F2 is the hot key that helps to select the whole army. But that includes the Observers scouting on their mission and need to be kept as-is/not joining our attack movement.
How can I call for all army excluding Observers?
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Sign up to join this communityF2 is the hot key that helps to select the whole army. But that includes the Observers scouting on their mission and need to be kept as-is/not joining our attack movement.
How can I call for all army excluding Observers?
Add to your army by selecting new units and pushing shift + 1
Making your own control groups for your army is far better than using the F2 default one. There are many instances where you will not want to select every single unit; The scenario you outlined is one, as well as when you have separate units to defend, harass or scout. So try not to use the "select all army" button as it gives you less control.
Also if you are comfortable with using F2 you can rebind that to a control group.
control group
takes us 1) about 1 to 2 seconds to Ctrl-1 create control group
number #1 initially, and 2) aobut 2-3 more seconds for every time locating the new army on the map and Shift-1
adding them to group #1.
– Nam G VU
Apr 27 '15 at 2:49
In my honest opinion you should never call your whole army. Maybe, it's a bit acceptable when:
The main disadvantages are:
Assuming that you play as Protoss
Use a single Control Group for your Main Army
Mostly, composed by:
Every time you build one new unit that is contained in the preview list, you should insert it Shift+Group
in your Main Army.
Keep multiple control groups per kind of Units
You should separate the Main Army from Casters (e.g. High Templars), Caster Air Units (e.g. Phoenixes and Oracles), Harassing Units (Oracles, ...) and Mothership.
Personally, I use the following configuration:
In some cases, depending on the build or on the game, you should also separate Tempests e.g. Playing vs Mech or Late PvP.
I hope I've been helpfull, GL & HF.