StarCraft II is a real-time strategy game published in 2010 by Activision Blizzard and is the sequel to StarCraft.
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Why did I not get achievement for completing the mission?
I just completed the mission Fire in the sky, why did I not receive the achievement for doing this?
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What happens when you lose vision of a unit lifted by a phoenix?
Imagine in a PvP your phoenix lifts an enemy DT. Your observer moves away though and the DT becomes cloaked while lifted.
Does it remain lifted? Can it be attacked? What happens to it?
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Why do players float buildings around with troops?
Why do terran players float buildings with their armies?
Does the computer automatically target buildings?
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How do we defend against double 6 poolers in 2v2?
I play Zerg and my partner plays Protoss. Today we got double 6 pooled by a pair of zerg players. We scouted it, but we didn't quite know what to do. Obviously they came after me because the toss ...
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What's the best counter to marine spam?
I've seen this cheesy strategy a few times now - loads of marines with all the upgrades and medivacs. This wasn't a rush but still wasn't able to counter playing as zerg.
What's the most effective ...
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Is it worth it to get blink so quickly?
I see a lot of Protoss going blink early, maybe due to HuK's popularity and his innovative blink play. I usually see twilight council after the first gateway. Usually they will have blink researched ...
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What unit types can enter bunkers in SC2?
I know that in melee, SCVs, marines, marauders, ghosts and reapers can enter a bunker (and I assume so can medics, firebats and spectres in the single-player). Can any other unit types enter a bunker? ...
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How do I remove a building in StarCraft 2?
How can I get rid of a building I no longer want? For example, if I wall myself in as Protoss and later need to get a probe out to expand.
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What is an effective counter to late-game Protoss balls in TvP?
I'm a Diamond Terran frequently matched up against Masters level players. If a TvP ends before 15 minutes, I'm usually the one winning it, but in lategame I rarely do as well.
I usually focus on ...
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How do team tactics differ from 1v1 tactics in Starcraft II?
So far I have only played 2v2 games in Starcraft II because I always had a friend to play with or because I wasn't confident enough to try 1v1 games. I'm starting to feel a little more confident and ...
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Why are there neutral supply depots in some Starcraft 2 maps?
In some Starcraft 2 maps, there are lowered down supply depots near the ramps of starting locations. I just don't get why they are for. I thought they were a replay thing until I saw them in my own ...
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How can I set auto-casting using hotkeys?
Is there a way to set an SCV to auto-repair, or a carrier to auto-build interceptors completely with hotkeys?
I believe the question is also interesting for standard hotkeys but I use grid hotkeys.
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Where can I watch Starcraft/Starcraft 2 matches in South Korea live in person?
I am going to South Korea and would like to go to a taping or studio where they film Starcraft/Starcraft2 matches. Could someone give me some insight in where I could make this happen? I have ...
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Is there a fee for cancelling a building?
I always thought that if you cancelled a building while it's being built, you got all your mineral back, but I read that the extractor trick for zerg costs 6 minerals when you cancel it.
Does this ...
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What is the best way to pick off banelings with zerglings?
In ZvZ, I put all my zerglings on a hotkey. As my opponent has banelings, I want to send a single ling to pick it off. The problem is that the single ling is still a part of my control group and I ...
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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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Why don't Terrans ever seem to use medics?
I've been watching a bunch of Starcraft II replays recently, and I just realized that I've never seen a single medic in any of the games. The most recent one I watched had medivacs, which is obviously ...
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What's so bad about queuing units in Starcraft 2?
I've read several times to make sure you never queue units, cause it's the devil. However, I find it very convenient that right before I start a battle, I hit my hotkey to barracks and fill each up ...
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What mistakes cost you games when you were Bronze/Silver
I realize this may sound silly, but in the poker game Holdem many of the top pros have said it is much harder to beat a bad player than a good one, because of the crazy random stuff a newbie will do.
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Starcraft 2: Highest DPS units
Excluding abilities, what unit does the most DPS in starcraft 2?
Including abilities, which unit does the highest DPS?
Finally, which unit does the highest DPS/Cost?
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What strategies should the Protoss use against mass Medivac/Marine/Marauder?
I understand that prevention is better than cure but sometimes the game gets a little late and when I'm in this situation it's very hard to counter as Protoss. The picture below almost makes his ...
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Do I need two licenses to play StarCraft 2 multiplayer over a LAN?
I'm pretty sure the answer is "yes", but if I purchase Starcraft 2, and a friend or my roommate wants to play me using two of my computers both on the same LAN, do I need a second battle.net account ...
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Why don't StarCraft's nukes have a larger blast radius?
Why are nuclear bombs are so weak in StarCraft? The scale of the explosion and the amount of damage done seems very limited compared to what is commonly associated with nukes.
Should I understand ...
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Why do some players build their buildings in a line (towards the entrance of their base)?
While watching a live-stream of a game (TvP, master league) I noticed that both players built their production facilities towards the entrance of their base, starting at their command-center/nexus. ...
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How to find amateur online sc2 tournaments?
Sometimes it might be fun to enter a tournament every once in a while, but I don't really know where to start. How does one go about finding online amateur-level tournaments?
I am hoping for ...
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How to destroy a base more efficiently in Starcraft 2
I know this is kind of a far fetch, but every once in a while I have a game where I'm destroying my opponent base while he is destroying mine, and it all comes down to who does it first.
Of course if ...
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Why do Starcraft 2 leagues award playing, rather than winning?
In other league systems I'm aware of, you gain points by winning, and lose points by losing. On average, if you play against similar-skill opponents and you win and lose the same number of matches, ...
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Where can I watch live StarCraft II matches online? [closed]
Where can I watch live StarCraft II matches online? Also, is there a way to watch live game matches from the StarCraft client? Unreal Tournament 2003 has this feature which was nice to have.
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How to counter Protoss' fast expand as zerg?
So this is the situation:
I scout around 9, I find his base quite far from mine. The protoss also immediatly puts a wall in front of his natural (+cannons), making it impossible to end the game ...
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Why do Terran players use the Marine blob micro move?
In replays, I see Terran players using Marine blobs to have the marine move a bit then attack then move a bit then attack then move a bit then attack. What is the reason for doing this micro?
Are ...
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Why do Terrans drop MULEs in battles?
I have seen many pro players dropping mules after and during battles. Sometimes they use scans instead.
This seems counter-intuitive, I mean they could get a ton of minerals for that.
Why do they do ...
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How to determine what your opponent is up to?
I'm a new player (ranked low in the Bronze League).
How do you determine what your opponent up to? I have trouble keeping my scout probe alive, but analyzing what I see is even a bigger issue. Even ...
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What happens if you use a drone to build a building while he's carrying minerals?
Kind of a basic question, but what happens?
Do you lose it? Does it count as harvested?
In a similar fashion, what happens when a drone/scv/probe goes harvesting gas when he's holding a mineral?
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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's the best counter strategy against battlecruisers?
How should I prepare my army when attacking someone who has 12+ battlecruisers?
(Protoss/Zerg/Terran answers are more than appreciated)
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Are Dark Templars visible during warp-in if you have warp gates?
I know that units being warped in can be attacked as soon as their visage begins to appear on the screen. Is this visage cloaked for dark templars?
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Whats the best methods of hiding a nuke attack from the opponent?
I'm a Silver League Terran player. I normally don't use nuke gameplay in SC2 since the army normally moves out the nuke's blast area. I would like to start incorporating it into my play style as a ...
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Does the extractor trick actually help?
The Zerg extractor trick allows you to start your 11th drone a few seconds faster. Does this actually help though? You gain a few seconds on that extra drone, but you lose due to:
The cancellation ...
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Are there any handy tricks for ousting insane AI opponents?
Been trying to get the achievement for 'defeat 7 insane AI in a free for all' and it turned out that all the other AI were eliminated by each other, but the last one was just freaking ridiculous. ...
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How do I get to the secret mission in Wings of Liberty?
How do I reach the secret mission in Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty?
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How quickly do larva spawn in Starcraft 2?
When I play Starcraft 2 as the zerg I always lose track of my larva while fighting battles or exploring. I was wondering if anyone knew exactly how many seconds it takes for larva to spawn.
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What are “grid hotkeys”?
What are “grid hotkeys”? I saw them in the preferences. What are they? How do they work?
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What speed are most multiplayer StarCraft II games played at?
I just started playing some practice games, and noticed that there are several speed options (Slow, Normal, Fast, etc). I'd like to get used to the right speed for playing multiplayer, so what do ...
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Can I transfer an installation?
I'm already familiar with transferring Steam games from one hard drive to another, but is this possible to do with Starcraft 2? Starcraft 2 is a huge download and I already have it installed on ...
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Starcraft-2: When to wall in?
When and when not should i wall in?
In some replays i've watched casted by Day[9], he says things like "Oh i generally wouldn't wall in here" etc etc. However, my understanding of what type of ...
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What is the difference between EPM and APM?
Blizzard introduced EPM as a new stat for watchers of Starcraft2 matches, in one of the last patches. I am a bit confused. What is the difference between EPM and APM? What does each include exactly in ...
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Where do the third party stats sites get their data?
Both sc2ranks.com and rts-sanctuary provide stats on starcraft 2 rankings. where do they get their data? is it a special deal they have with Blizzard, or are they accessing a public feed that ...
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What is the league structure in Starcraft II?
I've only played one placement match so far and I won it because my opponents were less than stellar. I'm afraid that if I get similar placement matches in the future and end up winning them all I ...
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Is there a way to morph all larvae at once?
My macro is pretty poor, and while playing the HotS campaign, I often find myself in cases where my larvae are simply idling. When I've built multiple hatcheries, with the campaign-specific 6-larvae ...
