One other thing you can do to help you improve is also to spend some games focusing on just specific portions of macro. A basic cycle tends to involve building workers, building units, checking your supply, checking your money (if too high expand or add production), and checking your macro mechanic (chronoboost energy, mule energy, or larva injects).ĭay covers this extensively in this daily and I would definitely recommend watching it. You can find info on two of the more popular maps for this here:Īs jzn mentioned, a macro cycle is one of the keys to maintaining good macro throughout the game. You can generally find them by going to create a custom game and searching for 'macro' or multitask'. Well, besides just playing more, you can also try out some custom maps designed to increase your multitasking ability. When you get very practiced at it, you will be even be able to take your focus away from a battle for a few seconds, to do a quick macro cycle, thus maintaining an economic lead during heavy engagement. But in any case, the faster you can do a cycle, the more time you have to focus on your troops, scouting, and the dynamic aspects of each game. Your cycle gains complexity when you get more production facilities or expansions. You repeat that cycle every 20 seconds or so, as needed. if needed, click f1 or choose an scv, build a supply depotĤ- doubletap your main troops hotkey or click minimap to go back to controlling your army Do your cycle, then attack-move your troops towards the point of attack, then do your cycle again, then micro the attack, then quickly go back to your cycle when you have a moment.Īn example of a simple cycle for Terran early game:ġ-click minimap to focus on your CC, throw down a mule, queue one SCVĢ-click your production hotkeys, get one marine queued for each barracksģ- check supply. Micromanagement of troops takes place in-between your cycles. The cycle will start simply, but become increasingly complex as you approach mid and late game. The specifics of your cycle will depend on your race, your build, and the time passed in-game. These are pre-determined cycles of tasks that you repeat, over and over again, all game. There is no secret technique that will make you perfect at this skill, but you need to get in the habit of doing 'macro cycles'. Even top players can let macro slip while they micro, although at that level, the slips are in fractions of seconds. Perfectly keeping up macro while simultaneously microing your troops is the holy grail of starcraft mechanical skill.
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