Sentry Force Field for Army Trapping

How to Force Field your opponents army into a trap and then take advantage of it. StarCraft 2 Sentries can Force Field to have great impacts on battles.

Difficulty Rank:

4/5



 

When to Use:

 

Featured Units:

When you want to trap an enemy army.   Sentry is used for this strategies
     

[What to do]

Cast the Force Field around the enemy army to isolate specific units and block others from attacking you.
 

[Tips for Pulling This Off]

- Cast a row of Force Fields behind the short ranged troops of the enemy to block out the longer range units and one in front of the lower ranged units to stop them from firing at your units.- Shift cast the Force Fields.
 
     

Good vs. These Races / Strategies:

 

Bad vs. These Races / Strategies:

This is great vs. short to mid-ranged ground armies and can also help to block out longer ranged units from attacking you.   This is bad if you are well outranged or the enemy has air units that are unaffected. Also, Massive units will destroy your force fields.
     

What to do in Success:

 

What to do in Failure:

- Eliminate the enemy units.- Push out on the enemy army and base.   - Try to save your units or at least Force Field out some of the enemies units.- Run if your army is overwhelmed and you couldn't Force Field any away.
     

Abilities


  • [Hallucination]

    Hotkey: (C)
    Hallucination is an ability of sentry-force-field-for-army-trapping Creates hallucinations that cannot deal damage and die more easily. Hallucinations last 60 seconds. Enemy detectors reveal Hallucinations.
    Type: Command
    Requires: Hallucination
    Duration: Duration: cost of the research ability60
       
  • [Force Field]

    Hotkey: (F)
    Force Field is an ability of sentry-force-field-for-army-trapping Creates a force field that lasts 15 seconds and impedes movement of ground units.
    Type: Command
    Range: 3
    Duration: Duration: cost of the research ability15
       
  • [Guardian Shield]

    Hotkey: (G)
    Guardian Shield is an ability of sentry-force-field-for-army-trapping Creates a range of 4 aura that reduces incoming ranged damage to friendly units by 2. Lasts 15 seconds.
    Type: Command
    Range: 4
    Duration: Duration: cost of the research ability15
       

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