Mission 8: To Slay the Beast
Overview
You must defend all sides against a powerful combined force of Terran and Zerg and mount a full-scale assault against the new Zerg Overmind, fighting past heavily fortified Terran and Zerg territory, to strike the killing blow against it with your Dark Templars.
Possible Expansions
An undefended resource cache is located on high ground west of your starting position, accessible from a southern ramp. Expand there once your original base is fortified. You'll find a small Zerg base defended by Terrans to your west beyond the plateau, and you'll want to destroy it as soon as possible and expand in its wake. A huge surplus of minerals may be found just to the southeast of that position, and an unoccupied resource node exists all the way east across a ravine, near the southeast corner of the map. You will need to use Overlords to reach this last expansion, and you should claim at least three resource deposits over the course of the mission.
Key Points
The enemy will coordinate his attack; expect Devourers, Guardians, Valkyries, and Battlecruisers to fight side by side, and be prepared to counter with superior numbers. Also watch for Medics healing allied Zerg forces. You need to be prepared to face attacks at any time from the north or the west, and as always, your skill with units like Devourers, Queens, and Defilers will decide just how difficult your task will be. Scourges are very effective in this scenario, because enemy Mutalisks, Guardians, Devourers, and Valkyries are all slow enough to make themselves very vulnerable to your suicide attackers. Remember that you need to strike the killing blow against the Overmind with your Dark Templars; the Overmind is a detector, so your assassins' cloaking will be of little use.
Do not allow your Gateways or your Templars Archives to be destroyed, because you cannot replace them. Because your Dark Templars come fully upgraded, they are especially useful for base defense early in the mission.
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