So, everyone knows Terran has lots of cool flashy units they can play around with, more than any other race, in fact. They have hellions which hard counter zerglings, marauders which hard counter roaches, thors which hard counter mutalisks, and siege tanks which hard counter hydralisks. But that's not all. The absolute best part about Terran is that they have literally a billion openings they can choose from, each just as viable as the next. And, what's even better, the map pool makes some of these openings just that much harder (or even, dare I say it, impossible) to defend against. You find yourself spawning on Lost Temple or Kulas Ravine? Go 8 rax reaper or thor drop or siege tank drop. Or maybe you're playing on one of those new maps where the ramp is light years away from the natural? Do a nice reactor hellion opening, or even just take a page out of the Protoss's book and do a simple 1 base all-in attack. Here's a little guide for your options: Thor Drop (use exclusively on Lost Temple and Kulas Ravine): 10 supply 12 rax 13 gas 15 OC/supply @ 100 gas, factory take your 2nd gas ASAP @ 50% factory, get a tech lab on your rax @ 100% factory, build an armory and switch your rax and fac start building hellions for early pressure and try to force him to over-commit on defense build a starport when gas allows get a viking for some sweet ovie hunting, then build a medivac build a thor when the armory finishes drop the thor on the natural ledge and kill his expo congratulations, you win! take your expo and transition into a unit composition of your choosing (I personally prefer marine/marauder/medivac/thor) Replay Replay 8 Rax Reaper (use on any map): 8 rax 9 gas 11 supply tech lab when rax finishes nitro packs with next 50 gas keep building reapers have your scout SCV build a bunker somewhere in his base (at his ramp if he's on 1 base, at his natural if he's on 2) add more rax and keep building reaper micro your reapers - like hellions, micro'd reapers beat any non-lair unit zerg has due to range and speed snipe key buildings - you'll be surprised how fast 8+ reapers kill a spawning pool or a spire or a roach warren congratulations, you win! Replay Igniter Hellion Drop (use on any map): 10 supply 12 rax 13 gas 15 OC/supply @ 100 gas, factory take your second gas ASAP tech lab on your rax next @ 100% factory, switch fac and rax and build a hellion and start infernal pre-igniter research starport with your next 100 gas medivac once starport is done feel free to pressure with your first few hellions (force sunks at his nat) as long as you don't lose them - they're precious  once your medivac is out, you should have 4 hellions ready to drop into his main drop your hellions in his main and fry all his drones congratulations, you win! Replay Replay A note on the replays: Keep in mind that I'm a diamond level Zerg player offracing as Terran against equally skilled opponents. Just three openings, you ask? Don't be silly! You see, I'm not going to tell you all of the wonderful secrets this deep and mysterious race has to offer! That, my friend, is for you to discover on your own. I'll give you a little hint, though. As long as you're spending all of your money and getting your units out in a timely manner (as fast as possible), anything's viable (except maybe a battlecruiser rush). Want to try hellion into banshee into viking? Go ahead, it will probably work. Or a marauder hellion attack on maps with a short rush distance? Go for it! I am just speaking from my own experience as both a Zerg player and a TvZ player. This is a matchup you really should not be losing, especially in the current map pool, as long as you're not playing someone light years better than you. For any of you Zerg or Terran players who don't believe me, I'm up for any and all challenges. So thanks to Blizzard, for making such a fun and diverse matchup. I've only played about 20 games so far in TvZ, but I'm loving every minute of it! I have so much control over the game flow, and I have so many possibilities. Blizzard, you've really outdone yourselves this time! Source: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=140524 |
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