This tutorial by Zoltan on Infested Terran's is well worth the read. Enjoy! 1) Micro - Before using infester abilities, always hit the "S" key. This is the stop command. Since you almost always have to hold shift while using infester abilities (if you are using more than 1, which is pretty much every time), you don't want to have your infester go to their current rally point before casting spells. 2) Keep infesters in their own control group. This is for easy access, and so you don't order your entire army to stop. I keep infesters in control group 3. 3) If you have the energy, fungal growth first. FG does 36 damage to each target, so if it hits 10 targets, thats 360 damage...easily worth 3 infested terrans. 4) But you already knew all that...this step is the key. In battle and while holding shift, spawn infested terran as fast as humanly possible in the center of the opponents army. Speed is critical here. If you successfully que it up, the infester will spawn as many as 8 eggs simultaneously when he gets within range. The eggs will fall to the nearest open spot from where you clicked. If you do it right, they will form a semi circle around the opponents army. Reapply fungal growth. Example: 3 (or whatever control group infesters are in) s (stop command) f (fungal growth) (holding shift) click click (two applications of FG) s (stop) t (infested terran) (holding shift) clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick s (stop) f (fungal growth) click Its sort of a flank on demand. If you click slightly behind the center of your opponents army, the semi circle will form behind them, cutting off retreat (if you didn't save energy for a second application of FG). You must play around with it a bit in the unit tester, as full scale infested terran battles rarely occur more than once per game. Infesters work well with roaches, becasue infested terrans share upgrades with roaches, infesters/roaches can both move while burrowed, and their costs stack well in terms of minerals and gas. Infesters are terrible with hydras, because they get bunched up while casting spells. They are so-so with lings, but that combo allows you to hypertech to hive. Edit: While burrowed, infesters can cast the infested terran spell quite easily when paired with hydras. They no longer get bunched up as easily, although if the enemy has detection, the infesters will run (burrow) out in front of the hydras. Source: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=134647 |
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