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Hello fellow Starcraft 2 addicts and those who are only interested in Battlecraft, the most popular UMS map of the moment! This is a guide on how to beat your opponents using some of the latest Battlecraft strategies.
Ok, let’s start from the basics:
It’s probably a flaw in the current Battlecraft design, but the first thing to do is wait until your opponent sends you some units. This can be boring at first because you will find that most of the time all the players wait for someone to make the first move. But whoever will send some units first puts himself in a bad position that leads me to lose. I’ll tell you later what you can do about it and how you can turn the game in your favor using a little coordination with our partner (if you’re playing Battlecraft 2vs2).
Now let’s see which units and combinations of units are contrary to others. Remember: your job is to counter units by sending them lower priced units so you can have more minerals than your opponent for a final killing blow.
Zerglings. Very often you can see someone sending zerglings against you. They are very fast and can cause significant damage until you deal with them. You need to pay attention to how many stacks of units your opponent sends against you. If there is only one stack of zerglings, the best way to deal with them is to send a stack of Zealots against them. The fans are very good against an even amount of zerglings, but that’s not exactly what we’re working on. If the opponent sends multiple stacks of zerglings against you, you should consider countering them using Hellions (against 2 or 3 stacks of zerglings) or Colossus (against up to 5 stacks)
Fanatics. Zealots are now quite strong against light ground units (marines, zerglings, hydralisk), but weak against armored unit types. If there’s only one stack of fans, it’s probably best to go with Banelings. If there is more than one fan stack, you should also choose Colossus.
Nightmares. This one is pretty tough if you don’t consider roaches as a counter. Roaches are pretty good against Banelings and there seems to be no better counterattack. You can also use Colossus to be a very good lightweight anti-ground unit, but if the number of Banelings is significant, you will eventually blow up all of your Colossus with more Banelings rolling towards your Pilon (or Life Crystal, as they call it).
Mutalisk. Mutalisk’s massive attack can be tough to beat if you don’t know the best way to counter them. And the best counter is Archon with his strong area attack. And again, you have to watch how many stacks or Muta your opponent sends against you and you can surely counter him with half this amount of Archons.
Ultralisk. Mass Ultralisk can be scary. There’s no point trying to counter them with air units, as the high-armor ultralisks will simply smash through and stomp on your Pilon. The best way to counter Mass Ultralisk are the immortals. If your opponents send you Heroic Ultralisks en masse (the biggest and toughest), you can counter them with a combo consisting of a stack of Immortals (which should easily contain them for a while) and a stack or two of Siege Tanks to make them. explode with a ridiculous amount of damage they deal against massive armored units.
Good. Now that you know the basics, let’s take a look at some of the deadliest combos that are almost impossible to counter.
Level 2 Zealots, Level 2 Immortals and Ghosts. You will need a Mineral Cap (2000) to build this combo. Be quick and build units in the correct order, which is as follows:
1 stack of level 2 Zealots (will trample all Zerglings and Marines that are good against Immortals)
1 stack of level 2 immortals (will tank ultralisks and archons, the toughest ghosts nemesis)
2 stacks of level 2 ghosts. This should set your minirales from 2000 to 0. While you keep getting more ores, spend all of them on Zerglings. Just send them wave after wave until your opponent loses their hand. Zerglings are required to take damage that would otherwise be dealt to your main group of Zealots + Immortals + Ghosts.
Battlecruisers and Thors. This composition is pretty simple: as you get 2000 minerals, spend all of them on 2 stacks of battlecruisers and a stack of thors (as battlecruisers and thors cost 600 minerals per stack). You’ll want to send out waves of Zerglings as well, but a little later, when your Battlecruisers and Thors are halfway to your Pilon opponents. This is because Battlecruisers and Thors are quite slow and you don’t want to waste zerglings when your main group of units is still on the way.
Hope this guide helps you win more games in Battlecraft! Good luck and have fun!
