Starcraft 2: How to Beat an Insane Computer

Starcraft 2 has recently came out. This guide will explain how you can beat an insane computer. This is the highest difficulty level in Starcraft II.

Start up a new game versus the AI and go Protoss and have the computer go Zerg. Set the map to Agria Valley.

Unlike other startegies this one is long and actually requires you to lose your initial base but in the end you will win. Here is what you do.

When you start the game immediately have your probes start collecting from the mineral field. Then start making additional probes as you collect minerals. After 9 probes are created keep churning out more probes to collect minerals but send one of them to the top of the part of your base where the ramp starts to go down. The idea is to create a choke point. Build a pylon at the top left or right of the ramp and then send the probe back to get more minerals.

Once chrono boost becomes available start using it and click on your nexus. This will caues your new probes to be created faster. After you have about 13 or so probes you will want to send one back to the top of the ramp. This time create a gateway on the other side of the top of the ramp into your base. Then immediately send the probe back and create an assimilator on one of the vespene geysers. Then send the probe back to collect minerals. Remember to keep creating probes and using chrono boost during this time.

Once you get about 16 probes you will need to send one probe back to the top of the ramp to create another pylon. Make sure you now have 1 or 2 probes gathering vespene gas. Once your gateway is complete you will want to build a few zealots. You will also need to create a cybernetics core around having 20 probes when you get enough minerals. Soon you will need to create another pylon but you can do this more in the middle of your base. Now you will also need to create a Forge.

Soon you will want to build your other assimilator and still build probes and use chrono boost. Once you can start building stalkers build them but have them spawn inside your base. Immediately after you have your forge and cybernatics core up and running you will need to create multiple photon cannons inside your wall near the top of the ramp. The photon canons should be behind a few additonal pylons you create so that you 'wall off' the ramp. Make sure none of your units can go down the ramp. The pylons and the gateway should be blocking the ramp and then have about 4 or 5 photon cannons behind them. Continue to build stalkers and have a few spawn in your base and have a few actually on the ramp to act as futher choke and wall.

If you are quick enough you should be able to prevent the first wave of attacks from the insane computer. As soon as you can, build a robotics facility inside your base. Build a few extra probes during this time as well. Right when the robotics faciltiy is done you need to build a warp prism. I would recommend chrono boosting this as well. Once this warp prism is done put a few probes inside and immediately send it off to one of the two islands on the outside of the base. If you have the minerals and are good enough at multi tasking try to get a few upgrades at your forge.

These 2 islands are special and are not accessible by land only by air. Drop off atleast one probe at the first island and have that probe build a Nexus near the minerals. Then send the warp prism with another probe inside to the other island. By careful on the route and have the warp prism go around the outside of the map. When you get the warp prism to the other island do the same thing and have the probe build a nexus.

Now what you do on both islands is important and will make or break you. At some point while you are starting to build up on the 2 islands the computer will start to overwhelm your main base. That is ok. You can use your warp prism to try to save some probes and send them to your island. Try to ward off the computer with some stalkers and photon cannons and walling but really if you lose your entire main base and as long as you control both islands you can win.

Here is what you need to focus on on the islands. Once the Nexsus are complete you need to of course chrono boost and build a lot of probes. On the islands there is not a whole lot of space to build so spread out and build a few pylons on the corners. You should be pulling in a lot of minerals at this point. Build a few photon cannons on the front of the islands . Really pack them in tight you will want a lot of photon cannons. Remember to build some assimilators and collect vespene gas.

You essentially will need to rebuild your base now over 2 islands. So you will need to build back a forge, a cybernetics core, a gateway, a fleet becon, and the critical building the stargate. I would recommend building the stargate further in back by the minerals. Don't be afraid to build a few pylons behind the minerals and build buildings back there. Once your stargates are up start churning out Carriers. Just to be clear, if you need 2 Stargates, one on both of your islands. The other buildings you really only need one of and can put where you can find room further in the back of the islands.

Chrono boost your stargates as much as you can to really churn these Carriers out. During this time you will want to research upgrades at your cybernetics core for air weapons and air armor. You will also want to build a lot of photon cannons packed tightly together at the front of both islands. I would recommend atleast 10 photon cannons on both islands packed together but sort of in a line 2 deep at the front of both islands. You should also get the armor upgrades at the forge if you haven't already started to.

At some point the computer will attack you on one of the islands. You may need to bring in a Carrier or two from your other island for backup. Don't be afraid to build a lot of photon cannons and possibly even some ground units if you feel the need but really all you need is a lot of photon cannons and some Carriers. I would also recommend getting the Carrier upgrade at the Fleet Beacon.

Once you get a few carriers you should build some more interceptors. This is available on the Carrier itself. Then send out the Carriers to the computers rescourse expansions. Try to take out the Hatcheries on the expansions but don't be afraid to fall back a few times and move your Carriers around to better outsmart the computer. Eventually you will have enough Carriers to begin to completely overwhelm the insane computer. You won't even need to build back on the main land either. All you need are your 2 bases on the islands and perhaps around 8 to 10 Carriers to start to wreck havoc on the Zerg enemy base.

There you have it now you can brag to all your friends that you can beat an Insane computer in Starcraft 2.