Super-Titan Replay Discussion

[Syvan]

I hope you get a good response, but I suspect you won't because many of the players at the top seem to be secretive about their tactics. I'm a #3 super titan (only if you count the two people who just promoted) I'm definitely not the best, but I almost exclusively match against the people who are.

I'll post a sampling of my recent games. I wish I had a few more to show you, but I haven't been saving them lately.

First up, a match on Sharkfood to demonstrate the importance of exploiting slow unit mobility. After I suspect P1 builds a sniper and moves it in the wrong direction, I successfully rush as P2.
Sharkfood SvA

This is a Long Nine match with frankly a frightening opening, which calms into some turtling and is eventually/unfortunately decided by the first person to move. The end is catalyzed by some Mobi usage.
Long Nine FvA

A failed push on Glitch leads to turtling and finally a Mobi to slide around the defenses and finish the game.
Glitch AvS

Next, a match where I spawn as P1 on Sweetie Pie. After a little back and forth, I exploit the mobility of the Mobi to nestle into the backdoor of the base.
Sweetie Pie AvA

Before you watch the match on Foundry, you should know there is a ridiculous rush that is almost impossible to stop even in P1 tells you it's coming. This is why I turtle so hard at the beginning. I suspected it wasn't coming, but I couldn't be sure he didn't have a different variant.
I finally lose when I overextend myself pushing on his distant wit space.
Foundry AvA

A match on Sweetie Pie where I thought we were starting a turtle race, but he was instead prepping an assault. A poorly timed Mobi purchase does me in.
Sweetie Pie FvA

A match on Peekaboo that essentially turns into a base race. The opponent miscalculates wit at the end and fails to move a scrambler into position.
Peekaboo FvA


Now for a little rant of how most of my games have played out lately, which you should see in many of these matches. Due to first turn advantage, P1 begins at a slight advantage. This forces P2 to begin defensively in an attempt to determine what P1's goals are. If P1 is successful, the game usually ends. If P1 is unsuccessful, P2 has often invested so much in defense that a counterattack is not feasible on larger maps. This often leads to periods of turtling where both players build up defenses and try to imagine a path to victory. Very often the game is lost by the person who attacks first, since it is more costly to attack than to defend. I am concerned that the metagame will eventually evolve to the point where both players simply turtle with an eye on counterattacking.