How to Play StarCraft: Survival Mode
In StarCraft: Survival Mode, you will be fighting against waves of enemy forces. Each round gets harder as the game progresses so you are going to need to know a few things before playing.
This is your base, you must defend it at all costs!
To start off your defense you should cover up the front with whatever units you start with.
As you can see, this strategy will keep units away from your base!
The most important thing to defend is your SCV Recruitment station, this allows you to create units.
Let's do a quick rundown of all of the COMM Stations that will be in your base.
Squad Support Station
The Squad Support station allows you to build a Marine, each Marine costs 350 gas.
SCV Recruitment StationThe SCV Recruitment Station is the most crucial aspect of surviving in this game. If you lose this COMM station, you will no longer be able to purchase units. From this station you can build SCV's for 160 gas.
Explosives & Sentry Station
The Explosives & Sentry Station allows you to build a Cannon Specialist (690 gas), a Sentry Gun (500 gas), and a Riot Unit (900).
Elite Unit Recruitment Station
The most important COMM Station is the Elite Unit Recruitment. This station allows you to purchase Attack Dogs, Dragoons, Artillery Guns, and Goliaths. We will go over the use of these units later.
Now we will go over what the SCV is able to do.
As you can see, the only thing we are able to build with the SCV is a Automatic Air Turret. The Automatic Air Turret allows you to destroy air units. Each Automatic Air Turret costs 750 gas to build.
Automatic Air Turrets can also detect invisible units! (Not that you'll be seeing any of those.)
Round Strategies:
Oh no! Something scary is coming!
The Juggernaut is a heavily armed unit who can do alot of damage! If he gets in your base, he will destroy all of your COMM Stations, immediately hindering your ability to purchase certain units. Be very careful not to let Juggernauts in your base. The best way to defend against them is to use Stim Packs.
You should also setup at least one Sentry Gun at the front of your base so you can destroy Juggernauts!
Air rounds can mean life or death for your team. Building Automatic Air Turrets near your COMM Stations is always a good idea!
The Automatic Air Turrets are very effective at destroying air units, however, make sure you build more than 1, as these can easily be destroyed.
You can always repair your Automatic Air Turrets with an SCV.
You can expand your air defenses by purchasing Marines, Riot Units, Goliaths, and Dragoons
Elite Unit Recruitment Purchases:
In the Elite Unit Recruitment you can buy special units that do not take up unit slots.
You can purchase ally Attack Dogs for 1680 gas.
The best way to make use of the Attack Dogs is to place them out front and place a position to attack, that way whenever enemy units move to your position, they will automatically attack them with a very small chance of being killed.
Dragoons can be purchased for 1890 gas. These units are very useful up front and as well for air defenses.
Artillery Guns are the most powerful units you can buy. These can kill units instantly. Line these guys up at the front to keep away Juggernauts and ground forces. Artillery Guns cost 5000 gas to purchase.
The final purchasable unit in the Elite Unit station is the Goliath. The Goliath is the most powerful unit for defending against air attacks.
Using the Cannon Specialist:
The Cannon Specialist can be purchased in the Explosives & Sentry Station for 690 gas. With this unit you are able to build cannons.
This is what a simple Cannon Specialist setup looks like.
Photon Cannons are very inexpensive and take much less time to build than Automatic Air Turrets.
This is how you should play StarCraft: Survival Mode. Obviously the gameplay will change depending on the map you are playing.The best thing to do is master each map, start with the first one and then move up from there.
