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Late-game tech in StarCraft: Remastered: Yamato Cannon, Ghost nukes and Ocular Implants, Boxer vs iloveoov, a 2v2 nuke and the Shift + Tab trick.
- Yamato CannonYamato CannonA Battlecruiser ability (150 energy): one long-range blast of 260 damage. (150 energy) takes out key targets from range before a fight.
- Protect the Ghost while the nuke falls: if it dies, the launch is cancelled.
- In 2v22v2Team games of two players against two. press Shift + Tab: your ally turns yellow.
Try these in your next game
Tick a lesson once you have practised it.
What this episode covers
- Grast opens episode 18 on ultimate weapons and high tech.
- The coming broadcast of the Bulgarian StarCraft league is announced, with the legendary Bulgarian player Notalon as guest commentator.
- The top tech of Brood War: Battlecruisers with Yamato Cannon, Ghosts with nukes, Carriers, Arbiters and Dark Archons.
- The first replay: a landmark TvTTvTTerran versus Terran. between the legendary Boxer (SlayerS_BoxeR) and his student iloveoov.
- Battlecruisers using Yamato Cannon to destroy key enemy units and buildings instantly.
- The second replay: a 2v2 on Fighting SpiritFighting SpiritA four-player map and one of the most played 1v1 maps in Brood War. with a Terran and Protoss team.
- Shift + Tab in 2v2, which colours your ally yellow so you can tell the armies apart.
- A tactical nuke from a Ghost with Ocular Implants, covered by a Dark Templar.
- The groups of the Bulgarian StarCraft league are announced before the live matches begin.
Test yourself
4 quick questions on this episode.
1. What happens if the Ghost dies before the nuke lands?
The Ghost has to hold the target until impact; if it dies, the nuke never lands.
2. What does Shift + Tab do in 2v2?
The colour scheme turns your ally yellow and your enemies red, so you can tell them apart.
3. Whose game is the first replay?
The TvT between the teacher Boxer and his student iloveoov shows Battlecruisers with Yamato.
4. Which upgrade extends a Ghost's sight?
Ocular Implants at the Covert Ops extends the Ghost's sight and targeting range.
Questions this episode answers
What is the Battlecruiser's Yamato Cannon?
A high-tech ability researched at the Physics Lab that costs 150 energy. It fires a concentrated long-range blast dealing 260 damage to a single target, ideal for sniping Siege Tanks, Missile Turrets or other Battlecruisers.
What does Shift + Tab do in a 2v2 game?
It switches the colour scheme so that all of your ally's units are yellow and your enemies' red. That makes it much easier to keep track of whose units are whose in big team fights.
How does a Ghost's nuclear strike work?
Terran needs a Nuclear Silo attached to a Command Center and a Ghost. The Ghost marks the target with a red dot, and a few seconds later the nuke lands and deals 500 damage to units and buildings in a wide radius, as long as the Ghost survives until then.
Full summary
Episode 18, 'Ultimate Weapons', is about the highest tech in StarCraft: Remastered. It is for intermediate and competitive players who want to know when and how to bring the late-game super units into play, and about tactics specific to 2v2.
Grast explains the role of the top-tier units: Battlecruisers with Yamato Cannon, Ghosts with nuclear strikes and the Ocular Implants upgrade, Carriers, Arbiters and Dark Archons. Two replays bring them to life: a landmark TvT between the legendary Boxer (SlayerS_BoxeR) and his student iloveoov, full of Battlecruiser manoeuvres and Yamato shots; and a close 2v2 on Fighting Spirit in which a Terran and Protoss team lands a devastating nuke on the enemy Command Center.
Along the way he shares a practical trick for team games, Shift + Tab, which colours your ally yellow. At the end Grast introduces the matches of the Bulgarian StarCraft league, with the Bulgarian legend Notalon as guest commentator.