EPTThis Proxy Gateway Build that Astrea played vs Uthermal at this Years IEM Katowice ! We’re skipping the Zealot to get a Stalker that hits just before the Bunker finishes while making it look to the untrained Terran eye like we’re just pulling off a normal Build at home.
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14 0:16 Pylon
16 0:36 , Gateway
17 0:50 Pylon
17 0:56 Assimilator
19 1:09 Gateway
20 1:23 Cybernetics Core
22 1:51 Nexus
21 2:00 Stalker (Chrono Boost)
24 2:14 Assimilator
24 2:15 Stalker
25 2:21 Stalker (Chrono Boost)
28 2:38 Pylon
29 2:44 Stalker
32 3:04 Warp Gate
37 3:31 Stalker
39 3:39 Twilight Council
41 3:47 Robotics Facility
44 4:01 Pylon x2
44 4:10 Blink (Chrono Boost)
46 4:27 Gateway x2
47 4:32 Gateway
47 4:35 Observer (Chrono Boost)
49 4:41 Assimilator
51 4:50 Warp Prism
53 4:57 Stalker
57 5:20 Stalker x3
59 5:26 Nexus
63 5:29 Observer
65 5:48 Stalker
76 6:05 Observer
82 6:58 Charge (Chrono Boost)
85 7:15 Gateway x2
88 7:34 Gateway x2, Observer
90 7:37 Templar Archives
90 7:41 Zealot x4
98 7:49 Assimilator
101 7:51 Shield Battery
101 7:56 Psionic Storm, Shield Battery
102 7:59 Warp Prism
103 8:06 Zealot x3
108 8:21 High Templar x2
108 8:24 Assimilator x2
113 8:28 Zealot x2
117 8:40 High Templar
117 8:48 Zealot
The Transition
Oftentimes, offence is the best defence, and the transition Astrea has decided on shows this off perfectly. After cancelling the CC, Astrea transitions into a 4 Gate Blink Build order - Going for the Twilight, in this game at 3:40, a Robotics Facility 10 seconds later at 3:50, 3 additional gates since the forward gateway was unpowered and a Gas.
While the Third Base at around 5:30 makes sure we don’t accidentally turn this into too much of an Allin, with the Blink Upgrade being chronoboosted well, we’re hitting a brilliant attack at 6:00 Minutes with 12 Stalkers, easily Oneshotting tanks and trading out with the Terran with superb Micro.
From here, you can then transition into whatever Midgame tech you feel most comfortable with, be it Colossi, Storm or staying on the Mass Gateways. Astrea is showing us a Storm focused transition without Upgrades.
Since he got the Engineering Bay earlier, he doesn’t have to worry as much about keeping up with Upgrades, and with how much damage he has done with no Third base on the way for the Terran, Astrea just has to make sure that he can defend the attack. Remember children - If you do a lot of damage, that doesn’t mean they can’t still allin you!
