| Now that Starcraft 2 has been out a while and | | | | By cheese I mean, they are an all or nothing tactic. If |
| non-beta players have managed to develop some | | | | you send 20 marines to a new enemy base and he |
| tactics, or just steal them from long time players, I'm | | | | or she manages to fight you off, you may be in a |
| going to share the easiest tactic for Terrans. | | | | whole heap of trouble as you will be behind |
| The Marine Rush Tactic. | | | | technologically. |
| Marines are the first purely military unit you will create | | | | The good thing is, rush tactics take no time at all. I've |
| and the easiest. All you need in order to recruit a | | | | won games with this tactic within 7 minutes. |
| marine is a barracks. You'll of course need 50 | | | | After 3 barracks have been built, as long as you've |
| minerals and space in your army. Both of these will | | | | been clever and making marines at the same time |
| be covered by mining only minerals and creating lots | | | | you should have in the region of 20 units ready to |
| of supply depots. | | | | go. Set an SCV off making another command centre |
| Now, you might think that marines are the weakest | | | | and send your units in. |
| unit so they are not worth making, but with this | | | | By the time your units have got to the enemy |
| tactic the secret is in the speed. Marines are quick | | | | you've probably been able to replace their numbers |
| and simple to make and you can make dozens in no | | | | from your growing fleet of barracks. |
| time at all. | | | | This being pretty early in the game you're opponent |
| Start of creating SCV's, until you have 3 and then | | | | will probably still be working on pushing his tech trees |
| build your first barracks. Then build a supply depot, | | | | and building lots of advanced buildings, which you'll |
| then a barracks and then a supply depot and then a | | | | shoot to hell and back. |
| barracks. Make sure you have upgraded your | | | | Rinse and repeat if necessary. Often, laughably, you'll |
| command centre to harvest more minerals. You can | | | | find that your opponent has sent half a dozen units |
| repeat as often as you see fit, but there is one thing | | | | to your base in a pre-emptive strike which your |
| you must know about rush tactics... | | | | newly created marines will crush easily and then you'll |
| They can be seen as cheese. | | | | be blowing his undefended base to smithereens. |