PvP , why 4gate is unstopable ? - Page 8

On January 16 2011 23:39 Markwerf wrote:
This trick is ages old.

Sure it is easy for P to force themselves onto a ramp through a forcefield. Besides this trick there is also the hallucinated colossus (tramples the forcefields) and the blink stalker rush.
This doesn't mean the forcefield isn't effective.... THe FF still cuts the army in half AND forces the attacking player to warp right in front of the defender's units (which can be easily picked off).

The key to defending a 4 gate is just to not make too many sentries (just 1 or 2) and have some ranged units with that. There are still tons of strats that defend a 4 gate easily (2 / 3 gate robo or dt tech for example).

If there is any problem with a 4 gate it's not the power of the 4 gate but how hard it is to scout imo. For example a FE and 4 gate build have the same build up to the point of the expo really, so if you defend with a 3 gate robo build you still lose to a FE build. DT build is good vs both but then again loses to a robo build and needs to be committed too very early.