StarCraft II is a real-time strategy game published in 2010 by Activision Blizzard and is the sequel to StarCraft.
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When should i close Terran base and when i should not in Starcraft 2?
When playing with Terran in ranked in any mode (1v1 or 3v3). I learned that against Zerg the base should be always closed still i also do the same against Protoss or Terran.
But i also saw some ...
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In Starcraft II, do the armory upgrades apply to hero/mercenary units as well?
If I purchase an upgrade for the firebats or marines from the armory on the Hyperion, will the heroes/mercenary units also receieve the upgrade bonus or are their stats unaffected?
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Spreadsheet with StarCraft 2 units statistics
Is there a spreadsheet with unit states for StarCraft 2?
The ones I found are either not up-to-date is (e.g.
this one is clearly not fro 1.4.3 patch) or not comprehensive (e.g. one on the Blizzard ...
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Is this profile view bugged?
I have been seeing some profiles with level 0 even though they are not. Is this normal or some sort of a known bug?
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I can't invite a friend to play in Starcraft 2
How does one invite specific people to play 1v1 in Starcraft 2?
Acccording to this note
I tried the following but failed:
Add the guy to friends.
Right-click the name of the friend you want to ...
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How do I tab out of Starcraft 2?
At least since the Heart of the Swarm update I can't seem to find any key combination that lets me temporarily get out to Windows to check chats and so on. Is there a known combination or some tool I ...
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Do the vikings watching everybody die in “Death from above” ever play any role?
Starcraft II, Heart of the Swarm.
While playing "Death from above", I couldn't help but notice a couple vikings slacking off:
As far as I am concerned, they never actually attack me. They just sit ...
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ZvP How to deal with a Pylon-blocked natural?
As a Bronze Zerg, I find that whenever my natural is blocked/cannon rushed by a Protoss opponent that by the time that I've dealt with it I'm a long way behind. Then subsequent 2-base pressure is the ...
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ZvT: How can I effectively deal with Medivacs?
In ZvT when Terran plays bio, what is the best way to snip Medivacs?
I thought that could be Corruptors, but actually they are quite slow and expensive. Hydras are vulnerable to marines.
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Missile turret placement
Whenever I scout a build that has potential for airborne harassment (e.g. Banshee, Muta, Oracle) my reaction is to build missile turrets to defend the mineral line, however all too often my opponent ...
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What is “Spawning Pool Party” achievement and how to get it?
When comparing achievement with a friend, I saw this achievement under the feats of strength tab. What is this? When will we be able to get it and how do we get it ?
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Does creep spread speed depends from amount/concentration of creep tumors?
During the Heart of the Swarm campaign I've was given the advice: if you lay more creep tumors, your creep will spread quicker.
Is that the case in multiplayer game?
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Can I make Starcraft 2 portable?
If I were to install Starcraft 2 in a external hard drive (changing the install folder during installation), could I run it on another computer without installing? For example, if I installed ...
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How can I change the language after a patch?
I bought the German version of Starcraft II in store, but I downloaded and installed the English client.
The update to patch 1.5 changed my language settings back to German.
How can I change my ...
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What is the difference in APM calculation between WoL and HotS?
According to the WoL observer APM counter, I hovered around 90-100 APM when I was at my peak a year ago. Since then I made a long break, and now with HotS I did some matches against the AI to check ...
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How to select idle worker without the screen jumping to the worker?
Every time I select "idle worker", the screen jumps to the worker. This completely throws me off during, say, an attack. Is there a way I can select my workers and tell them to harvest minerals ...
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What is proper behavior for late-game in Squadron TD? (especially in regards to selling towers)
Generally speaking, a game doesn't give you options without valid scenarios in which to use those options. Specifically, there's probably a reason we're given the option to sell towers in Squadron TD, ...
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Why do zerglings with speed beat normal zerglings?
With Metabolic boost "speedlings" become alot better then the un-upgraded zergling. This is because they are faster. But when matched up with even number of un-upgraded zerglings they always win. If ...
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Will undetected creeptumors take damage
Will undetected creep tumors in StarCraft 2 take damage from splash damage?
Such as Hellion, Hellbat or Siegetank splash damage.
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Use all units in campaign
So in the campaign you go along and slowly get new units and buildings and it progresses (for both WOL and HOTS). I am wondering if there is a way to disable this and build any unit or building ...
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What's the best counter for Void Rays?
Any time I let a Protoss player live to mid-game, I seem to be swarmed by Void Rays, and while I can sort of react, it's generally a 50/50 at that point.
Let's say I scout a player with a single Void ...
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As a zerg against a bioball, should you focus fire on the medivacs, or on the offensive units?
Assuming it's early-mid-game and I have relatively few hydralisks and mutalisks behind my main force of zerglings and banelings, does it make sense to focus fire on the medivacs or just try to take ...
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If I get HotS can I still play WoL with friends
If I buy and install the Heart of the Swarm expansion, can I still play multiplayer games with people who have Wings of Liberty? or am I limited to HotS matches only?
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What dota 2 hero resembles StarCraft 2 Ghost the most? [closed]
What's a hero that has a long channeled "nuke", "emp" type of a spell and invisibility? Who's closest to that?
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Play online without HoTS expansion?
I have Starcraft 2 WoL. I would like to play online (matchmaking) but the button are disabled.
Does this mean I can't play online with only WoL?
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Marine Arena: Turn money into damage in late game
I think I can master the early game pretty well now in Marine Arena, but I get into trouble in the endgame. Often I engage the enemy with my army, and we both loose most of our troops. Suddenly I have ...
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Song during Heart of the Swarm Ending Cinematic
What is the name of the song used during the heart of the swarm ending cinematic? You can hear it at the following link:
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Why some types of ranked matches become unavailable?
Upon HotS release I played mostly 1x1 ranked games... at some point 1x1 got 'unavailable' for me. I resolved that by hitting 'back' button to escape matchmaking screen and coming back.
But in 1-2 ...
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What will the Terran Point Defence Drone work against?
Regarding the Terran Raven unit, and its Point Defence Drone (PDD), what unit attacks will be intercepted by the PDD?
I haven't been able to find a complete list.
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What balance changes were made between the final Wings of Liberty Patch and Heart of the Swarm?
I see websites showing the stats and abilities for new units in Heart of the Swarm, but nothing discussing changes to existing units. Have any existing units had their abilities or mechanics changed?
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Is Kerrigan Level achievement bugged? [duplicate]
I believe this achievement is bugged. Is it normal? Shall I ticket Blizzard about this? Or is there something I miss?
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What is a patch terran?
What does it mean when they say "patch terran"? I am looking to understand what the term means.
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Is there anything missable in the HotS campaign?
Are there any achievements, side missions, easter eggs, or anything of that sort that I have to get while playing through the campaign, that I can't get by replaying missions after I've completed ...
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Does this still work in order to get master mechanic achievement? [duplicate]
I have read many times that by saving up 1M credits and buying one tier of achievements and then loading, then buying other tier and so on lets you have the master mechanic achievement.
I came across ...
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What is upgrade spending and more importantly, why does it decrease?
At the score screen, under graphs tab, what exactly is upgrade spending? Well it sounds obvious but why does it decrease sometimes?
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When to stop worker production
A long game, with up to 4 expansions, same goes for the opponant.
Throughout a game, its vital to keep up your worker production to have the strong economy for the higher tier fights. You find ...
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Can I install Starcraft 2 multiplayer only, without campaign?
I have installed WoL, size 14 GB, when I buy HotS I'm afraid that might grow up to 30 GB, which is too much. Since I'm not going to play campaign, is there an option to install online multiplayer ...
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Terran bio versus Protoss
Terran bio army consisting of:
Marines
Marauders
Ghosts
Medivacs
Vikings
What is the focus kill priority for the Terran versus a Protoss, assuming the Protoss has the following:
Zealots
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How do you deal with choke points early on in StarCraft 2?
How do you scout/harass/attack/deal with choke points in early->mid game in Starcraft?
After some introspection, I've realized the bane of my Starcraft online play -- I wait far too long to attack ...
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How to kill Zurvan in the HotS campaign on Brutal?
I have been playing the game on brutal and got the basic skills,how ever I am having trouble with Zurvan.
I saw the movie by Joltzblc and parazx already, but I believe there is some trick to the ...
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Why do Zerg players build their Evolution Chambers quickly?
I often see Zerg players build spawning pool immediately followed by an Evolution Chamber (EC). What is a purpose of that quick EC? To get quick armor/attack upgrades for zerglings?
Sometimes I also ...
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Would I lose the “Hurry up, it's raid night” after I earned it?
Okay. This is a silly question but I have to know.
I recently completed the campaign in normal difficulty and got the achievement. I, now, want to get the brutal quests done. Is there a possibility ...
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How to effectively manage supporting and different types of units?
I see a lot of top level players handling a large force of Protoss (for example, but it applies to all races) units, and they take full advantage of Zealots, Stalkers, and Sentries abilities and ...
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Problem loading multiple units into multiple medivacs
When selecting a group of units (marines/marauders/medivacs) I'm looking for a quick way to load them. Right-clicking each medivac in turn works, but when multiple medivacs are used they tend to ...
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Is there any way to control a subgroup within a main group without losing control of the main group?
Let's say I have a group of 10 units: 5 marines, 2 marauders, a tank, and 2 banshees. I want the marines to target the front line, the marauders to target some armored unit, the tank to target ...
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How do I beat medium AI in 5 minutes?
I would like to get 'beat medium AI in 5 minutes' achievement. Usually I am playing as terran.
Is there special SMALL (TINY) map for that? What is strategy for that? Should I build 1st barrack on ...
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Is it possible to purchase and play a used copy of StarCraft 2?
I found a good deal for Starcraft 2 used on Ebay. Can I buy the game? Is it possible to transfer a game from one account to another?
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Its mentioned unused key but opened box. So Can I buy it ?
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Will a Wings of Liberty campaign be any different with the Heart of the Swarm extension?
If I have the Heart of the Swarm extension pack installed with my StarCraft II, will the Wings of Liberty campaign be affected by it? (I.e. new terran units, new upgrades, etc?)
I don't mean for the ...
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Why do people get dropped in Starcraft II?
Probably 3/4 games I play, someone drops from the game within 5-20 seconds of the game starting. Why does this happen?
I understand that connectivity issues and client crashes probably account for ...
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Tips for Akilon Wastes map?
A bunch of the guys I work with have been playing Starcraft 2 - we are mostly Silver/Gold level players and are having a friendly competition of 1v1s. The rule is that in a best of 3 format the first ...
