Do you still use marines in late game?

[Itsmyship]

I'm just wondering, cuz I've seen videos of Terran players that still use marines a lot in late game along with siege tanks and some that fully switch to goliath/siege tank and i wondered how many people actually still use marines a lot in late game.

[MrFrancko]

I've been known to have a few marines w/ medics in the late game. It just depends on the situation. Marines can be a great decoy in order to protect more expensive units. This topic should probably be in the original starcraft forum though.

[paragon]

if there are still some alive they tag along with the golaiths/siege tanks.

[generalrievous]

usually I make a bunch at start of game then a few medics and just use the survivors always have atleast a few

[paragon]

Actually if I have any bunkers left at the end of the game then I always have marines at the end cause I fill those with marines. Don't much bother with firebats, usually don't even get an academy in regular starcraft.

[MrFrancko]

Actually if I have any bunkers left at the end of the game then I always have marines at the end cause I fill those with marines. Don't much bother with firebats, usually don't even get an academy in regular starcraft.

yeah, do not really use firebats either...

[paragon]

all firebats really do is slow down my ability to get tanks and goliaths.

[[LightMare]]

they are a great distraction or a roadblock to slow down a large force

[paragon]

so are marines. and marines don't waste my vespene gas.

[mc2]

Marines are always useful no matter which stage of the game it's on. They are highly versatile, lasts longer with the help of medics. I would even use marines to take down carriers or BCs if I don't have my goliaths or wraiths prepared.

[burkid]

Actually if I have any bunkers left at the end of the game then I always have marines at the end cause I fill those with marines. Don't much bother with firebats, usually don't even get an academy in regular starcraft.

i normally put 1 firebat in each bunker near the chokepoint when im fighting zerg. it makes zerglings much easier to put down when theres lots of them.

[Ghost]

marines are the backbones of the terrans, a good player will always have at least a couple of marines haning around, even if they are just survivors from tier 1 phase

[paragon]

At the end of one game a while ago (original starcraft) I remember having 10 marines at the very end of the game in vary degrees of poor health. But they all survived from beginning to end. I believe they were bunker marines originally that I had taken out because I didn't need them defending that base anymore.

[Ghost]

At the end of one game a while ago (original starcraft) I remember having 10 marines at the very end of the game in vary degrees of poor health. But they all survived from beginning to end. I believe they were bunker marines originally that I had taken out because I didn't need them defending that base anymore.


xD, see? paragon must be a good player!

[[LightMare]]

so are marines. and marines don't waste my vespene gas.

i meant marines. i wasn't referring to your firebats

[Major Willy]

I always use Marine/Firebat/Medic combos to the end of a game. They're fun for assaulting towered bases with Siege Tanks.

Sometimes I make 8 Marines and 4 Firebats to assault a base while my Ghost comes in to Nuke.

[paragon]

If someone lets 8 marines and 4 firebats do anything to their base or be a distraction they aren't a good player.

[Ghost]

Yea, i normally make it look like a real assault, like sending in air support and a couple of expensive units.

[Proxy-serva]

in the end of the agme i not use the marines i use goliaths insdeat of marines

[Ghost]

Yea I go full metal sometimes but marines are more versatile, autoheal, bunkers and more of them, focused fire can really hurt.

[PowerkickasS]

yes vs zerg

[Ghost]

Yea I just LOVE focusing fire on them hydras

[Major Willy]

I found Marines and Goliaths are a very strong army.
They both attack ground and air. With the Marines constantly pounding away and then Goliaths slamming their Auto Cannons into the mix...

[Ghost]

Ive neverreally tried that, ive gone firebats and goliaths, goliaths providing air support.

[paragon]

Bunkers are pretty weak in the late game.

[Proxy-serva]

i dont make any bunkers at the beginning and not at the end. better u make some marines more insdeat of a bunker.. or something else

EDIT: At maps like scd bunkers take too much place so the tanks can't go out of the base

[paragon]

Except that marines die a lot faster if you are attacked and have no bunkers.

[burkid]

they should give terran an upgrade for bunkers, kinda like what orcs get for their burrows and towers in WC3:FT, just boosting armor and hp rather than changing armor type.

[paragon]

eh i don't like bunkers THAT much. Late game any defense will go down in starcraft and usually go down without the defense doing any damage if you do it right.

[burkid]

^like by using reavers, tanks, guardians?

[paragon]

why yes. by using any of those units. Or disruption web. Or carriers.

[alucardx]

Marines are useful in the late game, I think that´s because in order to expand your base, one bunker full with marines can help a lot. If you combine marines + medics + a few firebats, you can take out big armies.

And it´s funny when you fill the screen with marines... after all, they´re cheap, they can attack air/ground units and also,,, the little stim pack.

[Lemonparty]

i dont ake any bunkes ot at the beginning not at the end. better u make 2 marines more insdeat o a bunker.. or somethin else


No offense but.. what?

[burkid]

dont be ashamed. i cant understand proxy most of the time either.

[Lemonparty]

''i love playing at the blizzard site of life''
ok now I am really confused

[PowerkickasS]

lol....
2 marines vs 1 bunker

[paragon]

put it this way anyone who opts for 2 marines over a bunker. Have 6 marines attack a bunker with 4 marines in it. Guess who wins. The bunkered ones.

[Major Willy]

Bunkers frustrate me when I'm not Terran. I like frustrating others with Bunkers as a Terran.

Vicious cycle eh?

[PowerkickasS]

yeah they're pretty nasty stuff, for rushing or not
ive played one game pvt where this bunker had killed over 10-20 dragoons of mine O_O

[paragon]

how is that even possible? Was there a bunch of other units there or just one bunker? Because that many dragoons should outright kill a single bunker

[Major Willy]

Probably placed the bunker in the middle of a ramp and had SCVs repairing.

[PowerkickasS]

bcuz tanks > bunkers lols
i still managed 2 win somehow....but man i hate normal 1v1s....used 2 always panic

[stat]

i use marines in late games if i dont have enough minerals to build tier 2 or 3 units.

[Major Willy]

You have to expand every 3 - 4 minutes. Or else after 10 minutes you're officially dead.

[paragon]

expanding is so easy in starcraft. i always laughed at people who said no rush 20 minutes and then sat in their base the whole time not expanding while i've expanded into my primary expansion and their primary expansion. and then i wipe the floor with them at around 15 minutes.

[josh]

not really, id rather go for goliaths.

[Dreadnought]

Marines i consider better against zerg and goliaths against protoss. The only thing that counters marines in zerg is Lurkers. Protoss got lots of PSI Storms and Archons to chew up marines.