Heart of the Swarm Update - New Video - StarCraft II

Heart of the Swarm Update - New Video

by Blizzard Entertainment 08 Jun 2012 21:30 BST

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Heart of the Swarm Update - New Video

A large number of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm demo stations were featured at the MLG Spring Championship that ran June 8-10, where attendees sat down to see the future of StarCraft II multiplayer first hand. We wanted to share the excitement with players who couldn’t be there in the flesh, so here’s a video featuring the latest updates to the Heart of the Swarm multiplayer units.

The video you’re about to watch includes all the latest updates we’ve made to the new Heart of the Swarm multiplayer units since they were unveiled at BlizzCon last year. Check it out to see the latest changes:

Now that you’ve had a chance to see what the new Heart of the Swarm units are all about, let’s watch them in action! Day[9] and Blizzard’s own Rob Simpson shoutcast these battle reports for your viewing pleasure. A big thanks to Day[9] for dropping by; you can catch his show on Day9.tv Sunday through Thursday at 7:00 pm PDT.

Zerg battle protoss in this battle report.

Terran face off against zerg in this battle report.

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Void #197

08/06/2012

The Locust the Swarm Host creates seem to be too strong to be honest, they deal an immense ammount of damage in addition to your army force. As for the Viper, it will make players not use colossi as much as before, which could be devastating late game.

The Oracle seems nice, but could be OP once you get 3-4 on the field. The Tempest is awesome, mayby the range is a little bit high, but the Viper easily counters that.

Terran seems te be quite balanced and steady here. Nothing crazy going on, just a strong unit combo.

I'm really looking forward to HotS, and we'll see how the balance works out. Keep up the good work Blizz =)

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PuppetMaster #955

08/06/2012

@Void: Seriously? Terran looks like straight from the anime looks good? God keep us in your care.

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Void #197

08/06/2012

@ThePuppeteer: Stop whining about how they look like, and start caring about gameplay.

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TTT #660

08/06/2012

@Void: Damage of new units will not be final.

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PuppetMaster #955

08/06/2012

@Void: In WOL it is hard for Terrens, but in the HotS it will be pure hell to play as a Terran agains such poweruped Protoss and Zerg. But still there is no pleasure in playing race, which looks so f*** lame! Transformers? Blizz, seriously?
(sorry for my English, it is not my first language)

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PuppetMaster #955

08/06/2012

Transformers, anime-like robots? WTF? This is a joke! I am disappointed by the Terrans. In general, you have no idea for this race.

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PuppetMaster #955

08/06/2012

@ThePuppeteer: No, I will not buy a HotS until they repair Terrans in this expansion pack. No way.

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Kenshin #144

08/06/2012

@ThePuppeteer: SO DONT BUY IT :b

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PuppetMaster #955

09/06/2012

@Kenshin: It is a f*** C&C with these transformers and mechs in Terrans.

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KingOfBlades #924

09/06/2012

@ThePuppeteer: It's really better that whiners like u won't buy this. Im sick of hearing these stupid opinions of how some unit looks like... It is a mechanic unit! What else could it be if not somekind of robot?!? A unicorn? Or could a starfish be better option for u?...

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KlaDe #355

08/06/2012

oh well, evrything looked prettty good exept retard core and the tempest range.

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Kenshin #144

09/06/2012

@KlaDe: LOL the tempest is too much of an invesment if doesnt have an army to cover it just pull it with a viper ! also the tempest core is so awsome it makes the toss require even more decsion making ! Zerg Got lots of buffs too so be happy ! 1- fast hydras finaly 2- swarm host to force and engagment early before broodlords 3- viper to counter collusus 5- charge ultras wil be too deficult to handle for the death ball with fungal ! the Protoss Death ball is over ! Also the oracle will require lots of apm now !

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Viserion #106

08/06/2012

Looks disappointing for Terrans.

Fungal, cloud, tanks getting pulled by vipers and charging ultras, bye bye marines.

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Void #197

10/06/2012

@Rokoz: Did you expect to beat a fully upgraded Zerg with only tanks and marines? I'm glad that doesn't work against the army the Zerg has in your secnario.

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Something #329

08/06/2012

Can you say a bunch of widow mines attaching to a toss or zerg death ball? And on top of that, you get the damage also from your other units. Cant wait for this game!!

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KillaCan #242

08/06/2012

So let me get this right, they wont take out the Thor, because the Warhound as the video shows will fire against mech, so no anti-air. And you need the Thors anti-air against mutas. Well the mines are good, but how theyll fair against air, they didnt show it... I like the hellion, now we have a Firebat too. But again it will require a lot of micro to even hope for a fair outcome in battle, specially against zerg and that cloud... and i dont even whant to think about the cloud-fungal combo... And ultras chargin in...

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Canyarion #738

08/06/2012

Thanks Blizzard, this looks so much better than last years presentation.

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NjaL #952

08/06/2012

CHRIST almight! :D this seems like its gonna be really really fun! ^^

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Susurrus #285

08/06/2012

Terran looks pretty pitiful in comparison to the Zerg and Protoss updates. I think they need something more.

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Pipsqueak #437

08/06/2012

The Protoss and Zerg improvements look incredible. The Terran ones are really poor in comparison. I imagine I will start playing another race when HOTS comes out but Terran definitely looks like they are going to get slaughtered by P and Z.

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kekekekeke #508

09/06/2012

@Cosmonia: hey, 4rax (and more) marinemarauderstimmedivac, problem ? gl

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Byaka #860

08/06/2012

Oh man! i'm so looking forward to HOTS! So gonna abuse the oracle rush :D

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Adonminus #308

08/06/2012

Ow yeah... protoss in all it's might and glory. Thank you blizzard.

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SebU #270

08/06/2012

Hmm really interestin bw-ish "slow" gameplay style. My problem is, if you go for this style why not give units less food space so we can get bigger armies like in bw.

And haha i wanna see an TvP whit this build. It would be so awkward.

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Aelloon #911

08/06/2012

Terran gets the most interesting units - an antimechanical unit on the race that has the marauder, basically a seeker missile on the ground and a slower hellion?

Splitting in TvZ will be even more important than ever before because there's no range on a blob of marines.

Let's not even mention Protoss.

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maXX #385

08/06/2012

Just hate, how terrans only option nowadays is bioball and.... ye bio only. Maybe in TvT u can try mech, but vs toss is pretty useless, and against Z in lategame u can just ragequit (vs broods). Hope these changes will work well (i still see best changes for P so far :| )

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GrimShadow #863

08/06/2012

god damm good

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Timelog #850

08/06/2012

OMG Blizz <3

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MilfStalker #545

08/06/2012

Mother F ing First !

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