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StarCraft II is a real-time strategy game published in 2010 by Activision Blizzard and is the sequel to StarCraft.

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Drone Rushes: Counter for each race

As a relatively new SC player, specifically SC2, the single most annoying thing I have found in my games is when a player attempts an all-in drone rush (any all-in 6-8 drone/probe/scv rush) "Cheese" s …
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StarCraft2: Breakout vs Ghost of a Chance

As far as I know, what you mention about "Belly of the Beast" is incorrect. This mission does NOT require Tosh. Thus, you can feel free to pick Tosh or Nova without affecting any of your later missi …
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How can I grab a teammate's attention?

Pausing is not the best solution, as the other team can unpause the game if they feel so inclined (and often they do). If you are playing 2v2 (or any team composition) without voice (either in-game …
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List of StarCraft II "Detectors?"

Protoss Units and Structures: Observer Photon cannon Revelation (Oracle ability) Single Player only: Purifier (Safe Haven on Level Brutal) Terran Units and Structures: Raven Missile turret Single P …
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Terran Scout Buildings Absorbing Damage

When playing XvT, Terran's often employ a barrack's or a factory as a cheap scout. I've also seen a lot of cases where they will like to fly the scout over one part of your base (say your main base) …
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Guardian Shield: Does it stack?

Protoss sentry units have the Guardian Shield ability which: Creates a range 4 aura that reduces incoming ranged damage to friendly units by 2. Lasts 15 seconds. If a unit is sitting inside th …
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Forming a "concave" with your army

Something that I've read a lot about when discussing attacking and defending is often the discussion of forming a perfect "concave" with your army. What does a concave look like and in what situati …
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How do I save replays to a folder within Multiplayer in SC2

In your "recent" replays folder in game, there is a button to the left called "Keep". Pressing this button will move the replay into the "Multiplayer" tab if it was a ladder or custom game. Then, …
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Starcraft 2, how do I know how many games I played per race?

There are no resources I know of that will track your games played per race if you haven't already started tracking them, but going forward, you might consider, SC2Gears. SC2gears From their website …
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In StarCraft, what is an A-Move?

"A-Move" is just short for "Attack Move". There are several ways to accomplish this in Starcraft 2, including literally hitting the "A" key and then left clicking (where the term was coined from), or …
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What's the advantage in upgrading your expansion into a lair instead of the main?

I would add to Sorean's answer. This is also something to factor in for maps like the older version of Shakuras Plateau where there were destructible rocks into the back of your main, and a path conn …
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Build orders: What is the timeline & how much can each base support?

This is probably more relevant for Protoss and Terran players, and a similar Zerg question can be found here. Obviously each build order is different, but you never see build orders which take you pa …
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