#42 Hostile Takeover – SOLO ALL CLEAR
Mutators: Eminent Domain, Laser Drill, Missile Command
The synergy between these mutators makes this one seem harder than B+1. Missile command means using static D to defend at home, but if your buildings die, eminent domain will give Amon vision, and then his laser will poke at your stuff. Nukes come at 15 minutes, so if you clear this map quickly, you’ll deal with fewer of them. Note that when air units kill missiles, Amon gets vision of that unit for 2 seconds, meaning that the laser will poke at that unit for about 40 damage.
Strategy: The usual strats against missile command. Commanders who can repair should put some idle workers around the base to auto-repair damaged buildings. The usual strats against laser drill. Invisibility, fat units, high healing, or super large armies all work well. You can ignore eminent domain for the most part.
For an easy victory, use any Terran commander besides HH (although HH can deal with missile command fairly well). Karax and Stukov also make this mutation easy.
For a challenge, use Dehaka, Alarak, Fenix, Artanis, or Zagara.
Successes [and key points]
Raynor (p3) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Raynor Solo (p3) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [Hyperion clears detectors, banshees snipe shards]
Kerrigan (p0) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Kerrigan Solo (p0) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [mostly Kerrigan solo with hydras staying at home to shoot down missiles]
Artanis (p2) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Artanis Solo (p2) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [snipe seven shards in a little over a minute]
Swann (p1) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Swann Solo (p1) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [use a floating factory to tank the laser drill]
Zagara (p3) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Zagara Solo (p3) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [Zagara clears the first three sets of shards, then all in with army for the last set]
Vorazun (p3) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Vorazun Solo (p3) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [time stop, snipe shards, repeat]
Karax (p3) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Karax Solo (p3) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [sentinel + immortals]
Karax (p2) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Karax Solo (p2) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [phoenixes and orbital strikes can deal with nukes]
Abathur (p2) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Abathur Solo (p2) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [swarm hosts’ locusts tank the laser drill]
Alarak (p3) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Alarak Solo (p3) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [destroyers and stalkers defend against missiles until the big all in]
Nova (p3) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Nova Solo (p3) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [Nova clears detectors, banshees snipe shards, infantry defend against missiles at home]
Stukov (p3) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Stukov Solo (p3) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [build barracks near mineral lines for emergency troopers against nukes]
Fenix (p2) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Fenix Solo (p2) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [shells stay back, adept shells defend against missiles; Fenix’s dragoon suit shoots down nukes]
Dehaka (p2) [Commentary] Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Dehaka Solo (p2) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [pack leaders clear areas around shards; creeper hosts snipe shards and missiles]
HH (p3) [Commentary] Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Han and Horner Solo (p3) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [flying reapers take care of nuke missiles; need 30-40 platforms kill shards; consider using cloaked wraiths to save shots]
Tychus (p2) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Tychus Solo (p2) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [Sirius (and Nux/Vega later) defend against missiles, Sam and Tychus go on the offense]
Zeratul (p3) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Zeratul Solo (p3) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [Zeratul can clear the first three sets alone; send an army to clear the last set]
Stetmann (p1) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Stetmann Solo (p1) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [once nukes come, Gary stays back to kill them]
Mengsk (p3) Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation #42: Hostile Takeover - Mengsk Solo (p3) [=Brutal+1] - YouTube [just do the usual ESO strat, but have anti missile defenses nearby]
Easiest: Karax (p2, p3), Stukov, Mengsk
Proudest: Zagara, Dehaka, Alarak
Questions about any of these runs are welcome.