Super-Titan Replay Discussion

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(08-06-2012 11:47 AM)nivra0 Wrote:  More replays:
1) Zero killer dismantles me with long nine rush. I welcome suggestions on how I could've defended differently. Honestly, it looks like I just summoned one soldier too few. On turn 6, I should've summoned the soldier up top rather that on bottom.

This is probably the map I've lost most on recently as P2 and have forced me to reconsider some of the things I used to do. Earlier I just defended both top and bottom early game and in the mid game crushed the opponent mid/top. But now with stronger opposition that doesn't work anymore. I've also noticed a trend recently that a lot of players rush the top wit square as P1 and do it even earlier than in this game.

Turn 2: I open as you but put a runner in the bottom wit tile. I think both versions are viable. Advantage with my version is more vision and you have the heavy and soldier ready to move in and kill anything attacking your wit tile for a favorable exchange. The disadvantage; it costs one more wit (which can be crucial) and if the opponent moves forward with a runner he can then later in the game take your with space with 3 wits (soldier kills runner, runner takes space). That can cause a lot of trouble if he simultaneously attacks somewhere else on the map as you probably won't have enough wits to defend properly on both fronts.

Turn 4: I don't like the medics move here. This game is really about concentration of force in space and time, by moving the medic to later heal the heavy you are committing wits to something you don't know is necessary yet. You are P2 so you know you need to defend, highest priority should be to determine where the opponent will attack and then act accordingly. I would suggest either moving the medic close to spawn point and put a boosted runner in front of your sniper (the top square for better vision + otherwise you block the path for your heavy) or save wits by not touching the medic and move out a 1 health runner to get vision. On bottom I think you really need a runner as you didn't create one on turn 2. Don't think it matter much where you put it as long as opponent can't move directly from his spawn point with a runner to kill it.

Turn 6: If you had mid runner one square north and a runner bottom you now would have a complete vision of his units. He is adding units both top and bottom so you probably need to do it as well. I've found a sniper top is quite effective to handle that pressure.

Hope it helps, I'm also struggling with this so will appreciate any thoughts/feedback. My biggest improvement came when I started to realize I don't need to just pump out units when defending. Its much better to save the wits, determine where he is attacking and then apply all force at one point to crush him mercilessly =)