StarCraft II is a real-time strategy game published in 2010 by Activision Blizzard and is the sequel to StarCraft.
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How long does it take a Widow Mine to attack an enemy unit?
I have been trying to incorporate the new Widow Mine unit into my army. When I burrow the Widow Mine their is a circle that indicates it's attack radius. However, I have noticed that when enemy units ...
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Will detected hallucinations trigger Widow Mines?
The wiki says that detected hallucinations get the lowest attack priority by the AI, but is that high enough to trigger Widow Mines?
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How to use the Steam overlay in StarCraft II?
Is it possible to use the Steam overlay in StarCraft II? I tried adding it to Steam, but the overlay closes whenever I hit "Play" from the launcher. I tried running Steam as admin too, but that didn't ...
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How can I play vs A.I. on a set difficulty on a random map?
I use to play a lot of 2v2 and 3v3 with random people vs A.I. on hard or very hard slowly working my way towards the Supreme Command achievement.
But with Heart of the Swarm they changed it so that ...
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How to change map in StarCraft 2 custom game from 1v1 map
I just got Wings of Liberty and I want to play some 4v4's with AIs so I'm not horrible against my friends when we play.
I'm trying to add a game in the custom games and it's just letting me do 1v1 ...
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Why can't I get credit for some of the Kerrigan achievements in the HotS campaign?
I've gotten most of the different achievements from the Kerrigan sub-group of the Heart of the Swarm campaign achievements, the ones for using the various abilities Kerrigan gets. But some of the ones ...
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Overcoming a Protoss player who turtles until carriers
Ok I'm admittedly still a bit of a noob at this game, but I'm fairly experienced in RTS games in general, and feel that I have a decent grasp of early game strategy in SC2. However, I can't seem to ...
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Maintaining Squad Cohesion [duplicate]
I've been playing the campaign mode using Raptor Speedlings, and they end up crossing the map far faster than any other units at my disposal, which can lead to some problems.
In many games, selecting ...
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What are the gameplay differences for Zerg between campaign and multiplayer?
If I were to start playing Zerg in some multiplayer games, what differences would I want to be aware of before starting?
I know that all the specific evolutions (raptorlings, splitting banelings, ...
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Do Zerg buildings heal automatically during the Heart of the Swarm campaign?
When playing the last mission of the campaign my Hive was attacked by some flyers, and was reduced to red. I finished off the attackers and thought my buildings would heal back up, but when the next ...
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How do I switch between expansion levels? [duplicate]
When I upgraded to Heart of the Swarm I noticed that it automatically sets Heart of the Swarm to be your default playing level when playing multiplier and ladder. How do I switched back to WoL when ...
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Can burrowed swarm hosts be picked up by graviton beam?
Is it possible for phoenixes that have detection to be able to pick up burrowed swarm hosts to kill/neutralize them?
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Does Wings of Liberty have global play on its own?
I just learnt that global play is available in Heart of the Swarm. If I only have a Wings of Liberty copy attached to the North American server and I have a friend with only a Wings of Liberty copy ...
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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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How many Swarm Host for a critical mass? [closed]
I've played a couple of games in HOTS multiplayer where Swarm Host have been used against me. When there are only 4 or 5 host the locusts can be killed before they do damage (TvZ), where in the ...
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Who, or what, is Dr. Narud? (Spoilers)
I am not well versed in Starcraft Lore outside the campaigns of the 4 existing games, so I was quite surprised that the mild-mannered Dr. Narud of the Möbius Corporation from Wings of Liberty was ...
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What is a strategy to earn the Elite AI Romp achievement?
Winning 100 matches to earn the Elite AI Romp seems like a difficult achievement to earn: not only because of the time involved, but because of the skill of Elite AI opponents.
What is a strategy to ...
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Strategies to earn StarCraft 2 experience bonuses? [duplicate]
I know that earning experience points from StarCraft 2 matches awards a variety of things. What I am unsure of is beyond the first match of the day and speed bonuses what other bonuses exist.
Winning ...
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List of Kerrigan's Abilities
What are Kerrigan's Abilities in the campaign for the new Heart of the Swarm expansion?
Ability Name:
(If applicable/available) Energy Cost / Cooldown:
Description:
Kerrigan Level Available:
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Can I copy the StarCraft 2 DVD to install the game (is there any disc protection)?
My desktop doesn't have a disc drive so I'm planning on copying the files from the DVD to a USB key via a different computer, then copying that to my HDD and installing from there. Before I start ...
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Can you still earn the diablo 3 kerrigan wings if you buy Starcraft 2 now?
Is this still possible or was it only for pre-ordering?
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Was Kerrigan's Leviathan fought in Wings of Liberty?
In Heart of the Swarm, the Leviathan that serves as Kerrigan's command ship is completely massive
It is well known that the game can shrink down large ships to fit on the battlefield (most commonly ...
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My Collector's Edition ultralisk skin doesn't show up, what do I do?
The Heart of the Swarm digital deluxe and collector's edition comes with a special Ultralisk Skin, the Torrasque. However, the skin isn't showing up automatically. How do I make this skin appear?
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What are the details of the Thor's new High-Impact Payload mode?
In Heart of the Swarm, the Thor's Strike Cannon were removed, replaced by an ability called High-Impact Payload, which is supposed to be good against air units. But what are the details; I cannot find ...
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How much XP is needed for each level?
I have started leveling my Starcraft 2 account in all 3 races, but I am wondering how much xp is needed for each level, and especially how much is needed in total to reach level 30 so I can get an ...
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When does time supply capped count?
After playing a match you get a lot of statistics, one of them being Time Supply Capped.
This sums up how long time you have been at your supply cap, but does it also count if you are at max supply ...
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Why were there civilians in Char? [closed]
So I was cheerfully slaughtering Terrans at Char, specifically here:
Warfield eventually screams something along the lines of: "evacuate the civilians!"
As he finishes that sentence, I begin ...
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Is there an infestor evolution in HOTS campaign?
Is there an infestor evolution in HOTS campaign ?
I didnt evolve my infestors and I'm wondering If i missed the evolution mission.
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How do I get the “Fast Break” achievement in HotS?
I have completed the game on hard but missed a lot of the Mastery achievements so I am trying to get them now.
But the Fast Break achievement is giving me a bit of trouble, so I could use some ...
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Do I gain any XP from an AI surrendering?
If you play against the AI, at a certain point it will offer a surrender, say GG, and you can either accept or decline. When this happens, there is still a number of buildings (and possibly units) ...
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What is considered the “Single Player” version of StarCraft 2 in regards to cheat codes?
According to this StarCraft 2 blog post cheat codes have always been in the game.
However the game is so coupled to multiplayer I don't understand when to use them. The campaign is obvious, however ...
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Are there guides on how to build arcade games for StarCraft 2?
I am interested in building a mini-game and figure StarCraft 2's arcade might be a fun way to get started. Some quick Googling has not turned up any any tutorials on where to get started. I know I can ...
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What tactical niche does each of the new multiplayer units fill? [duplicate]
Each of the new multiplayer units is presumably designed to meet a need, to fill a role in a situation or tactic where previously its race was weak. What situation is each of the new units designed ...
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What is the game length bonus?
Is this higher when the game is shorter or longer? I have had rush games won where I get near 88 percent bonus so not sure.
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Is there a way to see what bonus objectives I missed?
I'm certain I missed one bonus objective early on, and as such Kerrigan is down one level from where she could be. Is there an easy way to see what level I missed it on so I can replay it from the ...
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Do widow mines splash ground units when targeting air units?
I just played a monobattle, where I went widow mines.
A teammate told me to not to burrow my mines in his mineral lines because of their splash, but the only units they had for harassment were air ...
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Do Chain Reaction and Infest Broodlings work together?
In the Heart of the Swarm campaign, you can give Kerrigan several abilities.
The Chain Reaction ability causes Kerrigan's attacks to bounce to hit up to 5 enemies.
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Who are the named prisoners in “Conviction”?
As I was fighting my way through a Dominion Prison Ship, I found a single, named prisoner.
Mr. Gerdes wasn't the only one I found, but I didn't recognize any of the prisoner's names. Are they ...
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Why didn't Tempests replace Carriers? [closed]
My understanding is that the Tempest was always intended to replace the Carrier. The Tempest was originally developed for Wings of Liberty and shelved in favor of the tried & true Carrier. When ...
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What's this number on my friend's Battle.net Portrait?
One of my Real ID friends has a small number next to his name on my friends list.
What does this refer to? None of my other Real ID friends seem to have it.
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RECONFIGURING GAME FILES - STUCK AT 0%, how much longer will it stay like that? [duplicate]
i just re-installed the Wings of liberty on another computer,and its reconfiguring the files.
i waited 30mns and its still @ 0.0%. The notice says that it will last around 15~60 mns, this doesn't look ...
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How can I counter Fungal Growth + Blinding Cloud as Terran?
As Terran, I like to run either marines/marauders/medivacs or marines/tanks, usually with a couple vikings for anti-air. In Wings of Liberty Fungal Growth was obnoxious but not a serious threat: ...
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What are the key uses of the Mothership and Mothership Core's “Time Warp”?
The mothership's vortex ability was replaced with "Time Warp", this is also an ability added to the new mothership core.
What uses does time warp have? The ability isn't useful for kiting due to the ...
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Is there any reason not to use 'Spawn Locusts' in the mission 'The Crucible'?
I was playing the mission 'The Crucible' and they had a mechanic 'Click to Spawn Locusts'. This reminded me of 'use artifact' from the last mission from Wings of Liberty.
There were achievements ...
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Is Primal Queen of Blades infested-human of primal zerg or a pure zerg? [duplicate]
I'm wondering what is really the origin of the Primal Queen Of Blades
Is an infested-human ?
She's a Primal Zerg ?
Pure Zerg ?
May anyone help me to answer?
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Can Primal Queen of Blades transform into Sarah Kerrigan by using Xel'naga [closed]
After I got to the ending of Starcraft II Heart of the Swarm:
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In the roach evolution mission what do the multicolored crystals paired with the units Maye, Oynx, and Diamond reference?
When I reached the area pictured below a scripted event starts showing a girl unit named Maye chased by two creatures named Onyx and Diamond. Between the multi-colored crystals and the named units ...
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How can I earn the level 70 Kerrigan Power achievement if I wasn't awarded it?
Like Blem indicates in his comment when Kerrigan reached level 70 I did not get Kerrigan Power achievement. I was connected to the internet at the time of the level up and have not used any cheat ...
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How can I earn achievements I completed while achievements were disabled?
For some reason, Blizzard opted to disable achievements on launch day (or their achievement system broke). I said screw it, and powered through the campaign anyway. I hit level 70 while achievements ...
