StarCraft 2: Co-op: Nova Gameplay! (NEW Nova Commander)

Nova has arrived as a commander in StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void.
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Nova is the latest co-op commander in StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void. She is a Terran commander but is unique in the sense that all her units are extremely powerful and extremely expensive. On top of that, she has no real unit build time and can spawn units all over the map, as long as they are not on cooldown.
She is also the first Terran commander that plays in the mission herself. She's relatively fragile but deals a lot of damage.
In this video I try out the Elite Marine, Marauder Commando, Spec Ops Ghost, Hellbat Ranger, Strike Goliath, Heavy Siege Tank, Raid Liberator, Covert Banshee and the Raven Type-II.
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StarCraft 2 website: www.starcraft2.com
StarCraft 2 is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Legacy of the Void is the third and final part in the StarCraft 2 triology.
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[@Anomen77]

Turrets, small but powerfull units, almost no macro but a ton of micro... this is my new favourite commander.

[@LowkoTV]

To clarify, when you get a few more levels it's easy to spent all the Minerals. All of the unique abilities of Nova cost Minerals to use. It's really cool.

[@vincentlai12]

You should join me in testing her out. I will not be playing her but I do have a good leveled up Swann and a good Artanis as well. I find Artanis works well with Nova since they both are based around keeping their units alive for as long as possible. Edit02: I am unsure if I can play with people who have bought commanders where as I have not. But if possible, I would love to play with you once I get me Artanis up higher. I have level 25 mastery and I mostly go for a defensive play with him. Try to not need to continue building units all the time. I do tend to supplement my army with cannons as I move out.

[@TheNeiljoseph]

By the way, you gonna love the Announcer Packs from Abathur, Alarak, Artanis, Kerrigan, Raynor, and Swann. Nova is still a great coop commander to begin with. Nicely done, Lowko.

[@RainStorm148]

+vincentlai12 you could. i normally play coop with my brother who didn't even buy LotV yet (he bought WoL and HotS), but he's having a blast playing Artanis (while i'm on Alarak).

[@kronos2k518]

Having a teammate that is playing with a mastery leveled Rayor would be a good way to keep you units alive using their medics so you don't really lose your infantry units.

[@NathanCassidy721]

Nova gets pretty powerful in the later levels. You're going to have a small but fully upgraded army. The tanks ability to deploy spider mines is insane.

[@jeffd6465]

"I've got boobs" LMAO

[@Saphemeral]

That's what I thought he said, lol.

[@hvymtal8566]

Throwback to older OW vid "No-one is gonna complain about [Widow's] ass, I mean that skin"

[@Terrafighter]

That was the first thing I noticed when I played her xD

[@sakuradreamur7955]

The concept of Nova as a commander is actually quite ingenious. Unlike other Terran commanders, she only brings in the best to help finish the job.

[@Static-EN-]

Lowko: *So I got uhh, boobs- right, no, a tactical stealth suit* oh god I cant stop laughing xD

[@Armyon]

Ceazar Arroyo that was what i Said too

[@katrinegadegaard1241]

more like tactical boobs

[@coolguy02536]

Do you enjoy being slow

[@jakea4558]

Do you enjoy being a douche?

[@coolguy02536]

So you enjoy being slow.

[@lv83bloodknight]

150 hp Marines?! Are they from 40k or something? They even come down from drop pods. XD

[@arnowisp6244]

So is she the terran equivalent of protoss?

[@jakal13]

Nova has been my favourite commander for month. And only now I realize that each unit has it's own personal name XD

[@KindaXP]

lowko your raven is your healer instead of defense drone it has a bio mech heal drone

[@LowkoTV]

+KindaXP That's awesome!

[@crazypieman9]

Lowko can you tickle me. It's my dream.

[@KonfluxGames]

Just like the Nova campaigns--remember if you need heals when the next pack comes out :)

[@KindaXP]

AHHHH senpai/queen lowko's high cheekbones notice ME!!! You probably already knew the raven had the healing before you uploaded :D. Anyways, your troll stream today with the griffin transport was very funny.

[@SeriousApache]

Superman: wears underwear over pants. Nova: wears bra over shirt.

[@matthewgaviola8885]

More like bra over skin-tight body glove that doesn’t hide much.

[@sarasvatiparvati8523]

"I cant Snipe rocks" You can Snipe them in the real life Blizz wtf, fix plz

[@justinthompson6364]

xD

[@Neofist123]

To be honest, Nova is a way more interesting character as all the others, never understood why she was never a main character -.-

[@Hazel-xl8in]

German Roads well, she’s very bland in the nova covert ops missions. she works best as a villain/antagonist.

[@matthewgaviola8885]

She *was* gonna be a main character in her own game (Starcraft: Ghost). But that got scrapped and her character was reused in SC2. Not the best outcome but it’s probably better than nothing.

[@hebercluff1665]

*seeing that the comment was 5 years ago* "I'll look the other way."

[@SkyeEdition]

Lowko, the sabotage drone is like a mini nuke :o From what I've seen! You can send it in before your main force engages static troops!

[@jboi8212]

So glad to see that every race has a controllable hero now. Btw I love your content so much lowko keep it up.

[@madinakohler7612]

Haven't been so early on your videos :D Just wanted to say thank you for all the work you've done, especially for keeping sc2 videos going! Around 4 years ago you got me interested in playing zerg, and now after giving up on sc2, I stumble upon your channel via hs videos, which reminded me of the good old times. Looking forward to your content, I hope you won't give up on sc2 in the light of recent news!

[@LowkoTV]

+Madina Kohler No worries Madina! Thanks for watching.

[@Terrafighter]

Every time he mentioned making ghost I was kept saying to myself “your not gonna get much use out of em!”

[@gubbica99]

stukov next commander? would be so cool.

[@justinthompson6364]

yeah they already have volatile infested, infested siege tank, and infested banshee from covert ops

[@lenkagamine6715]

Justin Thompson infested buildings? (points to Wol mission)

[@noticarus3164]

i want tosh to be next

[@morgenwilliams8447]

Matt Horner next please boyz

[@SaltetDweeb]

A bit late to the party but in the beginning of Hots campaign Nova said to Jim '' if you helped me with my tosh problem i might have looked the other way'' and when Kerrigan was talking to Matt Horner about rescuing jim he said he would deploy tosh to bust him out but Kerrigan refused.

[@MrTube84]

Also Lowko, don't know if you realized this, prob yes, but reavens do provide some sort of healing for bio AND mech! :)

[@LowkoTV]

+KennySaurus I found out after playing this match, but yes the Ravens are very important.

[@pinkchameleon377]

Awesome video Lowko ! I m already curious to see nova on a higher Commanderlevel. :)

[@Devalius]

10/10 IGN, would buy again. Thanks for showing me this awesome commander, Lowko!

[@manta7255]

There should be like a nova skin for normal starcraft games because the units look so coooool

[@lancelindlelee7256]

This is like protoss to the extreme

[@jeffreywijaranakula4059]

At first I wasn't absolutely sure about playing as Nova, but after unlocking more of her progression, she's pretty fun to play. Something new for a change than usual deathball armies!

[@Bert439]

She looks fun I may purchase after I get a few levels, I just finished the Covert Ops got a need for more Nova action haha

[@addisonzhen7283]

Anybody think dehaka would be a good co op commander?

[@llBrChsllxZic0xPx]

Addison Zhen mm should be good but I still think stukov would be better

[@zarkul3499]

Both would be realy cool. Dehaka with prime-zerg units. And Stukov with infestet terran stuff. :D But Question: When he hast all terran buildings just with infestion on them. Is he a terran or zerg comander them? xD

[@jakea4558]

Been saying that since day one. Needs to happen.

[@kewldude32310]

your wish is my command!

[@Glyph8888]

They are now :))

[@alterranlongbow5067]

*That moment you see the price for the marines*

[@elementbender1]

8:56 Jesus that forcefield spam

[@filipb02]

I wonder if they will add more units since all the units in the nova covert ops arent released

[@zoltantakacs9925]

Sorry if it has mentioned already, but i'm extremely hyped about Nova as a commander in Starcraft, so is there somebody know when does she going to be released in public game?

[@TK199999]

You know Lowko you should do a lets play of Starcraft: Mass Recall, which is a complete remake of Starcraft & Broodwar in the SC2 engine with custom units and even custom model's, maps and cut scenes. Especially since you seem to have forgotten a lot of the old Starcraft stuff. Still as always, a very informative and entertaining vid.

[@bbbbende]

you are either a researcher, a random stranger who found random stuff, or a roflmasterererererer, considering your great knowledge of mass recall

[@lenkagamine6715]

bbbbende jayborino?

[@NathanCassidy721]

Got her to level 11 right now. Power creep is pretty big with Nova as every upgrade you get feels like an upgrade.

[@zxKAOS1]

FYI, if you want to check damage, may I suggest you mouse over the weapon icon for that single unit when it's selected? It'll tell you in straight up numbers :)

[@Shienryu]

Does anyone know how to set up the default Coop Commander colours? It's always green for the default setup.

[@scorpio1919]

Use ravens for healing :P Also, with Jimmy's changes I think it will be kind of broken with nova (medics can now heal mech xD )

[@bbbbende]

best combo. jim comes in to heal the hella out of units, and uses an army that literally rebuilds itself every 5 seconds to soften up enemy lines and eat damage while nova micro's all the way to victory

[@outlaw8425]

ravens kinda medics here)

[@RessCoast]

I just waiting for Commander Nova Korea Server hasn't release yet :P

[@828Morten]

I really want to use Warhounds. Maybe we could get them with the next Terran commander along with diamondbacks and the Odin.

[@glenngrieves5697]

you should bring a scv along to heal mechs that would use the extra minerals

[@damiandimitrov3055]

That is exactly the play style i like, but i feel like a bit more mobility would be awsome with that small and powerful army you can pick off stuff really quick. I think that is my favourite hero so far 😃

[@RainStorm148]

that's... a bit difficult to play with all the calldowns costing minerals (not something i'm used to) but i can use her to up my micro i guess :D oh and Lowko, you can use her cloaked drones to soften up defenses before charging in.

[@AlgaInventory]

How do you use ''I'm on my way'' ''Retreat!'' `? I tried to use G+mouse as in HotS but it wont work.. and right click mouse either.. Anyone knows how ? And yay, finally Nova is released! :D

[@arthurfollenweider7240]

click g and hold the mouse a while longer then there is a + with 4 options

[@bbbbende]

i think it is alt click or some kind of other annoying button like that but i'm sure it isn't G

[@admiralzephyrraver7776]

I think the next commander would be either Alexei Stukov or Niadra. For the Terrans, it coud be Valerian Mengsk, considering that I still haven't seen Warhounds, Predators, and Diamondbacks in action. For the protoss, well it is tough since all of the protoss commanders are already in the coop, so my guess would be Selendis? or maybe Alarak would be the last. We never know.

[@johnrobson2228]

8:12 I submitted that as a mutation in that mutation creation challenge I entitled it, "Micro Your Macro" as a reference to lag tv

[@Rocko20202]

Lowko, build more Ravens! They auto cast a heal drone that you can move!

[@TheArturiA]

I guess playing with Kerrigan when you have a higher commander level is ok she can gave some extra resources to you I usually short of gas but way too many minerals from mid game and spent it on airstrike to level the whole enemy army. Her explosive drone really come to handy in attack mission when you get visor upgrade you can send it to do some damage to enemy outpost without risking you unit or nova this thing deals 200 dam +200 vs building too pretty much clear out defensive building in 1 hit.

[@keepinitcool4254]

You should try to do some impossible custom mutation. I am a very good nova and would team.

[@chloeblances2597]

Can she go mass raven ? I think it will be very cool Turret for ground unit Missle for air unit and they can be cloak by the drone tô

[@FallenDragonMX]

she has too long cooldown on her unit production, if your ravens dont die y think you could have ... 4 or 5 to the end of a mission, but they are more likely to support other units

[@PatThePredator]

It looks like the units are like the Merc units from Wings

[@krzysztofkobus5782]

wow she's great

[@riadhgz1445]

is their big spoilers of the nova campaign ? beacause i'm planning to do it

[@tickere5094]

You do have healing units by the way

[@brayansantiagobetancourt7151]

Coleccion? or shop extend?

[@OoOnomad]

im purchasing this, first time im buying something other than the game though. Hope is worth it lowko.

[@Liverator]

are you crazy? liberators 2 shot collossi? why didn't they buff the liberator damage?

[@zerooskil7161]

im just curious why you do so much random clicking? is that a pro trick? but how does it actually help in the coop ?

[@your_princess_azula]

Yay! I was wondering when we can play wiff ghosts, can you nuke things?

[@XILEXHD]

Katie Knoll nova got defenitly a nuke, but im not sure if her ghosta do

[@NathanCassidy721]

Katie Knoll She's gotta be level 9, but yea you can nuke things. And yes, it feels as good as it sounds.

[@janodee85]

wow this is pretty interesting.

[@Runhurd]

that remind me I need to level up all of them, i only got 1 char on co op at level 15 ^^;

[@DeadKavaiol]

MOAR Nova

[@GG-bi8tb]

i guess you don't need more than 1 barracks, as units are instantly created wherever you want on the battlefiend

[@nodgamer1915]

Anyone play spec ops in the acrade? This reminds me of that

[@jakea4558]

Was told Alarak was better commander cause he is badass but after seeing those units...its nova all the way.

[@LowkoTV]

Nova is definitely one of the best commanders in the game. She's very good all-round.

[@ShiraLiao]

2:45 Do you have a soul of a Feudal Lord or a samurai? Testing your new weapon on a slave/minion of your own. xD

[@jedstar4962]

How do you get her?

[@callycap3]

They scrapped automated refineries? I saw Nathanias played Nova a few days ago at Blizz and had automated refineries because of the 100 supply cap. Kinda shit to have 100 supply cap and still 2 max bases.

[@thovinh5386]

I love playing nova since my computer hardware sucks. Getting like 1 fps in the late game.

[@KonfluxGames]

Ravens heal :D

[@nightknight2777]

I just now realize that nova basically has merc compounds

[@TurboPedoMan]

Im new to this channel, watched your few vids, and... Im not big fan of starcraft or basically any Blizzard product. Played a little Diablo 3 with expansion and played a little SC2 with expansions. But thats not the point o.O I freaking like your accent, your vocabulary , compered to other youtubers that cant even construct normal sentece or they are just loud, you are fucking cool. I will give a shot to your channel - Subscribed :D

[@charlesdean2781]

Given the slow death that SC2 is going through, have you ever considered hosting a LowkoTV Sc2 Tournament? maybe just 50 or a 100 dollar prize to give something to the sc2 fans like me to watch? I'd also love to watch a pro game with you commentating.

[@PiratariP]

Plz more!

[@Shnazz999]

Knew it would be Nova. Horner would have been a fun air commander, but Raynor and Swan already have all of the Terran air units.

[@Pyroniusburn]

I would've preferred tosh as the stealth commander but I knew they would go for nova, if even to advertise covert ops a bit more. I can't remember off the top of my head but after getting Raynor to 15 I was quite annoyed at how bad he was compared to other commanders, and how Nova got 1 or 2 units that would've made Raynor so much better (not that they've ever changed the units a commander can use as far as I know). That and she has flat-upgrades of a lot of Raynor's stuff, kinda makes him feel redundant.

[@PhaxtolgiaLetsPlay]

Right?!? I was expecting Reapers to be her main units instead of marines. :L

[@bbbbende]

someone who volunteers should attempt to do a jim air/mech build, there is so much hidden in vultures that people don't use, i'd like to see a build involving a BC spam with splash vikings and a group of reinforcing mechs (vultures defend STs which splash the hell out of enemies while the air army goes in)

[@learningtotowerrush]

bbbbende I play a style of Raynormech which involves using turrets and vulture mines as defence and mass Battlecruisers as a roflhammer. Apm and macro is paramount, but damn does it feel good!

[@bbbbende]

learningtotowerrush getting some reinforcements from some temps or kerrigan's mass-hydra could work well with it

[@deviantshade]

use nova to make blind advances and lures. terrans have a lot of tricks up their sleeves.

[@Acers2K]

u should atleast look at the stats of the elite units :(.... everyone knows the basic stats of marines like dmg/armor, would give you a good comparison

[@markhanzelik9902]

u can heal with Raven ability

[@cherrickdinn]

Nova needs minerals to use her other Top Panel abilities.

[@Anomen77]

Her units are inmune to stun? That will be incredibly OP in a lot of mutators.

[@bbbbende]

i'm sure mutators effects don't count as regular stuns, so their effects are used on every non-heroic unit

[@Armyon]

ok lowko we can all agree that you Dont have boobs LOL

[@Kodlaken]

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@Nimori]

I wish i had this commander :c

[@Nimori]

Got it -3-

[@spacebumpkin1565]

Play with Karan would be ideal

[@mythofawesomeness98reyes57]

hey lowko , awesome Can u please make more wow and overwatch videos.

[@Turtlewax88]

Haha Lowko complaining about his gaz when one of his main base gaz is not saturated!! GG

[@xenon333]

Still waiting on Tosh.

[@ddzero2899]

I though he want to say assault mode 3:42

[@Tenhys]

This is insane. Nova is even more elite than Karax in terms of unit cost... Holy shit. I can't believe it.

[@LowkoTV]

It's really great fun when you're higher level. There are tons of ways to spent your resources.

[@Tenhys]

LowkoTV But this is just nuts. Sure, past a certain amount of time you end up with a lot of ressources to spare. But this is just plain crazy : one barrack, one factory ? Yet that produces units that cost more than 600 hundred minerals and/or gas ? What about Karax ? My cute little phase-smith had already become a bit redondant with the addition of Alarak's wraithwalkers. Now there's another commander with units more elite than himself ? That ain't fair T_T

[@Tenhys]

***** But i like Karax's units. I mean who would dislike a melee infantry that has a one-up mushroom uppgrade or a little sentry that can gives a stimpack to all allied unit, take control of a mechanical ennemy unit and transform into a pylon field ? **sob** Give me back my offensive Karaaaax~ T_T

[@yennycortesalarcon5672]

increible

[@user-dm1mm6ou1c]

Already available for purchase ?

[@NathanCassidy721]

Wu Helen Yep.

[@coolguy02536]

Nope. Free or nothing.

[@NathanCassidy721]

Ugly Ass You're gonna be waiting for a long time for a freebie you ain't gonna get.

[@coolguy02536]

That's too bad, since no one's biting on their absurd prices anyways.

[@justinthompson6364]

use stealth mode Nova to attack before sending in your pricey army.

[@timebombboom1]

when will starcraft get another free commander?

[@user-db1dm6it2h]

Where Lowko from？

[@user-db1dm6it2h]

I mean which sever he at?

[@mariokodsi6779]

祝乃成 In this video he's playing on the NA(North American) Server, but usually he plays on the european server.

[@ZephyrVersion3]

I stopped caring about these modes when they decided to charge for Abathur

[@jamesxi560]

should i buy nova?

[@NathanCassidy721]

Dank Memes If you like playing Terran than yes. She's also quite noob-friendly as at later levels most of her stuff is automated.

[@omgimanooblolol5247]

Nova makes this look like Warcraft 3. xD

[@jolennijoben5705]

OMGimAnoobLOLOL except the 12 unit selection though.

[@jondeoliveira8248]

I knew Nova was going to be next, instead of that Specter guy.

[@LowkoTV]

+Jon De Oliveira Tosh still has a special little place in my heart. He's so cool.

[@jondeoliveira8248]

LowkoTV I didn't like him at all, he is basically a substance abusing, nihilistic anarchist that doesn't even seem to care for Raynor's cause, it looks like he just wants to recklessly rebel against everything.

[@justinthompson6364]

I like him too. I think he's not really that nihilistic once you know him and if he's a drug abuser so is every reaper, or marine that stims even once

[@wanderingharlow6305]

Well, you seem to forget Raynor let Kerrigan walk away from all the shit she pulled back in Brood Wars and in SC2, so yeah fuck Raynor dead.

[@jondeoliveira8248]

Justin Thompson Marines and Reapers don't do terrazine.

[@alexc5243]

Dehaka next commander?

[@LowkoTV]

+Alex C I would prefer Stukov, but Dehaka is more likely.

[@rythmjc3]

The primal units will be kickass :D

[@Di3cy]

LowkoTV i was bleeding inside seeing that u didnt build ravens... they are ur healer lowko... they are your healer... (with the slowly getting silent voice of a dieing marine) ;-;

[@rythmjc3]

Lowko did find out afterwards ~

[@JsoProductionChannel]

Oh Blizz.. Why do EU always have to be last. Of what I have heard the player base is even bigger in EU than NA -_-

[@niklasstahl98]

Timezones...it's one day, we wont suffer from it

[@CLAREROMVoid]

Now we need 1 more Zerg Commander and 1 more Terran Commander to balance the numbers xD

[@PhaxtolgiaLetsPlay]

So far we can either have Stukov or Dehaka as potential Zerg commanders. :L

[@letitecho643]

Woo! I want stukov to be a commander, that would be incredible!!

[@CLAREROMVoid]

There are some units that I still want to be brought into the co-op. I imagine the co-op being how the "true unit" is and not limited by the multiplayer balance...Diamondbacks, Reapers, Widow Mines, Predators and Valkyries for Terran; Infestor, Jumping Banelings, Obnoxious Ultralisks, Paralyzing Roachs, Defiler and Impaler for Zerg and Arbiter, Scout, Sentry, Adept and Disruptor for Protoss. To balance the numbers it would be needed 1 more Protoss Commander, 2 more Zerg and Terran Commanders.

[@Miskuna]

Stukov is goin to be terran/zerg commader (mixed)

[@PervyAutomaton]

would be good with some infested terrans :D

[@grandiflora8479]

im kinda pissed they giv eus Nova... but Matt is NOT a commander, well Nova is really awesome in gameplay though but i dont like her personally, so im not gonna buy NOva, id love to have her on my team though and happy her units functions like the mercenaries from WoL (one of my favorite gameplay aspects of the campaign)

[@megyermeng2395]

Yeah nova good but men unlucky because I need buy this commander and story cost 30dolar I think. I happy to have Kerrigan and arthanis. To my battlechest. But gg all Starcraft stuff. But nova I can t get because only digital avaible.

[@kasparthefriendlyghost2876]

Tosh commander when

[@StToniCom]

The Blizzard tease video about this commander was a bit underwhelming to say the least, but this video changed my mind. So shut up and take my money Blizzard!