GamePlay

The strategic options in StarCraft 2 are endless but the fundamental game play elements are simple: gather resources, assemble your forces and defeat your opponents. You begin each match with a simple base and a limited number of workers. Use the workers to gather resources which are needed to expand your base and to train combat units. To annihilate your foes you will have to assemble a formidable military force. Developing a strong economy will help you fuel the needs of your army. Each race Terran,Protoss and Zerg, have access to a variety of units and each one of these units has a set of special abilities that allows it to assume a specific role on the battlefield. Combining different units is the key to victory. As a leader of your army, you will have to adapt to the ever-changing battlefield and to use all of your units’ abilities in your favor. Good luck, have fun and see you on the battlefield.

Selections

 

Drag Selection With this you can select multiple units, but you cannot select buildings. The selection is made by pressing the left mouse button and then dragging over the unit you want to select.

Control Selection If you want to select every unit from a certain type, this is the selection for you. By clicking twice on just one unit, StarCraft 2 will select all units from that type, which are present on your screen.

Group Selection By pressing ctrl + 1 to 9 you can create and save a selection of units into one single group. After the selection is completed you can call the group by simply pressing the number you have assigned to them.

Shift Selection After you have made some groups, you can add additional units to them. Select the group you want and then shift-click the unit you wish to join them. Drag and Shift selections can be combined to create groups quickly.

Commands

Use commands to give previously selected units and buildings orders.

Right Click This command is used either to move selected units by clicking on the terrain or to attack enemy units by clicking on them.

Auto-cast Some units have abilities that can be set to an auto-cast mode. You can do that by right-clicking the ability.

Command panel This panel is placed in the bottom right corner of the screen and there you can find the commands and abilities of the selected unit or building.

Hot-keys Every command or ability has a hot-key. Hot-keys are used by skilled players to save time. Instead of navigating to the control panel of the unit first, left-clicking his ability and then right-clicking the enemy, you can use the hot-keys to execute spells and issue commands much faster. Learning the hot-keys in StarCraft 2 is vital.

Queuing If you want to build several buildings with one worker, select the building in question, then hold Shift and click on the terrain to place multiple buildings. This way a queue of commands will be created and the worker will start the next building as soon as he finishes the previous.

Supply

The supply is used to increase your army. Every race has a building that increases its supply cap. The Terrans have Supply depots that can be upgraded to double their efficiency. Protoss can build Pylons, which are necessary not only for increasing the population limit, but also to power their buildings. Zerg’s fearsome Overlords expand your army’s limit and, in addition, you can use them as a transport unit.

 

Fog of War

Scouting in StarCraft 2 is vital, because if you know what your opponent is up to, you can easily counter him. Blizzard’s games are extremely well-balanced, that’s why applying the proper counter measure is the way to victory. In the beginning of the game, you have to send at least one of your workers to find and scout your opponent’s base. However, if you move away your unit or it gets killed, the vision you once had is replaced with fog of war and you can no longer see what is going on there.

Raising an Army

Each race has unique methods to maximize its production capability.

 

Terrans have add-on reactors which can be connected to most buildings. The reactors double their productivity and as a result you get two units of the same kind without wasting more time. This way you can make a massive army in no time.

 

Protoss have an ability called “Chrono Boost” which can be activated from their main base. This function boosts the speed of researches and production of units.

 

The Zerg’s Queens have a Spawn Larva ability that boosts their naturally increased productivity by forcing their main base to spawn more and more larvae.

What's next?

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