Starcraft – ny way to control a subgroup within a main group without losing control of the main group

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Let's say I have a group of 10 units: 5 marines, 2 marauders, a tank, and 2 banshees. I want the marines to target the front line, the marauders to target some armored unit, the tank to target something else, etc. I know I can ctl-click to select all of the units in that group, but is there a key or some technique to tell each group of units to attack something different without losing control of the entire group or having them all attack the same thing?

Best Answer

You can do multiple control groups.

Group 1 = all of them
Group 2 = marines
Group 3 = marauders
Group 4 = tank
Group 5 = banshees

Selecting your other control groups does not lose your full control group. Very useful for air.