[G] Protoss FAQs - Page 6

On January 07 2012 00:18 SoapSC wrote:
What do i do when my opponment builds collosus?

On January 08 2012 18:09 xtruder wrote:
A blue trollin? I thought blues were supposed to be helpful and stuff yo. Other people would get banned for this.

On January 24 2012 03:40 martstar wrote:
good informations thx mate....
two quick questions:

I am not playing that often so plz excuse me if the questions suck
1. Are the strategies still up to date ? Can i still count on the opponent to do strategy A B and C when i scout something or are the Strategies D E and F more common now

2. You got any experiance about the skill lvl regarding the strategies ? I play EU dia-league and my micro sucks . I am sure there are certain positions were u win 90% with gandmaster micro against other gandmasterplayers. Where a wood-league player are only winning 30% in the exactly same position. So one strategie is great in dia und plat but bad in master und grandmaster ?

On January 24 2012 04:04 CaptainHaz wrote:
Have you considered adding in something regarding dealing with certain mech styles into this? Maybe not crazy fleshed out but some kind of simple flowchart for what to keep in mind when playing mech or bio mech builds.

On January 27 2012 10:55 BronzeKnee wrote:
Hey Monk, do you have any replays of you holding the 1-1-2 with your recommended response (Stargate plus Forge)? In my experience, the Observer scouts it too late to react in time to getting the defense you recommend. I must be doing something wrong.

On January 27 2012 11:32 bankai wrote:
In PvP been facing proxy gates more all of a sudden so have a question.

1) What is the best way to scout for these? I 12 Gate scout from a 1 Gate Tech build opening, and was wondering should I:
a) Send my probe to scout his base immediately
b) Send my probe around the outskirts and nearby areas of my base for proxies. I feel like this isnt a full-proof method of scouting a proxy gate is happening because u may simply miss where they planted their gates. Whereas if you go to their base, and immediately see no buildings, then its more 'conclusive' that cheese is on the way (either proxy gates or cannon rush) and I should cancel my Cybercore immediately.
c) Do (b) first then (a) after. My concern with doing this is that I will get to their base too late to know what is going on and react (similar reasoning to (b)).

2) What ladder maps is it safe to scout on pylon/core and what maps pose potential cheese builds like cannon and proxy gate rushes?

Advice from those experienced??

On January 28 2012 03:58 BronzeKnee wrote:


Here is the replay: http://www.sc2rep.com/replays/(P)BronzeKnee_vs_(T)BetaX/17597

Thanks man, I played this guys several times and he did the same build order over and over. It pretty much went this way the entire time. I could have gotten an earlier Robo and did one game, but it only allowed me to have 1 more Phoenix out than the game linked above (opened Robo-Gate-Gate and it gave me 30 additional seconds). Also that game I should have picked off the PDD immediately with my Sentries, but I misclicked. My overall play was sloppy, and when looking at I could probably squeeze out a few more units and such, but I lost by such a huge margin I doubt it would matter much. I think I'm being build order countered and need to change my build, rather than refine what I've got (certainly could be wrong here, maybe Mass Stalkers would be better?).

He hits me with a big push of Marines/SCVs/Hellions/Banshees without Cloak and a Raven that hits ~9:30-10:00. He attempts a Hellion drop first too.

Obviously I could blind counter it, but I'm trying to figure out how to counter it based upon what I see. Also I never tried pulling Probes, because he had so many Hellions. I did find some games of Attero vs Pride in a TL Open where he holds a similar build, but he pulls Probes and Pride doesn't have Hellions. Those games were ridiculously close too.

Finally, I did try abandoning the expand in another game, but he just did a Medivac elevator into my base when that happened. I was unable to kill the Medivac because he just kept repairing it when I tried it again.

I was intrigued by your idea of getting Cannons, and that might be the solution, but I'm not sure they would be out in time. Also how many Gates do you hold it with?