I can't even remember a single match where I never had to face the siege tanks of my Terran enemy.
As a zerg player, they annoy the hell out of me as they clear out my roaches,zerglings,ultralisks and hydralisks like they were paper and the tanks were some form of acid.
It just hurts.
But hey here's a nice way to transit into the ever loving , ever hated Siege Tank
THEORY
The Terran Answer to Most ground Enemies.
Well lets get started on the theory of the Siege Tank and why you'd like to use it.
First of all your tank has splash damage. What that means is that if you attack 1 unit, all units around it for a limited distance gets hit.
Your Opponents army after a few Siege Rounds
With the upcoming 1.1 Patch you'll notice that tank damage will be nerfed and that will affect a lot of high level play. However it doesn't really affect anyone from silver and below. After all most of the time in Gold and below the match comes down to who has a better macro and who's a better cheese defender.
Probably what you're gonna need to do after the patch.
Ah also the merit of the Siege Tank lies not only in its splash damage but the long range of its siege attack. By sieging on a hill or high ground you'll be able to hold off majority of your enemies ground forces.
With the exception of a Colossus walking up your cliff and deciding to BBQ you, you pretty much have nothing to worry about until the Mutalisks or Voidrays show up.
Pretty much the only ground unit you need to be afraid of
Just to be clear your siege tank is able to shoot anything it sees. So if your opponent is hiding on a hill and you're tank range is in range, just fly an air unit up there and your enemy is toast.
Most times when you need the extra sight, its accompanied by a banshee or a viking depending on your preference to defend your tank from Air attacks or decimate your enemy's army of soon to be ketchup splatter.
Most times when you need the extra sight, its accompanied by a banshee or a viking depending on your preference to defend your tank from Air attacks or decimate your enemy's army of soon to be ketchup splatter.
Examples
And again here are some examples of Siege tanks either in play or how to get to the siege tank.
UEN.tv has a video on how to use Siege Tanks defensively and also shows you how to defend your tanks from other units since Siege Tanks in Siege mode can't attack close.
Here's ForceSC2 on how to use deal with Fast Expand using Hellions and Tanks
Here's A Psystarcraft video explaining Tank Damage and how it works.
Remember these are prior to the 1.1 Patch. The techniques may be the same but the damage may be lowered.
BUILD ORDER
Somehow there is no build order for this Mid-Game Transition.
ForceSC2 Used a Standard opening which would be.
10 supply 12 barracks 12 Refinery.
And basically just go on from there depending on what you need.
Usually people would go for 2 more Barracks and getting a factory as fast as possible.
Things to Take Note Of
Remember Siege tanks can only attack ground units and thus if you know your enemy is going for air units the best advise will probably not to go for a siege tank defense or go for a mass siege tank army.
Your tank after an air raid.
Of course then again you could also have marines there to defend your tank. Which is pretty much the basic of any tank use. You'll need a nice bio-ball to defend your siege tank.
Sometimes mixing in Medivacs with your bio-ball is a good idea since they heal your buffer wall that defends your tanks.
Tanks are dual use units in this game. They can be your big gun that takes a while to fire, or they can be the nice wall that makes your enemy unable to take you down.
Kinda like this but better
Then again you could also be an ass and tank drop into your enemies base.
So now here's a mental checklist for you to take note of if you decide to go tank.
1. Do I have my Gas?
2. SCVs!
3. Is my opponent going air?
4. Do I have enough units to defend my tanks?
5. Did I research Siege Tech?
6. Get the high ground.
7. Air units, do I have a defense against them?
So there you have it. The Siege Tank Tutorial that will probably help most Terran players beat everyone else in a epic Siege battle since the only Siege unit in the Zerg army is the absolute last unit in the back of our minds and the only way to counter the Siege tank army would probably be a whole bunch of Dark Templars and Colossi.
You probably don't want any of these near your tank
Well then till next time everyone!
This is Fireport here with another article for thebronzeleagueplayer.blogspot.com Signing Off!
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