Can someone please explain to me how to defend against the chopper rush? I had 3 anti vehicle turrets, fortification level 1 and an atriox hero and I still got absolutely swept by a chopper rush. There is literally nothing else I could have done to prepare. The -Yoinking!- chopper ram is way to overpowered, five choppers can kill an atriox hero while keeping him stunned. Two choppers rammed and killed all four grunts immediately. The chopper is way to good early game.
Try making grunts and putting mines around your base. If that doesn’t work, then fast tech to T2 and go Marauders or Hunters.
How did your turrets not kill them? And perhaps instead of a Chosen teching to Hunters would’ve been more effective
Anti-vehicle turrets and engineers work good.when using Banished. Then get to tech 2 and go hunters and Reavers so you can counter the healer/banshees that usually follow choppers. All this is of course meaning that you’ve scouted and know what they are doing for tech 2.
Yeah you have to fast tech 2. You can almost get Tech 2 95% time before they have a significant amount of choppers to take you down. Hunters or even banshees will tear them up. Also if you dont want to get to tech 2, mass engineers with upgraded turrets will take them out.
I recommend to go tech 2 with banshees and hunters and immediately go over to their base. They will always almost have nothing because choppers are somewhat expensive. Then start queing up a couple locusts and reavers to follow up while you are taking out the building pads with your initial force (this hurts their economy instead of attacking the main base with units that won’t get the job done in time) The locusts will handle the main.
Now this is in 1s. You will have to coordinate with your mates in 2v2/3v3.
Two brute chopper rush followed by mass banshees is ridiculous to try and stop. But it can be done and will win the game if you plan accordingly.
It will not work if only one player goes on the defense. Both need to with hunters and engineers or some mixture that will stop them and be able to counter quick.
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> How did your turrets not kill them? And perhaps instead of a Chosen teching to Hunters would’ve been more effective
Hunters are tech 2. I wish they were tech one. That would be an obvious answer to my dilemma.
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> > How did your turrets not kill them? And perhaps instead of a Chosen teching to Hunters would’ve been more effective
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> Hunters are tech 2. I wish they were tech one. That would be an obvious answer to my dilemma.
If you invested into a chosen before the choppers arrived you had ample time to tech up.
I was going to recommend teching up also. Chosens are strong but if they’re constantly getting rammed it’s hard for them to attack.
Bigger question is why did you not do the same?
You didn’t lose due to choppers, you lost because you went council so early in the game.
So Choppers are the new Jackrabbits…
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> So Choppers are the new Jackrabbits…
Not really, Choppers are strong, but not unstoppable like Kinsano Jackrabbits
3 hunters literally can kill like 10 choppers, their ram doesn’t do -Yoink- against them and their bullets don’t either. Fast tech to two and get like 3 out and you stopped their rush.
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> Can someone please explain to me how to defend against the chopper rush? I had 3 anti vehicle turrets, fortification level 1 and an atriox hero and I still got absolutely swept by a chopper rush. There is literally nothing else I could have done to prepare. The -Yoinking!- chopper ram is way to overpowered, five choppers can kill an atriox hero while keeping him stunned. Two choppers rammed and killed all four grunts immediately. The chopper is way to good early game.
Banshe and hunters.
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> Can someone please explain to me how to defend against the chopper rush? I had 3 anti vehicle turrets, fortification level 1 and an atriox hero and I still got absolutely swept by a chopper rush. There is literally nothing else I could have done to prepare. The -Yoinking!- chopper ram is way to overpowered, five choppers can kill an atriox hero while keeping him stunned. Two choppers rammed and killed all four grunts immediately. The chopper is way to good early game.
Hey what I normally do, since I play the same way is yeah defer your Chosen to tech 2. This will allow you to defend your base early with engineers and turrets. Do your best to keep the generators near your base, if they play well this will be difficult. Upgrade your base to t2 and then pump out some hunters, banshees and now your Chosen and t2 him, take map control. Most enemies are going to switch to locusts and reavers at this point. Use dying breath to keep your units in the fight as long as possible. Most likely they will not worry about map control as much at this point as they will be using all their resources to produce vehicles. Hold out till t3 upgrade Chosen and from there and then use t3 units to press him. Your benefit will be being on the defensive in t3 as they will be hyper aggressive in t2 with locusts and reavers trying to attack your base. Defend it well and you will be good. Utilize your teleport and DB well.
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> Can someone please explain to me how to defend against the chopper rush? I had 3 anti vehicle turrets, fortification level 1 and an atriox hero and I still got absolutely swept by a chopper rush. There is literally nothing else I could have done to prepare. The -Yoinking!- chopper ram is way to overpowered, five choppers can kill an atriox hero while keeping him stunned. Two choppers rammed and killed all four grunts immediately. The chopper is way to good early game.
Whatever you do, as a firm believer in leading with Chosen. Do not do this if you sense choppers! It is an instant loss. Don’t build him until you can afford to t2 him. Especially with the current Chopper glitch which I won’t post here because anyone who doesn’t know doesn’t need to know. Don’t need anyone else doing it in game.
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> Can someone please explain to me how to defend against the chopper rush? I had 3 anti vehicle turrets, fortification level 1 and an atriox hero and I still got absolutely swept by a chopper rush. There is literally nothing else I could have done to prepare. The -Yoinking!- chopper ram is way to overpowered, five choppers can kill an atriox hero while keeping him stunned. Two choppers rammed and killed all four grunts immediately. The chopper is way to good early game.
maybe try returning the game, that should do it
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> > Can someone please explain to me how to defend against the chopper rush? I had 3 anti vehicle turrets, fortification level 1 and an atriox hero and I still got absolutely swept by a chopper rush. There is literally nothing else I could have done to prepare. The -Yoinking!- chopper ram is way to overpowered, five choppers can kill an atriox hero while keeping him stunned. Two choppers rammed and killed all four grunts immediately. The chopper is way to good early game.
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> maybe try returning the game, that should do it
Wow!..