Archive for the ‘Starcraft 2 Generic’ Category

This gas-steal is Fun! But it’s frustrating & probably also annoying -> to your poor enemy…u

A Gas Steal is :

• blocking your enemy’s gas by building an extractor or assimilator on top of it.
• Performed in the early game, denying the opponent their initial Gas production.
• purpose is to disrupt or interrupt your opponent’s build order, and this can potentially devastate your enemy.

For Terran, Don’t Gas Steal! Just be prepared on how to counter this…u

Playing as zerg you can build an extractor in your opponent’s base. Cancel this extractor before it finishes and rebuild. Continue doing this until they have enough units to severely damage the extractor :

about 2:00 minutes mark… gas stealing also depends on what your opponent is aiming to do… in here, zerg does the stealing after toss builds a cybernetics, so disrupting his build. Once it’s almost done, cancel it, and build again…u from the video, you lose 25% of the cost of a build when you cancel, but it’s all worth it.

PvT Gas Stealing

gas stealing on a terran… Well, not so good terran opponent, maybe surprised him with the gas steal, and didn’t know how to react…u

Do you think this game should be considered “EPIC”?

This game is between TTOne(Protoss) against MasterAsia (Zerg). TTOne is an old school veteran from SC Brood war, while MasterAsia is one of the top North American Zerg Player(top 5 I think when this game was played).

This may be one of the best(or worst) I have seen. This game runs for 1+hour, with a great ending. Do yourself a favor and please do Watch The Ending! Check this out :

Looking for Starcraft 2 Terran Hotkeys Guide? Starcraft 2 is a whole new game compared to Starcraft 1, yes there are many new units, many new structures, many new strategies for each race, for each unit, and many new hotkeys. Hotkeys are very essential when playing Starcraft 2 fast and easy. So don’t get left behind, you need to prepare yourself and use the hotkeys effectively to your advantage over your enemies.. So looking for Starcraft 2 Terran Hotkeys Guide online? Here are a list..

General Hotkeys

Interface Hotkeys

• F10 = Menu
• F11 = Chat
• F12 = Help
• ALT + G = Map pinger
• ALT + T = Show/hide minimap terrain
• ALT + F = Alliance options
• CTRL + ALT + F = Show FPS
• PAGE UP / PAGE DOWN = Adjust view
• MOUSE WHEEL = Adjust view height
• SHIFT + [any command] = Create a series of commands
• SPACE = View last warning area
• BACKSPACE = View base
• ALT = Show / hide health points bar

Menu Hotkeys

• O = Game options
• P = Pause
• E = Exit game
• G = Resume
• Q = Quit
• C = Cancel

Unit Control Hotkeys

• F1 = Select spare SCV / Probe / Drone
• CTRL + RIGHT CLICK = Attack while moving (units must be selected)
• CTRL + [number] = Group units
• M = Move
• S = Stop
• H = Hold
• P = Patrol
• A = Move and attack
• G = Gather resource
• C = Return resource
• B = Build basic construction
• V = Build advanced construction
• O = Unload unit
• D = Unload all units to a point

Replay and Observer Mode Hotkeys

• A = Compare total mineral, gas and population cost of fightable units
• D = Compare units that are being produced, constructions that are being built and technologies that are being researched
• I = Compare the amount of mineral and gas gathered within one minute and the amount of workers
• L = Compare lost units and their costs
• M = Compare APM
• R = Compare current mineral, gas and population
• S = Compare the total amount of resources that are spent on technologies and units
• U = Compare all units
• N = Close compare window
• E = Show visions of all players
• F1-F8 = toggle views among player 1 to player 8
• C = Show POV of current player
• H = Show / hide HP bar
• +/- = Increase / decrease playing speed
• P = Pause / resume replay

Terran Buildings Hotkeys

• C = Command Center
• B = Orbital Command
• S = Supply Depot
• R = Refinery
• B = Barrack = B -> X = Tech lab and C = Reactor
• E = Engineering Bay
• U = Bunker
• T = Turret
• N = Sensory Tower
• G = Ghost Academy
• F = Factory -> X = Tech Lab and C = Reactor
• A = Armory
• S = Starport
• C = Fusion Core

Terran Units Hotkeys

• A = Marine
• D = Maurder
• R = Reaper
• G= Ghost
• E = Hellion
• S = Siege Tank
• T = Thor
• V = Viking
• D = Medivac
• R = Raven
• E = Banshee
• B = Battle Cruiser

Terran Technology (Upgrade) Hotkeys

• W = Weapons Upgrade
• A = Armor Upgrade
• H = Auto Tracking
• N = Neosteel Frame
• W = Yomato Canon
• B = BC Energy
• E = Mule

Looking for Starcraft 2 Protoss Hotkeys Guide? Starcraft 2 is a whole new game compared to Starcraft 1, yes there are many new units, many new structures, many new strategies for each race, for each unit, and many new hotkeys. Hotkeys are very essential when playing Starcraft 2 fast and easy. So don’t get left behind, you need to prepare yourself and use the hotkeys effectively to your advantage over your enemies.. So looking for Starcraft 2 Protoss Hotkeys Guide online? Here is a list..

General Hotkeys

Interface Hotkeys

• F10 = Menu
• F11 = Chat
• F12 = Help
• ALT + G = Map pinger
• ALT + T = Show/hide minimap terrain
• ALT + F = Alliance options
• CTRL + ALT + F = Show FPS
• PAGE UP / PAGE DOWN = Adjust view
• MOUSE WHEEL = Adjust view height
• SHIFT + [any command] = Create a series of commands
• SPACE = View last warning area
• BACKSPACE = View base
• ALT = Show / hide health points bar

Menu Hotkeys

• O = Game options
• P = Pause
• E = Exit game
• G = Resume
• Q = Quit
• C = Cancel

Unit Control Hotkeys

• F1 = Select spare SCV / Probe / Drone
• CTRL + RIGHT CLICK = Attack while moving (units must be selected)
• CTRL + [number] = Group units
• M = Move
• S = Stop
• H = Hold
• P = Patrol
• A = Move and attack
• G = Gather resource
• C = Return resource
• B = Build basic construction
• V = Build advanced construction
• O = Unload unit
• D = Unload all units to a point

Replay and Observer Mode Hotkeys

• A = Compare total mineral, gas and population cost of fightable units
• D = Compare units that are being produced, constructions that are being built and technologies that are being researched
• I = Compare the amount of mineral and gas gathered within one minute and the amount of workers
• L = Compare lost units and their costs
• M = Compare APM
• R = Compare current mineral, gas and population
• S = Compare the total amount of resources that are spent on technologies and units
• U = Compare all units
• N = Close compare window
• E = Show visions of all players
• F1-F8 = toggle views among player 1 to player 8
• C = Show POV of current player
• H = Show / hide HP bar
• +/- = Increase / decrease playing speed
• P = Pause / resume replay

Protoss Building Hotkeys

• N = Nexus
• E = Pylon
• A = Assimilator
• G = Gateway
• F = Forge
• C = Photon Cannon
• Y = Cybernetics Core
• C = Twilight Council
• S = Stargate
• R = Roboicitic Facility
• T = Templar Archives
• F = Fleet Beacon
• B = Robo Bay
• D = Dark Shrine

Protoss Unit Hotkeys

• E = Probe
• Z = Zealot
• E = Sentry
• S = Stalker
• T = High Templar
• D = Dark Templar
• X = Phoenix
• V = Void Ray
• C = Carrier
• B = Observer
• A = Warp Prism
• I = Immortal
• C = Collossus
• M = MotherShip
• C = Chrono Boost

Protoss Technology (Upgrades) Hotkeys

• G = Ground Weapons
• A = Ground Armour
• S = Shields
• G = Air Weapons
• A = Air Armor
• H = Hallunication
• G = Warp Gates
• C = Charge
• B = Blink
• T = Psionic Storm
• K = Khaydrain Amulet
• B = Gravitic Boosters
• G = Gravitic Drive
• E = External Thermal Lance

Looking for Starcraft 2 Zerg Hotkeys Guide? Starcraft 2 is a whole new game compared to Starcraft 1, yes there are many new units, many new structures, many new strategies for each race, for each unit, and many new hotkeys. Hotkeys are very essential when playing Starcraft 2 fast and easy. So don’t get left behind, you need to prepare yourself and use the hotkeys effectively to your advantage over your enemies.. So looking for Starcraft 2 Zerg Hotkeys Guide online? Here are a list..

General Hotkeys

Interface Hotkeys

• F10 = Menu
• F11 = Chat
• F12 = Help
• ALT + G = Map pinger
• ALT + T = Show/hide minimap terrain
• ALT + F = Alliance options
• CTRL + ALT + F = Show FPS
• PAGE UP / PAGE DOWN = Adjust view
• MOUSE WHEEL = Adjust view height
• SHIFT + [any command] = Create a series of commands
• SPACE = View last warning area
• BACKSPACE = View base
• ALT = Show / hide health points bar

Menu Hotkeys

• O = Game options
• P = Pause
• E = Exit game
• G = Resume
• Q = Quit
• C = Cancel

Unit Control Hotkeys

• F1 = Select spare SCV / Probe / Drone
• CTRL + RIGHT CLICK = Attack while moving (units must be selected)
• CTRL + [number] = Group units
• M = Move
• S = Stop
• H = Hold
• P = Patrol
• A = Move and attack
• G = Gather resource
• C = Return resource
• B = Build basic construction
• V = Build advanced construction
• O = Unload unit
• D = Unload all units to a point

Replay and Observer Mode Hotkeys

• A = Compare total mineral, gas and population cost of fightable units
• D = Compare units that are being produced, constructions that are being built and technologies that are being researched
• I = Compare the amount of mineral and gas gathered within one minute and the amount of workers
• L = Compare lost units and their costs
• M = Compare APM
• R = Compare current mineral, gas and population
• S = Compare the total amount of resources that are spent on technologies and units
• U = Compare all units
• N = Close compare window
• E = Show visions of all players
• F1-F8 = toggle views among player 1 to player 8
• C = Show POV of current player
• H = Show / hide HP bar
• +/- = Increase / decrease playing speed
• P = Pause / resume replay

Zerg Building Hotkeys

• H = Hatachery
• E = Extractor
• S = Spawning Pool
• V = Evolution Chamber
• C = Spine Crawler
• W = Spore Crawler
• R = Roach Warren
• B = Baneling Nest
• H = Hydralisk Den
• I = Infestation Pit
• S = Spire
• N = Nydus Network
• U = Ultra Cavern

Zerg Units Hotkeys

• D = Drone
• V = Overlord
• Z = Zergling
• R = Roach
• H = Hydralisk
• F = Infestor
• T = Mutalisk
• C = Corruptor
• U = Ultra
• Q = Queen

Zerg Technology (Upgrade) Hotkeys

Hatchery Upgades

• P = Pneumtized Carapace
• V = Ventral Sac
• B = Burrow
• L = Lair
• H = Hive

Evo Chamber

• M = Melee Atk
• A = Missle Atk
• C = Carapace

Spawning Pool

• M = Metabolic Boost
• A = Adrenal Gland

Baneling

• C = Centrifugal Hooks

Roach Warren

• G = Glial Reconstitution
• T = Tunneling Claws
• O = Organic Carapace

Infestation Pit

• P = Peristalisis
• G = Pathogen Gland

Hydralisk Den

• G = Grooved Spikes

Spire

• A = Fly Attacks
• C = Fly Carapace
• G = Greater Spire

Ultra Cavern

• A = Speed
• C = Armor

Overlord

• G = Generate Creep
• V = Overseer

Queen

• C = Creep Tumor
• R = Spawn Larva
• T = Transfusion

You might not be an expert in Starcraft 2 yet or you are already an advanced gamer but you feel learning how to use and setup your Starcraft 2 Hotkeys can increase your gameplay, either way learning how to use your hotkeyes well can increase your ability to defeat your enemy fast and easy. Here are some tips…

You might think that you just use hotkey on anything. But there are more efficient ways to use hotkey. Now when your dealing with numbers 1 to 7 (possibly, what you want to do is to take your pinky, put on the control key and hold it down. Then take your index finger and push the number you want to push. That is maybe x4 faster than what people usually do when they start to hotkey which is to use their thumb to hit the control key. For numbers 1 and 2 by all means use your middle finger if you find it more comfortable and easier.

For numbers 9 and 10 ( you can do two things. 1 is to swing your your thumb up with your pinky on control and hit 9 and 10.

The second thing you can do and is what i do, is to scoot your hand over to the right side of your keyboard, press your thumb on the control key and hold it down, and then use your index, middle, or ring finger to hit 9 and 10

Now the movements might seem strenuous at first, I know they did for me. And all you need to do is practice practice practice and they will eventually feel normal. Think of it like your learning to do the coin walk or how to twiddle a pen through your fingers. Just do it enough and your fingers will get used to the movements. Using your thumb is really hard to hit letters with and i really really dont recommend it. When choosing what unit or building to hotkey to what number. What you want to think about which is the least possible travel for my fingers. Dont think about whether itll be comfortable or not. It will become comfortable, just think about which number will be fastest distance wise for my fingers to get to.

Learn how to use Hotkeys on your enemy

Here is one really important note that one should really take note of. Never  Hotkey your entire army in one blob. This allows for really limited mobility of your army and makes it once big juicy splash target.

If you want to do is separate your army into chunks. You can spread your army through your hotkeys anyway you want. You can do 1 as melee 2 as range 3 as air and 4 as casters. Or 1 as a small blob, 2 as small blob 3 as air, 4 as casters. Really anyway you want. What im probably going to do is have 1 as a blob 2 as a blob 3 as a blob 4 as a blob 5 as casters and 6 or whatever hotkey is after my army, or as whatever i want to keep special track of.

Like for example if your controlling your army, and you if your going to be amoving (attack moving) it a lot, you wouldnt use the numbers 0 9 8 7 for your army would you? No you would use 1 2 3 4 for your army because thats the least travel distance. So instead of doing this extreme motion of 0a9a8a7a you can easily do 1a2a3a4a instead, right?

Effective way to use Hotkeys for your unit producers

Let us say what we want is to put your hatcheries, your racks, at the number immediately after your army. So it would be 7 or 6. Something along those lines. As for protoss you can just hit W and all your warpgates are selected.

However, this probably going to be one of those hotkeys you really cant forget about when you get to higher and higher levels. It will give you an edge over people that dont and can really win you games.

Effective ways on using hotkeys for the upgraders

Try thinking out of the way. Maybe like 0 or 9. Something that you dont really need. This is probably the least important but it can actually be really important to keep those upgrades going especially PvZ because of that 2 hit advantage zealots get over zerglings once they get 1+ weapons.

For advanced and secret strategies & techniques, I recommend checking out the guide below:

I haven’t been playing starcraft 2 for a while, and have forgotten some of the hotkeys. Do you still remember it? Perhaps you don’t. And blizzard decided to enhance efficiency so some hotkeys are changed.

This video shows that even though you lose lots of units, you can win if you keep your opponent from expanding. Must watch!

Full list of hotkeys :

Interface Hotkeys

• F10 = Menu
• F11 = Chat
• F12 = Help
• ALT + G = Map pinger
• ALT + T = Show/hide minimap terrain
• ALT + F = Alliance options
• CTRL + ALT + F = Show FPS
• PAGE UP / PAGE DOWN = Adjust view
• MOUSE WHEEL = Adjust view height
• SHIFT + [any command] = Create a series of commands
• SPACE = View last warning area
• BACKSPACE = View base
• ALT = Show / hide health points bar

Menu Hotkeys

• O = Game options
• P = Pause
• E = Exit game
• G = Resume
• Q = Quit
• C = Cancel

Unit Control Hotkeys

• F1 = Select spare SCV / Probe / Drone
• CTRL + RIGHT CLICK = Attack while moving (units must be selected)
• CTRL + [number] = Group units
• M = Move
• S = Stop
• H = Hold
• P = Patrol
• A = Move and attack
• G = Gather resource
• C = Return resource
• B = Build basic construction
• V = Build advanced construction
• O = Unload unit
• D = Unload all units to a point

Replay and Observer Mode Hotkeys

• A = Compare total mineral, gas and population cost of fightable units
• D = Compare units that are being produced, constructions that are being built and technologies that are being researched
• I = Compare the amount of mineral and gas gathered within one minute and the amount of workers
• L = Compare lost units and their costs
• M = Compare APM
• R = Compare current mineral, gas and population
• S = Compare the total amount of resources that are spent on technologies and units
• U = Compare all units
• N = Close compare window
• E = Show visions of all players
• F1-F8 = toggle views among player 1 to player 8
• C = Show POV of current player
• H = Show / hide HP bar
• +/- = Increase / decrease playing speed
• P = Pause / resume replay

Zerg Building Hotkeys

• H = Hatachery
• E = Extractor
• S = Spawning Pool
• V = Evolution Chamber
• C = Spine Crawler
• W = Spore Crawler
• R = Roach Warren
• B = Baneling Nest
• H = Hydralisk Den
• I = Infestation Pit
• S = Spire
• N = Nydus Network
• U = Ultra Cavern

Zerg Units Hotkeys

• D = Drone
• V = Overlord
• Z = Zergling
• R = Roach
• H = Hydralisk
• F = Infestor
• T = Mutalisk
• C = Corruptor
• U = Ultra
• Q = Queen

Zerg Technology (Upgrade) Hotkeys

Hatchery Upgades

• P = Pneumtized Carapace
• V = Ventral Sac
• B = Burrow
• L = Lair
• H = Hive

Evo Chamber

• M = Melee Atk
• A = Missle Atk
• C = Carapace

Spawning Pool

• M = Metabolic Boost
• A = Adrenal Gland

Baneling

• C = Centrifugal Hooks

Roach Warren

• G = Glial Reconstitution
• T = Tunneling Claws
• O = Organic Carapace

Infestation Pit

• P = Peristalisis
• G = Pathogen Gland

Hydralisk Den

• G = Grooved Spikes

Spire

• A = Fly Attacks
• C = Fly Carapace
• G = Greater Spire

Ultra Cavern

• A = Speed
• C = Armor

Overlord

• G = Generate Creep
• V = Overseer

Queen

• C = Creep Tumor
• R = Spawn Larva
• T = Transfusion

Protoss Building Hotkeys

• N = Nexus
• E = Pylon
• A = Assimilator
• G = Gateway
• F = Forge
• C = Photon Cannon
• Y = Cybernetics Core
• C = Twilight Council
• S = Stargate
• R = Roboicitic Facility
• T = Templar Archives
• F = Fleet Beacon
• B = Robo Bay
• D = Dark Shrine

Protoss Unit Hotkeys

• E = Probe
• Z = Zealot
• E = Sentry
• S = Stalker
• T = High Templar
• D = Dark Templar
• X = Phoenix
• V = Void Ray
• C = Carrier
• B = Observer
• A = Warp Prism
• I = Immortal
• C = Collossus
• M = MotherShip
• C = Chrono Boost

Protoss Technology (Upgrades) Hotkeys

• G = Ground Weapons
• A = Ground Armour
• S = Shields
• G = Air Weapons
• A = Air Armor
• H = Hallunication
• G = Warp Gates
• C = Charge
• B = Blink
• T = Psionic Storm
• K = Khaydrain Amulet
• B = Gravitic Boosters
• G = Gravitic Drive
• E = External Thermal Lance

Terran Buildings Hotkeys

• C = Command Center
• B = Orbital Command
• S = Supply Depot
• R = Refinery
• B = Barrack = B -> X = Tech lab and C = Reactor
• E = Engineering Bay
• U = Bunker
• T = Turret
• W = Sensory Tower
• G = Ghost Academy
• F = Factory -> X = Tech Lab and C = Reactor
• A = Armory
• S = Starport
• C = Fusion Core

Terran Units Hotkeys

• A = Marine
• D = Maurder
• R = Reaper
• G= Ghost
• E = Hellion
• S = Siege Tank
• T = Thor
• V = Viking
• D = Medivac
• R = Raven
• E = Banshee
• B = Battle Cruiser

Terran Technology (Upgrade) Hotkeys

• W = Weapons Upgrade
• A = Armor Upgrade
• H = Auto Tracking
• N = Neosteel Frame
• W = Yomato Canon
• B = BC Energy
• E = Mule