Co-Op Mutation #415: Blasting Off Again

Your enemies have activated the self-destruction sequence of their base as your armies corner them. Now you must prevent them from shipping their special cargo off-world while all manner of violent explosions and unexpected lava erupt all around you.

Going Nuclear - Nukes are launched at random throughout the map.
Lava Burst - Lava periodically burst from the ground at random locations and deals damage to player air and ground units.
Power Overwhelming - All enemy units have energy and use random abilities.

Rating:

Video Replays on Brutal difficulty:

Player 1 Player 2
[CtG 33x40 Lone Puppy] Ancalagon 33x40 Architect of War
[CtG 33x40 Lord of the Horde] Galle 33x40 Mercenary Leader and Dominion Admiral
[CtG 33x40 Network Administrator] Ancalagon 33x40 Signal Savant
[CtG 33x40 Primal Pack Leader] Terribleness 33x40 Dominion Ghost

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Notes:

  • Abilities used by the enemy include Abduct, Black Hole, Defensive Matrix, Disabling Cloud, Disruption Web, Force Field, Fungal Growth, Guardian Shield, Graviton Beam, [Hybrid Structure Disable Thing], Irradiate, Parasitic Bomb, Point Defense Drone, Psionic Orb, Psionic Storm, Seeker Missile, Snipe, Time Warp.
  • There is no means to determine what spells each enemy unit has until they actually use it.
  • Dehaka does not get the psionic buff from devouring units, even though everyone s a spellcaster. The unit tag still takes precedence
  • Mind controlling units will make them lose all their mutator buffs.
  • The warning spot for Going Nuclear is the large targeting area. However, you only have 5 Blizzard seconds of warning before the nuke hits.
  • The Lava Bursts appear all around your bases, but not in the mineral line. It is probably wise to build your expansion on-location.
  • Lava Bursts hit air units, like in Vermillion Problem.

Vote here which 3 commanders you think are best for this mutation:

Links:
Weekly Mutation Database
Maguro’s Mutation List
starcraft2coop.com

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Mutation overlap 231 this week 2nd

1st clear Tychus P2+Fenix P1

Mutation (Blasting Off Again) play list

This mutation is gonna be painful. Nukes, lava bursts, heck even random abilities may be the worst mutation. Recommended commanders:

  • Tychus P2
  • Karax P3
  • Stukov P3
  • Vorazun P3
  • Swann P3
  • Stetmann P1
  • Zeratul P3
  • Dehaka P2

this mutation is very easy…

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#231 Blasting Off Again – SOLO ALL CLEAR

Mutators: Going Nuclear, Lava Burst, Power Overwhelming

https:// youtube.com/shorts/NLVtTvZwPyw?feature=share

https:// youtu.be/raOrX1VW5hE (Easy Solo - Tychus p2)

Going Nuclear and Lava Burst make it impossible to just place static defense on the map against the enemies. The best option is to make them at home (since they’re also good vs power overwhelming) and make mobile air units to deal with the shuttles. The general plan is to deal with the shuttles, then go home and deal with the attack waves. If you are using an army based commander, make trash buildings like ebays to stall until your army gets home.

For duos: Stetmann and Karax

For solo queue: Tychus, Karax, Dehaka

Successes [and key points]

Abathur (p1) https://youtu.be/JH6-5Q2_0uI

Abathur (p3) https://youtu.be/Ngs-UBfThvQ

Alarak (p3) https://youtu.be/Q1pTuoyCSHk

Artanis (p2) https://youtu.be/mncP57dYwlg [keep obs in key places for vision to teleport]

Dehaka (p2) https://youtu.be/zrR-iYm-P64

Fenix (p1) https://youtu.be/VLlb_ts53Xc [dragoon suit vs shuttles]

HH (p2) https://youtu.be/KdWMijZ9f0E

Karax (p3) https://youtu.be/zhxn1HZj90A

Kerrigan (p3) https://youtu.be/q9fAQhLJ8b8

Mengsk (p3) https://youtu.be/KDpDfpvW5IU [keep units outside bunkers for mandate; have just enough troopers on the field to deal with shuttles]

Nova (p1) https://youtu.be/5TIUzL6HaO4

Raynor (p3) https://youtu.be/ped3lgxkmak

Stetmann (p2) https://youtu.be/bYvzjImrlZE

Stukov (p3) https://youtu.be/l3z9xmnxh4o

Swann (p0) https://youtu.be/GNlE7xviVSI

Tychus (p2) https://youtu.be/_YoHaBIwV78

Vorazun (p3) https://youtu.be/EM11uHWakd4

Zagara (p3) https://youtu.be/l-Pkp47BkAk

Zeratul (p2) https://youtu.be/LOZKdwVkcSQ

Multi Mutation (Blasting Off Again + Other VL Mutations at the SAME TIME)

Karax (p3) https://youtu.be/kZnUsaFveSA

Dehaka (p2) https://youtu.be/1V_IXg1dn-g

Questions about any of these runs are welcome. Some runs will be uploaded tomorrow.

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Haha Stukov P3 bunkers go brrrrrrrrr

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Completed the read requirements. Trust level 3 is back. I updated the thread. Will add the poll soon.

EDIT: Poll added.

I went bio as Raynor, but apparently you’re not supposed to go bio for this one.

More than 600 casualties lol. The Reaver/Disruptor comp didn’t help.

Having to babysit units vs. nukes alone would drive me batty. Not to mention steering workers away from lava and nuke zones

stukov goes brr

your workers stay home, your troops, more specifically, shuttle killers go dodge the fireworks