Mission 18 - The Host | Achievements - Legacy of the Void SC II: Legacy of the Void Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

The Host. Requires you to complete the mission on any difficulty level.

Thanks for the Assist. Destroy any void shard with the help of one of allies. A very simple task. You must simply attack the void shard at the same time when one of your allies will do it and together destroy it. Allied army doesn't need to survive the attack, the sole fact of destroying the building matters.

Disenchanted. Destroy 2 void shards on normal difficulty in such way that no more than 150 seconds pass between destroying one and another. A rather simple challenge, but it will require some preparations from you. First you must create large enough army, preferably consisting of more than 50 units. Then pick two void shards. If there is an enemy base between them, destroy it in first order. If the access to it is blocked by void shards, then better select other targets. Get rid of the barricade between the crystals and then attack the first one. Move on the second one immediately after destroying the first one. Use abilities like time stop so that as little units are destroyed in the first attack as possible. Or you can use offensive abilities like purifier beam to destroy both crystals as fast as you can.

Hostbusters. Complete the mission in less than 24 minutes on high difficulty level. A very hard challenge that requires perfect micromanagement and carefully picking your targets. Most of all, ignore the additional objective. You will lose access to reinforcements, but you will gain few precious minutes. In addition to that, you will most of all need the time stop ability. Add shield overcharge and guardian shell to it. You should also take the solar lance, it will be useful for protecting the base, and the orbital assimilator which will make the micromanagement easier. Chrono surge will be useful as well.

First build the second assimilator and spend the rest of the resources on probes. You must quickly gather the gas needed for building the stargate because void rays will be your basic unit in this mission. Create a new worker whenever you can. If one is currently in queue, spent the resources on stargate or void ray. You must quickly construct few units of this type while all the time gathering more and more resources. Build only one unit of a specific type at once, so that you can spare the resources on other things. If you can, build the fleet beacon and then one carrier unit. Its fighters will serve as a decoy for enemy mines and its ability will allow you to repair your own units. Build also the second and then the third stargate in order to build new units faster. You can protect the base using the newly created fleet or you can add the forge and few photon cannons supported by shield batteries. All these things you must do simultaneously and in the most effective way. It means that you will play this mission at least few times. Witch each new attempt think about what you did wrong and try to improve your result next time. Build the first stargate faster, build the second base faster, develop unit upgrades faster. Remember about using the keyboard shortcuts, they will allow you to save precious seconds.

Gather your whole army and go at the closest void crystal [2]. If you can, use the time stop, this will allow you to avoid receiving damage by your units. Build a nexus next to the resource sources immediately after destroying the crystal and start gathering the gas from all three depots. Create probes, don't forget about pylons as well. In the meantime, start upgrading the weapon of flying units. Later in the mission you will need it.

Till the twelve minute you should have few carriers and three times larger group of void rays. Move your whole army at the next void crystal [4]. First get rid of its defenses, then focus on the building. The next target on the list will be the void crystal in point [3]. For now it is not a good idea to move west as there you would have to participate in a long battle with protoss and hybrids - you don't have time for that. The third in order will be the building from point [5] and then [6]. Spare the time stop for the last battle, this will allow you to ignore the defense of the crystal and focus only on it. You should attack it with a group of around 25 units, mostly of upgraded void rays. If you did not managed to produce so many - start the mission from zero and change the order of your actions. When the third crystal is destroyed, you must produce units in three or four stargates and gather resources in two bases. With economy prepared in such way you will not manage to create a strong enough fleet fast enough.

During the mission you must constantly use the abilities. Chrono surge will allow you to produce units and upgrades faster, time stop will be very helpful when attacking the crystals, guardian shell should be used when your army will be attacked by larger enemy forces and solar lance will prove to be useful while defending the base. Obtaining the achievement without regularly using the abilities will be much harder, maybe even impossible.