Terran. It's hard to begin straight away with so different races (protoss&zerg) compared to other rts games. Terran is most close to other rts games.

And in low levels micro mean nothing. I realy mean nothing.

Stratos_speAr

United States6959 Posts

March 12 2013 16:02 GMT

#42

Protoss, and this isn't even debatable. They require far less APM and far less micro and positioning in fights compared to the other two races. Was the same way in BW. Also, the differences in playstyle for Protoss when compared to T (or other RTS races) is negligible.

yOngKIN

Korea (North)656 Posts

March 12 2013 16:04 GMT

#43

lol these kinds of questions/threads in tl. surprised it reached 3 pages.

as a zerg, i say protoss.

hellokitty[hk]

United States1309 Posts

March 12 2013 16:04 GMT

#44

Protoss.

Poll: Which race is EZ PZ?

Protoss obviously (48)

68%

Terran (lol) (14)

20%

Zerg (8)

11%

Protoss (1)

1%

71 total votes

Your vote: Which race is EZ PZ?

(Vote): Protoss obviously
(Vote): Terran (lol)
(Vote): Zerg
(Vote): Protoss

Sakkreth

Lithuania1096 Posts

March 12 2013 16:06 GMT

#45

If u just started for the first time ever at beginning it's terran, after a little while when u got basic understanding of macro it's zerg.

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

March 12 2013 16:08 GMT

#46

Protoss ofc. Strong units, easier mechanics, better defenses and the easiest cheese/all-ins to master.

Terran is 2nd on the list, but arguably becomes hardest as you get better due to needing to meet minimum micro requirements (might change in HotS)

I would never recommend zerg for beginners or people who don't adequately keep up with the meta. Zerg is probably the most dependent on decisions as you have to have a good grasp on what can kill you at each stage to get away with more drones. Zerg has the weakest defenses (bad turtles) and their cheeses/all-ins aren't as clear cut which is what lower level players tend to cling to until they're comfortable with the game.

NotSorry

United States6722 Posts

March 12 2013 16:13 GMT

#47

As a master random player I gotta go with zerg as long as you have the basic ideas of macro you're going to do just fine, you have easy access to tech switches to get the right unit mix at any time, you have map control for the majority of the match in all match ups and easy scouting, you're armies are the most cost efficient with little to no micro.

Bagi

Germany6799 Posts

March 12 2013 16:14 GMT

#48

I love how only the protoss icons are saying protoss isn't the easiest.

Its obviously protoss.

nvs.

Canada3609 Posts

March 12 2013 16:20 GMT

#49

Probably Protoss (although it seems that has been said a lot already)

No injects, no difficult army splits.

Mortal

2943 Posts

March 12 2013 16:26 GMT

#50

Why is this even a thread? They always turn into dick-measuring, shit-flinging competitions.

Pzar

New Zealand46 Posts

March 12 2013 16:32 GMT

#51

From what I saw/remember (so take it with a grain of salt, etc, like most opinions here)

Zerg either clicked or it didn't. You either overwhelmed people easily, or everything was messy and just didn't work quite right. And there wasn't much middle ground.

Protoss, specifically warp in (building) and warp gate mechanics simply filled the gaps the best. Everything you do is worth more (due to unit costs) and it's front loaded for those "oh shit, units" moments.

Terran was ok. Queuing helps, mules are nice, so it wasn't bad for new peoples. They just didn't fill the gaps quite as well as warp in (SCV's being left around more often) and warp gate (the front loaded part, mostly) mechanics.

It (mostly) evened out after a little practice though, so I would choose the races that you like more (mechanics/asthetics/whatever-wise) anyway.

Tha's what I found when I was playing random-bronze anyway.

nath

United States1788 Posts

March 12 2013 16:36 GMT

#52

On March 13 2013 01:14 Bagi wrote:
I love how only the protoss icons are saying protoss isn't the easiest.

Its obviously protoss.

some even saying that protoss requires the most multitasking just because of warp in requiring a pylon. yep. looking away to warp in is way more multitasking than playing bio tvp or muta zvp.

Hing

Estonia26 Posts

March 12 2013 16:39 GMT

#53

Definitely protoss.

castleeMg

Canada778 Posts

March 12 2013 16:39 GMT

#54

everyone seems to say protoss but honestly i found zerg the easiest, but that's just me

Severedevil

United States4839 Posts

March 12 2013 16:40 GMT

#55

Bio is the simplest low-level strategy with the best scaling. 1a mass marine takes know-how to defeat. Terran.

Reborn8u

United States1761 Posts

March 12 2013 16:40 GMT

#56

People saying protoss need to realize a few things, protoss has to position the screen on a pylon to make their units, terran and zerg can macro with just hotkeys. Even larva inject can be done with the backspace trick. Protoss also has to use crono on a different buildings constantly. Although protoss is forgiving because of the warp gate mechanic, it also takes some apm/multitask to know when you can pull your screen away from a fight and warp in.

I feel like zerg may be the easiest, the only thing I've found difficult for a new zerg player is that you have to learn to scout and react in advance against rushes. Overall, they have the easiest macro and micro. The skill ceiling is very high for zerg, but you are greatly rewarded for it (hitting injects, and creep spread definitely separates the better zerg players)

ChriseC

Germany440 Posts

March 12 2013 16:43 GMT

#57

protoss

Aveng3r

United States2411 Posts

March 12 2013 16:44 GMT

#58

not even a discussion to be had here. its protoss.

docvoc

United States5491 Posts

March 12 2013 16:47 GMT

#59

I like how everyone is saying protoss. That is just not true, protoss requires a lot of work to understand, especially at lower levels, to hold off rushes. The best race to play at the lowest levels is the one that is the coolest to you. If you play the cool race you will enjoy playing and learning. I would say that if you find protoss the coolest, play toss and the same goes for the other two races. At lower levels, any race can be played effectively based on fundametals. I think terran is a good place to start just because they have an early advantage with bunkers and marines at holding off rushes, after that I think zerg just because of the power of the queen to hold, protoss is a bit less simple due to the varying builds, but zealot stalker is always strong at low levels. I really think this is all about taste, I know I hated zerg (I started playing soon after the beta) because I didn't get the mechanics, and terran just felt awkward to me, so I played toss.