Miners Advanced Tips


 * Lure Zerg units to Fire Clefts and Acid Pools to kill them faster
 * If you plan to pick mechanic, pick Sapper first. Then use the Sapper Mining Grenades on rocks. After all the mines explode, switch back to mechanic. This will give you some early game money boost.
 * Early game, allow your allies to "steal" your money from breaking rocks if you feel like you'll have excess money and your allies lacking funds. This can be helpful in letting your mechanics create multiple drills faster.
 * Use seismic explosives quickly clear hordes of zerg units. This is useful as many zerg unit will spawn during an earthquake at the Overmind.
 * As Sapper, placing a bunch of mining charges can sometimes result in some of your mining charges go through rocks. This is useful as it will damage the most rocks at once.
 * As mechanic, you should give your starting items to your teammates as it would benefit them far more than the mechanic.
 * Carry a shock grenade if you think you'll be fighting zerg heroes often. Many zerg players will escape at the last second by using the burrow teleport ability. A shock grenade can deny this escape and catch them offguard.
 * If you have very low health with no way to quickly heal and your allies have spare reanimators, it may be better to "suicide" and have your ally immediately revive you.
 * You can check what items your allies have equipped in this way: Select you hero, press N6, and then select your ally's hero or machine.
 * If you know a zerg is spamming creep tumors, it may be wise to invest in geoskanker lvl 3 or sensor towers.
 * Ziggers (Sunken Colonies) have a slow and inaccurate attack when it comes to moving targets. Use this to your advantage when assaulting the overmind by acting as a distraction for the ziggers
 * Zerg spawns' targetting AI prioritizes miners' heroes. If you have extra health laying around, it may be good to use it to tank damage that might've been on tanks or turrets.
 * Gain as much defendable territory as possible. Doing so will dilute the number of zerg that spawn in an area.
 * Create choke points with Seismic grenades if you know the zerg will spawn from a Nydus Worm.
 * Make sure your team has at least 1 good mechanic as it is essential when attacking the Overmind
 * Spam flares on the Overmind to have constant vision.
 * Never assault the Overmind during an Earthquake. Massive numbers of zerg will spawn from the Overmind during an Earthquake
 * Most importantly, USE TEAMWORK. If you try to solo the game against a good zerg team, you will lose horribly.