Terran Marine/Raven

[BSOS]

I lol'd so hard when i saw this.

Another reason the Terran race can be labelled as "overpowered"

I do like the creative use of ravens here, definitely a must-see.

Xel'Naga Caverns - Shifft vs. HappyMinti - Replays - SC2Replayed.com
Steppes of War - HappyMinti vs. ezpz - Replays - SC2Replayed.com
Kulas Ravine - Bluemagic vs. HappyMinti - Replays - SC2Replayed.com

How to beat?

High Templar = Storm/Feedback > Marine/Raven
Pheonix > Raven
Archon > Marine

Baneling/Roach > Marine
Corruptor > Raven
-Corruptors have the mobility to chase down raven and enough health to withstand HSM

and always... anti-air turrets

thoughts?

[Rukgo]

T op!!!

[Melfuaru]

You guys are the biggest cry babies ever.

On a side note, I do this in TvP now and it does win If you see Psi Storm you go Ghosts. This is really the only way to legitimately handle mass zealots. Mass zealot/templar is RAPE.

Wow I watched that first replay and they were both BAD.

[BSOS]

Its definitely a different strat. So i'm going to go ahead and call it cheese, for the sake of cheese.

We never see enough ravens being used. I would like just ONCE, to have a raven HSM a group of my hydras. please let it be done!

The practical nature of HSM is minimal. Siege tanks are much better at splash damage vs ground and are almost 100 gas cheaper than a raven. HSM however could be very useful against clustered Air units like Mutalisks, or Brood Lords that just can't run away in time. The problem with this is that that niche is also covered by the Thor with its AA splash. And if you're looking for a good DPS ability like HSM, may as well go battlecruiser and get yamato, much more cost effective i would guess.

But ravens are just so damn cool, forget anything I just said above.

[ConditionOfMan]

Pardon my noobness, but how come Durable Materials and Hi-Sec Auto Tracking never get researched in this build? Wouldn't they be useful?

[BSOS]

It would definitely be useful, I'm surprised he didn't research it as well.