Moving Drop for Medivac, Overlord and Warp-prism

How to drop units while under fire to ensure you drop all of your units and lose none of your Medivacs. StarCraft 2 allows for moving drops to get your Medivacs in and out quickly.

Difficulty Rank:

4/5



 

When to Use:

 

Featured Units:

This drop is especially powerful if you need mobility while dropping. This can be used with marine harass and tank drops  
     

[What to do]

When you are on about to drop your units, click on the drop button or hotkey and click on the dropship to enable automatic dropping. You can now freely move your dropship while the units are being dropped which you cannot for a stationary drop
 

[Tips for Pulling This Off]

 
     

Good vs. These Races / Strategies:

 

Bad vs. These Races / Strategies:

Good vs if you need to move your dropship while unloading. This is very useful if your dropship is facing static defense while trying to unload your units.   Once the drop starts, you cannot stop the unloading which could be a disadvantage if the enemy flanks your units.
     

What to do in Success:

 

What to do in Failure:

Click on your units that you dropped and type /dance   You need to practice a little bit to get this down so go search some solo games and build some medivacs.
     

Abilities


  • [Heal]

    Hotkey: (E)
    Heal is an ability of moving-drop-for-medivac-overlord-and-warp-prism Heals a friendly biological target.
    Type: Auto-Cast
    Cast Time: 1
    Range: 5
       

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Hey guys, this is scvrush giving you guys a tutorial on how to do a moving drop for each of the race's transports. The Medivac, Overlord and Warp Prism. The moving drop is considered to be more advantageous in many situations because of the mobility issues with transports.

It takes a little bit of practice and micro, so go practice your dropping skills!

This mechanic is also the same in Starcraft 1 brood war with dropships and overlords.