Fungal Growth Short Range Units

How to fungal growth short range units and make the difference in the battle. Fungal growth, a new Zerg ability in StarCraft 2, can be used on short range units to completely take them out of the battle and turn the tide in your favor.

Difficulty Rank:

3/5


When to Use:		Featured Units:
When your opponent has short ranged or melee units.

[What to do]
Cast Fungal Growth on the Melee units of your opponents army. This will deal damage to them and, more importantly, inhibit them from dealing damage to you.


[Tips for Pulling This Off]
Be quick on the hotkeys to fungal growth the melee troops attacking you. You have a very small window so keep that shift key down and the Fungal growth cast area slightly in front of your troops.


Good vs. These Races / Strategies:		Bad vs. These Races / Strategies:
This is great vs. any kind of Melee army. However, for Ultralisk and Archons a Neural Parasite is more recommended.		This is not good vs. long-ranged armies as it will only deal a small amount of damage over a long time and likely not inhibit them from dealing damage.

What to do in Success:		What to do in Failure:
If you are successful try to attack the melee units with your other troops or back off if there army is too large, you have 8 seconds to make something happen.		If you fail try to fungal growth what remaining units haven't impacted your army and either retreat your army if you are facing overwhelming odds or stand and fight.