EPTim a zerg player who recently switched to p and have been doing really well. I love it but the one strategy i cant stop is baneling bust. they run like 4 banelings at my zealot explode him and send in 10 speedlings and devastate my economy. I always did this against t as z but never thought it to be a viable strategy for protoss. so how do you guys stop it?
How to stop baneling bust as p?
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Tookie22
United States187 Posts
im a zerg player who recently switched to p and have been doing really well. I love it but the one strategy i cant stop is baneling bust. they run like 4 banelings at my zealot explode him and send in 10 speedlings and devastate my economy. I always did this against t as z but never thought it to be a viable strategy for protoss. so how do you guys stop it? | ||
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morimacil
France921 Posts
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dj.ricecakes
United States252 Posts
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JaspluR
Australia174 Posts
since you were a zerg player you will know the build orders pretty well if you see a baneling nest you should chrono a sentry and maybe a stalker (its pretty standard for toss to chrono their first zealot then make 1sentry or stalker anyway) if they have more banelings making the forcefield delay not enough you can wall off with another pylon for the time being and that will force the banelings to attack a buliding (more banelings to waste on a building rather than the zealot) if he uses lings to attack your building you will have the sentry and stalker there | ||
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
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EssayReader
Korea (South)127 Posts
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0mgVitaminE
United States1278 Posts
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Xapti
Canada2473 Posts
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prochobo
United States232 Posts
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sinn
United States132 Posts
The key to preventing the baneling bust as protoss is base layout. Block the ramp with your cycore,a gateway, and a pylon (not fully). Leave a small path one space wide that leads out. Along this path, you can prevent the baneling bust with a simple TWO zealots - the trick is to SPACE THEM OUT very slightly so that if they pop one with banelings the other isn't touched by the splash. Also, make sure you have them hold position or they'll give ground | ||
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LastTemplar
Argentina1 Post
excuse my english, i'm from argentina. Thanks | ||
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SouthRawrea
Canada608 Posts
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Apollys
United States278 Posts
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sexualSCV
8 Posts
the zealot almost always dies, you can easily just wait out the sentries, and their pylon is usually available as well gg probes | ||
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FortuneSyn
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omedius
United States98 Posts
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Thrasymachus725
Canada527 Posts
Also, if you have Zerglings in your economy, any combat units (Stalkers, Sentries, Zealots) nearby will draw attention from your probes. As long as you don't attack the Zerglings with your probes, they will ignore them unless they make a deliberate effort to focus fire them. | ||
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Champi
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LF9
United States537 Posts
On August 05 2010 10:11 LastTemplar wrote: hey sinn hi, but how do you leave out of your base with the stalkers? blink? another opcion? excuse my english, i'm from argentina. Thanks You research Warp Gates ASAP. Most Protoss players should be doing this anyhow. If you get beyond 2 gateways, you need to have warp gates. Any yea, baneling busts aren't really viable against a good Protoss who is paying attention. Proper building placement and sticking units in the hole at your choke is almost always sufficient; add a sentry into the mix, and it's easy as pie. | ||
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sl0w
United States447 Posts
On August 05 2010 12:14 LF9 wrote: You research Warp Gates ASAP. Most Protoss players should be doing this anyhow. If you get beyond 2 gateways, you need to have warp gates. Any yea, baneling busts aren't really viable against a good Protoss who is paying attention. Proper building placement and sticking units in the hole at your choke is almost always sufficient; add a sentry into the mix, and it's easy as pie. But assuming it's a tight block (nothing gets in or out), how do you get your probe out to expand? Or should you always leave a little leeway for a probe to fit through and use a zealot to block it? | ||
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