Patrol Command

The Patrol command.

This command can be shift-queued.

It is possible to shift-queue this command to make the unit patrol in a circle. This is achieved by assigning as the last target a location that was the target of a previous patrol command.

It makes sense to shift-queue this command as long as no other commands that are not patrol commands are queued after it.

Tactics that use this commands
Spreading marines vs banelings

Spreading with patrol has some benefits because when the banelings turn to the left (or to the right), marines that were ordered to patrol to the right side (or to the left side) will walk back to the left (or to the right) and shoot them.