Unit Explanations: Fiddling with Phoenixes

Unit Explanations: Fiddling with Phoenixes 

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The Phoenix is a very versatile unit that (in most situations) can help swing a battle your way. You would think being only able to attack air would stop them, but your wrong. They have a mass of locked potential that is destined to be found by you.

Daily Hitlist: Rebelling Against the Zealot

How to Counter Zealots

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Countering zealots can be a harder task than one might first think. They are a melee unit and deal quite a dicey amount of damage if you let them stay in melee range.

Starcraft News: Leaked HOTS Units

New Protoss Units Revealed!

New Protoss UNITS!

There are 3 new units that Protoss can use now and they all have unique abilities that are quite strange. Lets take a look at what they are.

Starcraft News

New Heart of the Swarm Units

Image Found at Starcraft's Official Facebook Page

So it seems silhouettes of the new Starcraft 2 units have been released; what could these units be? These units really do have a sense of mystery about them as we really do not know how they will affect our games. The above Zerg unit looks to me as if it is a Zergling with a hard shell on its back. Could this be some sort of new armoured unit? 

Starcarft News

End of Season 3

Season 3 is due to lock within a few days. To be precise, October 10th. This means promotions will be unavailable and bonus pool will not be given out. Season 3 will actually end on October 24th; this will also be the date that season 4 begins.

So, what does this mean?

Improving Your Game #2

Positioning

Positioning your units can be like learning a build order, it usually comes down to preference. There are positions that could put you ahead of a fight however. Using armoured units to shield lighter units is a standard position. This will enable your weaker units to withstand greater damage and fight for longer. Another standard positioning technique is to position your army in an arc shape; this allows all of your units to fire at once instead of allowing a few to tail at the back of your army and not shoot. However, there are times when it is necessary to completely change how your positioning is.

The Daily Hitlist: Locking up the Marauders

How to Counter Marauders

Marauders are a very versatile and strong terran unit. They can be deadly in early and late game and it be best they be dealt the iron fist. They are especially useful because of them amount of upgrades you can give them (stim concussive shells and attack and armour.) Their armoured qualities allow these metal pumping bastards to soak up damage like a sponge, but how do we get around this seemingly impossible mix.