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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/iFeel on 2024-12-03 03:30:14+00:00.
burrowed baneling on any main path is a genuine threat, forcing the Terran to address it, isn’t it? Imagine Terran in mid-game with 10 scans lost for 10 banes. Of course, putting them on the very edge of the creep is not a good idea because Terran will scan it just to clear the creep but on his side or where the creep will not be active for a minute or two, why not?
The Basic idea is to be outside of creep and to not detonate banes. Terran doesn’t know that you have no intention in not detonating it so he will be forced to scan. The idea is to NOT detonate them, just leave them.
IT IS IMPORTANT to burrow them only when Terran is fighting you and is seeing you burrowing it/them. They will feel happy and smart by scanning your “failed hidden bane mines”
Not only you will force scans, but it should make Terran paranoid and also force scans when there are no banelings because he doesn’t know that your strat is to only burrow them when he looks at you (when pros are fighting burrowed banes they almost always spam more turrets and waste a lot of prescans when they think banes might be somewhere because they think that other player is trying to kill their units, which is not the case here)
Terran players think you are trying to hide banes when you burrow them, they do not suspect it’s all a ruse.
Another bonus is completely ruining his late-game infestor vision which is now crucial in late TvZ.
You are not babysitting, you are not wasting attention resources/apm because you only do this when fighting with an army that already has banes so it costs you a fraction of a second to make 2 clicks to force 1 scan - without much thinking, looking at the minimap, planning, screen changing etc.
In my opinion, standard burrowed banes work rarely because they require some skill. Pro players know that it is a good strat but also admit that it is hard to execute. It’s worth it, that’s why Serral did it a few times on this weekend’s Homestory Cup for example with great success and Reynor does it when he is in the zone. But still, it takes skill and effort. My idea doesn’t require anything, it should in theory guarantee maybe not an immediate win like big and early bane mine hit but significant and steady cuts in Terrans economy and vision.
In contrast to burrowed mines, I think this idea could work on all levels from silver to pro if your opponent doesn’t know your bamboozle approach.
TL;DR I wish Artosis would still be active to tell me how stupid I am - Twitch guy sends his regards