Corsair and Science Vessel: Spells and Uses

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Using the Corsair and Science Vessel in StarCraft: Remastered: Disruption Web, EMP Shockwave, Irradiate, Defensive Matrix and Titan Reactor, with pro replays.

Try these in your next game

Tick a lesson once you have practised it.

• Cast Disruption Web (125 energy) over Siege Tanks, Vultures or Photon Cannons so your ground army can kill them without taking damage.
• In PvZ use an early Corsair to scout and kill Overlords, which supply-blocks the Zerg and gives you map control.
• Use Irradiate on clumped Mutalisks, Defilers and Ultralisks: it melts biological units and leaves mechanical ones alone.
• In TvPTvPTerran versus Protoss, seen from the Terran side. fire EMP Shockwave at a clumped Protoss army or buildings to strip their shields and drain Arbiters and High Templar.
• Research the Titan ReactorTitan ReactorA Science Facility upgrade that raises the Science Vessel's maximum energy to 250. at the Science Facility to raise a Vessel's maximum energy to 250 and start with more energy.
• Put Defensive MatrixDefensive MatrixA Science Vessel spell that shields one unit from the next 250 damage. (a 250-damage shield) on a key front unit such as a Siege Tank or another Vessel to protect it from focused fire.
• Remember Irradiate hurts Zerg units and SCVs but does nothing to Probes, eggs, larvae or buildings.

What this episode covers

1. Grast opens episode 13 with a detailed look at two air units: the Corsair and the Science Vessel.
2. A PvTPvTProtoss versus Terran, seen from the Protoss side. by the Korean Protoss Forio on Lost Temple, with Corsairs using Disruption Web against Siege Tanks and Vultures.
3. Grast's own PvZ against ShoQ on Destination: Corsair scoutingScoutingSending a unit to see what your opponent is building and where., Overlord hunting, then Reavers and Carriers with Disruption Web.
4. The Science Vessel in a classic game by Boxer on Lost Temple: EMP Shockwave, Defensive Matrix and a Ghost's nuke.
5. A top-level TvZTvZTerran versus Zerg, seen from the Terran side. between Flash and hero, where Science Vessels shut down Mutalisks, Defilers and Ultralisks with Irradiate.
6. A single-player game on Arcadia to show the Terran tech tree up to the Science Facility and its add-on.
7. With an unlimited-energy cheat, how Irradiate affects biological units (Zerg units, SCVs) but not Probes, eggs or larvae.
8. The Titan Reactor upgrade (more starting energy, a maximum of 250) and spells a Vessel cannot cast on itself.
9. A preview of the next show with the Bulgarian Zerg player Dimitar Sivkov (Technics).

Test yourself

4 quick questions on this episode.

Questions this episode answers

Full summary

Episode 13 moves from general strategy to a detailed look at two air units and their spells: the Protoss Corsair and the Terran Science Vessel. It is for beginners and intermediate players who want to use both well.

Grast starts with the Corsair's Disruption Web (125 energy), a cloud that stops enemy ground units and buildings underneath it from attacking. He shows it in a classic PvT by the Korean Protoss Forio on Lost Temple, and in his own PvZ against ShoQ on Destination, where Corsairs scout and hunt Overlords before he moves to Reavers and Carriers.

The second half covers the Science Vessel's spells: EMP Shockwave (removes shields and energy), Irradiate (damage over time to biological units) and Defensive Matrix (a 250-damage shield), shown in replays of Boxer and of Flash against hero. Finally Grast uses a single-player game on Arcadia to walk through the Terran tech tree up to the Science Facility and its add-on, and to show exactly how Irradiate and the Titan Reactor upgrade work.

Players mentioned

Keep learning

• EP 07: Brood War Terran Guide: Mechanics and Pro Replays
• EP 08: Brood War Protoss Guide: Tricks and Micro
• Mastering PvZ: the matchup from the Protoss side