Joanas Starcraft 2 Guide

Hey guys,

Scouting is very important in every game you play. When you do not scout you have no idea what your opponent is doing. Not only should you scout on 2v2 maps to find where they are exactly but you also really need to know what build they are going for.

Lets say you were Terran facing a player that was also Terran. You see them going for the standard build of 3 rax because they are going for marines and marauders. So a great answer to that would be to get tanks and hellions since these units do great against many infantry units.

Hellion attack several units at once with their flames and siege tanks have that splash effect when they attack in siege mode. They will blow marines and marauders away. And you know to go for this because you scouted for the information.

You need to always see if they are doing some kind of rush like a reaper rush. Players always like to cheese especially in the upper leagues. You must know what they are going for and understand the best counter as there is always a great counter against any strategy.

Let me use another example that I found to be common in the Platinum league for some reason which was playing as Terran against the Protoss Zealot rush. Since Protoss have the most powerful first tier units which are zealots they sometimes like to rush with zealots.

But to thing about this build is that zealots suck against marauders and reapers so that would be the counter. These units are too fast for zealots even though you will have to get that concussive shell upgrade at the tech lab for marauders to slow them down.

But anyway the point is that scouting wins games so be sure to get that important info during every game.