Heart of the Swarm Update
Blizzard recently posted an article here with an update for Heart of the Swarm. Many of the abilities shown in the video have been seen before, but the balance video and changes are below for those who are curious.
- Protoss Status
- The protoss have access to the "mothership core" unit, which is a stationary caster capable of defending the base and using powerful abilities.
- The oracle is back, this time packing a powerful cloaking field.
- The tempest returns with a long-range offensive attack.
- Terran Status
- Battle Hellions are still in the game, and are great at close-combat situations
- Warhounds are also still in the game, and excel at taking down mechanical units.
- Widow mines attach to nearby foes and then detonate after a few seconds
- Zerg Status
- Swarm hosts now spawn 2 locusts, but the locusts are ranged and can target air units
- The Viper still has it's abduct ability (which uses a tentacle to pull units around) as well as it's blinding cloud
- The Ultralisk still has the burrow charge ability, which allows it to move into range quickly
Day[9] was recently invited to blizzard headquarters to commentate on a HotS melee match. You can check it out below, or join the discussion here.
@abvdzh: Go
Check out at 23:22 in the video "StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm - Battle Report (Protoss vs Zerg)", look at how the oracle is doing massive amount of damage to the economy.
@abvdzh: Go
Humiliation to protoss? HUMILIATION TO FUCKING PROTOSS? At less protoss gets some cool units! Terran is getting batshit raped. Seriously, the mines are fucking stupid, they should lower the timer by 75% if the icon is visible to the enemy because it to jackshit to anything. Protoss is well made, terran is underpowered as fuck and Zerg is overpowered as fuck.
And you think the oracle is absurd, comparing to the mutalisk and banshee? At less you protoss players get the Tempest (Raping carriers) and the mothership core! What does Terran get? A stupid warhound and a stupid anti - mechanical unit (WHICH DOES SHIT TO ZERG!) who can lay mines that has an apparent visible icon to the enemy (If the icon is invisible, then I will stand down, but it is visible then I will not stand down).
Zerg on the other hand, gets charging ultralisks that can rape armies in minutes (like you said) and vipers that pull units and blind armies with the blinding cloud and swarm hosts that can make endless amount of FREE units!!
Protoss is not humiliated! (What other harrassers are there now? Phoenix? The oracle is a fucking epic unit) Terran is humiliated and Zerg is FUCKING OP AS FUCK! I want to see a Terran vs Zerg battle and see how it goes, cause I think this is fucking stupid, you guys already saw the Ultralisk do massive damage to armies, I want to see a terran vs zerg game and see it goes.
/End Rant
This new features more looks like humiliation of protoss. This abduct ability and ultralisk charge just raping protoss army in seconds and making expensive units useless. And this super harraser oracle is absurd. The mutalisk and banshee can take down enemy economy even more, while still being combat unit that can aid in battle. I'm the protoss player and rly dissapointed.