Defending with Siege Tanks vs. a large group of
troops:
When your enemy attacks from ground you should have lots of siege tanks
(siege mode) for defense. It works very effectively against large
groups of troops because it inflicts 85 damage (if upgraded) and has a
very big splash damage.
Dropping guys to slow their mining rate:
When you do drops, fill your dropships with marines, firebats, medics, and
scv's. Drop them in the middle of their mining area to kill their workers
to slow them down on minerals and gas. They will concentrate on
getting more workers so it'll make them vulnerable for you to attack
them. If you can, use the scv's to build bunkers or turrets in their
base.
Using Spider Mines to stop enemy attacks:
To stop their swarms use a lot of spider mines. Spider mines do 125
damage and has a very large splash damage. Each vulture has 3 spider
mines so it shouldn't be so hard to deploy a lot of spider mines.
Just remember not to place them too close to each other.
Make your enemies braindead:
If you build supply depots to box yourself in, the enemy wont be able to
get through to your defense. Build bunkers behind the supply depots
and when the enemy comes, they will just walk around outside your base
until you kill them. Also, to make your defense better, try putting
tanks behind your bunkers and sieging them. This trick works best
against zerg and protoss if they rush since terran rushes mostly with
marines that have long range.
Get defense early:
If you don't mind trapping yourself in,
then try to build supply depots at the entrance and then building bunkers
behind them. If your opponents try to rush you, they'll have to get
through your supply depots first while your marines are shooting them from
your bunkers. If your opponent(s) have a long shooting range then
try to get tanks behind the bunkers.
Successful nukes:
Tired of losing your ghost right before he
drops the nuke? Then try to nuke across rivers or ridges.
People sometimes build all the way to the side where you can drop a nuke
on them.
Annoying attacks:
Sometimes people build close to rivers or
ridges. Just put tanks on the other side of that river or ridge to
stall your opponent.
Killing air units easily:
Tired of fly-by shootings? You
opponent may send some air units to attack you, but you can't attack them
because they have better range. Just build goliaths and upgrade
their range at the machine shop. Their range will increase to the
range of guardians allowing you to attack air units with great attack
range. For best performance, upgrade their weapons so instead of
doing 20 damage they'll do 32 damage.
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