Attention Based Harassment Execution

There are good harassments which deal so much damage that they pull the opponent apart, and there are also bad harassments which simply donate units. The effectiveness of a harassment hinges on how well the player stretches the opponent’s attention, and how little attention the player needs to execute it. I want to discuss about how the consideration of attention can improve harassment execution.

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Reaction to Terran Mirror Metagame Builds

The Terran mirror match up early game has become quite stagnate because of the Tank and Medivac combination. There are some signs that players have been trying out more economical openings as a metagame response, and it occurs to me that people have misconceptions of how to deal with these openings.

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Shift in Paradigm in TvT Early Game and Transition

While others are studying the builds in the recent TvT games, I am actually more interested in the choices and transitions in general. The early game dynamic of the Terran mirror match has changed in Legacy of the Void.

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Reaper Openings in Legacy of the Void

Reaper openings can be considered the most common openings for all Terran match ups. While these openings have been well established in Heart of the Swarm and brought over to Legacy of the Void, the new changes in Legacy of the Void have created more variations to this bread and butter opening.

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