Finally, we have Starcraft 2 with over a decade of waiting, and one of the best guides on the market, which is made by Shokz, a game who reached Diamond during Blizzard’s Starcraft 2 Beta, is one of the best starcraft 2 players in the world currently!
So by reading this guide, you can definitely gain a head start on the game release right now, millions of players are going to be way behind you because you have the starcraft 2 beta experience of Shokz!
First of all, Shokz guide is a Starcraft 2 Guide made by Shokz, a gamer who reached Diamond during Blizzards Starcraft 2 Beta. If you’re one of those who played at beta,
Why is This More Than Just a Guide?
Shokz guide is not just a regular guide, but a complete community as well! It builds a community of tons of players all around the world, it’s a great community and these people are committed to making each other better.
There are countless case studies that show that when you are part of a community of people who work together, you are definitely going to accomplish much, much more.
You can improve your gameplay.
The shokz community is always updated, will give you the biggest up to date tips and the best resources so that you can always keep updated, even when you stop playing for an extended period of time. This, hands down, is probably the best guide on the market.
What Can I Expect to Learn?
This the first question most people ask. First of all, let’s start by saying the members area is extremely legible and easy to read, as you can see here:
You also see that there are member tournaments as well so that you can get some extra benefits by winning those!
1. You will have general guides in which you are able to learn basic and advanced concepts
2. You will learn specific strategy for each race, especially when you are combating another race
3. Learn the specifics about each unit of each race, their strengths and their weaknesses, this is like a starcraft 2 encyclopedia!
4. You will learn the best strategies for team battle, and even have the best galaxy editor guides that are out there!
My Personal Experience with this Guide
After my years, personally, of playing this game, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s more than just trying to be a genius, you actually have to have strategy
I played all types of starcraft games such as the original starcraft released way back when, brood war, and I even played a lot on the new beta that came out, I was pretty good, one of the more advanced players.
Even with those credentials, this is an excellent guide for both newbies, intermediate, and advanced players. It’s like a school system, and it puts you on your knowledge level so that you can begin learning how to be a starcraft expert almost immediately.
What I Learned When Using This Guide
Here are some of the things that I personally learned as an advanced player in starcraft 2
1. Getting Back to Fundamentals in Gameplay – You have to learn how to micro and macro effectively, you have to develop the pro mentality – and this is the difference between the best and the worst. In shorter words, you learn to develop the “mentality of a pro”
2. It’s a new game, so I got the specific race unit guides; some of these were new to me since there have been many changes since the beta was shut down in eclipse of the new game release. So it was good to brush up and learn these again. You’ll learn thing such as:
• What units a specific unit is strong
• Weak
• And Average against, meaning that if it’s strong, you want to attack it, if the units that you are comparing are bad, then you probably want to run!
And the above are for each of the races UNITS.
Above is a page for Thor, showing point 2 above(weak against, okay against, strong against for each race), and point 3 below(skills & strategies).
3. I was able to learn the units skills and strategies. Shokz will give you the summary of all of the skills that are on there, therefore you also get the comparison of how each unit compares in a vs. match, and also the strategies to use that specific unit!
4. I finally realized the specific race unit guides and how it fares against each of the races, not simply by unit, but by overall race! See here :
• You can learn how a unit will fare against overall protoss, zergs, or terrans; for example a Thor will not be that great against a protoss, pretty decent against a terran and absolutely dominant over a Protoss!
• You will also learn how to use your unit against the specific race whether good or bad, for example, you want to build thor and back with hellions so they’ll be able to take out zerglings and other anti-thor units.
Below is an image of this section in shokz guide.
5. Learn Overall Strategy For All 3 Races
• You will be able to Wall Minerals a a Terran, if you played any of the other games in the starcraft world, you knew to build structures around command center and minerals then sealing them off so that your economy won’t be attacked, and now with the new game, there is a exceptional twist so that you won’t have to keep lifting your barracks and you can wall off minerals.
Now the Points above are for all the three races, so there’s a number of great content in Shokz.
The Request Feature
The request feature is an exceptional option for all memebers because Shokz will want to know what advice to give out next, when members feel that they need to learn something, Shokz will dig into his genius mind and come up with an exceptional strategy that has helped him to be the diamond caliber player he is.
Every single member will have this option, so you can also vote on what you will want to see! One of the things people are voting on right now is an APM guide, so that they will be able to get a strategy that will gauge the speed; also learn the most incredible maps for each race etc.
These are just as good as done!
1. Member Tournaments – This thing is big, Shokz has shocked everyone and teamed up with starcraft2forums to launch a members tournament. Even cooler, the registration starts July 27th; but do not be shocked if you start seeing tons of tournaments!
The winning prize is a computer built for gaming with the following specs:
- Intel i7 processor and 1066 slot motherboard
- Nvidia GTX460
- 8 GB Patriot DDR3 RAM
- ASUS VH242 1080p Monitor
- Antec DF-45 case
- 850W Antec Power Supply
Yeah, that’s pretty great, especially for a tournament, you win that prize, this guide will pay for itself like hundreds of times!
Conclusion
This is one of the best guides available right now, and it will always be probably for the lifetime of starcraft 2 (so what’s that, forever?).
Shokz is working hard on increasing the database and strategy every single day, and it’s made simple so that you won’t have information overload. You will learn how to build fundamentals, build skill, acquire a pro level mindset, learn strengths and weaknesses of each race, map weaknesses and even unit weaknesses.
Your starcraft 2 learning curve is now out! So start off with this great guide and begin today!