Changes: Smartcasting

Latest revision as of 03:36, 1 January 2016

Smartcasting is a micromanagement tool in StarCraft II. When multiple units are given the same spell order, only one of them will comply, preventing a serious waste of spellcaster energy.

List of Smartcast Abilities

Not all unit abilities are subject to smartcasting.

For instance, the stalker's Blink ability does not use smartcasting. When a group of stalkers are ordered to Blink to an area, all the stalkers will blink.

Smartcast Abilities

The following abilities are smartcast:

250mm Cannons (thor)
Any production structure building a unit
Chrono Boost (nexus)
Nuke (ghost and spectre)
Force Field (sentry)
Graviton Beam (Phoenix)
Guardian Shield (sentry)
Terran Infestation (infestor)
Irradiate (science vessel)
Psionic Lash (spectre)
Psionic storm (high templar)
Scanner sweep, Calldown: MULE, and Calldown: Supplies (orbital command)
Snipe (ghost)
Transfusion (queen)
Yamato cannon (battlecruiser)
Zerg unit transformations

Abilities without smartcasting

The following abilities are not smartcast:

Baneling explosion
Burrow (most zerg ground units)
Blink (stalker)
Cloaking (Banshee, ghost, Wraith, spectre)
Defensive Matrix (battlecruiser)
Stimpacks (marine, marauder)
Siege tank transformation
Viking transformation

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 For instance, the [[stalker]]'s [[Blink]] ability does ''not'' use smartcasting. When a group of stalkers are ordered to Blink to an area, all the stalkers will blink.
+===Smartcast Abilities===
-The following abilities are not smartcast:
-*[[Baneling]] explosion
-*[[Burrow]] (most [[zerg]] ground units)
-*[[Blink]] ([[stalker]])
-*[[Cloaking]] ([[Banshee]], {{link|ghost|SC2}}, [[Wraith]], [[spectre]])
-*Defensive Matrix ({{link|battlecruiser|SC2}})
-*[[Stimpack]]s ({{link|marine|SC2}}, [[marauder]] in the campaign)
-*{{link|Siege tank|SC2}} transformation
-*[[Viking]] transformation
 The following abilities are smartcast:
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 *Any production structure building a unit
 *[[Nexus#Abilities|Chrono Boost]] ([[nexus]])
-*Nuke ({{link|ghost|SC2}} and [[spectre]]s)
+*[[Nuke]] ({{link|ghost|SC2}} and [[spectre]])
 *[[Force Field]] ([[sentry]])
+*Graviton Beam ([[Phoenix]])
 *Guardian Shield (sentry)
 *[[Infested terran (StarCraft II)|Terran Infestation]] ([[infestor]])
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 *Psionic Lash (spectre)
 *[[Psionic storm]] ({{link|high templar|SC2}})
-*[[Scanner sweep]], Calldown: [[MULE]], and Calldown: Supplies ([[orbital command]])
+*[[Scanner sweep]], Calldown: [[Mobile utility lunar excavator|MULE]], and Calldown: [[Supply|Supplies]] ([[orbital command]])
 *Snipe ({{link|ghost|SC2}})
-*[[Transfusion]] ([[Queen (StarCraft II)|queen]])
+*[[Transfusion]] ({{link|queen|SC2}})
-*[[Yamato cannon]] ([[battlecruiser (StarCraft II)|battlecruiser]])
+*[[Yamato cannon]] ({{link|battlecruiser|SC2}})
 *[[Zerg]] unit transformations
+===Abilities without smartcasting===
+The following abilities are not smartcast:
+*[[Baneling]] explosion
+*[[Burrow]] (most [[zerg]] ground units)
+*[[Blink]] ([[stalker]])
+*[[Cloaking]] ([[Banshee]], {{link|ghost|SC2}}, [[Wraith]], [[spectre]])
+*Defensive Matrix ({{link|battlecruiser|SC2}})
+*[[Stimpack]]s ({{link|marine|SC2}}, [[marauder]])
+*{{link|Siege tank|SC2}} transformation
+*[[Viking]] transformation
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