The Terran Help Me Thread - Page 66

On November 07 2011 02:39 TheDwf wrote:

Hi,

Master Terran here. Since voidray all-ins come along with 3 gates, I'd advise againt forcing fights near the Protoss base as the Protoss player will have enough to repel you without losing too much himself. On the contrary, you should avoid to lose troops here and there (especially Marines) as the Protoss all-in will otherwise slowly grow out of control.

This afternoon, I played against a proxy voidray all-in. Though I started with 1 rax gasless FE and made some mistakes defending it (the biggest being not making one or two turrets in my mineral line), maybe you'll get a few tips from it nonetheless :

Defending a voidray all-in off a 1 rax gasless FE

I think the key points are :

a) Not forgetting to build additional Supply depots, because they are a target of choice for the Protoss player (especially if you walled). Being supply blocked in those situations will simply make you lose.

b) Holding near bunkers on top of the ramp (or at the front of your base if there is no ramp) while teching to Starport... About Starport, I'd say the choice between producing Medivacs or Vikings is really situationnal. Another option is to build 3 more Barracks and build Marines with them.

c) Not overstimming. Without medivacs, it is very important to stim wisely... Otherwise, the Protoss may be able to simply retreat a bit while your troops will remain permanently damaged.

Mistakes in the replay were (aside from the somewhat fail scouting) :

a) Not getting additional Barracks earlier ;

b) Not getting one or two missile Turrets in my mineral line ;

c) I could have made additional Bunkers too ;

d) Not pulling some SCVs for the main fight (thus I would have lost less Marines and still be ahead thanks to the two OCs).

In the replay, I also got the turret range upgrade. Not sure if it was worth it, but it should allow your turrets to deny more space to Voidrays.

As the Protoss is one-basing (chronoboosted Voidrays take too much of his income for him to expand, at least for a while), time should be your ally, especially if you have an in-base second Orbital. It is important to remain calm and not forgetting to macro, as these situations are stressful and can make you forget crucial things (e. g. Supply depots) which shall be your doom. Marines are of course your best bet (don't forget Combat Shields after Stim !), but I think you still need some Marauders for Stalkers. I would not make more than one Marauder at a time, though.