SC2 200 Game Challenge

Did the iEchoic 2 Fact 2 Starport opening. I’ve been doing this as my standard TvT opening. However, after that botched one last game, I decided to do some investigating. I realized that if I scout my opponent doing the same opening, I can switch builds and get out a Thor just before the drop happens in my base. Turns out I didn’t need to, but I’m getting ahead of myself.

I’m pretty happy with my performance in this match. I was a bit late on my first I scouted a standard 1-1-1 build from my opponent, as well as an expansion, which this build is great against. My opponent must’ve thought I was going for cloaked banshees, since he got out a fast Raven, a viking, and a lot of marines. The drop went reasonably well. I killed 8 scv’s but lost my medivac. The loss of the medivac isn’t too bad, since I wouldn’t use it until much later for harassment anyway. I realized he had mostly marines and a couple of vikings, so I sent down my considerable number of hellions to kill him. Worked well.

Result:

Win

5/200

3-2

2027 Points

Playing a little DrunkCraft… First time playing this new map. Opponent and I both went for iechoic build: fast 2 fact 2 starport with hellion drop. I knew the drop was coming, but was very under prepared for it. 2nd drop lost me all my scv’s, so I just gg’d. May be time to start doing the anti-iechoic build in TvT’s…

Result

Loss

4/200

2-2

2011 Points

What a strange game.

Decided to try out the reactor hellion into banshee opening, pulled it off very poorly. Was floating 400 or so minerals really early into the game. I really need to take some notes from a pro doing it. Scout enemy doing standard gas pool hatch opening. Go to poke with my first two hellions, but they’re attacked by zerglings near the front of my base, and I see some baneling cocoons as well. I’m woefully unprepared for a bust, and scramble to make two bunkers at my front. The banelings fortunately pick the side where the bunker actually got build. My hellions kill the remaining zerglings, and then the guy quits out of the blue.

A win’s a win, I suppose.

Also, this is the first time I’m above 2k points! Woo!

Result:

Results:

Win

2-1

3/200

Rank 33 - 2022 points

Did the same build as last game, was much smoother without the gas steal. Opponent went for blink stalkers, caught me a little off guard by blinking up to my base. Fortunately, my army wasn’t too far away, and I managed to kill more than I lost. Pushed out after that attack, since he couldn’t have much tech, and this build absolutely destroys gateway only armies. I’m surprised he didn’t make any immortals until the end, considering he saw my factories. During the main confrontation, I wasn’t even watching my army, and I beat him handily with a bunch of siege tanks and hellions left. He tried to do some zealot harassment in my main, but it didn’t really do much, and he left soon after I destroyed his natural. Sometimes it feels good to make someone quit without a GG.

Results:

Win

1-1

2/200

Rank 35 - 1996 Points

Did a Marine + Siege Tank Expand into mass Mech a la Jinro. The gas steal by protoss threw a wrench into my opening, I was floating a lot of minerals. Tried unsuccessfully to break his third base at the gold, after that the game was pretty much his. The build sort of fails when you can’t do that slow creeping push. Opponent had some really good zealot / HT harass on my mineral lines. Game ended with my heavy mech vs gateway units, mothership and carriers. Probably should’ve scouted that earlier so I could get more vikings than I had. On watching the replay, I was a little premature in my GG. Should’ve waited until he was at my natural or something to quit.

I feel less bad about this loss, considering my opponent was a rank 1, 3k Diamond.

Result: 

Loss

0-1

1/200 games

Rank 35 1970 points.