If you are a fan of this commander… sorry, but I despise him. To give some background, I like commanders like mensk or stet, who have challenging (by coop standards) macro and micro to play them to their max potential. Usually, I prefer the commanders without hero units, but if the hero unit is more of a supplement to their armies than an actual army in itself (Zagara, Alarak… who are my favorite commanders, oddly enough), that is also fine.
That said, I can usually find ways to enjoy all of the commanders, usually by trying to run less-optimal compositions (like all types of units for fenix/stukov) or by turning off auto-cast (hello nova)… but with zeratul, I just can’t.
Forgetting about the bollocks that is his tesseract build, his macro is simplified toss’ macro, with all the upgrades ties to the artifact mini-game, which at this point for me is just a chore instead of an actual challenge. Expansions can be cleared with the pocket void rays, and everything feels so easy.
His army is so A-move heavy… the only micro I see there is the sentries, dark templars and zeratul himself, but even that is limited. Most of his units have damage mitigating abilities (predictive blink, back to the shadows) and even the disruptor, which I really wanted to not be autocast, is autocast.
Is there anyway to have a challenge with zeratul that is not just soloing maps faster, or is this basically it? If I’m missing something, then please point that out, otherwise, hit with the nerf bat until he is as dead as he is in the campaign. (I.e. manual cast disruptors, a deeper artifact minigame)