Starcraft Protoss Build Strategy – Korean 4-Gate All-In
If you keep tabs on the international Starcraft 2 Tournaments such as the GSL Tournament, then you know that different styles of gameplay emerge in different sort of ways in different regions.  On top of that, Korea is known as the holy ground of Starcraft gameplay.  Most of the top progamers in the world are Korea and their media is in love with them.  Tournaments, TV shows, even TV channels are devoted to Starcraft.  Well, that’s what makes their strategies so interesting. This version of the more standard 4-gate rush is even more risky and requires even more commitment.  However, it does still maintain a certain level of recoverability in that you aren’t forced to surrender in a failed attempt as with many other all-in strategies.  However, it is still a risky play, but let’s take a look at the build.
Starcraft Protoss Strategy – Countering Reaper Rush
In Starcraft 2 Gameplay, each race has their own best rush tactic.  For the Terran, its the Reaper Rush.  This is an aggressive strategy that is designed to sacrifice your macro economy buildup in order to hit the harvesters of your opponent hard and fast.  This has been a very successful rush strategy in the past against Protoss, as your units a more expensive to build and your counters require a bit of teching. Without proper defenses, the Terran Reapers will hit your harvester and achieve kills in one or two shots.  As a SC2 Protoss player, you’ll need to make sure you get the right units in place so that you don’t lose all of your Probes.  So, let’s take a look at what you need to do to take care of a Reaper Rush.
Starcraft Protoss Strategy – Beating Colossus
The giant robot monsters of the Starcraft 2 Protoss army.  The Protoss Colossus is a force to be reckoned with.  It is the ultimate in ground superiority.  If you show a largely ground based army, you will most likely see a Colossus down the line to counter your forces.  Added in with the Extended Thermal Lance ability, they can likely take you down without suffering many losses. As a Protoss player, you can of course bring out your own Colossus, but there are much better ways of dealing with the threat.  Let’s take a look at some of these in our latest look into how to defeat units.
Starcraft Protoss Strategy – Beating Archons
This Starcraft 2 unit is the ultimate in Protoss physical forms.  A being of pure energy that can shot psionic bolts from its hands.  The Archon is a heavy damage dealer that has the ability to damage both air and ground units.  While it can dish out a lot of damage, it is quite frail, especially when it loses its shields. The Archon is created when two Templar units merge together.  This can be either Dark or High Templars.  Most likely, you’ll see these appear in the middle of combat when a High Templar expends all of its energy or when detector abilities negate a Dark Templar cloak.  Lacking abilities from either unit, its sole purpose is to dish out a lot of base damage.  So, what’s the fastest way to knock it?
Starcraft Protoss Strategy – Beating Marauders
There are no doubts that this unit hits hard. The Marauder is the Terran answer to all things armored. That means it will beat up Stalkers, Immortals, and Colossus pretty well. In addition to that, its Concussive Shells upgrade slows down non-massive targets by 50% and when massed will slow down the majority of their opponent’s army. This makes their targets much easier to micro against and even prevent a fleeing foe from getting away. However, it does have its disadvantages. Marauders cannot attack aerial units. While they may be devastating to armored ground units, they lose their usefulness when their opponent transitions to an air build. You can use this to your advantage to take them out.
Starcraft Protoss Strategy – Beating Corruptors
These units are the core of an advanced Zerg anti-air army.  Their acid causes a significant debuff making their targets take addition damage.  They’ll lay waste to Void Rays, Phoenixes, Carriers, and even Motherships if not handled.  Luckily, they do have a few disadvantages you can use in order to beat them. The biggest disadvantage is that the Zerg Corruptor is only capable of dealing air-to-air damage.  This makes the unit particularly vulnerable to ground based units that are capable of dealing damage to air units.  Let’s take a look at what the Protoss can dish out to counter a group of Corruptors.
Looking at the Protoss Starcraft 2 Tech Tree
Nearly every unit in Starcraft 2 has a different set of requirements to utilize it effectively in combat.  Knowing your Protoss Tech Tree can help you get your best units on the field as soon as possible.  Today we’re going to take a look at the the requries for all the buildings and in the Protoss player’s arsenal. The Nexus Every race starts with a base.  In the Protoss case, it is the Nexus.  The first is always provided to the player along with a handful of Probes to start their harvesting process.    The Nexus serves at the core requirement of every building that can be built with the exception of an Assimilator and a Pylon.  From the Nexus, Probes and Motherships are produced and the Gateway and Forge buildings become unlocked.  In addition, the Nexus has the ability to “Chrono-boost” any production building, reducing its build/research time.
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