• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 18:54
CET 00:54
KST 08:54
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
RSL Revival - 2025 Season Finals Preview8RSL Season 3 - Playoffs Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups C & D Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups A & B Preview2TL.net Map Contest #21: Winners12
Community News
Weekly Cups (Dec 15-21): Classic wins big, MaxPax & Clem take weeklies1ComeBackTV's documentary on Byun's Career !10Weekly Cups (Dec 8-14): MaxPax, Clem, Cure win4Weekly Cups (Dec 1-7): Clem doubles, Solar gets over the hump1Weekly Cups (Nov 24-30): MaxPax, Clem, herO win2
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (Dec 15-21): Classic wins big, MaxPax & Clem take weeklies ComeBackTV's documentary on Byun's Career ! Micro Lags When Playing SC2? When will we find out if there are more tournament Weekly Cups (Dec 8-14): MaxPax, Clem, Cure win
Tourneys
$5,000+ WardiTV 2025 Championship Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament $100 Prize Pool - Winter Warp Gate Masters Showdow Winter Warp Gate Amateur Showdown #1 RSL Offline Finals Info - Dec 13 and 14!
Strategy
Custom Maps
Map Editor closed ?
External Content
Mutation # 505 Rise From Ashes Mutation # 504 Retribution Mutation # 503 Fowl Play Mutation # 502 Negative Reinforcement
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Klaucher discontinued / in-game color settings Anyone remember me from 2000s Bnet EAST server? How Rain Became ProGamer in Just 3 Months FlaSh on: Biggest Problem With SnOw's Playstyle
Tourneys
[BSL21] LB QuarterFinals - Sunday 21:00 CET Small VOD Thread 2.0 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL21] WB SEMIFINALS - Saturday 21:00 CET
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Game Theory for Starcraft Current Meta Fighting Spirit mining rates
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Beyond All Reason Path of Exile General RTS Discussion Thread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Survivor II: The Amazon Sengoku Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
The Games Industry And ATVI Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread YouTube Thread
Fan Clubs
White-Ra Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
TL+ Announced Where to ask questions and add stream?
Blogs
The (Hidden) Drug Problem in…
TrAiDoS
I decided to write a webnov…
DjKniteX
James Bond movies ranking - pa…
Topin
Thanks for the RSL
Hildegard
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1051 users

2 vs 1 Strategy - Page 3

Forum Index > Brood War Strategy
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 All
dangots0ul
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States919 Posts
May 07 2009 23:11 GMT
#41
go zerg... 4 pool one of them and play the other 1 on 1
i type teamliquid into the url subconsciously... all...the...time...
BalliSLife
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
1339 Posts
May 07 2009 23:51 GMT
#42
Can we get Sea to play them
Ya well, at least I don't fuck a fleshlight with a condom on and cry at the same time.
lepape
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada557 Posts
May 07 2009 23:57 GMT
#43
Cannon rush one, then take his main. GG.
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
May 08 2009 00:11 GMT
#44
Do the Rock build! It's so perfect for 1v2 it's like it was made to bash weaker players...
MyLove + Your Love= Supa Love
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
May 08 2009 00:22 GMT
#45
i always did simultaneous DT rushes after a light cannon defense against my friends :D
Hates Fun🤔
Draconizard
Profile Joined October 2008
628 Posts
May 08 2009 00:28 GMT
#46
On May 08 2009 09:11 n.DieJokes wrote:
Do the Rock build! It's so perfect for 1v2 it's like it was made to bash weaker players...


What, proxy robo into two base carriers?
distant_voice
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Germany2521 Posts
May 08 2009 00:28 GMT
#47

Regards,

Final_Judicator


omg it's the second coming of FrozenArbiter. in just a couple of months this guy will have 20000 posts.
This is my truth, tell me yours!
SOB_Maj_Brian
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States522 Posts
May 08 2009 00:47 GMT
#48
I do this all the time with my friends a normal FE with P and good macro = auto win. Dont be afraid to skimp on cannons. I notice as other races, early aggression can kill you (like 12 hatch is insta death 2v1 while anything else you get a shitty econ). Walling as T could probably work but if they are decent they will try to harass the wall/prevent you from walling.
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
May 08 2009 01:13 GMT
#49
5 pool + 2 Gates = gg.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
Marksman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Malaysia523 Posts
May 08 2009 01:57 GMT
#50
Based from my experience in 2v2s that turned into 2v1s, it will be up to YOU to take the initiative. You cannot let them macro up like the people before me posted.

Harass, distract, anything that bothers their macro. Most importantly is to DENY EXPANSIONS. Assuming you have half of the map, you must not let them expand more than you especially with 2 different races (Zerg and Protoss)

AzureEye wrote:
If I get too aggressive and kill off one of them, I feel like my economy will suffer. .



Well, don't do an all in. Since you can beat them on a 1v1, you should go for pressure but nothing that will kill your economy which is a VERY important thing in 2v1s.

Whereas for a short or a long game, go for long as the others recommended. Since you are better, you should have a better long game macro (in terms of production, tech, upgrades etc etc) Use it to your advantage while you starve the enemy and bolster your own forces. (In terms of expansions and economy)

As for race, I recommend you to use your best performing race. I myself use a Terran wihch is my best and i usually go mech in 2v1s. Mech's firepower increase exponentially and if you can outproduce them, your army will kill.

Another important thing in a 2v1 is to beware of unit combinations especially the Zerg Protoss combinations. If you let them build, you won't be able to counter both type of units effectively (1 ground 1 air for an example). This problem is especially dangerous for Terrans, but i believe the danger exists for other races as well, be prepared.

Final_Judicator wrote:
Strategy depends on your opponents playing styles though... if they are really agressive, get defences up and tech/drop them. If they are rather defensive, quickly expand and abuse your economical advantage. Teching and dropping really is the key, since low-level players won't be able to hold themselves against it while stopping you from expanding/macroing at the same time.
Be unpredictable and try to find weaknesses in their playing style - and be sure to make use of them.
Else, hf gl.


I agree with him as well. Just an additional note, while you prepare for a drop, prepare for one on you as well. One might harass in your main while the other bring his whole army through the front door. Keep scouting and prepare accordingly.


Another thing I would like to add is that you must be the one leading the attack. You must destroy their armies (Both players) and do not let them grow to 200/200. No matter how powerful your army is, it won't last against a total 400 supply army. So you must push out and aim for the army. Once only did you kill the army then do you go for expansions. Forget production facilities, tech etc first. Hit them hard at their economy. Once you have a stronger economy than theirs, the odds will at your side.

Here's my 2 cents, feel free to accept what you want and please no flaming, thanks.
I live by the LoL
Mykill
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada3402 Posts
May 08 2009 01:59 GMT
#51
quick thought

pressure them early on. if they really are nubs they'll put down a buncha static def and put themselves behind. use this to get ahead and since your Macro and micro are better you should come out on top in the end....

OR

you can be terran and make a crazy turtle
[~~The Impossible Leads To Invention~~] CJ Entusman #52 The problem with internet quotations is that they are hard to verify -Abraham Lincoln c.1863
imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
May 08 2009 02:50 GMT
#52
imo you got two choices

either

turtle and 200/200 terran a-move
-or-
be aggressive, take one of them out and use the wide skill gap to kill off the other..
blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
GhostKorean
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States2330 Posts
May 08 2009 04:22 GMT
#53
If they're as bad as you say, dt rush both of them at the same time
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
May 08 2009 05:54 GMT
#54
Well, I think the safest way to go is Terran, because they're a defensive race. With Terran you can easily wall in, get turrets then just go dropship play or turtle yourself to other expansions.

Play on Othello or any maps that you can turtle push and actually get expansions. Don't play on BGH.
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
Timangi99
Profile Joined November 2008
Sweden73 Posts
May 10 2009 14:43 GMT
#55
Terran or Protoss hands down. Bad players can't handle the Big Ball at All.

T: wall off your ramp with 2 depots and a rax. Then wall off your nat with ebay, rax and bunker. Go mech from there.

P: do and FE, tech DT+drop, see what you can do. Mass up.

Get island expansions. GGNORE.
abcdefghiklmNEVERGONNAGIVEYOUUPopqrstuvwxyz
Prev 1 2 3 All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 1d 12h
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
PiGStarcraft404
StarCraft: Brood War
Artosis 503
910 30
Yoon 22
NaDa 5
Dota 2
syndereN945
monkeys_forever364
NeuroSwarm72
League of Legends
C9.Mang0180
Counter-Strike
summit1g6017
minikerr36
Super Smash Bros
PPMD55
Other Games
Grubby5623
RotterdaM468
Liquid`Hasu183
Maynarde169
ArmadaUGS97
Mew2King45
Trikslyr36
ZombieGrub21
Liquid`Ken8
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 18 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• RyuSc2 38
• davetesta22
• HeavenSC 10
• Reevou 9
• IndyKCrew
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• sooper7s
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• XenOsky 1
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota21555
Other Games
• imaqtpie2104
• Scarra1499
Upcoming Events
WardiTV Invitational
1d 12h
Gerald vs YoungYakov
Spirit vs MaNa
SHIN vs Percival
Creator vs Scarlett
Replay Cast
2 days
WardiTV Invitational
2 days
ByuN vs Solar
Clem vs Classic
Cure vs herO
Reynor vs MaxPax
Replay Cast
4 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Wardi Open
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

YSL S2
WardiTV 2025
META Madness #9

Ongoing

C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 4
BSL Season 21
Slon Tour Season 2
CSL Season 19: Qualifier 2
eXTREMESLAND 2025
SL Budapest Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22

Upcoming

CSL 2025 WINTER (S19)
BSL 21 Non-Korean Championship
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
HSC XXVIII
Big Gabe Cup #3
OSC Championship Season 13
Nations Cup 2026
ESL Pro League Season 23
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.