StarCraft 2: NEW Co-op Commanders - Tassadar, Overmind & Valerian! (Fan Made)

Nexus Co-op (or Nexus Coop) is a fan made mod with additions and changes to StarCraft 2's co-op mode. Since Blizzard no longer updates the game, fans have taken it upon themselves to continue developing the game mode. In this video I play the Tassadar, Overmind and Valerian commanders.
00:00 Nexus Coop
00:32 Tassadar commander
13:02 Overmind commander & new map
34:04 Valerian Mengsk commander
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[@satitlertritsumpun8930]

Zero is from StarCraft comic. He is the first complete subject of the Gestol project that merges terran and protoss together, creating the Ghost-High Templar hybrid (who can use psi-blade). He later freed from Dominion's control, destroy the project, kill the lead researcher, then vanished.

[@redautobotsoldier3812]

That sounds like fanfiction

[@satitlertritsumpun8930]

@@redautobotsoldier3812 it literally is in a comic StarCraft Legends

[@Ness_HAE]

That's the plot of "Do no harm" from the third StarCraft Frontline comic.

[@jor1456]

@@redautobotsoldier3812 no one asked

[@redautobotsoldier3812]

@@jor1456 I just thought It sounded like someone's oc from a fanfic. No need to get hostile.

[@Firnen718]

Nexus coop is truly a masterpiece. It’s insane what people can do with there editor!

[@derfzgrld]

I mean the official campaign and coop mode are made in the editor as well. The editor was made because the programmers were sick of constant requests by the design team, basically as a "do it yourself then" ;)

[@anarchosnowflakist786]

yeah, I hope we can see more of it in the future

[@tech-heresyandotherstuff8053]

Is it though? It looks like a bunch of questionable design descisions. The whole thing look overdone up to the point when you can't distinguish one unit from another.

[@Firnen718]

@@tech-heresyandotherstuff8053 counterpoint: have you seen anything else like it, besides the OG coop?

[@anarchosnowflakist786]

@@tech-heresyandotherstuff8053 I mean it might not be balanced but as far as I've seen it's playable, looks good, and original in most of its designs

[@disafear3674]

Dude, that is so sick. I wish Starcraft had continued development that made stuff like this

[@adtrlthegamer7449]

Don't we all. Leave it to the community to do what the dev's cannot.

[@GintaPPE1000]

With Microsoft in charge now, there’s a chance. Although more likely they’ll just steal these ideas and call them their own.

[@adtrlthegamer7449]

@@GintaPPE1000 True, da lazy jerks. (OR they might do a 180 on us and allow it.)

[@MiTsul2U]

@@GintaPPE1000 that the reason when new policy announce it. Most SC2 Modder stop making good new custom map for a while, because AB can claim to there own without permission for Modder.

[@bolt6572]

@@GintaPPE1000 nothing appened with mcrisoft incharge

[@Kevkoss]

By SC1 manual: Brood: Jormungand Category: Primary Strikeforce Cerebrate: Araq Estimated Size: 3,000,000/ all strains Primary Directive: Primary Support Force Brood Color: Purple The Jormungand Brood is one of the most heavy-handed of the Zerg attack forces. Typically called upon to follow Garm’s preemptive strikes, Jormungand Brood pacifies all other resistance to the Swarm. Jormungand relies on strength of numbers and brute force to overcome any foe and excels at ground-based combat and direct unit-to-unit warfare. Considering color of this brood, Araq is the Cerebrate we play as in SC1 Zerg campaigns. Other 2 Brood: Tiamat Category: The Command Wing Cerebrate: Daggoth Estimated Size: 6,500,000/ all strains Primary Directive: Command Fleet Brood Color: Red Tiamat is the largest and most powerful Brood within the extended Swarm. It is speculated that the Overmind itself is protected deep within the safety of this living fleet. The most advanced Overlords and Queens define the rigid infrastructure of Tiamat and help to drive the lesser Broods to total domination over their enemies. Tiamat excels at tactical space combat and only dispatches its ravenous surface attackers under the most dire of circumstances. Brood: Garm Category: Primary Strikeforce Cerebrate: Zasz Estimated Size: 10,000/ various strains Primary Directive: Primary Assault Force Brood Color: Orange Named after the fierce hellhound of Norse myth, Garm strikes with alarming speed and ferocity. The minions of this Brood excel at hit and run raids that weaken their enemy’s defensive formations. Zasz, the cunning Cerebrate of this Brood, delights in preemptive attacks, relying chiefly upon surprise to throw enemy forces into total chaos.

[@stalwart56k]

As a total nerd who read the SC1 manual, this makes me so happy ^_^

[@n1gthrav3n23]

This is really nerdy but I am living for every second of it!

[@MSOGameShow]

Right when he said he had no idea who Araq was, I was like, "Wasn't Araq who we played as in SC1?" Glad to see all this info posted here. Loved all that bonus info in the manual.

[@lilchad961]

I love those Tyranids vibes from the Overmind Swarm

[@jamiewilms8772]

I used to love reading the manual for SC1 as a kid!!

[@stefanbats3311]

You had me excited that they released new coop commanders.

[@Kilesfactor]

Nah blizzard is done making good decisions lol

[@Leonhart_93]

There are already more commanders than I want to play with, rather than new commanders I would want like 10 new maps.

[@TheVocalTune]

Same. I had hoped to see Daggoth and the specialized zerg units

[@samonsakana]

Actually nexus has some manual for player. Some tips for valerian : 1. storm engle will transport with zeus every time , recover all health and shield of zeus. 2. almost all unit of valerian can be deployed as a stronger unmovable status. these units are usually weaker outsides the satellite--since they can’t get recovery and buff from the satellite. 3. all unit in unmovable status(include some unit which don’t have unmovable status) can attack the enemies in storm from unlimited range. 4. every time those big boy (thor) attack, it increase one-time 50 damage of nearby units.

[@CsabaGamings]

Well he only needs to read what each stuff can do tho

[@ballboys607]

This title was the master bait

[@sasniychel4979]

and lowko is the master-baiter

[@ZerglingLover]

@@sasniychel4979truly the greatest masterbaiter of his era

[@iatrue6487]

Uhh

[@mr.mystery9338]

How? It literally says fan made

[@ZerglingLover]

@@mr.mystery9338 look at where the fan-made part is. at the very end of a pretty long sentence. the bit about it being fan made isn’t going to be shown until you click on it.

[@natanoj16]

What do you mean? Tessedar and the Overmind are like really close!

[@GBS4893]

Overmind is like a dream coming true to be honest Edit: also Daggoth makes the durable elite units

[@cl5258]

This is exactly how lore accurate protoss should. Hilariously imba

[@adtrlthegamer7449]

Exactly. Even for the Terran and Zerg as well, which is why the campaign has all the fun and whacky stuff vs the boring melee/pvp.

[@imp3r1alx]

That's why the coop community is alive.. most people prefer the coop or single player campaign.. well at least on RTS games.. while on the other bracket.. the so called competitive mode or ranked.. is the same old same old people.. it's the top 10 or top 20.. not to mention the arcade games~

[@MilkT0ast]

Ladder anxiety is real Game is so hard for noobs to get into

[@starcraft2f2p77]

Arcade is what most of the time people play.

[@majormajorasic]

@@MilkT0ast Generally for strategy games overwhelming majority of players are single-player/campaign type of player, competitive and ranked players are a minority.

[@Nick-hi9gx]

This seems like the kind of game that could become a new game, a standalone based on co-op. I've been saying this since it came out. Imagine an MMORPG/RTS, where the RPG elements are out of combat mostly but maybe with a hero unit in play as well, putting points into stats and leveling up abilities and stuff. Kinda like Commanders already has, but with a talent tree, more customization options. 3 different "classes", Hero, Commander and Strategist, focusing on having a hero unit on screen with equipment, plays a bit more like a MOBA where you command troops as well, Commander focuses on units, larger armies built faster and moving faster, and strategist focuses more on specialist units, terrain control, area defenses, ambushes. The MMO aspect just being you can co-op up to 4 people for boss fights or extra hard missions, maybe fighting in 3 or 4 different factions over a map. Winning missions in a certain region gets your faction points, which can be spent through monthly votes of all people in the faction (on that server) or something, I dunno.

[@jadewolf1024]

Dude, imagine a coop MMORTS/FPS, all I want to do is play a lowly marine while Serral tells me where to go!

[@Nick-hi9gx]

@@jadewolf1024 There were a couple games like that back in the mid-2000's. Savage was one. I remember thinking it was fun, and wanting desperately for more companies to make similar games. Closest is Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord once it has its custom servers working probably.

[@adtrlthegamer7449]

Would be awesome, but Starcraft 2/Blizzard unfortunately mentions in their terms/services that no more standalone games from their arcade. x_x (But than again, who says that'll stop people. Cause let's be honest here, would it really?

[@Ch4nKyy]

Something similar exists/existed with Shattered Galaxy (in other regions it is called Tactical Commanders). Dunno if the servers are still up tho. You level your character to unlock new units and equipment for the units and set up your squads. The world map is divided into sectors and the battle inside the sectors happens in RTS style. It implemented many genious ideas, but it had balancing issues. High level units were like xxx times stronger than new player units. And some factions just had more players than others, so good luck winning 5v20 in a sector.

[@AbzuLifeweaver]

Imagine the new league of legends, since that was born from DotA on warcraft 3. A new super popular game based on sc2 co-op lol

[@mechadoggy]

I really wanna see a fan-made coop commander with Dr. Ariel Hanson focusing on research and healing your units and upgrades that boost their health/defense to make them more survivable.

[@adtrlthegamer7449]

That'd be neat. Reach a point where you can stay Human/Terran or go infested as well.

[@mechadoggy]

@@adtrlthegamer7449 Nah, just stay human. Stukov already got that covered with the whole infested race. I’d like for a commander to focus solely on science and medicine. Plus, given how much Ariel cares about her fellow countrymen, it makes sense that she would focus on upgrades/research that increase hit points, defense, and healing because it pains her to see even a single one of her soldiers die. She’d fit my playstyle the best. Obviously, she’d have medics and science vessels to go along with medivacs. Plus, as a doctor-style commander, she can be really useful in helping to heal her allies’ units.

[@user-bg9sq5kb6o]

Chinese player here They are remakeing Mengsk as boss for new map now

[@Jesu32]

The valerian skins look sick! Wish we could have those in multiplayer :D

[@dearchmage5750]

So your scv is like Swann's and mengsk workers. Your army producing buildings can all build 2 units at a time with tech reactor. Your main upgrades is from science facility. Getting the upgrade for more operating efficiency will make your buildings under satellite radius will basically give them chrono boost. And your units under satellite gets a passive to ignore any damage for 1 turn.

[@SydusIsHere]

Would love to see more of this lowko!!!! Would like to see all the different commanders!!

[@almogosheriko]

Lowko, for Valerian, the satellites periodically emit pulses around them that give a buff to your units, significantly improving them. The idea is to drop a satellite when you're fighting. Satellite pulses also weaken enemy units by making them slower, among other effects.

[@cervbond]

One thing to note about tassadar - you can get 5 5 5 upgrades, and 5 5 5 carriers are fair and balanced

[@Ollie2Build]

The title really got me to watch this, even though I've not finished this yet.

[@khenumine]

You know, despite you saying that you're having trouble piloting this commander, you're doing amazingly well for a total freshman for this mod. Awesome plays and awesome video!

[@33shin33]

That conclave building is a piece of art.

[@BrettReynolds379]

This is exactly what I picture real Protoss vs Terran would actually be like. Protoss would smash the others. Remember in the first game they just came and burned an entire planet. They were super OP.

[@B0tAcH1]

To be more specific, they burned a backwater planet. In other words, it had nothing. So no, the Protoss ain't "super OP" just cause they glassed a defenseless planet.

[@spartanchief2]

@@B0tAcH1 A race having the ability to glass a planet itself is super OP.

[@lucase.sanchezsilvero9958]

@@spartanchief2 I mean, that sounds like Korhal. And the terrans destroy Korhal, not the protoss. So no, they are not so op.

[@spectron5012]

​@@spartanchief2every faction can realistically glass a planet

[@ericz6024]

3:18 It says "The Firstborn will persevere".

[@ericz6024]

7:23 For the ability, it's a blackhole that lasts for 8 secs and immobilizes all enemies trapped in its range. After the 8 secs, deal 300 damage to these units in the singularity.

[@NightcoreKing-lf9mt]

Damn I would love to see Zurvan there. He was on my wishlist when co-op was dropping commanders. But I see tosh who was on my wishlist too so happy about that. Zurvan can be a new idea if they are still making commanders ^^

[@Sanguiris]

I don't think Zurvan has an actual model that can walk, unless he'd just sit in base and cast abilities or something

[@user-zo1fk3dd7w]

And the gimmick can be that killed enemies leave biomass you collect with drones and feed to him, and he regurgitates units and cast abilities.

[@halonut96]

@@Sanguiris well I mean whether he can walk or not is irrelevant, like half of the commanders aren't playable

[@superevolvedshinamalgamleo8168]

@@halonut96 true

[@raykobayashi8093]

Can't wait to see you play with the other commanders

[@repHAWAIIxJPN]

Would love more of this . Would at least like to see each of the commanders

[@ModekaiPL]

That would be nice to see more coop like that :D

[@hoovy4629]

I've known of it for a while now, and only found it on american servers only tuesday, and played a match of it like an hour ago, so seeing lowko play it makes me happy for some reason

[@donjuan3296]

Lowko looks like he still is 20 years, good on you mate!

[@jonathangriffiths2787]

Hey lowko just wanted to thank you for your content I'm currently going threw cancer and the related treatment and it's been one of the few things to get my mind off it

[@cloud19941999]

Hope you get well soon. All the best bro!

[@Kookamungaah]

This is amazing. I love coop and glad to find new stuff.

[@KB_13247]

OMG i gotta get back into sc coop. i love coop, wish they would add new commanders so this custom map looks right up my alley!

[@DarkZayrus]

Amazing! Love this content!

[@deadtekk423]

Been lookin for somethin like this!

[@InfernoKill]

Kinda want to see more of this

[@HiopX]

we need more of this fair and balance mod on this channel

[@Ragnarok6664]

Looks epic for sure, would to try the Overmind, or any legendary Zerg

[@seventeendegree]

Awesome! Please try the other commanders too :)

[@xxl4ever1]

Love this u got to do another one with ctg I follow him as well…n the nexus coop is cool

[@TheEdrianejosefb]

I'd like to see more of this. I played some of the newer commanders and they seem pretty neat. Gerard's my fav. So op. Would also consider Zero, but the limited population cap and overpowering eco would benefit player 2 if they have tradeable goods

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

They should add the Gantrithor for Tassadar and it's special ability is HERES COMES THE GANTRITHOR! And explode like biggest blue fire nukes

[@You-ul8qw]

They did a very good job with the sc1 skins in this mod, super cool.

[@Areccsu]

Lowko we need your showcase of all the commanders of this mod .)

[@Antagonisten]

Blizzard : no more content from us. Community: Hold my beer!!

[@GeneralHavek]

Who else was screaming as they watched trying to tell lowko to check the upgrades

[@TideMakesContent]

Holy shit, this looks insane. I really wna try this out!!

[@psychedellictoxin1195]

THIS IS AWESOME!

[@RickySama240]

Interesting mod! I always wanted to see how it feels like to play as Tosh or the Overmind. xD

[@johnjones8742]

Fantastic idea! I miss tassadar.

[@ZS-rw4qq]

The irony of Tassadar having the Conclave building

[@Draedon7469]

I saw the title and havent played in like a week and i thought there was an update that added new co op commanders and i got so happy but no my heart got crushed

[@MatthewBluefox]

Selendis was the cutest Protoss in all of Starcraft (2) history. :)

[@janvanwilligen9758]

Very cool map. Respect for the creators

[@CptCh4os]

I'd like to see more of that

[@stalwart56k]

You have Scourge! Zerg air is balanced now! hahaha this looks pretty fun, and we can all brush up on our Mandarin playing this.

[@RenzoCoronel2000]

Need all co-op commanders omg :o

[@atoll2453]

Just the "Dispute at the Conclave" prove this is a win haha

[@user-bg9sq5kb6o]

Chinese player here happy to see my favorite youtuber plays mod from our community ❤️

[@oliverdemille8388]

5:25 "It's not meant for Co-op, it's meant for chickens."

[@jeremythemaxwell]

how would I go about downloading and playing this? This looks fun!! I tried to find any info on the reddit and discord but I didn't see anything:(

[@Xown3dX74]

This mod is so cool ! I wish they would release new commanders like tassadar selendis overmind etc

[@goldensea03idk51]

I love nexus coop please do more on it!!

[@quasarity6275]

Valerian's units design is absolutely fire

[@Aminmotors]

This co-op commander is OP AF

[@stangundam01]

is ulhan along with these & will you also be doing tosh & hansen?

[@jaydenly8153]

I didn’t even realize Valerian was new

[@viet_cong_momiji2324]

Hey Lowko If you find standard coop easy I can recommend the Nexus Battlefield mode on Nexus Coop it's makes enemy wave harder And Taldarim air is still a pain in the ass

[@RustyHarmonica]

I have a massive Command and Conquer but Starcraft art and design style vibe with this mod

[@chloekaftan]

the zerglings literally look like they're speed humping the enemy xD

[@raymondtan3980]

watching this makes me miss the (very) old mothership with vortex and planet cracker.

[@sergiua5511]

This mod might not be balanced properly, but the models and effects are quite impressive, for a fanmade mod

[@secretagenttau2233]

They were playing on the wrong mode. There's a difficulty mode specifically for these commanders

[@baumanmarketinggaming]

Nexus Coop is a great thing! 15 commanders, they do regular updates; you can play against official enemy compositions or choose Nexus Battlefield mode where you face all different comps (I think there is at leas 12 of them) and which are harder to fight than official comps. I do Nexus Coop videos on regular basis on my channel!

[@didipkerabat]

The modder is a fan of Protoss. I approve lol

[@arronmdick]

That lurking tentacle needs to chill 😂😂

[@leSmokySmoke]

damn! thank ctg much for introducing me to this. are there any other good arcade maps with custom commanders? maybe also together with the real ones? and chooseable difficulty? I like the newly added commanders in this very much, but I dont like the redesigned once, I just want a vanilla+ experiece. are there any other "maps" like this? I wish stuff like tassadar could be added into the real coop via contest or something in a balanced way

[@livebrains1236]

you can change the difficulty to Nexus mode if you want a harder experience than standard, but ya i would love to see more coop commander based content in the arcade as well.

[@Zorrky]

This is just the Protoss race as a power scale in reality. :D

[@bennyloppo]

Thank god I watched the ending. it is priceless lolol

[@karlskousen3320]

Definitely should try the infected doctor

[@crazytuffandco.]

Try the proving ground level. It's for testing but soloing it might be a fun series.

[@sakarasomapa]

After the last update where they add Valarian the real steel map got bugged out. I think they will update it after they do the rest of translation. They actually release the current version before they translate everything because people were waiting for the commander(Valarian) for awhile.

[@andreassukarditeja7419]

Lowko the tentacle lurker

[@DGBomber]

I hope the people that made this can will be hired by Frostgiant for the Coop side, because those commanders look sick!!

[@mariananunez3573]

You should try Karass too!

[@SerbanOprescu]

Excellent fun!

[@user-xb2xg3wi5r]

UED: First Light campaign is really cool, you should play it some time.

[@pavasaris87]

Hi, how could i download this folder to my pc?

[@nastalgiahood]

You haven't even tried Mengsk or Raynor. They're so so good. Every single Commander feels viable for every mission now. Plus there's more synergy in this game mode then there is a normal co-op.

[@destrein]

Blizzard should just pay the creators for their work and add this to official SC2 co-op. People will surely buy those commanders and in that case, everyone will be happy. It's probably a lot easier said than done but one can dream right?

[@vren5153]

anyone got some tips for me? after playing this my hotkeys are flood with Protoss and other shit i wanna fix it somehow dont know how tho, also in Protoss in named with some chineese signs

[@tkaczprzeznaczenia4510]

just wait until they turn on spiecial units for Amon or new mutators and they get good with commanders

[@couryrussell7653]

Was zero from the secret mission in SC1??

[@obeda_1724]

Lowko pls do a part 2 video 🙏🙏

[@yifeicheng8926]

There is a sc2 auto battler in the arcade that you can try out too

[@syweb2]

It would be cool if the Overmind used the Classic skins for his units and Hatcheries.

[@sora20521]

I got excited for a second then saw fan made 😭😭

[@yoshikiharo1020]

Is the a fan made Tosh co op commander?

[@juliepatton7556]

can someone put the link for this mod to play

[@yMeMoo]

I would like to play custom maps like this, but worried my keybinds (Core) won't work.

[@halonut96]

*Hybrid being fucking vaporized by the dozens in seconds* "WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING"?

[@dh.bryson1627]

New mutation idea: basic maths - randomly simple math will pop up on screen and the user cannot control their units until the problem is solved