Lost Temple

• Lost Temple
• Desert Lost Temple
• Reverse Temple
• The Last TempleS
• Lost Temple Remastered

[e][h]Lost Temple

Map Information

Creator:

Blizzard Entertainment

Competition Span:

1999 – Dec 2004

Tileset:

Jungle World

Size:

128x128

Spawn Positions:

4 at 12,2,6,8

Versions:

• Lost Temple
• WCG Lost Temple
• Neo Lost Temple KBK
• Desert Lost Temple
• Lost Temple 2
• Lost Temple KPGA
• Lost Temple-GameTV

Overview

Lost Temple is arguably the most famous map in StarCraft. The map was included in Blizzard's original map pack, but has since had many third party revisions to it. Lost Temple is still very popular on Battle.net, but it began to fall out of popularity when maps like Luna and more recently the map Python supersede it.

Notable features

• Cliff based - As a result you'll see a lot of Dropship play and turtling style. Using Photon cannons, floating factories, and 1 base lurker drops are also possible on this map.
• 12/3 positions - Probably the most infamous feature of the map as it allows a Terran to siege the choke of 12 o'clock while in his or her own base. Also these two positions are extremely close, leading to many imbalanced games.
• Floatable Islands - There is no mineral block at the island expansion, meaning Terran players can float a Command Centre to those positions and expand there faster than Protoss or Zerg.

The original Lost Temple map had the following positional imbalances:

• On 6 o'clock, it is impossible to build a wall-in with Barrack and 2 Supply Depots.
• The 6 o'clock position had a distinctly inefficient mineral structure, leading to less minerals mined per unit time.
• Terran players were able to land a tank on a small piece of land on the bottom left side of the 6 o'clock base that made it safe from melee attacks.

• On 12 o'clock, it is possible to place tank on the natural cliff and be able to hit the vespene geyser at the 3 o'clock position.
• On 12 o'clock, due to the bad mineral formation of the natural expansion, Terran players expanding there do not have enough space to attach an add-on to their Command Center.
• On 12 o'clock, the base entrance is too far from natural, making FE harder (Zergs must make 3hatch in order to FE).

• The 9 o'clock position's natural expansion and mineral only expansion were both vulnerable from the same cliff.

Terran wall-ins

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  2 o'clock
• 

  6 o'clock
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  8 o'clock (Zergling tight)
• 

  12 o'clock

Map version images

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  Lost Temple
• 

  Neo Lost Temple / Neo Lost Temple KBK / WCG Lost Temple
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  Lost Temple 2
• 

  Lost Temple KPGA / Lost Temple-GameTV
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  Desert Lost Temple
• 

  Reverse Temple
• 

  The Last TempleS
• 

  Lost Temple Remastered
• 

  Lost Temple StarCraft II

Notable Games

	Boxer	2001-2002 KPGA Winners Championship
	H.O.T-Forever
	Date: 2002-01-10
Lost Temple	Patch: 1.08

	Boxer	Pimpest Plays #14 2002, Boxer uses floating Barracks on close positions
	War3
	Date: 2002
Lost Temple	Patch: 1.08	VOD

	study83	Pimpest Plays #11 2002 - offensive Drone Drill used for the first time
	rage82
	Date: 2002
Lost Temple	Patch: 1.08	VOD

	BoxeR	Pimpest Plays #13 2002 - Warm-up game before WCG 2001; Optical Flares vs late game Carriers and Observers
	DIDI8
	Date: 2002
Lost Temple	Patch: 1.08	VOD

	BoxeR	Pimpest Plays #5 2002 - Nuke Rush
	Terr@n-(Nes)
	Date: 2002
Lost Temple	Patch: 1.08	VOD

	Chusung	Pimpest Plays #3 2002 - 45 Minute TvZ decided by creative usage of Dark Swarm
	SiR@SoNi
	Date: 2002
Lost Temple	Patch: 1.08	VOD

	BoxeR	Pimpest Plays #2 2002 Terran Mirror ending in a large Battle Cruisers vs. Ghost battle
	Chusung
	Date: 2002
Lost Temple	Patch: 1.08	VOD

	KIROFF	Pimpest Plays #1 2002 - Base Trade
	Tapoto_kopele
	Date: 2002
Lost Temple	Patch: 1.08	VOD

	BoxeR	Winner Bracket finals of WCG 2002 - BoxeR displaying great micro
	Blackman
	Date: 2002-11-03
Lost Temple	Patch: 1.08	VOD

	NaDa	Honorable Mention Pimpest Plays 2003
	iSt-
	Date: 2003
Lost Temple	Patch: 1.08	VOD

	Eriador	Place 4 Pimpest Plays 2003 - Invention of the Pylon Prison
	sexygirl
	Date: 2003
Lost Temple	Patch: 1.08	VOD

Recent Games

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Statistics

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Lost Temple	434	114	67	47	58.8%	104	62	42	59.6%	88	40	48	45.5%	21	38	69

Played in Premier Tournaments

Start date	End date	Tournament
2015-07-09	2015-09-13		China StarCraft Grand Prix 2v2
2006-09-27	2006-09-29		IEF 2006
2005-08-19	2005-08-22		CKCG 2005
2004-04-15	2004-08-14		iTV Ranking 7th League
2003-10-05	2004-01-13		2003 KT KTF Premier League
2003-02-04	2003-06-22		2003 KeMongSa KPGA Tour Team League
2002-10-28	2002-11-03		WCG 2002
2001-12-05	2001-12-09		WCG 2001
2000-10-08	2000-10-15		WCG Challenge 2000
2000-08-25	2000-08-27		2000 KBK Masters Season 2
1999-10-02	1999-12-30		1999 Tooniverse Progamer Korea Open