StarCraft 2: Is Dehaka Too Strong?

Turns out it's easy to solo Brutal missions with Dehaka.
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After leveling up Dehaka to the maximum level of 15 he turns out to be extremely powerful. In this video I solo a Brutal mission with ease. While this is doable with other Commanders as well, Dehaka seems to breeze through it.
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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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[@LowkoTV]

For some odd reason this video was bugged to a maxmimum view time of 30 seconds and to make sure that you can watch it, I decided to simply reupload it. Thanks for letting me know that the video was behaving strangely. Enjoy!

[@lriss]

I'm glad you fixed it!

[@fredrichodie]

Weird.. I was able to watch the full first upload

[@thekillerreborn2228]

me as well I love this video so ill prob watch it again ... but I was like wait I have already seen this then I seen this comment. =)

[@operationstratos1013]

I thought this looks familiar 😂

[@Mark-vr7pt]

thanks!

[@comradestarbucks2726]

Is Dehaka too powerful? I dunno, how strong do you need to be to punch battlecruisers out of the sky and eat motherships?

[@hedgie9823]

No, I think the probes at the begging were to OP

[@Willdroyd]

hybrids? oneshots em

[@wavemade2313]

Or eat stanks

[@lillones]

Change... will come!

[@liamkrause1251]

14:03 you sound like my parents

[@martinramirez3998]

LOOOOL

[@davidawesome4569]

Awww best comment! :D

[@andrastuba3085]

I cri evritime

[@nemoname7833]

ROFL

[@ramonluque1850]

So sad man:(

[@Mustafa-vu5ke]

Dehaka... (cries) he grows up so fast 😭

[@SeriousApache]

DADDY LOVES YOU!

[@Gabrielbarsch]

i hope blizzard releases gabriel tosh as a co-op commander with his spectral army

[@lordchampajuice5281]

Gabriel Barsch yeah good idea

[@geah21109]

I hope also. I love his Phantoms/Spectre!!!

[@camerabox1]

given that nova is more than willing to work with the new dominion (helped formed by james raynor) that nova choice is probably the canon one, thus a dead tosh and it seems atleast they're only adding alive characters. I mean i'd like tosh too but that requires blizzard to confirm a choice

[@TheNatenigga]

I was more or less hoping for a Stetmann co op commander with him being removed from that shroud mist mission. His army would be mainly based on predators and other science terran units.

[@nordos]

Thing is, the Coop is: 1) not Lore conform. That much should be no surprise. 2) playing before the LotV end. Well, guess that much is apparent as well, with Amon forces running rampant 3) The lore conformed choices are to save the doctor, as well as working with Tosh as the primary choices (a canon), see starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/A_canon#Making_a_Branch_Canon So, yeah, a Tosh Commander is possible, and I hope for it as well. Though that begs the question - how will he be different from Nova? Tosh will obviously be a Hero Unit as well, and while he probably would not have access to Elite Mercenaries, I wouldn't know what other units he could get, making him that different. Maybe something with Terrazine ... ? Dunno. Though the greater question is - what Zerg Commander is next? There is no big character left, save for something like the Overmind.

[@TheMiczzz]

After completing Legacy of the Void, i have a serious hangover from destroying Void Shards...

[@GeneralG1810]

Yeah once he's level 15 you've pretty much got Godzilla walking around the base

[@ss5gogetunks]

I feel like making him need some kind of supply building would pretty much balance it out. I was annoyed after leveling to 15 on Artanis that his ultimate upgrade is something Dehaka just always has

[@Hydrauliskk]

I would love to hear you in sc as a voice: "Hybrid signatures detected, that might be quite tricky one"

[@hoanganphanle]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a prophet of our time

[@09Drdray]

He is

[@lyrieladuial4901]

Imagine being able to play Dehaka like this in hots. He'd have one leg at the mid lane and the other one at top :D

[@craizai9951]

LOL

[@ripdapip5000]

so trick for playing with a "dead ally" build supply, use their command centers to harvest your stuff, then drones dont count toward your unit count

[@eugene12310mobile]

Dehaka is basically playing Zerg but you are as chunky and devastating as the Protoss. Plus the swarm spam because you are a zerg afterall

[@AlexanderCsorba]

I absolutely love how much energy and exitement Lowko puts into these videos!

[@pikadragon2783]

killing each other is exactly what wild zerg signed up for.

[@___AD]

Thanks for Re-uploading!!! I've been dying to watch this for ages. I'm one of those people who watches all your KZbin and Twitch but doesn't actually play SC MP due to being too bad and not patient enough so have been dying to see what Dahaka's all about! Saw a bit of your Leveling stream up but life. Cheers again. -w00kie

[@TheAlmightyGream]

I like how the ranged units fight each other melee

[@jongaskell3438]

Any of the commanders can solo brutal missions, its actually often easier because you get 4 base income! esp an easy mission like this. Do temple defense or even dead of night.

[@Miesha88]

Thanks for the reupload

[@FourKelvin]

It's pretty amazing how they pretty much implemented a completely new playable faction. The build animations are weired tho

[@kosmos5177]

Just finished mastering Dehaka and I love him! Just a giant Godzilla running around eating things haha

[@logicalspaghetti]

dehaka was rockslaping lol, haven't seen that in forever. (I get that he just came out and people hadn't realized how foolish that was.)

[@jeremygann7639]

Reuploads give me an excuse to watch Lowko's videos again

[@FreedomPLMarcin]

Mutalisks and Guardians were crazy combo back in SC1 too :P

[@pisic9022]

FreedomPLMarcin yeah,i remember the guardian,strong af

[@guartis]

SC1 Zerg mission where you have to defend 4 points from DTs it's crazy af

[@YS67nijn]

lowko actually made his ally kill himself fbm ;P

[@BuGBurnout]

Usually I go mass muta which are pretty much invincible if microed correctly. The most terrifying enemy attack is the one in the video: yamato + seeker. And late game if you throw in a couple of tyrannosaurs with armor aura you are kinda untouchable. Generally you can use Dehaka for early-game so you can transit directly to muta.

[@yolesgogame8251]

tbf zeratul with his void array and the enforcers are pretty powerful when used properly plus you can start them fairly quickly. To add on to this once you get the second xel'naga crystal you can use the tesseract matrix to essentially get teleporting tesseract cannons

[@loganclose5596]

Dont tell Lowko that he could have TWO Dehaka's. Could solo two missions at once

[@AntiT42]

Thank you so freaking much I really love this videos please bring more

[@Mr.Hydralisk]

Lowko, you know, that on Dehaka zerglings can work like drones)

[@SmollerRadish]

Really?

[@Mr.Hydralisk]

@@SmollerRadish PATCH 3.18.0: "Dehaka's Zerglings can no longer harvest minerals and gas."

[@danielmendoza1907]

My fav Commander

[@condude1165]

Lowko will you do your run down of dehaka and what his best builds are. Also I have found that is it really fun to just use dehaka and none of his units except pack leaders in brutal missions as it means your constant focus is on him and your generally get more essence

[@sarahIcommented]

Hydra/Roach > Muta/Guardian > Ultra > Tyrannozaur is the strongest death ball he can get. And it works on every mission.

[@sphenopalatineganglioneuralgia]

Yeah, it would be sad to see Dehaka cut down, but the three huge cooldowns are pretty OP. They should probably limit him to one or two of those.

[@freefallingdonut2597]

Lowko: "Trying not to panic."

[@FoxMikage]

More Starcraft Remastered plz!

[@benh6835]

Hey Lowko what do you think about Dehaka versus Banshee Terran? On the recent mutation (Avenger), it becomes nearly impossible to keep your detection up since Dehaka is only mobile form of detection and he absolutely melts versus that composition. IMO lack of a unit other than buildings and Dehaka himself with detection is a major design fault with him.

[@gjlancearreza6063]

they fight because they wanted their essence like dehaka wanted that's how the Primal Zerg works. Primal Zergs are the very first zerg. They eat their own kind because of essence

[@jasonanderson-garrity4323]

Would you mind running down what you put your mastery points in? I am curious on what point were put into.

[@PhaxtolgiaLetsPlay]

Next thing you know, they'll make a commander that's a literal map-sized nuke.

[@palagyimario724]

Dehaka is the most OP on that ... u know that undead mission when he just inhales a Stank 1 shot

[@benedeksikura3267]

You ever think on that play 2 hero once cause your partner leave the game that gonna be a good video :D

[@IudexGundyr325]

Man play swarm host and its "evolution" with the upgrade for the kamikazes flying bugs to attack aerial units. A wonderful time you will have

[@CPGM1984]

Didnt watched the vid allready but fuck yes ! He.is.so.god.damn.op!

[@wowwee6508]

That is one ginormous hungry boi

[@zerohunterx5]

I guess I picked a good hero to buy after my return to SC2 co-op lol

[@sphenopalatineganglioneuralgia]

Ehh, I don't know. Guardians and mutas are great with Dehaka, but mix in a few Tyrannozors for the added armor upgrade, and it really helps a lot. Or just go mass Tyrannozor--that's pretty fun too. Alternatively, I feel like massing swarm hosts is the best way to go with Dehaka solo because you can just burrow them and send in wave after wave, and it only has one upgrade to let it hit air. Easier if you're soloing. But this was fun to watch.

[@alevel100onix5]

Isnt it strange that a small dehaka can devour a fullsized hybrid destroyer...??

[@brianlammers9283]

Or a Battle-cruiser. Or a Carrier. Or a Colossus. Tempest. Void ray. But yes, that is rather strange.... And funny AF.

[@victoryarn4381]

That's one hungry boi

[@humanguyalsoperson7987]

When I play dehaka I basically don't make melee units and dehaka is my early-mid and late game I'll make tyranzors for there bonuses and stuff

[@BadassHater1]

I chucknorrised whole mission as Dehaka. On my own. When my coop parnter left permanently during loading. Even bonus objectives. NOT OVERPOWERED AT ALL.

[@stephyweedy]

hy, good video mate .

[@jongaskell3438]

also you can break the rocks on your natural much faster with 4 zerglings while dahaka clears the first crystal... for the true minmax :)

[@Whisper555]

1. Rifts to Korhal is one of the easiest Co-op missions 2. Do Temple of the past solo or Brutal Mutator mission solo See how OP Dehaka is then

[@3lit3gn0m3]

Sounds like you're trying to imply that he isn't OP. This is definitely an easy mission, but you're either bias (you play him a lot) or ignorant (you don't know his power relative to other commanders) to not consider him OP. My brother and I were doing brutal on level 5 Dehaka/Abathur, and we haven't done much brutal in the past. From my experience, he is the absolute strongest commander while leveling, and definitely top 2/3 at max level.

[@LightningSe7en]

He is only saying that other commanders can do this too and it depends on the mission. Dehaka is strong but it depends on which aspect of him you are describing. (eg. coop pvp, mission type etc)

[@pisic9022]

His pack is strong ,he s also steong,i love dehaka

[@SeriousApache]

ESSENCE!

[@justinthompson6364]

I heard Dehaka's primal zerglings can mine minerals

[@alexc5243]

I don’t feel like you need 4 bases, each base costs 5 supply so you got 20 supply in just bases and way more than necessary if you tried to fully saturate all of them. At late game, may have been worth it to just uproot 2 of those hives and join the combat

[@Vandreand]

When is the next cheese Sunday coming?

[@cuttingedgecomix]

Of course he is OP--DUR!

[@shalmirane]

Btw. aren't you forgeting about failing at Darkest dungeon? Technically by playing SC1 you're failing to find the Baron, but such failure isn't pleasure :( / yeah, might be because I play that campains too few missions ahead so it's too fresh memory :) /

[@cr128]

I might buy Dehaka just to experience him before he is inevitably needed.

[@psychopathicroach9615]

Definitely

[@attilaszabo5524]

Do you know that Dehakas zergling can collect mineral? :O

[@crimsonrayquaza46]

Attila Szabó wait really

[@attilaszabo5524]

yes :D and they doing it fast! :D

[@jbfarley]

Crimson Rayquaza no

[@xamerukyoyo593]

LowkoTV, you could have done this much better if you just made your ally left from the beginning and use his/her Scvs to mine. Since he/she left from the beginning, the resources will be transferred to you right? Instead of waiting to make a primal hive right in the beginning. :) Then discard the Scvs and command center if you can build a Primal Hive with enough resources.

[@r.dommizsed2377]

i've been playig dehaka too, and not a single time i needed my army jajajaja i just build the army for defense purpouse XD

[@masonmerris2711]

The ult is powerful but his devour can one shot most things taking out most threats instantly

[@DJNicShogun]

is going all Hydralisks good

[@nanio.6772]

I think blizzard made dehaka so powerful on purpose. Hope they won't nerf this badAss character. Also, looking forward to see tosh.. :) :)

[@samutervo9123]

I didnt have any problems. :d

[@Ebiko]

yikes - you did not eat Psionic units ? - i mean ravens and sience ships are literally the best thing dehaka can eat :D and the less hp the unit had when eaten the lower the cooldown will be - means if you eat small units constantly youll survive so much easier

[@MrEntaroadun]

What kind of zergs are these ? Looks more like cross between night elves and zergs.

[@lizardlord6504]

hi lowko can you do more 2v2 plz we will love them plz thx

[@user-ow8hx9id2s]

Btw, all primal structures can unburrow to attack!!

[@geeworm]

Dehaka + Devour = Nothing is immune to you.

[@n3stigniz]

Commander Duran with Hybrid unit!!!!

[@stuff2959]

YES

[@underfall2749]

Yes

[@beanslinger4616]

Dehaka Eats things and is the peacekeeper Of Primal zerg

[@TheANCHINI]

if your ally chose Swann, will you be more flexible on gas?

[@Dedrexms]

I don’t know I guess if you can eat heroic units and other

[@flo5681]

Pretty much every commander can easily solo most brutal mission, since they re a joke. Dehaka is on the stronger side, but I ldnt put him on the same level as Nova and Vorazun.

[@beglol4]

Flo and stukov too but only because he is good for 70% of all mutations😂😂

[@msorin74]

Big Dehaka looks bit like godzilla

[@user-cc5kl7qv8f]

This is like the exact opposite of what i do... Defend with impalers and spam primal worms

[@VChong1991]

How is your sc so smooth

[@NoxFlex]

Yes he is

[@paulodepablo3649]

So how manny maxmimum income can be made with 30 drones?

[@OST1350]

Yes. Dehaka is the best

[@lilin7049]

P3: I'm just going to let myself right in

[@nyko59990]

je fai jamais de coop, trop drôle les allures des bâtiments ! XD

[@alarakhighlordofthetaldari9882]

Most Commanders can solo a brutal mission. Especially when you have 4 (!) bases.

[@travismontgomery1897]

Alark + Dehaka = Strong comp

[@raffimolero64]

Dehaka is basically Zerg, but actually Terran, but really Protoss.

[@jaqhass]

Wish they nerfed most the heroes so they wouldn't just be faceroll. Nova has a pretty ok dificulty (slightly less than i'd like). Not super hard but also not super easy. A good middle ground.

[@exia3375]

Finally videos not from 1999... I don't care to watch content from 1999 mostly because I played the game back then.. Cheers.

[@virus3x2]

Reupload?

[@PierreFerreira978]

heu... deja vu?

[@mixingof12]

*I've just been in this place before*

[@honamichi]

I feel, we being here before......

[@paulcusmir883]

*higher on the streets, and I know it's my time to go*

[@geebanhunter]

Did you eat that blue tablet ?

[@altitudestudio4120]

des français!!! :D

[@eduardojba]

16:17 ok, is op

[@TBVnBIX]

Why are u using drones as workers? U dont know zerglings can mine minerals and gas ?

[@charleouel9012]

Every try to play Dehaka and Nova as a team and only played the heroes whitout any unite? (it knida fun to do at less on Hard I don't know if it work well on Brutal... Any way best mission for that would be the one like Lock and loaded or chain of assension or may be the Lava one whit the cristal. I did that whit someone and it was really fun they synergie really well You can use the Drone of Nova to help Dehaka get some starting lvl since he kinda weak at frist, but whit the drone he can do alot ) I really how you will do this at some point (it really fun to do.) Any way duo solo heroes is really fun from time to time... (I don't know if they can solo Brutal but they can solo those mission on hard that is for sure) SORRY FOR THE BAD ENGLISH

[@asmylia9880]

the early coming is too strong with me :v on the udder side I'm not that early anymore :V

[@ucanhnguyenla4650]

dehaka op with all brutal map but bad with mution

[@mrid191]

i remember playing as a level 4 karax. My ally being a level 9 dehaka. Beat brutal together with almost no issues. That too on malwarfare. Was against protos though Next map was rifts to korhal against mass BC/ravens. Got till the last shard before my base got destroyed.

[@dehakaeater]

Yay