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Jim again and it’s time to teach yourself scouting with this quick guide!
We are going to run through the best possible ways of scouting for each of the races, Protoss, Terran and Zerg.
You will need to rely on sneaky tactics for some, but others can use handy abilities when looking to scout.
Lets begin by seeing how the Protoss will scout.
Protoss
- Probe Scout
Using your probe early in the game you can get a free look into the enemies base. This allows you to see everything they are working on. Remain in the enemy base once they build up a barricade at their ramp. The entire match matches best info will come from that first probe that you send in. Good range of vision and speed is what the workers units have compared to other units. The best option to scout with your probe once you have scouted their base is going to be natural expansions. You will want to rush quickly and destroy them if you see them
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- Phoenix Scout
You can use the phoenix as an excellent scout as they are extremely fast and can move whilst shooting as well. Use these during the mid to late game for an excellent look at the units you will need to counter
- Observer
These are purely for scouting and detecting units one of the best scouts in the game, they can fly around stealthed and can be very difficult to find. The information of your enemys base can be exploited by carefully placing these.
Terran
- SCV Scout
Very similar to the probe scout. Sending them out from the start will allow you to get great intel early on. The things you want to find out is if they are going early gas, an early expansion, or even a slow first barracks can be exploited
- Scan
These is one of the best abilities to be able to scout, it can also detect hidden units whilst it is still scanning. Clicking the scan anywhere on the map does not need micro, just a tiny bit of info where the opponent is (general location). It provides you with a massive amount of intel
- Vikings/Medivacs
Vikings and Medivacs are the initial aircraft for terran. Dont forget you can use these to work out stuff about the opponents base. Harassing with vikings can be great so I recommend using them, especially as you can land and attack their workers!
Zerg
- Drone Scout
Same as before these workers are the first unit you will have so they can scout the enemys base quicker than anything else available at the start
- Overlords
Overlords are excellent base scouts They are initially very slow and you need them for your supply. The overlord method is to use the edge of their view range, they need to remain in a hidden position where you want to scout, maybe near minerals of the enemys base. Which gives you great info right there and then as opposed to when you need it (i.e. the Terran Scan)
- Zerglings
Because zerglings are so cheap you can use them to scout they also can be upgraded to become very fast. For 50 minerals you can create 2 zerglings which of course can do twice the scouting a marine can
- Scouting air units
Zerg have the overlord to help scout which can be morphed into Overseers these are excellent scouts and can detect units. Creating Overseers from Overlords will be worth while for you!
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I hope you enjoyed this article on scout and if you have a thirst for even more knowledge then check out the guide below it is definatly worth while and provides a huge amount of information.
Jim – Heading out to Scout.
