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Re: Preferred Units for Battle

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From: Don Freeman
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:25
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nmenry wrote:
> In article <4c5303da$0$1627$742e...@news.sonic.net>, 
> free...@cosmoslair.com says...
>> MuuMiMan wrote:
>>> IN TEH PALECE KNOWEN AS alt.games.starcraft, TEH FAGGORTER Don Freeman
>>> <free...@cosmoslair.com> DUMPED HIS GHEYE SHIET ON MY COMPUTAR
>>> SCREEN!!!!:
>>>> Is there an online table that shows what units are best against other 
>>>> units for the different races?
>>> If you hover the mouse over the unit icons you should see some info
>>> regarding that, though you should take those with a grain of salt.
>>>
>> I've done that but by the time I've read those and done my internal 
>> calcs as to what best to match up with it, I've been overwhelmed by zerg 
>> units.  Damn those buggers are fast.  I was hoping I could have some 
>> sort of cheat sheet for quick referral.  If needs be I will make my own 
>> up first I wanted to see if it had already been done.
>>
>> I can figure it out on the fly when it is Terran vs Terran, as the 
>> weapons and maneuverability are inherently obvious.  But when it comes 
>> to the other races... not so much.
> 
> figuring it out yourself is part of the fun, isn't it?

Yeah, but it can be a painful form of fun.

I think I have the zergling rush combo figured out: firebrats and 
marines (for the swarm).  But I think this will only work for the 
campaign as I think the firebrat is not available in online play.  If so 
what would be a good substitute?

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Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:25:59 -0700
From: Don Freeman <free...@cosmoslair.com>
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