Co-Op Mutation #347: Experimental Artillery

Moebuis Corps have deployed their plasma weapons. Their buildings are outfitted with long range plasma projectiles, and enhanced targeting systems. The Balius is your hope of stopping them, so make sure it goes up in time!

Laser Drill - An enemy Laser Drill constantly attacks player units within enemy vision.
Long Range - Enemy units & structures have increased weapon and vision range.
Photon Overload - All enemy structures attack nearby hostile units.

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Video Replays on Brutal difficulty:

Player 1                                   Player 2
[CtG Network Administrator] Dehakaburger Primal Pack Leader
[CtG Folly of Man] Nostrebor Infiltration Specialist
[CtG Galactic Gunrunners] [Twotuuu The Powerless]
[CtG Apex Predator] 가루 Lord of the Horde

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Notes:

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Links:
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starcraft2coop.com

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Mutation overlap 161 this week 2nd

1st clear Mengsk P3+Zagara P1

Mutation (Experimental Artillery) play list

Swann with Heavy Weapons Specialist Prestige: So the bad guys send the Laser Drill against us, two can play that game.

:heart: Abathur P2 :heart: works amazingly well - just make sure that drill targets your locusts and its an ez game every time. :kiss: :star_struck: :muscle:

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Went with Stukov P3 and Zagara P1. Who knew the massive waves of free units would make the laser drill almost useless. The Zagara even surrounded the drill with a spine forest making it just a minor tickle come late game.

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#161 Experimental Artillery – SOLO ALL CLEAR plus meme runs

Mutators: Laser Drill, Photon Overload, Long Range

Three annoying mutators, but nothing too difficult. Terran + long range is pretty annoying, though.

Make sure you have detectors to get rid of observers and creep tumors, since they give the laser vision. You should also try to destroy and camp the laser whenever you can, probably around the 10 minute mark after you have safely taken your expansion and destroyed the little encampments nearby. The 17 minute wave might spawn near the laser and attack your (probably weak) defenses there, so be ready for that.

Successes [and key points]

Breeze (easy)

Alarak (p3) #161: Experimental Artillery - Alarak Solo (p3) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [the usual]

Dehaka (p2) #161: Experimental Artillery - Dehaka Solo (p2) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [creeper hosts clear areas, mutas help against the boss]

Fenix (p2) #161: Experimental Artillery - Fenix Solo (p2) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [the usual]

Karax (p2) #161: Experimental Artillery - Karax Solo (p2) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [carriers]

Kerrigan (p2) #161: Experimental Artillery - Kerrigan Solo (p2) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [extra queens for healing early on, and then mass ultras]

Mengsk (p1) #161: Experimental Artillery - Mengsk Solo (p1) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [ESOs, and then mass bunkers at boss areas]

Nova (p3) #161: Experimental Artillery - Nova Solo (p3) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [Nova clears areas and collect parts. Slowly head towards laser]

Stetmann (p2) #161: Experimental Artillery - Stetmann Solo (p2) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [infestors]

Stukov (p3) #161: Experimental Artillery - Stukov Solo (p3) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [the usual]

Tychus (p2) #161: Experimental Artillery - Tychus Solo (p2) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [the usual; Sam camps laser]

Vorazun (p3) #161: Experimental Artillery - Vorazun Solo (p3) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [the usual]

Zagara (p1) #161: Experimental Artillery - Zagara Solo (p1) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [F2A]

Zeratul (p2) #161: Experimental Artillery - Zeratul Solo (p2) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [the usual]

Challenge (medium)

Abathur (p2) #161: Experimental Artillery - Abathur Solo (p2) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [swarm hosts]

Abathur (p3) #161: Experimental Artillery - Abathur Solo (p3) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [one brutalisk, then all leviathans]

HH (p2) #161: Experimental Artillery - Han and Horner Solo (p2) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [BCs]

Raynor (p3) #161: Experimental Artillery - Raynor Solo (p3) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [BCs]

Torture (difficult)

Swann (p1) #161: Experimental Artillery - Swann Solo (p1) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [not THAT difficult, but I lost more wraiths than I wanted to]

Artanis (p3) #161: Experimental Artillery - Artanis Solo (p3) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [not THAT difficult, but it was the one I had the most trouble with]

Zeratul (p3) [No Mining] #161: Experimental Artillery - Zeratul Solo (p3) [Starcraft 2 Co-op Mutation] - YouTube [no mining; needed good boss RNG]

Questions about any of these runs are welcome.

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Does Long Range pair with Photon Overload to give that latter more vision and/or range?

Queyed this as random commander and got H&H with a lower level Raynor P3 ally.

Ally was a little slow getting the BC fleet going (big surprise there) but we didn’t really struggle even against the protoss air fleet that is one of the harder compositions.

Destroyed many buildings with Strike Fighters. Easy week.

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Anyway, I played as Artanis P1 to increase ability effectiveness and win the mutation on brutal with Abathur.

just ignore the drill and play any commander haha. dont show the drill respect by microing locusts lol

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