Heart of the Swarm Update - New Videos

Heart of the Swarm Update - New Videos

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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alex #5771
alex
8/18/2012
this is gonna be great. ill never have another favorite game other than this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thunderchild #624
Thunderchild
8/16/2012
My money is well spend somewhere else, I think I'll pass.
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Sniperman #123
Sniperman
8/16/2012
omg i played all the videos at the same time... O.O
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Duncan #147
Duncan
8/15/2012
they forgot that banelings can now move when burrowed >:D
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Hatmaster #847
Hatmaster
8/15/2012
@Duncan: exactly what i was thinking D:
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Moondog #866
Moondog
8/15/2012
@Hatmaster: They took that out
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killervol #958
killervol
8/15/2012
@Moondog: no they didnt
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Terrafied #164
Terrafied
8/16/2012
@Duncan:
it's op burrowed roaches were amazing enough
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Schematic #134
Schematic
8/18/2012
@killervol: Yes actually they did. lol.
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BloodRaven #802
BloodRaven
8/24/2012
@Duncan: This was the updated video if the move wile burrowed thing for banes wasent in this vid it got cut. Like the terran shreader bot and the protoss replicant. where not showed henceforth cut from game
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ArkAngel #511
ArkAngel
8/15/2012
all i do is stim stim stim no matter what. oh my god there removing stim.........young teens across the world have recently been protesting blizzards ridiculous decisions to royally screw terran players in other news all terran rines have been suffering from stim pack withdraw and suicidal thoughts over the fact that zerg and toss now beat the crap out of them bye rubbing there faces on there keyboards...
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Acerin #499
Acerin
8/15/2012
@ArkAngel: A Tribute to ArkAngel """"ArkAngel 1 day, 8 hours ago
Well they took away the warhounds anti air attack and terrans aren't gonna have thors so now there apparently removing stim at the moment so i guess you cant go mech since no factory units that aren't suicide units can attack air, rines wont get to stim and yes war hounds now only hit ground ,so are no longer the infantry support unit every one seemed to want. Well i guess that terran is gonna be the most screwed race and im going toss because 22 range is like insane and sine terran cant counter even with vikes tempest can kite and zerg don't have strong air, mass tempest void rays my new strat.
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ArkAngel 1 day, 8 hours ago
@XxDevilxXGT: War hounds lost there air attack and now only attack ground and just got a huge nerf terran didn't get anything worth 2 cents dude
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ArkAngel 6 hours, 46 minutes ago
@Acerin: Again does no one realize terran isnt zerg and cant go mass air by making 1 building and just training 30 units at once?

ArkAngel 1 day, 7 hours ago
@Halesy: the vipers ruined the siege line so there was no way to defend and there's no way to stop a viper so Terran just lose, especially now that to hit air you either need a lot of rines or vikings since the thors gone and the war hound has lost its anti-air attack
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ArkAngel 1 day, 6 hours ago
MAKE WAR HOUNDS HIT AIR OR LEAVE THORS AS THEY ARE BLIZZARD

ArkAngel 6 hours, 40 minutes ago
all i do is stim stim stim no matter what. oh my god there removing stim.........young teens across the world have recently been protesting blizzards ridiculous decisions to royally screw terran players in other news all terran rines have been suffering from stim pack withdraw and suicidal thoughts over the fact that zerg and toss now beat the crap out of them bye rubbing there faces on there keyboards...
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ArkAngel 2 days, 5 hours ago
AND ALL ZERG PLAYERS CAN SHUT IT BECAUSE TERRANS ARE LOSING THE THOR AND SOME HOW ZERG GETS TO KEEP THERE ULTRAS WHILE TOSS AND TERRAN LOSE THERE BEST MASSIVE UNITS YA THIS IS FAIR. WE KEEP ULTRA NO MORE CARRIER OR THOR THERE O.P. IF MASSED...ULTRAS ARE O.P. IF MASSED TO!!

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ArkAngel 2 days, 5 hours ago
@PsyKhoTiK: ya because the fact that you know zerg can spawn an army every 20 seconds isn't off balance please look at the land mines and please while your at it did you know burrowed banelings do splash damage can you remove those two? oh and did you know immortals a have a strong shield that counters that splash damage can you remove those as well please? because only zerg should have land mines that do splash damage because that makes it balanced.......
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ArkAngel 2 days, 5 hours ago
@Sleath: Ya terran was o.p. in wing o liberty i mean zerg could make 40 units at once protoss could warp in a whole new army but oh not SOME HOW WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THAT THAT........THE TURTLEING TERRANS ARE O.P. because we all now how mek armies with siege tanks are so great against broods and carriers so thank you sleath oh wise newb thank you for such reasonable input
(God why did you make people this stupid?)
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ArkAngel 1 day, 8 hours ago
@Chewy: They just took away the war hounds air attack. so now there is no easy counter to air since no factory units hit air execpt thors which are being removed at this point in time.

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ArkAngel 2 days, 15 hours ago
I am sad to say that even thou i love terran. i cant stand being screwed so royally in hots i will be changing to toss because zerg is now going to be capable of rubbing there faces on there keyboard and breaking a siege line or just spawning an army of never ending unit flow that attacks both air and ground. But i am looking forward to being toss and using the tempest to shoot at my opponents base from my base with that new 22 range upgrade.

@AngelofDeath: yes it will kill zerg to make a brood lord or a muta to idk @%%% all tanks but now lets make it as easy for them as possible and toss get oracle zerg get viper terrans new caster or ability unit oh wait THERE IS NOTHING so there just gonna be the easy-est race to counter since they have no manipulation units

ArkAngel 6 hours, 50 minutes ago
all i do is stim stim stim no matter what. oh my god there removing stim.........young teens across the world have recently been protesting blizzards ridiculous decisions to royally screw terran players in other news all terran rines have been suffering from stim pack withdraw and suicidal thoughts over the fact that zerg and toss now beat the crap out of them bye rubbing there faces on there keyboards...""""""""
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Acerin #499
Acerin
8/15/2012
Maybe that is your problem - all you do is stim... LOL! Sounds like a lot of crying to me. Actually watch the video - the terran player NEVER DIVERSIFIED his armies! He never changed his army composition to COUNTER properly! Someone needs to buy you a happy meal dude - or a the*#@@%*...
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Fellix #526
Fellix
8/14/2012
David Kim and Dustin Browder hate Terran enough said
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ziedrict #270
ziedrict
8/14/2012
TIME TO CHANGE FOR A NEW RACE?
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Randomguy #747
Randomguy
8/14/2012
ok that was 100% EPIC!!!!!!!
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Randomguy #747
Randomguy
8/14/2012
k its working now
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Randomguy #747
Randomguy
8/14/2012
i still cant here the voices but only the music
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Maniak #764
Maniak
8/14/2012
Terran imba, zerg imba, toss nees mor battle units.
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Fang #443
Fang
8/14/2012
Hots looks awesome but did they take out hydra speed?
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Googleflax #285
Googleflax
8/27/2012
@Fang: No, they still have that upgrade in HotS
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Blaze #1696
Blaze
8/14/2012
epic protoss and zerg battle
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TheCore #395
TheCore
8/14/2012
what? it said it would come out monday, and its tuesday... D:
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Randomguy #747
Randomguy
8/14/2012
@TheCore: u can watch the pvt on day9
Day9.tv Sunday through Thursday at 7:00 pm PDT.
the link above the pvz
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MASTERMIND #570
MASTERMIND
8/14/2012
The entomb from the oracle sounds promising
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Vispa #764
Vispa
8/14/2012
Terran used to be the most over powered race especially against toss cuase i could never defeat mmm anyway in heart of the swarm the tempest is gonna be the hard counter for that so terran got nerfed MAJORLY xD (i play toss) the oracle is the most op unit in the game along side the viper and the moma ship core being able to block all the mining at an intire expo for ever until it is shot down ;) be using that unit alot lol. the moma ship core is also pretty op but u can only make one :-p. anyway im not a n00b with this portrait but this is mah bros account and he is zerg so he insistes (did i spell that right?) to have a roach :(.
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Acerin #499
Acerin
8/14/2012
WOW!!! I can NOT wait for the expansion! As soon as the release is announced, I'll be among the 1st to pre-order! You guys really did a good job in creating new units that wouldn't make one race stronger than the other. The new units are very creative and unique, and I personally feel will add a whole new dynamic to the way the game is played. Players who play one race with one strategy they copied from some random gold+ league on youtube will have to learn something new... cuz the old stuffs won't work! PLEASE RELEASE SOON! LOOKS GREAT!
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Acerin #499
Acerin
8/14/2012
and all you guys that say Terrans got the short-end of this stick are mistaken. Terrans ALREADY have good units that could have countered the zerg. The terran player kept building the same units and didn't even TRY to diversify his army's composition. Zerg player DID. This isn't a balance issue - the terran player just got out-strategized and out-micro'd. Terrans didn't even BOTHER to build air, too...
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ArkAngel #511
ArkAngel
8/15/2012
@Acerin: HEY RERE terrans cant make 1 building and change there whole build in 2 seconds so shut up since you obviously are clueless on the fact that it takes terrans time to make there unit training structures.
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Acerin #499
Acerin
8/15/2012
@ArkAngel: First off - you obviously didnt watch the whole video... or you would have noticed that the vid was over 30 minutes long.. Is that enough time to change your strats? It DEFINATELY is! There were 2 (at least) 5 min stretches where neither player engaged in conflict... and after losing TWO BATTLES with his army's composition.. instead of changing up on his army composition (like the zerg player did b/c he was only BARELY winning), he KEPT BUILDING THE SAME STUFF!!! He had 2 long periods in the game... where there was NO FIGHTING... that he could have done something different! But instead he chose to keep going with the SAME UNITS! When the zerg finally had what they needed, it was a quick defeat for the terran player. You OBVIOUSLY don't even know how to play the game. Wait - Lemme guess - You are one of those bronze league nooblets that likes to play "10min no-rush" pvt games? LOL
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Zoron #882
Zoron
8/14/2012
Wow, to me zerg would dominate terran and protoss, but then again, it is called heart of the swarm.
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Starclone #330
Starclone
8/14/2012
@Zoron: The Title of a game or the focus of the campaign shouldn't be a reason to make multiplayer imbalanced. (I personally think its fine but just saying)
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centerion #476
centerion
8/14/2012
seems as though the zerg got an op update thats better then protoss and terran, actualy terran seems to have gotten the worst update! thankfuly i play zerg ;)
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ArkAngel #511
ArkAngel
8/14/2012
MAKE WAR HOUNDS HIT AIR OR LEAVE THORS AS THEY ARE BLIZZARD
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Halesy #635
Halesy
8/13/2012
I'm a little shocked when Mass Hydras> Mass "Battle" hellions so easily. Maybe I was expecting more from them, but even with preigniters 20 damage (80 hp hydras) you shouldn't need mroe than 5 hellions to attack a cluster at once.. this was.. just.. bleh.
When Hellions + Siege Tanks with Thor mix < Hydras.. it's a sad day.
No roach tank against hellion. no buffer. Didn't even need the ultra for the most part.. just.. hydras and a few vipers to grab.
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ArkAngel #511
ArkAngel
8/14/2012
@Halesy: the vipers ruined the siege line so there was no way to defend and there's no way to stop a viper so Terran just lose, especially now that to hit air you either need a lot of rines or vikings since the thors gone and the war hound has lost its anti-air attack
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Vassili #319
Vassili
8/14/2012
@Halesy: im going to have to agree with you on this one terran units suck compared to those hydras with extra speed
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Acerin #499
Acerin
8/14/2012
@Halesy: Terran units don't suck.. I just feel the player who played them in the video didn't counter properly. He kept using the same unit composition for his army, while the zerg player kept on teching for hydra/ultra combo ect. If you stick with building the same units constantly, all you'll end up doing is giving your opponent an opportunity to counter you, and even a Bronze league player can figure that one out.
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ArkAngel #511
ArkAngel
8/15/2012
@Acerin: Again does no one realize terran isnt zerg and cant go mass air by making 1 building and just training 30 units at once?
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Acerin #499
Acerin
8/15/2012
@ArkAngel: Those units cost resources. The zerg player didn't just magically pop out those units... he had to build hatcheries... his unit production was higher than the terran players... how many factories did the terran have? it was 2 wasn't it? I'll guess 3 but I only recall 2. Units cost resources... and zerg players gotta build buildings to increase their production - just like any other player... the zerg player won b/c he went for early expo - and instead of the terran player DENYING the zerg player those expo's and being aggressive - he just sat on his hands and by the time he DID attack (which was a COUNTER-ATTACK mind you), the zerg player had AMAZING map control AND on top of it an AMAZING economy going. So he could AFFORD to bust out those units b.c the terran player didn't harass early like he should have. GG