StarCraft II is a real-time strategy game published in 2010 by Activision Blizzard and is the sequel to StarCraft.
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Should I group together or spread out tanks in siege mode?
If I group my siege tanks together they cover less area and once melee units get to them they all become helpless together; but on the other hand if I spread them around they're easier to surround and ...
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How should I effectively use Fungal Growth?
The Infestor ability Fungal Growth seems like it could be incredibly useful, but I haven't yet figured out when I should use it. I usually end up spending my energy on Infested Terrans instead.
It ...
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MULEs vs Scanner Sweeps, best use for Command Center energy?
Obviously if I am supply blocked and in a pinch I would use the supply add-on but unless I screw up and become supply blocked I generally won't so I'll focus this question on MULE vs Scanner Sweep.
I ...
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How can you micro stalkers vs. zealots?
I'm trying to micro a few stalkers against a few non charged zealots.
I see a lot of players move their stalkers away, then hit, then move away, then hit, and so on.
How do they micro as such? Do ...
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What does 'SCV' mean?
It's most likely an acronym, but what does it mean exactly? (In German it's WBF, bonus points for that one).
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How can I teach my less-skilled friends the value of scouting and aggression?
I've been playing Starcraft 2 with many real-life friends who have varying levels of experience with Starcraft and RTSes in general. At this point most of them have gotten the hang of the macro game, ...
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How do I search for profiles online without logging into the game?
I'm too poor to get this nice game but I would like to search players' profiles.
How can one find players' profiles via a web search or some similar method?
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Does the sentry's Guardian Shield protect units from ranged attacks if the attackers are inside the shield?
Let's say army A has 5 stalkers and army B has 5 stalkers and a sentry.
If the sentry is in the middle of army B and throws up a guardian shield while army A is still well outside the radius of the ...
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Is it better to upgrade Melee Attack or Flying Attack to boost BroodLord damage?
As far as I can tell the initial damage from the BroodLord benefits from +flyer attack, while the damage the broodling does benefits from +ground attack. Since the broodlings attack a lot faster than ...
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How to make a unit do x then y in Starcraft 2?
In a replay against a Protoss I saw that they were making their units do one task, x, then another task, y, right away without waiting for task x to finish before telling the unit to do task y. So I ...
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How do I check what upgrades my enemy has? [duplicate]
Whenever I click an enemy unit, it still keeps the selection on my own unit, so I can't see what upgrades my enemy has. How can I inspect what weapon/armor upgrades his units have?
(It didn't use to ...
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What are the best counters for Zerg air units in Starcraft 2?
What's the best counter for mass Mutalisks and Corruptors?
I'm playing Terran at the moment, but I guess this question should concentrate the answers for Protoss and Zerg as well.
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Is there any way to get back the WoL command card in HotS?
In Wings of Liberty, when you selected a unit you'd get an Attack button on the bottom bar that you could click and then click a unit/area to move and attack. In Heart of the Swarm I can't find such ...
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Which units can dance?
/dance can get Zealots to go at it with their glow sticks, but what other units can dance in Starcraft II?
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Starcraft 2: Void Ray Micro
In theory the void ray can move while attacking. Is it possible to attack a stationary (non moving target) while moving your void ray? Or does the void ray have to be attacking a moving target?
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How does mothership cloak behave while being revealed?
If I am being revealed, and my mothership is cloaking my buildings,
Are the buildings visible to the opponent?
Can the opponent attack the buildings without detection?
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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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Effective use of Sentry in Starcraft 2
I find my self following other players and pushing with few zealots/stalkers/1-2 sentries, and enabling the shield once attacking. But i'm not sure I'm fully taking advantage of this unit. Should I ...
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How do I properly use banelings both before and after burrow/baneling speed?
in a different question I asked about surviving early attacks and transferring to late middle game. Most people said banelings were the answer. I'm not sure I'm using my banelings correctly. ...
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How do I counter a suicide Reaper rush as Protoss in StarCraft 2?
I got taken down by what felt like a cheesy Reaper rush in 1v1 PvT. The other player basically sacrificed everything to build a Barracks and two or three reapers (I believe he built the barracks at 7 ...
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Is there a demo of Starcraft 2?
I won't be able to buy SC2 for a few months still (tear), so I was hoping in the meantime I could try out a demo (timed or otherwise is fine). However, google tells me nothing about the existence or ...
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What are Reapers good for these days?
Since Patch 1.1.2, the Turbo Reaper has gone away.
What are pros using the Reaper for these days? Just an early scout?
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What does “F1” key do and how to use it to spread units?
Somewhere I read that 'F1' helps to spread units from stack in different locations. I've tried to do that, but was not successful. Could you please tell me how to do that?
Thanks.
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Is multiplayer Heart of the Swarm backward compatible with Wings of Liberty?
I don't have Heart of the Swarm, and I don't plan on purchasing it in the immediate future. However, I know that some of my Battle.net friends have gotten it. Will they still be able to play Wings of ...
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Why don't the pros kill the scouting probe as it passes through their mineral line?
While watching pros play (MLG, GSL,etc) I notice that sometimes a player will move a probe/drone/scv right through the other player's mineral line. I have yet to see a pro try to kill this drone as ...
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Why can't I click enemy units anymore?
Ever since I installed HotS, I've been unable to select enemy units. Is this a new feature with the expansion or did is there an option to change that?
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Why is bronze league so broad?
Recently I saw some statistics about how many people are in each league (bronze / silver / gold / platinum / diamond / master). That is 6 leagues, and Bronze was something like 40% of the entire ...
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What does creep affect?
I'm fairly new to the game and am trying to get better as Zerg. From watching some replays of higher level players, I often see Zerg players spreading creep like crazy as fast as they can.
My ...
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Why is StarCraft 2 divided by regions?
I live in Argentina, but I love to get all my stuff (be it games, tv series, movies, etc) in English.
Battle.net will only let me select one region, which by default is Latin America, that has only ...
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Which SC2 units can accidentally cause friendly fire?
Which units in Starcraft 2 cause friendly fire?
I already know that Siege Tanks do, as can misplaced Psionic Storms, but I was surprised to learn that Colossi and Banelings do not.
Which units can ...
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Are character names permanent? If I don't like mine, am I totally screwed?
My first impulse was to pick my first name just to see if it was available, because I'm used to normal single names schemes where my first name would be a really rare catch.
Little did I know, ...
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Is it possible to go back to Heart of the Swarm campaign missions after continuing?
I am at the end of a mission at it gives me the choice of Play Again or Continue. If I continue, can I play again later without starting a whole new Campaign?
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What are the new units in Heart of the Swarm?
Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm is out now - what are the new units, and what new strategies can they be used for?
Basic list of new units and stats from battle.net: ...
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How I do to manage so many Overlords?
I'm training using zergs in Stacraft2, and I create a lot of Overlods.
In broodwar it's straighfoward: I send my OL to patrol my base.
With Stacraft2, There are so many variants that I'm lost on how ...
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Can StarCraft 2 be played offline?
I've always thought that Starcraft 2 was Always Online, but I was talking to a college today and I found out there was an offline mode which just lacks access to achievements or custom maps (like I ...
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How do I change the video settings from outside Starcraft 2?
In switching from residence life to house life for a brief vacation, I've been forced to downgrade from my 1920x1080 resolution-supporting monitor to a 1024x800 monitor, although I brought my computer ...
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Are Automated Refineries/Extractors as fast as three workers?
In both the Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm campaigns there are research options for automated refineries/extractors, which allow vespene gas to be harvested without a worker. This has ...
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What is a maphack?
There is a discussion about maphacks in Starcraft2.
I understand it is a cheat. But what kind of a cheat? Or are all cheats in a real-time strategy game called maphack?
Somehow I know wallhacks and ...
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Does blinding cloud completely disable siege tanks in siege mode?
Blinding cloud reduces attack range of anything under the cloud to "melee".
Since sieged tanks have a minimum range, does this disable them completely?
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What's the difference between a melee and a custom match in StarCraft 2?
For clarification, I know that you pick custom when you want special maps like Sotis or TD maps, and melee if you want good ol' RTS style. But why do we have to select "custom game" to earn ...
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Does playing against insane AI help in multiplayer games?
From what I see playing insane A.I. opponent teaches you to play well, especially the early game. Insane opponents usually build a big army quickly and attack you in 4-6 minutes. If you can't earn a ...
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How do I recover from a cannon rush as Protoss?
Yesterday I was cannon rushed as protoss.
I know the best way to counter it is to just not let his probe build the first pylon, but somehow I missed it and when I realized what was happening it was ...
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Does the Sensor Tower sense cloaked units?
If I see my opponent has a Sensor Tower up, is it still safe to attack with Dark Templar or cloaked Banshees? Will he see them coming on the minimap?
What about burrowed Roaches? Will the Sensor ...
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As a Terran, what's a good counter to early Mutalisks?
I always seem to have trouble against Zerg as Terran, but ESPECIALLY if there are a mass of early Mutas harrasing me. I know Marines are great against them but that's not good enough, because they ...
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Starcraft 2: Why use Roach over Hydra?
I have frequently hear casters talk about how Roaches have replaced Hydralisks in the mid game. In what ways have roaches replaced hydras? Isn't the DPS and range on a Hydra considerably better?
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What is the best Protoss counter for mass Stalkers?
I had about 5-6 carriers against 20-25 stalkers, and my carriers went down too fast.
I did take out most of his army, but he can regenerate it much faster.
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Stealing minerals with single scout worker
What is the point to lots of the higher league players taking their scouting worker and mining from the enemy field? Is this just for BM? What is the purpose of this?
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What do the unit tiers mean in StarCraft 2?
I see people referring to a StarCraft 2 unit's tier (1, 1.5, 2). What does this mean, and how can I tell what tier a unit is?
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What's the advantage in upgrading your expansion into a lair instead of the main?
I saw quite a lot of games where the zerg player chose to upgrade his natural into a lair. Usually I transform my main to a lair, because I feel like it's better protected. What's the advantage in ...
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When is an Archon better than two Dark Templars?
With High Templars, you merge them when their energy is low. When would you merge two Dark Templars to form an Archon?
