StarCraft II 0.8.0.14593 Patch Notes

[Islandsnake]

Emp nerf isn't that big of a deal you'll have more ghost now anyway and besides even before this patch I covered there entire army with overlapping emps lol

[SoFool]

Also, stalkers with blink are impossible to kill on open ground with anything lols.

And from the beta vids I've watched from day 1, nobody upgrades blink (o0)

[Aldrius]

And from the beta vids I've watched from day 1, nobody upgrades blink (o0)

It's insanely useful. I never understand why people don't use it.

[TheRabidDeer]

It's insanely useful. I never understand why people don't use it.

Its useful but expensive when zealot charge is the main thing that keeps them in the game past early game (and they are needed since they are a min only unit, so its good filler), and that costs 200/200. There are simply other things that take priority since stalkers can outrun a lot of things.

You can wreak some havoc though if you get blink and obs, and pull their army away from their base with another group of units so you can blink in.

[Hammy]

Protoss got nerfed again. Wasn't expecting that at all. What a shock. Blizzard clearly isn't biased towards the other races

Yeah I'm sure Blizzard hates all the Protoss players and loves the others... yup!

[Hammy]

I actually dislike the Stalker buffs, they seem to general now, and I felt that blizzard put so much into them specifically trying to make them not as general as the dragoon, and I thought they had really succeeded, while still creating a versatile and frequently used unit.

They do suck balls against mutas, but hey, we can buff toss in other ways :/

I don't dislike the buff, but I agree with what you're saying: I thought that blizzard was holding back from buffing stalkers because they DIDN'T want them to be the backbone of a P army. They want them to be a healthy unit to stall or be used in specific situations, but seeing armies composed of tons of stalkers would be a bad thing because then the P would be played exactly like all the other races.

I don't think this buff is significant enough to change gameplay though, it feels like it's really there to help them against mutalisk/ling/bling/marines, which isn't really drastic. And hey, maybe now that they're slightly better, people will feel more confident in investing in blink!

I think they did a good job so far in keeping the races very different, but buffing the stalker any more wouldn't be a step in the right direction (I don't think this buff is too much though).

[RamiZ]

I really think this is awesome patch!
Great changes to everything, except I really don't know why did they make that with Dark Shrine, it wasn't necessary. Oh well, all other things are great and I like that they are improving Stalkers to be more generalist then before, they are now really good. T-UP!

Also, Roach is fine, it isn't that huge of a nerf. And I am Zerg player.

[Gritten]

It's insanely useful. I never understand why people don't use it.

Cuz sometimes we forget man!! Geeeezzzz complain complain complain. Gritten did you upgrade blink yet? Why not! Hurry! D00d! Wut?

:P

I'm mocking our games of course lol.

[Perfecttear]

No they nerfed my marine rushes

The only wins i had were early game wins and rushes, it's realy hard playing terran lategame vs P and T. /cry

[RamiZ]

No they nerfed my marine rushes

The only wins i had were early game wins and rushes, it's realy hard playing terran lategame vs P and T. /cry

Why would you need Marine rush when your Viking is now more effective as ever with his cost lowered. Overlords/Drones/Probes hunting!