Co-Op Mutation #424: Whiteout

Few things are as harsh as a Kaldir blizzard. Resources are hard to come by, and the winds freeze everything they touch. Destroy Amon’s shuttles, and try to keep warm.

Blizzard - Storm clouds move across the map, damaging and freezing player units in their path.
Slim Pickings - Player worker units gather resources at a reduced rate, but resource pickups spawn throughout the map.

Rating:

Video Replays on Brutal difficulty:

Player 1 Player 2
[CtG 33x40 Desolate Queen]
[CtG 33x40 Grease Monkey]
[CtG 33x40 Knowledge Seeker]
[CtG 33x40 Dominion Ghost] Mengsk 33x40 Merchant of Death

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Notes:

  • The Blizzard clouds move from left to right across the map. Even touching the edge of a cloud will slow down your units considerably.
  • The Blizzards do not pass through players’ expansions.
  • Workers gather 1 resource per trip on Brutal difficulty. It is still worth it to expand, but you need to take your expansion early for it to pay back its cost and be worthwhile.
  • Using patrol on single units/workers is a good way of seeing the resource pickups. They still appear through the fog of war so you can return to them later. Don’t take too long, though, as the pickups despawn at some point.
  • This mutation in general is anti-economy and anti-small units. Therefore, commanders with strong hero units will do extremely well here.

Commander of the Week: https://www.strawpoll.me/24772174
Mutation difficulty: https://www.strawpoll.me/24772227
Do you like this mutation? https://www.strawpoll.me/24772279

Commander of the Week winner of last week:

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

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Mutation overlap 5, 74, 240. this week 4th. 424

1st clear Mengsk P3+Tychus P1

Mutation (White Out) play list

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I underestimated Tychus P2 on this one. The outlaws tank the blizzard damage and as long as you deploy only guns (I even got a couple of fixers at the end) and max out your medivac platforms you can pretty much hold down the warp conduits. Previously I just got overwhelmed in the late game using P3 Stukov.

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This mutation is somewhat annoying, but you need expendable units to brave the blizzard. Recommended commanders:

  • Stukov P3
  • Tychus P2
  • Zagara P1
  • Zeratul P2
  • Kerrigan P3
  • Swann P1
  • Fenix P2
  • Karax P3
  • Stetmann P1
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#5 White Out – SOLO ALL CLEAR

Mutators: Slim Pickings, Blizzard

https://youtu.be/rA5ge3a04YQ (Slim Pickings Guide)

https://youtu.be/wtrsyV5EPOY (quick tips for this mutation)

https://youtu.be/-MvHi8VoFts (easy solo – Zeratul p2)

https://youtube.com/shorts/ozu2dCiu7UI?feature=share (shorts: quick info and recommendations)

Blizzard makes it difficult to collect money for Slim Pickings. Fortunately, you can follow my guides and tips to make your life a bit easier.

Keep an eye on the minimap to see where your army is relative to the nearest blizzards. If you are a commander with mobility options, always be ready to use one to get out of the way of the blizzards.

For duos: Karax and Zeratul

For solo queue: Tychus, Dehaka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q76sMF3mDc&list=PL3FSCru5EHIhZ0ETXDS0wKZz6XQHQxtBQ (Playlist of runs for all commanders)

https://youtu.be/Xk_s5pCtPUs (multi-mutation, no mining with Zeratul p3 – b+7)

Questions about any of these runs are welcome. Runs will be uploaded throughout the week. All members get early access to videos. There were more Bad Weather runs than I had expected, and that mutation was more interesting, so those took priority.

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