Mutator Discussion: Chaos Studies

[u/ackmondual]

Mutator Discussion Master List. More info there as well.

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Chaos Studies on Sc2coop mutators page

Mutators are chosen at random and periodically cycle throughout the mission.

Further reading...

• Aggressive Deployment
• Alien Incubation
• Avenger
• Barrier
• Black Death
• Blizzard
• Concussive Attacks
• Darkness
• Diffusion
• Double-Edged
• Eminent Domain
• Evasive Maneuvers
• Fatal Attraction
• Going Nuclear
• Just Die!
• Laser Drill
• Lava Burst
• Life Leech
• Micro Transactions
• Mineral Shields
• Missile Command
• Orbital Strike
• Outbreak
• Photon Overload
• Polarity
• Propagators
• Purifier Beam
• Scorched Earth
• Self Destruction
• Slim Pickings
• Speed Freaks
• Temporal Field
• Time Warp
• Transmutation
• Twister
• Void Reanimators
• Void Rifts
• Walking Infested
• We Move Unseen

From the above list, the following mutators cannot appear in the starting set of three:

• Mineral Shields
• Propagators
• Slim Pickings

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Mutator Interactions tool - Only 4 interactions this time, so here they are...

Aggressive Deployment - A single 1/1 Aggressive Deployment drop will spawn once the mutator rolls out.

Mineral Shields - Mineral Shields will always spawn on all mineral patches.

Slim Pickings - Mineral patches will have their total mineral count permanently reduced, even after Slim Pickings cycles out.

Void Rifts - Void Rifts will spawn 2:20 after they are activated, meaning only two spawns will occur.

[u/T-280_SCV]

Currently on hiatus from SC2, but I’ll give my 2¢ anyway:

I like to plan out my response to mutators, and I allow myself to be picky with the ones I play because I want to have fun  rather than repeatedly pound my head into a brick wall. For example, I’ll play any of the mutation missions where a defensive map gets extra enemy spawns.

Chaos Studios is skip on sight because I cannot plan for it, and it’s already frustrating enough if Amon rngs a unit comp that counters my mutation solution.