How to Stop a DAMN 2 factory push?

On March 22 2009 09:29 Racenilatr wrote:
dt rush defeats just about any push unless its that super 2 fac push thing

On March 22 2009 09:38 Cambium wrote:
3 gate >> 2 fact.

if you scout a 2 fact, do three gate range goon. once you stop the push, you've basically won the game.

On March 22 2009 09:16 Raz0r wrote:
I WANT A BO THAT MAKES TERRAN NEVER think about 2 FACT EVER AGAIN! >

On March 22 2009 09:55 prOxi.Beater wrote:


What? it's not like a 2 fac is an all-in strategy. The terran can just mine up your front and expand while you're stuck waiting for detection and with a ton of goons whose only purpose is to stall your own expansion. While it's true that a 3 gate will pretty much always fend off a 2 fac, it will leave you far behind unless the terran completely overextends himself and decides to suicide into your goons.

Instead playing defensively with 2 gate goons with a robo for obs (as has been sugested) is a much better suited strategy. You can also try to do a really quick robo (before goon range) and make a quick reaver drop. This is normally one of the safest build orders vs pretty much anything early game, since terran has nothing to deal with your shuttle + reaver that early in the game (no, marines are not an issue)

There are a ton of variations on the 2 fac 'rush' so we can't give you any kill-all strategies, but just to be constructive I'm going to sugest you do 1 gate robo before range. use the reaver to fend off the initial rush (retreating up a ramp or into your main is fine, as long as vultures can't harrass your probes) and then go drop his main while you add a 2nd gate and get observers. Going reaver is smart because it not only gives you a unit that has greater range than any of the terran unit, making it brilliant for defending, but it also forces the terran to put ressources into defending his main which will then in turn ease up the pressure that is applied to your front.

Hope that helped at least a little bit

On March 22 2009 12:23 daz wrote:
dont do this its horrible advice

On March 22 2009 09:16 Raz0r wrote:
PvT, I tried doing 2 gate to stop 2 fact, but i know 2 fact>2gate, so what shouldi do to stop this? i try to micro try to snipe tanks, but if terran has half decent micro pulling back the injured tank, it seems like an uphill battle.

pls give me a bo that CRUSHES this stupid terran strat to the ground, i just HATE 2 fact terrans. I dont want a bo that just equals 2 fact and stops it I WANT A BO THAT MAKES TERRAN NEVER think about 2 FACT EVER AGAIN! >

On March 22 2009 12:23 daz wrote:


dont do this its horrible advice