StarCraft 2 Strategy and StarCraft 2 Strategies

For the average StarCraft 2 player, playing multiplayer matches on Battle.net can not only be difficult, but even a daunting task. But equipped with the right StarCraft 2 strategy, even the newest of players can make their way up the ranks to Diamond league or even higher. They key to winning is all about using the right StarCraft 2 strategies to beat your opponents. For general strategy, check out the importance of high APM, StarCraft 2 build orders, or how to wall. For specific strategies, check out Terran Strategy, Protoss Strategy, and Zerg Strategy. Remember that practice makes perfect and good luck and have fun!

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Heart of the Swarm Units: First Look

Posted by on November 1, 2011
Blizzard has just released information on their new units coming with the StarCraft 2 expansion, Heart of the Swarm. These new units will definitely bring a whole new level of StarCraft 2 strategy and it will be interesting to see how they turn out. Keep in mind that all unit information is tentative until release! Terran Battle Hellion The Battle...

Heart of the Swarm: First Glance

Posted by on May 31, 2011
Time to take a break from your favorite StarCraft 2 strategies and check out this brand new information on the upcoming StarCraft 2 expansion: Heart of the Swarm. Heart of the Swarm Concept Art   First up is some pretty interesting concept art. There are a few pictures of Char, where the Zerg seem to still be planning out their strategies even...
  Blizzard has just released a teaser trailer for the upcoming StarCraft 2 expansion “Heart of the Swarm.” For those those who don’t know, Heart of the Swarm will be similar to Wings of Liberty but will take on much more of a RPG feel as Sarah Kerrigan improves her psychic powers as long as the powers of the Zerg Swarm. This...
The StarCraft 2 Warp Prism is a new community website that lets you browse through StarCraft 2 streams effortlessly and quickly within a single browser window. Most of these streams have commentators Warp Prism is a great way to learn StarCraft 2 strategies or just a nice way to relax and learn about the game. The UI is very simple, letting you easily...

MLG Columbus

Posted by on May 27, 2011
The MLG Pro Circuit’s 2nd weekend is about to start on June 3rd and will last through June 5th and will feature Halo: Reach, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and of course StarCraft 2. MLG Columbus will have some of your favorite StarCraft 2 players including LiquidTLO, IdrA, SeleCT, EGiNcontrol, LiquidRet, and many more, all of whom will be separated...

Grandmaster League Introduced

Posted by on April 27, 2011
A new league has been released for the top 200 StarCraft 2 players known as the “Grandmaster League.” Only the best players will have access to this league, and will require all participants to be very active (you must keep your bonus pool below 180). Get to work on your Starcraft 2 strategy if you hope to get in! For more information,...
Blizzard has just released an updated list of their top 200 StarCraft 2 Players in North America, which can be found here. These are the best players according to Battle.net’s Ladder system strictly in North America, so keep that in mind when you don’t see your favorite professional player on the list! As of this week, SeleCT is at the...
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Professional Player: IdrA

Posted by on August 27, 2010
Real Name: Greg Fields Team: CJ Entus Country: USA “Isn’t it funny, you won without doing a single thing” -IdrA after losing to Ret Like most StarCraft 2 players, IdrA started off his professional gaming career by playing the original StarCraft: Brood War. Originally playing Zerg, IdrA switched to playing Terran in Brood War but for...
Players: WhiteRa (P) vs. TheLittleOne (T) Map: Scrap Station Match Begins: 1:32 Moments of Interest: 2:50 – WhiteRa is known to “cheese” more than other top level players so TheLittleOne scouts the bottom of his base for a pylon to ensure that WhiteRa isn’t trying a proxy or cannon rush. 4:55 - TheLittleOne micros his Marines perfectly...
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Players: TesteR (P) vs. WhiteRa (P) Map: Lost Temple Match Begins: 4:16 Moments of Interest: 4:18 - WhiteRa orders his probes 2 at a time to different mineral patches. The game normally scrambles your workers for you in order to put each worker on a different mineral patch. By doing this, WhiteRa speeds up the process. 8:25 - TesteR has a Pylon hidden...
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Congratulations to the winner of the first HDH Invitational ever, WhiteRa! Winning a 4-2 upset against IdrA, WhiteRa’s Protoss pulled out a FE Forge with Zealot pressure against IdrA’s Zerg in the final game with an exciting all-in by IdrA that WhiteRa managed to hold off perfectly. For all Protoss players, WhiteRa’s Sentry Force...
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With only four players left, who will win the first ever HDH Invitational?
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IdrA vs hart’s 6pool

Posted by on May 8, 2010
A humorous video featuring nerd rage from who else but IdrA against a 6pool strat.
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“IRVINE, Calif. – May 5, 2010 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that its Battle.net® gaming service will integrate with Facebook®, linking the world’s premier online gaming platform with the world’s most popular social platform. The first step in the integration will enable StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™ players...
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The two famous brothers, Sean “Day[9]” Plott and Nick “Tasteless” Plott go at it in their first game of the HDH Invitational. Playing as Zerg and Terran respectively, both Reaper and Mutalisk harassment are used effectively.
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“IRVINE, Calif. – May 3, 2010 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that its highly anticipated real-time strategy game, StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™, will arrive in stores throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Mexico, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines,...
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Really awesome video between NonY and Moonglade where NonY puts the rarely used Phoenix to work for some interesting Protoss strategy.
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Free StarCraft 2 Beta Keys

Posted by on May 2, 2010
If you haven’t done so, make sure to join Blizzard’s StarCraft page on Facebook. They are giving away free StarCraft 2 Beta Keys daily!
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HDH Invitational

Posted by on May 2, 2010
April 21st – May 11th Presented by the well known HD and Husky, the HDH invitational is currently underway! Featuring some of the best western players around and a prize pool of $2450, you can expect some of the best StarCraft 2 strategy known to date. Notable players include the ill-tempered iDrA, popular caster Day[9], Artosis, ret, LzGamer,...
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