{"id":267,"date":"2013-03-17T13:57:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T20:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starcraft.kevinleung.com\/?page_id=267"},"modified":"2013-07-28T17:45:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T00:45:37","slug":"basic-guides-to-each-race","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blog.spawningtool.com\/?page_id=267","title":{"rendered":"Basic Guides to Each Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love analyzing the details of professional matches and all of the little things they do. That, unfortunately, isn’t something that most of us can do on a regular basis. Most of the games I lose are because I either didn’t scout to know what to react to, or I just didn’t know what my own plan was and fell behind on macro. And it’s mostly the latter. So I wrote up these guides.<\/p>\n

For each race, I have a writeup for dealing with each matchup. Specifically, I’ll outline where most games usually go and how to deal with that. Then, I’ll provide 2 or 3 basic build orders for you to get to the mid-game safely.<\/p>\n

These builds are intended for lower-level players, but I expect that you should know everything in the “Getting into StarCraft” guide. This includes:<\/p>\n

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  1. How to read a build order<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. What all of the units are<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. How to assign control groups and hotkeys for production<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These builds are all at least vetted for Heart of the Swarm (HotS). I also will be maintaining these posts over times so that they remain relevant as patches come in, the metagame shifts, and play is refined.<\/p>\n

    So, here they are:<\/p>\n