Where would a SC2 noob like myself go to get some tips/tactics that are relevant and somewhat easy to follow?
Just figuring out how things work - I play Terran against Toss (vs. computer) on medium difficulty. I can survive the first rush, but I get destroyed while trying to fortify my expansion. I suspect I have to harass the toss early, but I can't seem to find the balance of keeping myself somewhat defended and going after them. Laying back to build up my strength is obviously rooted in failure !
Where would a SC2 noob like myself go to get some tips/tactics that are relevant and somewhat easy to follow?
Just figuring out how things work - I play Terran against Toss (vs. computer) on medium difficulty. I can survive the first rush, but I get destroyed while trying to fortify my expansion. I suspect I have to harass the toss early, but I can't seem to find the balance of keeping myself somewhat defended and going after them. Laying back to build up my strength is obviously rooted in failure !
For playing against the AI try this:
1. Start with 5 SCVs on mineral
2. keep building scvs when you get to 50 mineral
3. After the 9th SCV build a supply depot at you ramp to help block it
4. After the depot build your barracks on the ramp, keep up SCV production
6. build refinery and put 2 more scvs in it when it's done
5. When you get to 150 build a second barrack, keep cranking out marines
6. Upgrade your command center
7. Put up two bunkers to cover the ramp and fill them marines
8. build a 3rd barracks + a factory when you have enough gas
9. Grab about 5-8 SCVs and put them in a group and turn auto-repair on (right click on the repair icon). When the enemy attack comes, pick that group and move them close to your bunkers to repair
10. Build a second refinery and man it with 3 total
11. After you defeat their first wave, attack with what you have and see how you do, try to take out their expansion if they have one
12. While your attack is moving out, put up an expansion
13. Put the tech lab on the factory and research siege, get tanks
14. Also put up an engineering bay
15. upgrade your expansion to a PF, you can move some SCVs from your base to the exp but build more SCVs
16. get 2 starports and get out medivacs
17. build 2-4 more barracks and just keep cranking out marines and marauders (don't forget the research for them at the tech lab on the barracks, also you can upgrade them at the eng. bay)
If your counter had failed their 2nd attack should come by around 15. If they attack your PF, just us the scvs to repair it and you should be abel to wipe out a pretty large ground force. You can also place a marine out by an observation post to know when they are coming. Your second counter attack should crush them.
In future tries you can try to get fancy with ghosts and EMP. Be sure to watch the replays and keep an eye on your SCV count. One of the biggest problems new players have is keeping a good count in workers and having the production buildings to match.
1. why are you handicapping him by having 1 SCV idle off the bat?
3. why not build SD on 10? the timing works out much better. SD finishes at the same time the 11th SCV finishes.
5. standard build says the next 150 goes to an OC, not another rax.
For playing against the AI try this:
1. Start with all SCVs on mineral
2. keep building scvs when you get to 50 mineral
3. After the 9th SCV build a supply depot at you ramp to help block it
4. After the depot build your barracks on the ramp, keep up SCV production
6. build refinery and put 2 more scvs in it when it's done
5. When you get to 150 build a second barrack, keep cranking out marines
6. Upgrade your command center
7. Put up two bunkers to cover the ramp and fill them marines
8. build a 3rd barracks + a factory when you have enough gas
9. Grab about 5-8 SCVs and put them in a group and turn auto-repair on (right click on the repair icon). When the enemy attack comes, pick that group and move them close to your bunkers to repair
10. Build a second refinery and man it with 3 total
11. After you defeat their first wave, attack with what you have and see how you do, try to take out their expansion if they have one
12. While your attack is moving out, put up an expansion
13. Put the tech lab on the factory and research siege, get tanks
14. Also put up an engineering bay
15. upgrade your expansion to a PF, you can move some SCVs from your base to the exp but build more SCVs
16. get 2 starports and get out medivacs
17. build 2-4 more barracks and just keep cranking out marines and marauders (don't forget the research for them at the tech lab on the barracks, also you can upgrade them at the eng. bay)
If your counter had failed their 2nd attack should come by around 15. If they attack your PF, just us the scvs to repair it and you should be abel to wipe out a pretty large ground force. You can also place a marine out by an observation post to know when they are coming. Your second counter attack should crush them.
In future tries you can try to get fancy with ghosts and EMP. Be sure to watch the replays and keep an eye on your SCV count. One of the biggest problems new players have is keeping a good count in workers and having the production buildings to match.
Okay so we established that I suck and newbie Tuesdays are for me !
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you can beat the medium AI by simply expanding and having 2-3 tanks in seige mode and a few marines/marauders. no need for bunkers or anything. just make sure you are constantly making SCV's and you have 3-5 barracks and a factory or two. thats on two bases.
wow... every game is different.... I just played a team that i am "even" with (2v2) and I seriously messed around and didn't build any defense except for 1 full bunker (4) and 3 marines and 2 mauraders...
Then I just went for thors. I cannot believe I wasn't greeted with any banglings nor colossus from the other team! I'm 2v2 rank 3 silver!
I've yet to figure out 3v3 or 1v1. 2v2, I got pretty much in the ball. Or at least I figured out the rhythm to make it effective...
Anyone still playing?
Is there a way to derank yourself on the ladder? For some reason the game placed me as Platinum, I use to be silver when I played and I just started playing again after a long break. There's no way I should be in Plat.