11:00pm Update
Music: None, but Shalinar and his Asian are watching Firefly somewhere in the background Starcraft2: 11W 6L
So the story of today is something like this. I woke up at 9:30 this morning, got dressed went to work until 2:00. Then went to class till 6:00. After that I came home helped Shalinar with his car and then after towing him down to the Ford place I came home and started up Starcraft 2 for the day. Anyway here's the break down of today.
Initially I just wasn't on my game I guess. I got curb stomped by like four other players before I finally started to win. I'm not really sure what I was weakest against, but whatever, anyway after my fourth game I finally got my head into the game and started to pull off some good wins. The flavor of the night has been Zealot Archon against Zerg, and Mothership Mass Recall Drop (MMRD) against Protoss. Interestingly enough I've played two Terrans tonight. One went Mass Battlecruiser which I lost to, the other went Marine Marauder or something and I royally kicked the shit out of him. In his defense though the lack of GG probably meant he was lacking in skill so I really shouldn't judge.
So anyway here's SaintEaon's builds for tonight and how they've broken down now that I've turned a massive losing streak into a winning streak.
Zealot Archon:
So my first knowledge that Zealot Archon, or more accurately Chargelot Archon was coLCruncher vs vileSpanshwa. The idea behind Zealot Archon is that through pressure and revealing certain units (like the occasional Void Ray) you can control your opponent's builds in order to get them to build a lot of Hydras and maybe Mutas. In general your typical Zerg will still try for Roach Hydra though, and what makes that beautiful is that Hydra's are squishy and the way the units play makes them the perfect targets for your Archons. Unupgraded Archons do 40 damage to biological with splash so using those on everything Zerg has just usually wins. However Archons attack SUPER slow so you need the Zealots to prevent the Roaches from using their acid spit or directly engaging your Archons. The Archons will soften up your enemy so well that you wont actually lose that many Chargelots making the engagement usually go in your favor.
Usually this build requires a second expansion in order to get the gas required for the Archons. Without revealing my build because I may play some of you non-existent people one day, You'll want to start on 4Gate, while getting up Twilight Council, then get Your Templar Archives. ALWAYS Templar Archives never Dark Shrine because Dark Templar are waaaaaaaaay too expensive. The High Templar make a good team with Archon's because one is all minerals and one's gas.
Mothership Mass Recall All-In
Game starts out real standard like, you get your 4Gates up and Warp Tech. Focus on Mostly Zealots in the early game with a few stalkers based on your scouting info. Hide your Stargate and your Mothership to avoid your enemy getting any air defenses and start building that Mothership. Once the mothership starts up start warping in Zealots when you don't have gas and Stalkers when you have both. Keep your army in one spot. Once the Mothership is up move your mothership over your army in case you get attacked to by time. Your army will be smaller, but if you managed to hide the Mothership chances are you'll have an advantage because you're completely invisible.
If you don't get attacked move to your enemy's base preferably through the sides or from the rear of the base if possible. Once your Mothership is in switch to your army with the Mothership selected and hit "Recall" and your ENTIRE deathball is now instantly inside your enemy's main, completely 100% invisible and able to do massive amounts of damage quickly and easily. If you're feeling particularly badass bring a probe and set up a pylon or two in order to warp in reinforcements. Or if you're kind of a douche (and lets face it some of us are) you can always invisible cannon rush your opponent. That's right Invisible Cannon Rush.
Anyway that's all for tonight, the time now is 12:10 because I stopped typing and watched some TV with Shalinar and his Asian and I'mma wrap this up. Probably post a more heart felt post later if I feel like it. Also I'll be loading up some more replays soon on my youtube account. Likewise feel free to follow me on Facebook the links will be at the bottom of the post. Until next time that's GG. Night all.
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