Thanks for watching! I should explain what’s going on in the demonstration at the end of the video. Why does the battle go so much better for me just because I use hotkeys effectively? It’s because I get the important stuff done faster. I take less time to activate Stimpacks on my Marines and Marauders, increasing my DPS earlier in the fight (thus more damage throughout the fight) and I also fire off my EMP rounds faster, meaning they do a lot more damage to the Protoss shields and contribute to killing off some of the opponent’s army faster (thus less damage taken throughout the fight). If you found this video valuable, I’d be super grateful if you could hit the like button and leave a quick comment, as it really helps the video reach more people. And if you want to help a tiny channel grow, consider subscribing! ✅ If you have any questions or comments, let me know! I tried to keep the video as short as possible so I may have skipped over something important or maybe I failed to explain something properly. Thanks for supporting me. 😍

@jameshinged3002

2 жыл бұрын

Dude amazing, I’ve played sc2 since it first came out and the game never taught control groups, without any of these my apm is 40-47 , with this I’ll probably get up to 100 without anything besides yours tips you gave thank you so much!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

@@jameshinged3002 Awesome, glad I could help! 😀

@jameshinged3002

2 жыл бұрын

@Axel Ave see I got the game when it first came out which was felt like 2012/2013 so I’ll certainly have to try that but I have og wc3 aswell

@warboy4153

2 жыл бұрын

Man @Altercate you just unlocked my brain like Neo from the Matrix

@Mike-iz6li

Жыл бұрын

what a fantastic video :D!

Old man retired this really helps me I was lost until watching this. I keep going back to learn and practice thanks 77yrs old

@Altercate

3 ай бұрын

That's awesome to hear! Good luck with the game and have fun :)

As an experienced sc2 player I highly recommend the Grid hotkey layout for new players. Its just as viable as standard but it makes memorizing the hotkeys 10x easier. It will let you focus more on the actual game during the initial learning phase.

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

I definitely recommend players to try Grid out! I always stuck with Standard myself but Grid seems really efficient! 😀

@jkielacague5760

2 жыл бұрын

Sad to say i got used to standard hotkey

@waltersanti91

2 жыл бұрын

@@jkielacague5760 sad to say I’ll have to move from classic to … grid?

@trinifella1

2 жыл бұрын

Now trying SC2 for the first time after coming from playing Dota2 for years. I can tell you Grid makes so much sense for transitional (and like you said, new) players

@ShaneMichealCupp

Жыл бұрын

Only problem with Grid is the attack key is allll the way on T which is annoying

I'm happy to see guides on this game even though this game is old and not as popular as the first few years. As a fan going back to this game every year to get my RTS craving, I appreciate you taking care of the new SC2 players. It brings me joy when I pair up with someone new cause that's another person that discovered this amazing game. Keep up the very good guides & content!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I want SC2 to live forever and I'm happy to do my small part to help more people get into it :)

I watched your macro tutorial video almost a year ago and loved it, I thought that it was really well done for new players. Today I randomly get to visit your channel again, and I am so happy to see that you made more of these high quality videos for SC2 beginners. As a more experienced player I really thank you for providing this kind of content for new players to enjoy the game, it's that kind of videos that make SC2 continue for a long time. Subscribed.

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! It means a lot to me if I can help beginners get into StarCraft, and in some small way help keep the flame burning for this amazing game! 😍

The health concern at the latter part is a welcome bonus!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Very important, and easily forgotten! 😀

It's been about 10 years since I've last played this game. Just got back into it, and I greatly appreciate the tips.

Very helpful guide! And thanks for putting the time to emphasize the health aspect of playing video games.

This video is helping me get into SC2, something I never thought I'd have the attention span for!

Great tutorial... I almost needed to take notes, but you covered so much I didn't know!

VERY good video. The editing and graphics were perfect, great job!

I tried SC2 a while back and only got into a few missions before getting distracted and dropping it. I finally got back into recently which led me here. I have to say though… out of all gaming content creators I have watched i have never seen someone edit so professionally along with so much detail put into explanation. You are also the first person that has mentioned external gaming techniques such as good posture. That amazed me that something so important but easily forgotten was mentioned. Truly great content on your channel. Keep it up!

Impressively clear and useful. Thank you!

This was extremely well made. Thank you!

I've seen a bunch of tutorials lately and yours is the most easy to understand. Thank you.

@Altercate

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad I could help :)

Thank you for the guide. This is so useful for all players.

Excellent video, just started with SCII a couple of years ago and still learning, I've advanced pretty far but still have so much room to improve and had been looking for this kind of info for so long ago. Cheers!

Great starcraft 2 tutorials! Please keep them coming :)

definetly helpful. started game a few days ago and your videos helped a lot

Good video getting an old WC1 and SC-BW player up to speed.!

Super helpful! Just getting back into the game

this helped me a lot, I didn't know much about the control group hotkey!

Incredible accurate! Thanks for the Health parenthesis 😀

Great content! Looking forward to more StarCraft vids!

It is the most valuable and useful video about this topic on the whole Internet. Thanks a lot!

Your videos explains everything perfect. The information is very straight to the point without any confusion. As a gm player myself trying to teach others from time to time, i often refer them to a video of yours that would explain things exactly the same way I would. Keep up the good work.

@Altercate

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much! That's so cool to hear :)

Thanks mate! I've been practicing your macro tutorial and even though i have a long way to beat your record it has been really helpful. Now i will practice the drag scroll and camera hotkeys Thanks again

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good job and let me know how it goes! 😀

Thanx allot! You explained some doubts that i have over a decade!

Thank you for this great series.

dude talking about health and posture in the end of the video just made me your fan !!!!

i have been playing this game for years and this video showed me some stuff i even didnt know! ty for the high quality and easy to understand video my guy keep it up!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad I could help :)

Incredibly helpful video for me as an intermediate beginner! Very well explained, good use of video footage, nice advice and as a bonus, you got a nice voice to listen to. Thanks man!

@Altercate

7 ай бұрын

That’s very nice of you to say!

thanks for all the work, this is amazing for me as im a new player... former player in the early 200s.. but picked it back up!... thanks for the help

Thank you for this video! Its helping me with other RTS's too, like C&C.

@Altercate

8 ай бұрын

Glad I could help! :)

As an original StarCraft/Brood War Campaign veteran, this was incredibly useful to me as it put in perspective the amount of reliance I have on the mouse. I knew the hotkeys existed but turned a blind eye to them as I thought I'd never be able to remember them all. Now to find how to move like the scout unit did using multiple movement points...

Thanks. Awesome explanation, You've gained a new subscriber

Great informative video! Thanks man!

Great video my guy

Awesome as always... finally had the guts to play the game... your videos helps a lot. Thanks

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad I could help :) Good luck with the game and have fun!

Thank you for such good guide! It really helps to bring new players to the game. Only thing i would change it would be to recommend the Grid Layout to, because learning hotkeys can be very daunting for a beginner and the Grid layout is very intuitive, specially for a starter that may be choosing a main race to play.

Its really an amazing tutorial! thank you!

Trully useful for novice players! This series helps to break the firts the most daunting barrier of playing RTS - player can't do anything in time and in constant hurry, so there is no way it can think, react and most important enjoy the game. Thank you a lot! Hope your channel will grow!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, and good luck with the game! 😀

I'm glad that someone is making Starcraft II videos for beginners that are up to date since I've recently decided to start playing this game and I was worried I joined in too late. Keep up the good work.

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Never too late to get into StarCraft 2! Just stay patient, try to focus on the learning process, and have fun! 😀

@gio1470

2 жыл бұрын

@@Altercate Thanks, there is a lot to learn so hopefully the game won't die any time soon since I've heard that Blizzard pulled the plug last year.

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

@@gio1470 As long as they keep the servers up, we should be fine! 😀

Great video! Helps a lot as I'm back to playing starcraft :D

Great video for an old dude trying to get back into RTS 💪🏼

What a great video man!!! Alot of content packed into 20 mintues! Well done

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad I could help :)

Dude youre the man - thank you for this.

Love all of your starcraft content man, really appreciate it

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad I could help!

Thank you for your work! Your contents are awesome, and I introduced them to my friends so they can get into this beautiful game.

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for saying that! I'm glad I could help, and I hope your friends enjoy the game! 😀

Nice guide! Thanks!!

Thank you for this knowledge

Thank you it is very helpful!

excellent content. I really love your starcraft II videos. I hope you can do more

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I've got more StarCraft 2 guides planned! 😀

Really really helpful! Thanks!

God tier video. Thx for the high-valued lessons. Subbed

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad I could help 😀

This guide is a lifesaver

Wonderful video. I am trying to get into sc2 at the age of 36 so i really needed something like this. Much appreciated.

@Altercate

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Good luck with the game and have fun :)

This chanel is really underrated, amazing video man, im a starcraft vet but i also learned some cool stuffs, great edit and great mic, i wish you the best luck ❤️

@Altercate

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :)

Great content! I use an alternate keyboard setup and was just curious on how to set it up in a way that made sense for me (going grid)

Just started playing last night trial by fired my first match and I did end up with the victim but it was rough!! This hotkey setup is definitely a godsend coming from WoW!

Even after 2 years, nice video, thanks

Awesome and useful, thanks for the hard work and dedication to put this together!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help, and thanks so much for saying that! :)

Thank you 🙏🏼

Great video. Itching to try it out.

thanx for the great video, your voice is so suiting for these type of videos this is how i used numbers for ever, even in warcraft so my main building is 9, other buildings are 8, for flying units that hits air for example viking i use 7, and for other flying units for example banshee or raven i use 6, if i go heavy on the mech and strong ground units then 6 is for something else, thors for example, 1 is all my marines plus marauders or similar units, and on the 2 only marines, so if i need to clean air by targeting i use 2 so i dont bother marauders or any other units, on 3 ghosts or reapers or similar, 4 is always tanks plus sometimes thors, or similar, 5 is the mostly medivac and 0 is for special strategies, so 0 is never the same, it depends on what unique units i am using that game or for the units i dont have space on other numbers, sometimes battlecruisers will be 0, or group of medivacs full of army thirst to do some damage to his workers, or widow mines if 3 is already used, maybe liberators if i need 6 for something else in that moment and so 8,9 and 0 are much closer to my hand than other buttons because i change them to be on the side of my mouse when building its Q instead of B, so building supply depot is QQ, very quickly, especially since i always used Q to change between weapons in fps games, QW is for barracks and so, building on V are on E, so EE is factory, EW starport and so on when pushing forward with units i am not clicking all the buttons constantly, i click on 4 and 5 and then click to follow marines and marauders, 7 is always following 6 so until fight begins i mostly use 1,5,7 and not so often 0 thats how i play, i enjoy playing like this even if its not the best way and i am not planning to change anything because i used to this and its very fun to me and the only way it makes sense

Well done, I've been playing since brood war, played beta of sc2 and still play this game that I enjoy so much. Never knew about the middle mouse button allowing you to scroll. Merci!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad I could teach you something new after all this time 😂

This is the best guide (in general not just sc2 related).

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :)

Thanks for the great video, super helpful for a beginner like me 👍

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad I could help! 😀

Wow this was so useful!

I legit was just wondering when you gonna upload again and here we are!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

I strike when you least expect it! 😂 Thanks for supporting me!

@tzakman8697

2 жыл бұрын

Bro i legit came to this channel 7 hours ago watching some of his latest sc2 videos and the Same day he uploads!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

@@tzakman8697 Perfect timing! Thanks for watching! 😍

Really well structured video

@Altercate

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

This was so helpfull thanks

These videos are so much more consumable (for me anyway) than the other ones that I found initially. Having a "Grand Master" explain how to do stuff and trying to follow them at blinding speed is frustrating. Not saying you aren't a Grand Master but these vids are so much easier to digest as a beginner. Thanks for all the effort you put into this.

@Altercate

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! :)

@averagetoelite856

Жыл бұрын

@@Altercate Are you grandmaster level in the game?

I just started playing StarCraft 2 outside of the Single-Player campaigns and am currently practicing against AI (I haven't dared to play against other players yet, but do want to :) ). I have begun to use hotkeys, but in a very minimalistic way, and this video looks really helpful, and I'm going to try out the things you recommend! Naturally, it will be overwhelming at first, but so far I am enjoying the progress I make with each match, and this will help a lot.

@Altercate

Жыл бұрын

Good luck! The number one tip I can give is to focus on learning instead of winning! :)

As a new player, this has helped me a lot! Thank you so much for uploading the video! :DDDDDDDDDDDD Awesome work!!!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! :D

Beautiful. Thanks man! 😊

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! :)

Many thanks !

Never knew A moving from minimap always targets the ground. Really good info. dude tyvm

@Altercate

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! :)

Thanks ! Neat trick, to use ² as shortcut.

Again, very good!

Great Vid!

Thanks for tips!

great video. Good stuff

Great video! I never played this game but always wanted to.

@Altercate

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! You should give it a try sometime. There's some great casual game modes like Co-op Commanders if you're not into the competitive scene, too :)

@ChengIsHere

Жыл бұрын

@@Altercate Yeah, I just had my first few games against the AI with some friends yesterday. It's really fun even though I built the most random army I could in the first games haha

@ChengIsHere

Жыл бұрын

*Hot keys definitely helped as my APM was on par with my friends

Thanks a lot for these useful infos

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! :)

Thanks ❤

just what I needed to get back into things

thank you!! Great tutorial!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! :)

Thanks for the video! It's useful for someone who is 11 years late into the game like me :)

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! 😀

I’m completely new and trying to get into sc2, but man this is a daunting game. These vids are a huge help though, if it weren’t for them I’d probably have given up trying to learn it by now.

Thank you.

Great Communication

Thanks!

Your videos are incredibly underrated.

@Altercate

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

thx for good video bro..

Good content. Thx alot!

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! :)

AWESOME!

great, thanks!

Thx for convincing to learn/train using hotkeys instead of mouse.

Thanks for the video Im currently playing through the campaign and this video was suuper helpful Before i didnt even know control groups existed :)

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Have fun with the game 😀

@ussfriendship8989

2 жыл бұрын

@@Altercate is there a way to automaticaly add units to a control group straight from production? it gets tedious constantly checking all baracks and adding them manually

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

@@ussfriendship8989 Afraid not! Units can only be added to a control group after they are created. But you can use the F2 key to select all army units on the entire map at the same time!

@ussfriendship8989

2 жыл бұрын

@@Altercate damn, in my opinion thats an oversight but i (accidentally) found out you can set the rally points of barracks to follow a unit, that should be a good idea right?

@Altercate

2 жыл бұрын

​@@ussfriendship8989 Setting the rally point to a unit can be useful for sure, although it can backfire if the unit you're rallying to dies in combat. To avoid this, make sure you rally to a strong unit like a siege tank or thor if possible (and avoid rallying to medivacs as they will automatically pick up the marines when they reach the transport). You can also hold shift and rally to multiple units - as long as one of them survives, your new units will keep rallying to your army!