StarCraft 2 BALANCE PATCH 2026 - The biggest (proposed on PTR) SC2 patch of all time, effecting Terran, Zerg & Protoss. Less starting workers, Warpgate removed*, infestor attack and so much more. We break down the details and implications. Notes: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24276667/starcraft-ii-5-0-16-ptr-patch-notes Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wintergaming Discord: https://www.discord.gg/wintergaming 0:00 What's Happening? 1:58 Economy Changes 4:12 Zerg Changes 11:19 Terran Changes 15:24 Protoss Changes 23:40 Bug Fixes & Quality of Life 29:02 Economy - Winter's Opinion 38:56 Zerg Buffs - Winter's Opinion 42:58 Protoss Changes - Winter's Opinion 47:25 Terran Nerfs? - Winter's Opinion 50:03 Final Conclusion Starcraft 2 is a Science Fiction Real Time Strategy & Tactics game by Blizzard Entertainment. -- Winterstarcraft, StarCraft 2, SC2 2026 #Starcraft2 #SC2 #Starcraft2patch
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Intern did all this in a cave, with a box of scraps.
"Arc Slop" is a specific editor parameter which limits how far a target can strafe after an attack has already started before that attack will be cancelled. So if the muta is already in range and starts attacking and then a target stalker blinks to the side it will still fire, with the new value the stalker will have to blink _behind_ the muta (or out of range ofc) to cancel the attack. Notably it should NOT change the muta needing to fully turn and face its target in order to _start_ the attack in the first place. Also should not affect bounces in any way. The similar "Range Slop" parameter might be easier to understand, for continuous beams it's basically the "tether distance" i.e. how far you can run away (even past the initial attack range) before the beam breaks and stops firing.
Every night before I go to bed I pray Winter comes up with another cast of a great match. Just like a lullaby to me. I love it
We can tell that the balance changes favor terran, Just look at the languages the patch notes are in. All human languages.
"Im just gonna wing it" Thats my boy.
Let's make SC2, Brood again
After a year being a subscriber, almost daily viewer and Pavlov-trained-liker... beyond all the appreciation of the awesome and entertaining commentary, i just wanted give a shout out to the beard!
6:32 Uthermal lit up when he saw the neural change on SCV in his patch notes video 😂😂😂
Winter, I need to see you cast some matches ASAP I don't care if they're not world class pros. It doesn't have to be Clem. Just cast SOMETHING with these patch notes ASAP, pretty please.
I think that even though the game is in a good position, we should have a 1-hour patch notes every year. I think everyone would have more fun trying to break it regularly than refining something and having the patches be 5 damage increases or decreases. For pro players, it opens up more room for error, since it's something new, and not a build order where you'll win the match if you manage to perform 7 actions in 0.3ns. In short, I think chaos will create strategy in an RTS.
Enjoyed the editing at 5:06 with "gone" and "vision"
At the exact time I was looking for the video you uploaded it lol
I just want to point out that the last 2 PTRs started with Zerg buffs and ended up being more of a nerf. Hydralisk fart, yes ... in exchange you get slower speed overall off-creep. Ultralisk push priority, yes ... but in exchange your ultras are bigger and slower than stimmed bio. Meanwhile Terran started getting free random buffs that no one asked for, for free (supply depot insta-repair? tank unabductable? cheaper vikings?). And then getting extra buffs camouflaged as bugfixes (tanks and cyclones got the same push priority fix ultras got ... for free and as a bugfix). I can't want to see how they manage to nerf infestors at the end of this. Probably 4 supply and starts with zero energy or something.
TIME TO COME BACK AFTER 2015
6:43 uthermal is happy )))
YouTube Watcher me: This will be fun to watch! SC2 Player me: Will they revamp co-op missions for this?
Sc2 is alive, although I'm very sad as a Protoss player haha
imagine zerg counters mass orbitals with orbitals of their own
dont despair winter, the lost bronze to gms and guides may be gone! but now new guides with fresh advertis- i mean propagand- i mean information can be produced.
We were all waiting for your take 🫶🏼