Human beings is a creature of habits. We often repeat our daily activities without giving must thought and performing the same activities without questioning its relevance. In Starcraft 2 tips and strategy today, we are applying the same rule for our Starcraft 2 Gamers. Often times, we will repeat our actions over and over again without having much thought into the relevance and importance of the action itself.
Lets take a look from a Zerg's player point of view, the 'Injecting Larvae' skill by the Queen. Most lower league players are performing the act of injecting their larvae at their own time; only when the remember. Often times, at higher levels, a miss in Injecting Larvae early in the game can means a life or death situation. During the early phase of a Zerg vs Terran or even Protoss/Zerg matchup, larvae is the most important and valuable resources for the Zerg player. Why is the Zerg mechanic differentiate so greatly from the Terran and Protoss Arsenal? The obvious reason is the Larvae mechanic. Zerg needs larvae to build Drones and armies. Thus, as a Zerg player yourself, a perfect timing of Larvae Injection is very crucial in your games. If you are one of the players that often times, miss your Larvae Injection, it is now the perfect opportunity to get out of your own comfort zone, and always pay attention to this invaluable skill.
Another aspect that can often times relate to this, is the 'General Strategy'. A lot of players which even include myself, where we are performing the same few strategy over and over again during our ladder matches. There is nothing wrong with us sticking to the same strategy if it wins us the game. However, looking from a different point of view, this is a serious limiting factor for our future development. Most Terran players are always sticking to a one or two bases strategy which they are very comfortable performing in. However, when they are faced with a situation where the game itself just keep on dragging into a long macro war, these players will lack the ability in dealing on this type of situation. Thus, from this scenario, we can clearly see that the need of getting ourselves out from our comfort zone to explore more variations of our strategies and in game decision making.
Lets take another example here where you are playing comfortably with a 50 APM (Actions Per Minute) average throughout your games. You are currently sitting comfortably in the Gold League division. However, often times, this may occur due to your low APM while macroing over your bases and or in your unit micros. Thus, learning to improve your APM is a very essential way. I am not pointing out for everyone to have a 200 plus APMs in the game. The problem here is that most likely, your macro and micro is lacking compared to your opponents, thus often referring to being at a disadvantage. In my personal opinion, I feel that an average of 120 APM is good enough. However I do see some high level Pro Gamers like Minigun whom has a very low APM. Probably 80 I guess?
I hope that you guys like this series of Starcraft 2 guide and strategy 'How to Improve in Starcraft 2' so far.
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