Best Protoss Counters against Terran Rush – How to Stop Early Terran Push Shokz Starcraft 2 Strategies Terran Strategies
As of now, I’ve been playing as protoss. Against terran, I was having a hard time against a computer with AI set to Insane. Playing it at lower levels is just not an option for me. Well, at first, I found it hard, of course. haha. Those MM, Marines with Marauders during early game are quite a push.
At first, I started just rushing with zealots & using a proxy pylon, like when I’m playing against zerg. That was a failure. M&M, and with medivacs is a tough combination. When they attack, it seems I don’t have enough units to stop them with. I found out that I just have to turtle and wait for terran to come, and defend the choke point, or the entry point of my base.
Sentry Force Field - If you are indeed against MM, then you should go immortal, sentries, and zealots. This is also a solid group. Use Force Field ability of Sentry to half your oponent’s army by placing it strategically on the base, of the ramp of the entrance to your base. Use your forces to destroy those units that were cut off, and make it to your base. Just repeat this until you are able to tech up and build immortals and colossus. But also, but if terran has ghost, you can lose the immortals, so go colossus, with stalkers.
This works well if done properly, but many people just find this complicated to come up with such a high-end tech solution with a bund of low tier units from terran. Bad for protoss.
Zealot Charge + Void Ray - If you’re gonna go with some zealots, please do research zealot charge as soon as possible. This will make a huge difference in the effectiveness of zealots against M&M. Quickly build 2 gateways to get your zealot production up. you can also build 2-3 sentries for guardian shield, and some 2-3 stalkers. Then you can tech up fast to warp game so you can build 4-5 void rays. Use your current current to defend against the first terran rush & push, and also make sure to activate guardian shield from sentries.
Also, if you see banshees, build a couple of observers, and some phoenixes.
After the initial terran push, wait till you have void rays, and do attack. Use your zealots as meat shields, and keep your void rays safe. But please also do scout often, so you might also know what your terran opponent is building, and counter accordingly.
