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Originally Posted by Deoxyribo
can we talk about timing attacks?
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like only one i can think of is TvP when u head out with ur first 2 medivacs, and i guess thats a timing cuz its right when u get ur medivacs right?
i would say it's an attack based on an optimized build that begins at some crucial time when, say, your first 2 medivacs pop out. like goofy said, it usally has a greater than typical effect by happening when you have a larger than normal gap in tech or army size or something like that. when some caster says, "he missed his timing," etc, it's because the same attack happening 20 seconds later than it should will usually have a drastically different result (e.g. TvP hitting before the first colossus pops out).
at a high level, it's important to know when these things typically happen. at a mid to low level, it's more important to know at what time they should happen as you do them (e.g. +2/blink stalker attack hits at 8 mins or whatever it is).
but, just because you just had 2 medivacs pop out, it doesn't really qualify as the standard definition of a timing attack. it's more that a pro gamer optimized the fastest/best possible time for this to happen, and then it's called a timing attack.
i wrote too much.