New extremely effective reaper opening

[Wildt4lon]

(08-21-2013 05:29 AM){Thisson} Wrote:  On some maps it's really hard to deal with a fast rush. On War garden, for example, if P1 spawns a soldier and advances it towards your base along with their heavy, it's very difficult to repel the attack because as P2 you are behind on tempo and as a practical matter you need to have an extra unit to take out a buffed heavy. Some of these map starting positions seem to overly favor a rush by player 1.

Here's an example. I made a small mistake moving my medic but even if I hadn't I don't see any way I could have repelled this rush. Does anyone know how to defend against this rush as p2?

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Don't put your heavy on your wit space, move it towards the base, take it with a runner, and spawn a sniper on your 2nd turn - best strategy i have anyway. Also, I'm curious to know why you moved your heavy forwards - you wasted a wit and suicided it!