Colossus Cliff Ledging

How to properly ledge your opponent utilizing Colossus, kill your opponent, save your Colossus. The Colossus in StarCraft 2 is one of the most devastating units in the game and has the potential to harass very difficult to counter positions.

Difficulty Rank:

3/5


When to Use:		Featured Units:
When your Colossus are near a cliff or ledge and can attack troops.

[What to do]
Move your colossus into firing range of the opponents units then back on to the cliff or ledge to avoid taking damage.


[Tips for Pulling This Off]
- Move your Colossus just within range of the units before firing and backing off. The more on the ledge/cliff or closer to it you can stay the better.'- Try to walk along the ledge / cliff to hit the units from different sides as well and take full advantage of difficult terrain.


Good vs. These Races / Strategies:		Bad vs. These Races / Strategies:
This is extremely effective when your opponent has no sight up a cliff or ledge. This is also good if you can limit the amount of troops firing at your colossus by leveraging their range and the terrain.		This is bad if your opponent has air units as it will do nothing.

What to do in Success:		What to do in Failure:
- Continue to ledge / harass your opponent. Move in when their forces are largely diminished.- Look to move in with the rest of your army if you have severely worn down your opponents' army.		- Save as many colossus as you can. Potentially bring in some Anti-air to help them if air is the problem.