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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RADZ #708
RADZ
12/2/2012
wat?]
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Ogremagne #407
Ogremagne
12/1/2012
lol.. ultraliks will catch you off guard with that new burrow ability. :))
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legend #506
legend
10/11/2012
i want the beta
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madman #867
madman
9/8/2012
I think that protoss should have had a more useful unit than a tempest. I find the swarm host to be OP and also the warhound to be anti-protoss because of the anti mech capabilties, but im sure blizzard knows what its doing and will end up balancing it out.
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XKavalryMasX #154
XKavalryMasX
8/29/2012
Wow viper op
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Edson #969
Edson
8/5/2012
I want that Zerg logo t-shirt
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RzLightZ #922
RzLightZ
8/4/2012
terran is lucky with widow mines for defense
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epickitty #714
epickitty
7/17/2012
it kinda sucks how Tempests can have 22 Range.
now i think Protoss is over powered
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AhuraMazda #986
AhuraMazda
7/31/2012
@epickitty: Don't worry, they do little to no damage man. Protoss is majorly underpowered in HotS
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miwa #688
miwa
8/1/2012
@AhuraMazda: little?...... that's one tank per hit bro
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RzLightZ #922
RzLightZ
8/4/2012
@MallikaVRZO: few hits , just send a few anti air or some air to kill it and tempest only works in late games , not early
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LoCo #711
LoCo
7/15/2012
Whats the cost comparison of the mothership core for Nexus VS the Planetary Fortress for command centre??? If its not balanced Blizzard must address this issue I feel.
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BioMaelstrom #720
BioMaelstrom
7/30/2012
@LoCo: does a PF have mass recall?
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KidBro #109
KidBro
7/31/2012
@LoCo: 50-50 for MC & 150-150 for PF
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Michael #140
Michael
7/11/2012
Seems ok, here is my lowly take on it...

So basically spider mines were scrapped and came back in the expansion as 'widow mines', basically the Terran answer to burrowed banelings.
The firebat has made a return... Will the battle helion be considered mech or bio? It should be bio as it is similar to marauder, yet mech as it stems from the helion.
Warhound, a rehash of the discontinued Goliath...

This "new" Mothership can do basically everything that the old one can, but stays in situ.
Tempest, appears to be a guardian, but make protoss like. And is that even the Protoss way to fight? sitting way back away from the glory.
Carriers are great units to have to distract the enemies with the interceptors and their size, a tempest will not
Tempest and phoenix massing likely - Remember Guardian/Devourer combos
Oracle, basically a re hash of the arbiter? but without a passive cloaking field? I can see the entombing becoming a real problem for players versing Protoss.

Zerg, is now more deadly with a smaller group on units and has the ability to pour on more of the swarm with locust/swarm host
Ultralisks seem ok, and will only force Terran to make more ravens, thus more pdd and therefore probably doom the Zerg player.
Viper, kinda a flying defiler with blinding cloud, almost like dark swarm as it gives melee units an advantage inside. But not really as dark swarm usually protected the ranged attackers kept within.
Abduct, similar to Spawn broodlings, probably to counter those pesky terran turtlers which are otherwise difficult to counter.

This whole thing reminds me of a car manufacturer. They design a new car to replace the old one (Starcraft) then they tone the new one down (Starcraft 2) down a whole lot so there will be future improvements "Facelifts" or "Expansions".
Way to keep us buying the game, but the expansions should not be the same price as WoL. Maybe half as much, so you can get the 2 expansions for the same price as WoL.

Nice new units though, will add in another dimension, mainly in sneaky attacks and psionic warfare
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TomKazansky #352
TomKazansky
7/1/2012
Tempest is no longer anti-Muta unit, yes?
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IEMitty #633
IEMitty
7/11/2012
TomKazansky: i don't think so but meta is under used compared to roaches now
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geko #150
geko
6/28/2012
terran look under powered
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WandereR #665
WandereR
6/26/2012
Hydras are powerful as they used to be in BW. Zerg style have to fast but little fragile make their game more dynamic.
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TomKazansky #352
TomKazansky
7/1/2012
@WandereR: this expansion is for Zerg, lol
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LoCo #711
LoCo
6/26/2012
Vikings will become a standard part of Mech builds for terran.
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LoCo #711
LoCo
6/26/2012
Much prefer the warhound DPS tweaks now over what they showed at blizzcon. Should be a decent unit now. Only thing with meching terrans is they will need viking support for sure to counter the tempests, broods, Battlecruisers in the mid to late game against the respective races....
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Kachinsky #684
Kachinsky
6/25/2012
I can't wait for this game to be release soon, so Blizzard will you pls hurry up with the development I've heard that it's almost 90% complete.
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Azedenkae #587
Azedenkae
6/25/2012
At the very end there was an orange extractor and a green extractor... any reasons for that?
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OneBasurero #131
OneBasurero
7/1/2012
@Azedenkae: probably the green extractor has some gas left, the orange probably spent.
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abcroy #526
abcroy
6/17/2012
if i ever change to terran, mech all the way, however vs toss i woudlr ather go for mmmvg still, but add a reactored factory and make decent amount of hellions, say 16 totoall in late game to deal with the 40 plus chargelots.
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Mattadder #809
Mattadder
6/16/2012
I won't be using tanks anymore!
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NightHound #242
NightHound
6/15/2012
I am saddened that the Tempest has smaller AoE now. :'(
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Prime #105
Prime
6/14/2012
I agree with Day[9]
Rob Simpson is sexy...
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Leramar #806
Leramar
6/14/2012
So... Warhounds are useless when you're versing Zerg? That kinda sucks :(
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LoCo #711
LoCo
6/13/2012
HOTS tvp HOTS tvp HOTS tvp the public has spoken...
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abcroy #526
abcroy
6/16/2012
@LoCo: stop asking idiot the mlg is over, they will probably show soemthing at the next gsl or blizzcon.
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LoCo #711
LoCo
6/16/2012
@abcroy: Settle pettle, only CUMback you got is when you jack off in front of a fan so talk nice or !@#$ & GTFO
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radred #619
radred
6/24/2012
@LoCo: dude
shut up
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metaStatic #160
metaStatic
7/15/2012
@LoCo: it's the zerg expansion, TvP is inconsequential
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rainz #286
rainz
6/13/2012
where is the battlecruiser upgrade?
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LoCo #711
LoCo
6/12/2012
Great work on HOTS blizzard looks awesome, please release more Battlereports we are all waiting on more... and the more the better thanks.
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abcroy #526
abcroy
6/13/2012
@LoCo: to late mlg is over day9 has retreated to his lair, so has the 'sexy' rob simpson, as quoted by day9tv
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LoCo #711
LoCo
6/13/2012
@abcroy: Day 9 said he was going on vacation with any luck blizzard may have had him on covert blizzard operations lolz...
Casting more HOTS... wishfull thinking.
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mGGAlpha #599
mGGAlpha
6/12/2012
Thanks for the update and good having all the videos in one spot.. is there any word when a PvT will be shown? I think we're all really excited to see the changes of the match up