Tempest suggestion

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I think we can all agree the Tempest is a pos. The unit is expensive, doesn’t do it’s job very well and unfortunately, is pretty much the only option vs late game mass BCs that hover around ledges.

To that end, I think it’s time we buff the Tempest.

Damage changed from 30(+3) and 22(+2) damage to Massive to 30(+3) and 40(+2) bonus damage to Massive.

This is a major buff to the Tempest but let’s look at what this actually counters.

Battlecruisers
Thors
Archons
Carriers
Tempests
Colossus (lol)
Broodlords
Ultralisks

Thors already get mauled by Disruptors and increased damage vs them won’t matter too much, outside of making Stargate viable vs Thor based compositions again instead of forcing Protoss to go mass Disruptor to deal with them.

BCs already lose early game in TvP to blink stalkers or even cannons+shield batteries, this buff only matters late game.

Carriers kinda sorta need better counters in PvP so that’s another positive.
Colossus don;t get made in PvP so no biggie.
Tempests countering Tempests is expected.

Nobody makes Broodlords anymore now that their range is bad so not really an issue for ZvP
And Ultralisks are already one of the easiest ways to throw a game in sc2 and the unit needs to get some buffs anyhow so making it suck even more won;t change anything until it’s buffed accordingly.

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I wish they had longer range and some splash

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I suggest you look at which forums you are posting in, my dude.

You are in the co-op section.

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Oops! 20char!!!

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Honestly I think Tempest need splash dmg in Versus because they just incapable of dealing with a late game carrier army effectively. The only army compostions that can deal with mass carrier armies are armies that wipe out their interceptors, but all the army that can do that are ground armies and they are mega easy to kite and whither away over time. Tempest need splash dmg, not a strong splash damage, just one with a big AoE that maybe only does like 4 damage, just enough for mass tempest to be able to actually counter carriers head on by destroying all their interceptors with ease.