Friday, June 4, 2010

Jumping Firebats: Reapers

The Terran Reaper


Role Light Raiding Infantry Cost 50 Minerals
Armament P-38 Pistol 50 Vespene Gas
1 Supply
Hitpoints 50 Build Time 40
Unit Type Ground • Biological From Barracks
Armor Type Light Requires attached Tech Lab
Hot Key R
Ground Attack P-38 Pistol: 4 (+1/Upgrade),
+5 vs Light (2 attacks)
D-8 Charges: 30 (+4/Upgrade), used on Buildings only
Air Attack None
Armor 0 Speed Fast

Strategy

Good
Bad
• Always get the Nitro Pack upgrade from the Tech Lab • Never send one or two reapers to harass, Send a group of four or more
• As you can see in the video above, A group of 8 to 16 Reapers demolishes buildings fast • Reapers lose versus the Colossi, Speedlings, Roaches or any fast Air-to-Ground unit, such as Mutas and Banshees
• Try to stagger your attacks (eg. Move-Attack-Move-Attack) esp. when you know that you have the faster unit • Choose between Reapers OR Hellions. Don’t do both
• Harass enemy mineral lines using the Jump Pack passive ability. All harvesters have light armor, which means you have bonus damage
• When wrecking buildings, focus on Pylons, Spawning Pools and Tech Labs

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