How to stop baneling bust PvZ

drolkrad

98 Posts

November 19 2010 09:02 GMT

How do fellow protoss players deal with baneling busts? Once zerg's lings are out, you can't really scout their base and they can build the baneling nest easily. I'm talking about a very early baneling bust. At that point, all i had was a few zealots guarding my choke and he just blew it up and send about 20 lings in...

I don't want to fully wall myself in if i don't know what kinda build he went... i guess the only way is to get a sentry and FF the choke?!

Flaunt

New Zealand784 Posts

November 19 2010 09:13 GMT

Maybe have a probe scouting around his expansion to see if he's going for an all in and adapt to it with a faster sentry, but on maps like jungle basin I have no answer because you can't really check the expo since it only has one entrance to it

Parra

United States152 Posts

November 19 2010 09:14 GMT

Warpgates, Stalkers, Sentry forcefields. Replays?

I have yet to see a Protoss player lose to an early baneling bust, I'm curious on how you managed to pull this one off

bueks

Germany19 Posts

November 19 2010 09:17 GMT

I had the same problem but since i started to build my core and gate at the ramp and leave an entrance that can be blocked with one zealot im usually quite safe. You can do so without blocking stalkers and immortals. Depending on what build i want to play, i get a second zealot or a sentry. In case of a second zealot, i try to leave a litte space between the zealots to not take additional splash damage.
It think it is important that you dont have a pylon in your wall, as it will get taken out an you might even get supply stuck.

whomybuddy

United States620 Posts

November 19 2010 09:19 GMT

you put the pylon behind 2-3gateway if you sure 100% that bling burst is coming.

ste0731

United Kingdom435 Posts

November 19 2010 09:19 GMT

If he had 20 lings + banellings + banelling next that costs a LOT of resources, how did you ONLY have a few zealots.... Sounds like macro is your problem, and build order maybe.

Dfgj

Singapore5922 Posts

November 19 2010 09:40 GMT

You should be getting sentries anyways, preferably after the first zealot.

ClasH

Germany143 Posts

November 19 2010 09:47 GMT

13 gate, 17 Core, Zealot, 2gas,2 Pylon, 2Sentry, Add one gate probe, another gate, probe, chronobost your core. the first 2 chron on your nexus. crank out sentry from your firste gate. at another if you got your warptech, dont miss a single forcefield, gg
banelingbust is always an autowin. just play the norma liquidtyler 3 gate opening. after that build a forge and expand you are way way way ahed. gg no re.

TheRealzz

150 Posts

November 19 2010 11:39 GMT

I never really used Blings on Protoss; but if its good enough to have people post about it. I will give it a try. Thank you.

Your question as a zerg I stopped bling busting Protoss because my mate would scout craftly check down his ramp now an then and catch my blings morphing. Also when he scouted it he would warp in zealot / stalker heavy and Push after defending the bust. defending his push would blows; proxy pylons and warps in so ... I guess its also abit all-in if defended correctly.

TibblesEvilCat

United Kingdom766 Posts

November 19 2010 11:50 GMT

#10

sentries FF ramp, then you can stagger the zeals so that blasts only kill 1 at a time, if you've done a wallin with a polyn then i'm not sure, most of the time when i'm p i'm more concerned about planting an effective cannon containt/ cannon at nat

Herculix

United States946 Posts

November 19 2010 11:56 GMT

#11

forcefields are sooo good against banelings, they're pretty much why i don't ever make banelings without already having drop PvZ, and i've only just recently come around to doing that. i gave up on baneling use vs P since beta just because it's so easy to counter with a nice wall off and a few forcefields. if they do open banelings, get a few sentries out before expanding and when you sim city, make sure a baneling bust on a single pylon can't power things down or open up a hole for a run by. they'll be pretty far behind trying a baneling bust early, so any kind of economic advantage will probably win you the game.

TensaiSC

Canada37 Posts

November 19 2010 12:18 GMT

#12

Here's a replay on how to stop a baneling bust. It's fairly easy even with a short rush distance.

http://www.mediafire.com/?x08jiooi7iyr0bh

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