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.
Typical examples where positioning can completely change are when you face infestors and ghosts, or anything with an AOE (area of effect) ability. The key in these circumstances is to split up your units, instantly reduced the effect of these abilities by half.
Death balls are a very common positioning technique. This is where you clump all your units together into one unbeatable killing machine. When death balls are being used it is more than likely that both players will end up using a death ball. This can lead to very quick, intense, battles that show you the outcome of the game. If both players avoid each other, then it can lead to a base trade. Base trades can be a very weird situation to deal with. Both players are losing their base at the same time and your only option is to keep grinding away at the enemy's base.
Using the surrounding terrain to your advantage can swing a battle your way. If siege tanks are on the high ground, then it is quite unlikely that the other player will want to run units along the low ground near those tanks. Not only do they provide a vantage point for shooting from, but they also provide protection against melee units. However you can turn this advantage against the other player. Using techniques like elevating you can easily bypass such obstacles. Elevating is where you use a drop ship to take your units from low ground to high ground (or vice versa). This can sometimes allow you to set up a strong position inside the enemy base, completely avoiding any troubles at the choke point.
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