EPTOn September 08 2011 02:33 KeksX wrote:
Okay look at this way:
If he places a 15 nexus, want kind of production does he have?
None.
Even if you'd just send one marine, with proper micro you could've killed him(Okay maybe thats a bit too much :D). Or at least deal so much damage that his economy goes down heavily.
Now imagine if you'd send 5 marines; or 10.
It's the reason you bunker rush vs 15 hatch: he has no decent production to be safe early enough.
15 Nexus / Hatch is economic cheese in a way that it's expanding without being completely safe. Punishing that is the right way to deal with it.
Don't feel bad, feel good that your gut feeling was completely right.
Okay look at this way:
If he places a 15 nexus, want kind of production does he have?
None.
Even if you'd just send one marine, with proper micro you could've killed him(Okay maybe thats a bit too much :D). Or at least deal so much damage that his economy goes down heavily.
Now imagine if you'd send 5 marines; or 10.
It's the reason you bunker rush vs 15 hatch: he has no decent production to be safe early enough.
15 Nexus / Hatch is economic cheese in a way that it's expanding without being completely safe. Punishing that is the right way to deal with it.
Don't feel bad, feel good that your gut feeling was completely right.
I can tell you as a protoss player that's succeeded using 15/16 nexus against some decent terrans that if the protoss doesn't slack off and actually scouts the front of his nexus he'll pull probes and stop bunkers and a zealot will be out in time to thwart your marines and a stalker will be out to thwart your reaper with loss of maybe only 1-2 probes. The best counter is to go hellion with marauder. Scout with your hellion, and if you see cannons in the front, get a tank or two and push. If you don't see cannons in front, laugh as your marauders chew up his stalkers and your hellions chew up his zealots - this is much easier for the terran to micro.
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