Sentry kiting

[Amberdilis]

Hey guys, I noticed that Sentries have really low cooldown on their attack but a really high post-animation or whatever you call it. As in, the moment they start beaming, they already deal damage but they continue to beam for nothing for about a second afterwards which can be negated by kiting. Attack, move, attack, move...


Just thought I'd share for all the protoss users out there 

[artanis]

I'm pretty sure the cooldown is the same no matter what.  I just left a sentry on one of my own units and the shield flickered at the exact same interval as stop-attack-stop-attack pattern did.  The attack was slightly delayed after stopping and restarting it.

[ShadowTiger]

You do not get a faster attack for doing sentry micro but you do get to move between attacks and thus against melee units get more attacks off before getting hit.

Sentry Micro

[Amberdilis]

Actually, that video is exactly what I did. I compared the damage done by kiting and not kiting and it seemed like kiting definitely did more. Will double check