How 2 Micro?

[Sevion]

Yeah, watching some of the battle reports, they micro like demons. WTF? How can I learn how to? And ultimately, others who read this. (OK Maybe not. I don't want anyone else learning meh secret moves >=O)

 

[SarChasm]

This is like asking "how can I learn to beat someone down on the streets using just my hands and a belt?"

Practice and lots of it. Sorry, there's no easy 7 Easy Steps to Success process you can follow here. If that were the case, you wouldn't get things like professional SC/WC tournaments. The victor is usually the one who can micro the best. That and good old common sense. And those people who win tournaments practice. Literally. I'm Korean, and as one, I can very accurately say that pro SC players over in S. Korea practice the game as much as an any athlete would practice their sport.

 

[Sevion]

I was afraid of that answer

No tips at all? Get one of your pro-micro buddies to tell us! XD

 

[Whitesock]

Well it used to be the trick was to keep your thumb down on alt and be able to still hit every key on the keyboard, but now you can actually move you hand to cast retarded hotkeys.

Yeah, just practice mostly.

 

[Sevion]

Hmm. Why thumb? I can put my pinky on it and hit all of the keys XD

I guess I'll just have to micro practice

 

[ButcherBunny]

actually the micro in the battle reports wasn't that good.

See some old Lucifer or Grubby games. Now, that's micro.

 

[Whitesock]

Hmm. Why thumb? I can put my pinky on it and hit all of the keys XD

Must be a habit from fps games for me. I prefer the thumb, though it really is all about being able to hit keys and knowing how to make you enemy be not attacking you when you're attacking them.

 

[Jimpy]

Most reports of actions per minute and whatnot are from individuals slamming on action like 15 times, non stop.

Set up control groups like a beast so you have melee/range/casters split as well as each hero unit accessible. (F-keys already do that in war3 but its good to have things split up).

 

[YourFace]

watch replays of warcraft or starcraft games and learn what people do
then you'll be able to figure out your plan a lot quicker, leaving you to focus more on battle
micro arena's a really tough game when the enemy mirrors your army, you'd have to micro your heart out sometimes

my clan master Ats with me and her ud's/hu's like 1500 to 200, and we're 10-2
she randoms and got orc twice =/, but basically she knows exactly what to do, so she doesn't waste time changing her plan

 

[BANANAMAN]

Liquipedia on muta stacking enjoy

 

[Ninja_sheep]

One thing that really helped my micro in wc3 was custom hotkeys.

 

[Whisky]

Hmm how do I remove this? (wrong thread)

 

[Tru_Power22]

Hmm. Why thumb? I can put my pinky on it and hit all of the keys XD

I guess I'll just have to micro practice

I think he was talking about the right alt key.

 

[BANANAMAN]

A lot of Tips can be found in Liquipedia.

Yeah, watching some of the battle reports, they micro like demons.

You should see Koreans micro.

Most reports of actions per minute and whatnot are from individuals slamming on action like 15 times, non stop.

They do that to warm up pre game.

 

[ElderKingpin]

i actually rarely micro in wc3. unless im doing bigger groups then 12 i usually just stack them up in groups, which is why i lose a lot. In a custom game, microing probably wont be that big of a deal. You wont need to micro if you focus on one unit creation during a game. which is why people specialize. its easier to micro.

Its easier to micro 12 headhunters then
2 headhunters a grunt, 2 taurens 3 shamans 2 witch doctors and 2 wind riders.

 

[BANANAMAN]

WC isn't micro friendly IMHO. All that buggy turning around (when u order a ranger to move back it backs up then turns which takes 2 seconds too many) ,Non instant range attacks (units take .20 seconds to aim before firing Starcraft units do that in .10 seconds)

 

[Bloodcount]

Well, either way, micro can't get you that far unless the opponent is a complete idiot. You shloud try to have an advantage in the army, or where the battle is held. For example if you have small army, an open field battle is the worst choice. Try to make his army go through obsitcles and scatter, get to higher ground. The "baisik" micro is just you, moving your forces back, when you see that the opponent is starting focus fire, and finishing off your opponents with minor focus fire. When you do that good enough start combining strategy and micro.

 

[BANANAMAN]

koreans micro and they don't fight idiots in the Pro leagues.

 

[Jimpy]

WC isn't micro friendly IMHO.

Its even for both/all players though so that is not really some facet that only one player has. Pretty even really.

 

[thewrongvine]

Just get things on hotkey and keep your eyes open.

http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=135287
Great practice there.

~Hai-Bye-Vine~