Landing next to the base and not attacking it but an enemy unit.

[Mizywill]

I know strategy is a complicated thing and so far I'm probably not scoring big with my threads, but this is another curiosity of mine. I've seen this in others' replays and in my own games, where a unit will land next to the enemy's base but instead of attacking it they attack an adjacent unit.

I would think in general you just lost your chance, they'll take you out in the next move and if you don't have the visibility then you lost your openings.

I'm sure there's a lot players consider when making these plays but I would probably always go for the base hit if I'm in this position. after all, I consider the runner a disposable unit, for the mst part, and don't want to waste the opportunity.

Maybe I'll never see Masters with this approach ...