Banshee Killing the Sheep

How to maximize your Banshees air to ground dominance role. StarCraft 2's new Banshees are an extremely effective air to ground killer.

Difficulty Rank:

3/5


When to Use:		Featured Units:
When your opponent is trying to run away with an army with limited to no AA.

[What to do]
Chase down as many units as possible.


[Tips for Pulling This Off]
- Use ledges and pathing to find cut off routes for your Banshees as they are not fast.- Use the shoot and move technique to attack and move faster.- Focus fire down on your enemies to ensure you kill at least some of them.


Good vs. These Races / Strategies:		Bad vs. These Races / Strategies:
Great when your opponent has limited or no anti-air forces.		This is bad if you are being led into a trap or if you encounter air to air units.

What to do in Success:		What to do in Failure:
- Continue to chase units until it's unsafe.- Bring your army in behind your Banshees to harass or push on your opponent.- Take an expansion and be more aggressive about map control.		- Run your Banshees back as quickly as possible and provide cover for them.- Peel your Banshees off if you couldn't get any kills before you get to a trap.

Abilities

[Cloak] Hotkey: (C)
	Cloaks the Ghost, preventing enemy units from seeing or attack it. A cloaked unit will only be revealed by detector units or effects. Drains .9energy per second
Type:	Command
Requires:	Ghost Academy

[Cloaking Field] Hotkey: (C)
	Enable Banshees to use the Cloak ability. Cloaking renders the Banshee invisible to enemies unless the unit is revealed by detector units or effects.
Type:	Command
Requires:	Starport, Tech Lab
Minerals:	200
Vespene:	200
Duration:	110

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