Raven Point Defense Drone - StarCraft 2 Strategy from TheUEN.com

How to turn the tide of the battle in your favor using the point defense drone. If you like this you can visit http://www.theuen.com for more strategies and commentaries or go to http://www.theuen.com/strategies/terran/raven-point-defense-drone
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[haschtomte93]

Hydras in melee range have a melee animation, will the PDD still stop the hydras attack?

[TheUENtv]

@haschtomte93 Excellent question. I have no idea. =)

[LulzRoyce]

Does this drone block all long range fire? Like marine rifles too?

[TheUENtv]

@LulzRoyce No, the point defense drone only blocks certain attacks. Typically, labeled as "projectiles"

Does Block:

Stalker, Hydralisk, Marauder, Viking (air to air), Mutalisk, Banshee

Does not block:

Tank, Marine, Roach, Sentry, Immortal, Viking (ground to ground)

Hope that helps. =)

[Bhargos]

@TheUENtv How does this thing work against Hydralisks? Probably not effective at all, right?

[TheUENtv]

@Bhargos

Hydralisks attack too fast, it is better to invest the gas from ravens in siege tanks or thors.

[SuperFREEXBOXLIVECOD]

@TheUENtv it doesn't, if you get the hydras close enough to the pdd the range attack can actually damage it. Their dps is so high and with enough the pdd just can't stop them all.

[goldsmith000]

@szy888 No, it's blocks projectile-based attacks. For example:

A raven throws a PDD. A nearby enemy spore crawler shoots the raven once. The PDD blocks that projectile shot from the spore crawler (by firing a red point defense laser to intercept the shot), and the raven takes no damage.

This will go on until the PDD runs out of energy, because each point defense laser consumes 10 energy. Since a PDD spawns with 200 energy, it can block up do 20 shots.

[szy888]

what does block all long range fire mean? does it mean like you get less damage when enemy attack you? @LutzRoyce

[bloodsuckern]

@TheUENtv heatseaking misssiles take out all groups of hydralisks

[dwoky]

anyone else feel like terran's units were too strong to begin with? compared to the 7 stalkers and probes?

[gam3r010]

@haschtomte93 nope, the PDD will only stop the range animation

[TheEponet]

@GrugNorg It will stop marauder shots, but not marines