STARCRAFT | Can I SECURE the CRYSTAL? | Zerg: Mission 9 Campaign Gameplay

I attempt the ninth mission of the ZERG campaign during my STARCRAFT 1 gameplay today! I have to secure the Khaydarin Crystal and bring it to the beacon! Let's see how I go with that!
*This is my first ever play-through of this game so please be kind!
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Game: Starcraft (1998) #starcraft
Episode: 2 - Zerg #campaign
Mission: 9. The Invasion of Aiur
Platform: Microsoft Windows on PC
Genre: Real-time Strategy (RTS)
Video Content: Gameplay / Let’s Play / VOD #gameplay
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[@AnimeLOVER-uw9js]

I like when you sent to rest your army you are the kindest commander all army want to have lol

[@intuwarescomputerservices9470]

Nice work, GG. And That's a hard mission, next one is too, but but I think with your quick air force you'll do well again.

[@LeonItsMe]

nothing like cheesing one the hardest missions in the franchise Xd, jk, well played. Hydras in mass are good against carriers (flying thingies)

[@АнастасіяТертична-с7г]

Awesome mission! I remember I was not happy invading Aiur.

[@GnarfSlein]

Boy, it's almost Protoss Time! Can't wait Protoss Carriers are almost like flying buildings, making those small Interceptors, but if the Carrier dies, then all Interceptors die, so always goa fter the Carrier, never the Interceptor, because the carrier can almost make new ones faster than you can destroy them! Great vid :)

[@pupper5580]

Lol you're the cutest, keep it up!

[@jacobharmon1209]

I liked the end. Very Frodo and the ring. The lightning (psychic storm) is maybe the hardest thing in the game to deal with. The computer is bad with some things and good with others. It's very good with psychic storm. As armies get bigger the game becomes more about organising them. You like having 2 - 3 groups of air. Try putting them on control groups 1,2 and 3 so you're less likely to lose them.

[@joshmosh1313]

Very refreshing to see this game being played and enjoyed. I played this over 25years ago and I remember how much fun I had with it, especially the custom user made maps in the online community.

[@nathangamble125]

Apart from forgetting to use control groups and waiting longer than you needed to before building your second hatchery, you played this mission really well. The "double spire" strategy is sometimes risky, because buying the upgrades and building a lot of mutalisks costs a lot of gas, and focusing so much on air units can make it easier for the enemy to counter you by building anti-air units, but if you can build them and get your upgrades fast enough (which you did) it's very powerful. Building scourge to counter the carriers was also a good call, though you let them autoattack, which resulted in them attacking the interceptors rather than the carriers, which made them a bit less effective. You did a good job of dodging psionic storms with your guardians from 32:48. The ability that freezes your units in a crystal is the Protoss Arbiter's "stasis" ability. It prevents units in an area from moving, attacking, or taking damage for about 45 seconds. Stasis can be very dangerous if it's used to split up your army - if half of your army is frozen and can't attack, it makes it much easier for the protoss to outnumber and destroy the other half of your army; and it can also be used to rush past your army and attack your base. The Arbiter is a flying protoss support unit, which cloaks all allied units in an area around it, so it's very difficult to fight against Protoss armies with Arbiters if you don't have a lot of detectors. The Arbiter has another very scary ability called "recall", which it can use to teleport all units in a small area anywhere on the map to the arbiter's location, effectively being able to move an army (sometimes more than 30 units, if they're packed together closely enough) into your base almost instantly, like a superpowered dropship.

[@darth856]

Aiur is a lush jungle world, in stark contrast to the mostly barren planets you've seen so far :)

[@ONIscrooge]

I have to say that it does speak to your skill that you managed to complete one of the more difficult missions in the campaign, but also relatively quickly too. The advice that I'd give is, "Don't forget to build and use units that have special abilities". Units like the Queen and Defiler are units with abilities that can really help tip the odds in your favor. You'll need this advice especially so when you play the Protoss as, while their units are tough and can handle most situations on their own, their real power comes from their units with VERY powerful abilities, like the Templar that used that lightning storm you hate on enemy units.

[@LordVelari]

Always warms my heart to see ppl playing this classic game in 2024

[@JN-hs5xl]

Carriers launch up to eight interceptors, they are the strongest air unit in the game. When fighting them, focus the carrier, don't bother with the interceptors because he can always make more. Carriers have a lot of health and armor, so your mutalisks and hydralisks aren't that effective against it (especially since you don't upgrade your hydralisks). Scourge are very good against interceptors, it takes five scourge to down a carrier. I noticed you don't use control groups, making it harder to move your armies around. You can bind your units to numbers, e.g. select all mutalisks and press Ctrl+1, then select guardians and press Ctrl+2, then by pressing 1 and 2 you can switch between them. So let's say you want to pull guardians back, you can just press 2 and rightclick instead of spending time to select the guardians. You can even keybind buildings like hatcheries. Also, make sure to upgrade your hydralisks and zerglings in Spawning Pool and Hydralisk Den as well. Overlord speed upgrade is a must in every mission too. Last thing you want is cloaked units attacking you and your overlord taking its sweet time to get there.

[@nathangamble125]

For clarity, scourge are good against interceptors, _because_ they're good against carriers. Attacking interceptors directly with scourge is less cost-effective, because each interceptor only costs 25 minerals and each scourge costs 12.5 minerals and 37.5 gas (because you get 2 scourge from 25 minerals and 75 gas), but if you destroy the carrier all of the interceptors that are controlled by that carrier will be destroyed too. Each carrier can have up to 8 interceptors, so it's possible to destroy a carrier and 8 interceptors with only 5 scourge, while if those scourge attack the interceptors directly they can only destroy 5 interceptors and won't damage the carrier.

[@JN-hs5xl]

@@nathangamble125 Yeah typo meant to say are good against carriers.

[@Okhrana]

Battlecruisers are stronger

[@KJYKJY1985]

Congratulations on beating this your first try. Since you're still not using control groups, I should probably explain how they work. Select a group of units (or a single building) and press "Ctrl + number" and those units will be assigned to that number. So you can do something like assign your mutalisks to 1 by selecting them and pressing "Ctrl + 1" and assign your guardians to 2 with "Ctrl + 2", then just press 1 and 2 to switch between groups. Double tap the number to center view on that control group. You can also add units to a control group by using Shift instead of Ctrl, provided there's room available (keep in mind the unit selection cap is 12). If a control group is empty, "Shift + number" and "Ctrl + number" are functionally identical. I'm sure other people in the comments have made this clear, but you should almost always attack the carrier instead of its interceptors, especially with scourges.

[@MatthewBluefox]

Aiur = Eye-Your (at least that's how we Swiss and Germans spell it) ... nice to be sent back to the 90s with this game. :)

[@NEXZUS_TACTICS]

FOR KERRIGAN!!! The QUEEN OF BLADE..🎆

[@LordVelari]

Tarsonis: badlands Korhal: desert Char: lava Aiur: jungle So, yes😂 the Protoss has the best environment

[@edwardsinger7644]

Broodwar fans rejoice! I'm writing this comment on PixelPosie's vid while Day[9] is (re)playing the SC1 campaign as well, AND the brand-new AfreecaTV Star League is in season! It is a good day

[@fernandohinojosa3211]

If you try to destroy the protoss bases this mission becomes more fun, but also much more difficult. Scouts are, in fact, the worst units in the whole game, but since you like to use Muta/Guardian you feel them strong, when you play Protoss you will realize it. Hydras are always the solution to everything.

[@AV-qr6wf]

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[@PixelPosie]

Thanks for stopping by! :)

[@iccupradio]

yes you can

[@lytehaus4686]

For next mission, you might be attacked by DTs (dark templars). To protect against that, I recommend clicking on your hatchery and getting overlord speed. Your overlords have the eyes you need to spot them. You should keep some overlords in your base and a few to take with your army. You can also build 1 or 2 spore colonies at home. They attack air and they reveal dark templars. Whatever race you’re playing, it helps to be aware, and keep true sight (cloak detection) available to protect your guys.

[@lytehaus4686]

Oh, also congrats on your victory. 👍

[@scatterthewinds3126]

will you descend into the rabbit hole of brood war pvp?

[@PixelPosie]

I don’t think so lol :)

[@rocketrockinit]

❤😂😢😮😅😊

[@Rumbler298]

Im a fortune teller and I foresee...... Ah, yes she will play Starcraft 2 Wings of liberty (terran campaign) Heart of the swarm (zerg campaign) Legacy of the void(protoss campaign) In the future Mark my predictions ye mortals 🪄🧙‍♂️