion they're really expensive considering other unit(s) you can get. I also find the seeker missiles very, very, very situational. It was good in the beta before the nerf. The main problem is that their deployment range is 0, and their tactical range is 6 (upgradeable to 7) That means that unless an opponent is willing to charge right into your temporary fortifications, the Raven has to get unreasonably close to enemy fire, and even then, the enemy can simply retreat a short distance and fight somewhere the weapons aren't. There are no situations other than when the opponent having a ton of air units stacked together that SM justifies the 125 energy and 150/150 minerals it costs to have it researched, in my opinion anyway.
The thing with the Infestor, I find the overall cost of the unit along with the useablity of its spells against all 3 races the main reasons why I consider it the best caster in the game (in my opinion). Neural Parasite, even though I don't always bother to research it unless I see Thors or Collossi on the field (and even though it's been nerfed) still has uses. And I can't say enough about Fungal Growth, I love it, looooove it. The fact that the Infestor also moves while burrowed, and can cast Infested Terran while burrowed, I'm still really surprised they made that change, I thought that was a bug during the beta . I feel strongly that the Infestor is such an unappreciated unit, I highly recommend checking out the TheLittleOne games especially when he plays as Zerg, he always utilizes Infestors.
Your thoughts on Starcraft 2 units
31/08/2010 11:22:45 AM
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Re: Your thoughts on Starcraft 2 units
31/08/2010 08:31:03 PM
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I generally agree
31/08/2010 10:44:20 PM
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Ultralisks counter Siege Tanks
01/09/2010 01:59:26 AM
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That is where the Overlord drops come in handy
01/09/2010 02:10:03 AM
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Re: That is where the Overlord drops come in handy
01/09/2010 02:29:23 AM
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I don't play as Zerg either, but I've seen it done effectively. Check out this video
01/09/2010 03:13:51 AM
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I'm only familiar with Zerg and what annoys me as Zerg, SO.
31/08/2010 10:12:48 PM
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Tried Zerg once or twice in coop games last week. Any advice for a Zerg noob?
31/08/2010 10:36:28 PM
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Queen per hatchery. Constant spawn larvae. Expand creep constantly.
01/09/2010 07:53:27 AM
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The thing about the Zerg in Starcraft 2, is that they're a very reactionary race.
02/09/2010 09:12:16 AM
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Thanks for both replies. The Queens + larvae help tremendously. I'll work on the rest.
02/09/2010 08:41:24 PM
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Alright, second crack at this...
31/08/2010 10:22:40 PM
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Re: Alright, second crack at this...
01/09/2010 02:27:27 AM
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I really only play the campaigns in single player mode, so my experience might be a little different
01/09/2010 12:54:07 AM
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Marauder... expensive?
02/09/2010 04:30:47 AM
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Re: Marauder... expensive?
02/09/2010 05:21:22 AM
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Well, we've got Force Field, Hallucinate, Psi Storm and Feedback, so I'm not complaining .
02/09/2010 07:04:39 AM
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In regards to Infested Terrans
02/09/2010 07:48:36 AM
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The Raven is excellent, but in my opinion it's really expensive.
02/09/2010 07:31:38 AM
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Yeah, the ability to do all that while burrowed is really great.
02/09/2010 07:42:22 AM
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You can? Crap. In that case, I need to start using it. *NM*
02/09/2010 09:33:17 PM
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Yes... press the hotkey for burrow and then the key for parasite (very quickly, but in that order)
03/09/2010 03:39:38 AM
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