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The list of confirmed Protoss units/mechanics!

Discussion in 'Protoss' started by FlyingTiger, Jun 15, 2007.

The list of confirmed Protoss units/mechanics!

Discussion in 'Protoss' started by FlyingTiger, Jun 15, 2007.

  1. DarkTemplol

    DarkTemplol New Member

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    That's why you use more than just Lings. ;)
     
  2. Mephisto

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    That's really kind of hard because Zerglings and Hydralisks are the only units one should mass produce to combat the even now growing stronger forces of the Terrans and Protoss! Defilers are support, Ulralisks are good for clearing out Siege Tanks and Bunkers. and the Marines can shoot down all air units with little effort.


    - My life for the Swarm!
     
  3. DarkTemplol

    DarkTemplol New Member

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    Well, it is a new game. :p The Zerg will be massively buffed, after all, we haven't even seen anything from them. For all that we know the Zealots in the video were 3/3, and Zerglings 0/0.

    Trust me man, it'll be balanced. :p
     
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    They say that SC is the most well balanced game ever...so you should be able to, with enough lings.
     
  5. Gasmaskguy

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    OR, with the right counter. ;)
     
  6. BirdofPrey

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    Zerglings just are meatshields for the hydralisks.

    I am guessing ensnare will be back which would probably stop charge while in effect
     
  7. Tankman131

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    zergs are meatshields, but if you overlord transport to a good area, then you have a strategic firebombing effect
     
  8. furrer

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    Lings arent meat shield...
    Lings are to be used against dragoons
    Hydralisks against zealots...
    The only real meatshield the Zerg have is the Ultralisk...
    If you check the dps of cracklings : the life, you will see that they arent a effective meatshield
     
  9. Tankman131

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    yes, but the shere numbers make them a shilding unit
     
  10. DontHate

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    The zerglings damage output is far more than most other units. Especially becuase they are small units and can get a lot of lings attacking 1 unit at a time, so i would say they are more like a weapon, not a sheild.
     
  11. Overling

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    I have a serious doubt about one aspect of Protoss' mechanics: MS's time bomb. Is it going to stop fire from a Jackal or Marauder/Firebat? Is it going to stop a Lurker's underground spines? Those should be like a "long-range-melee", if you get what I mean, right? Lurkers are extending their spines towards the enemy, not really shooting them, or are they? I was thinking this could be one of the main differences between Fire-using units that hit in line and the Lurker: the way they interact with MS's time-bomb.
     
  12. Gforce

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    Every thing is going to slow down in the timebomb's AOE. It'll just look different.
     
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    Lings are definitly a meat shield try getting 10 zealots past 20-28 lings to attack 5 hydralisks trust me the lings will stop you for long enough to let the lisks to kill them
     
  14. Gforce

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    smoke's right.
     
  15. Ych

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    Forgot to update the list. Now it is up to date with from the most recent changes.

    If there's anything that I have missed out or forgot, please let me know.
     
  16. Aurora

    Aurora The Defiant

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    You should remove the "Power Overwhelming" bit from the Twilight Archon part. It is confirmed that it never even existed. Also, the anti-gravity halts the production and upgrades, it does not cancel them.
     
  17. Ych

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    I would like more confirmation from the Blizzard developers about the Power Overwhelming ability. From the looks of it, there were 2 perhaps 3 different builds during the Zerg release. (1 from Korea, 1 from Irvine, and 1 from China). Although from what Jon has tested, there weren't any Power Overwhelming ability, but from the China build, that ability exist as well as another ability for the Ghosts.

    As for the Nullifer, updated. :)
     
  18. BirdofPrey

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    One thing to note though Ych is the fact that they change builds fairly often so half the data we recieve is outdated in a few days anyway.
     
  19. Ych

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    True that.

    But I would like to keep this updated for any newcomers. It would be funny some newcomers join this forum and see a very outdated list. Wouldn't be a very good first impression right?
     
  20. furrer

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    Yeah, the problem is really that we even cant trust the info we get from Blizzard, because they changed the build a lot trought out 4 days...
    Hope we will get some answers in the next batch.