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Most of the protoss players use Immortals as the last option in the later part of the game. In playing against Zerg, most of Zerg players does not know that the Immortals can fight against them and eventually losing in the game. Immortals can give great damage and this is a big deal for Protoss enemies.

Let us get to know more on the Protoss unit, the Immortals. In starcraft2, it is the new unit in the Protoss race. It essentially replaces the Dragoon but has an added feature of Hardened Shields against the Siege Tank, which is all feared by Protoss players. For it to be accessible, you will need 250 minerals and 100 gas. Its ability is called Hardened Shields. A little information of this ability, it is the ability to reduce damage from units that has high damages but is weak against low damage units. The primary role of the Immortal is being a tank. It is intended to absorb heavy damages from any enemy and reduces it all to 10 using the Hardened Sheilds Upgrade. This is useful, especially when they are against the heavy takers such as Terran’s Siege Tank and the Thor, Protoss’ Dark Templars and the Archon or the Zerg’s Ultralisks. As mentioned earlier, the Dragoon has been replaced with the Immortals now in the new Starcraft 2,. they are refitted with the ability hardened shield that can just shrug off any powerful strike on them. They have three available upgrades and these are:

• Ground Weapons levels 1-3 – this upgrade enhances the damage output of ground units that are built by Gateway and the Robotics Facility. It is researched in the Forge. It costs 100 minerals and gas for the 1st level upgrade, 150 on the second upgrade and 200 on the 3rd upgrade.
• Ground Armor levels 1-3 This upgrade is to increase the damage that is dealt by the protoss units. It will require the Twilight Council before this is accessible. It needs 100 gas and minerals on the first upgrade, 175 on the second , and 250 on the third upgrade.
• Plasma Shields levels 1-3 This is an upgrade that enhances the armor for Protoss Ground units. It will still require the Twilight Concil and the same amount of gas and minerals for all three level upgrades with The Ground Armor Level Upgrade.

When Zerg Players get to play against Protoss players and when they see that you are building Immortals, they would usually send out Roaches. They would hope that they would be able to crush your offense. What they don’t know is that it is the other way around.. Roaches are considered to be armored units and Immortals would deflect most of the damage and the damage would reflect back to the Roaches. Another thing, when your Zerg opponent would send out Zerglings, make sure you have other units to back up your Immortals. It is very important to always have a backup, just in case your Immortals are defenseless.

Just by knowing the strengths and weaknesses of Immortals, you will know when to use them and when to retreat them from battle. Always have back up units, so that when you retreat your Immortals, you will have an alternative army. And, make sure that your back up units does not have similar strengths and weaknesses with Immortals, or else it is a useless back up.

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The Zergs unlike Terrans and Protoss doesn’t use technology, instead to match their technology they assimilate other species and direct mutation. They are cheap and produce fast.

In the game we find a perfect counter for every unit.  This in real sense is more applicable for the Protoss. The Protoss which are very expensive and hence their choice of unit has to be taken extra care and therefore right unit has to be produced at the right time.

To deal with the Zerg Ultralisks the best Protoss counters are:

• Immortal- We can call it the ‘best counter’ with the best DPS and best tank to fight against the Ultralisks. They provide us with great cost efficiency as they deal with 50 per attack by taking just 10 dmg.
• Void Ray- One should bring a good number of Void Ray in army to fight against Ultralisk as they can’t be harmed. They cause a long range ground damage destroying the Ultralisks. A fully charged Void Ray destroys the Ultralisks within no time.
• Mothership- They can destroy the whole army of the opponents while fighting against Ultralisks and vice versa.
• Stalker- They cause heavy damage when in range and they drive the ultralisks crazy just by a blink and kill them. They are spread out to avoid the splash cleave damage.
• Carrier- the flying killer, yes they fly and hurt the ultralisks and destroy them.

So like this we have got the best Protoss counter against every Zergs and that’s what makes improved form of the amazingly interesting StarCraft’s sequel ‘StarCraft 2’ even more interesting.

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The Mutalisk can be countered in a number of ways. Phoenix, stalker, Sentry’s guardian shield, high templar’s psionic storm and archon are the most common ways by which you can either counter or reduce the effect of the attack of the Mutalisks. But the most common way to combat the mutalisk that the protoss unit has at their hand is employing the phoenix.

The phoenix has the following advantages over the mutalisks which are the following

1. They are faster than the Mutalisk.
2. They have a range which is longer than the Mutalisk.
3. The phoenix can do a damage of 20 in comparison to the damage that it suffers of only 9 per attack.
4. The phoenix can fire while it is on the run with precision.
5. The firing time between two rounds is also shorter when compared with that of the mutalisks.

Hence we can see that a properly made phoenix unit is no comparison as compared to a mutalisk unit and a very small number of phoenixes can successfully tackle a large army comprising of mutalisks.

Other protoss counters are protoss stalkers and protoss archon. The protoss archon is generally more powerful than the stalkers or the phoenix unit as they also own mutalisks when they are stacked but the only disadvantage that they have is that they lack quick mobility and are shorter in range as compared to the above units.

Generally it would take you some time in order to build phoenix units and in case if you don’t have the adequate number of phoenixes at hand then you can well make a unit comprising of the protoss stalkers in order to combat the mutalisks. With the blink upgrade, they do well against the mutalisks but require a little more skill of the player.

Hence there are a number of protoss counters against the mutalisk units and although they are very tough to combat, they are not quite invincible. With a little amount of expertise it is very easy to set up a unit to combat the mutalisks.

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In StarCraft II, the roaches of zerg are very strong. They have the potency to damage severely. More so, they have also the unique capability to regenerate. The Queens produce large amount of larva in the initial stages of the game due to which Zerg Roaches pose a serious threat if not dealt deftly.

Firstly, the Zerg Roaches can regenerate in burrows. Roaches have a very high HP count of 145. It has also a high damage value. Primarily it is an armoured- class Zerg. The weak links of Roaches are that, they are slow while in motion. They have a very short range and are unable to attack air units. Though the roaches are not that intimidating at first sight yet they are at times deceptive and can deal heavy blows to your plans. In order to counter a Roach rush a Cybernetics Core must be created along with a Gateway, cannon and Pylon close to your entrance or choke-point.

There must be just enough space to allow a couple of units of Stalkers and Sentries to block the passage in the wall. If while scouting you discover that Zergs are making Roaches then the idea of building Zealots should be discarded straight away, since Zealots turn out to be the weak links during direct confrontation with the Roaches. Immortals are most effective while dealing Roaches. They can be positioned behind the stalkers and shoot over them. The Immortals serve as an effective counter foil for the Zerg Roaches since they can deal with a good handful of Roaches and finish them off with minimal fuss.

During the Roach Rush, force field ability of the sentries can be used to block the passage of the base. Stalkers can attack the Roaches from behind the Force Field and kill them without much difficulty. It is vital to install some Robotic facilities during the passive phase and create some Immortals. Immortals deal with the Roaches most efficiently. They can induce large amount of bonus damage on the Zerg Roaches, since it can kill a Roach in just two shots. A few Immortals, Sentries and Stalkers can be a winning formula in this setup. At times getting an observer is a good thought since during these strategies it is better to know what units you may face up against from beforehand.

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The main theme of the award-winning game is the battle of survival among three major races. They are the Zergs, the terrans and the Protoss. The aim of the Protoss is to safeguard their civilisation and preserve their quality of living from the invasion of the Zergs, who expand their stronghold by casting worthier races like terrans and Protoss into their own group. Throughout the game we use real time strategy to shatter our opponents to the ground by eliminating all their buildings. To gain strategic mastery over the Zerg opponent, the protoss players first need to be well aware of Zerg units and their best counters.

In StarCraft2, Zerg Infestors are medium-sized, biological units with normal speed and possess the ability to move while burrowed unlike most other units of the zerg race. They are also known for some other special Psionic abilities as discussed under:

Infested Terrans: It can be directly spawned at the target area and it lasts for 20 seconds.

Neural Parasite: Probably the most dangerous of all Zerg infestors’ special abilities, this can take control of the enemy unit’s mind for about a span of 10 seconds. But it has to channelize this ability as the infestor cannot involve in any other action while it is controlling this unit.

Burrow: Can conceal itself in a burrow and capable of moving underground in this condition.

Fungal Growth: In the target area this causes immobilisation of other units thus inflicting a damage of 36 points over 8 seconds on them. Units under the covers of cloaks and burrows get revealed by fungal growth attack for a short time.

A list of all the best combat units against Zerg Infestors goes below:

HIGH TEMPLAR: There is a good scope of killing down the opponents instantly without giving them a chance to cast anything, so we need to respond to these immediately.

IMMORTAL: These bring down each of them in 3 hits, thus is a very important unit in the battlefield.

OBSERVER: These creatures prefer to hide and crawl below the earth. We got to detect and bring them down before they get to cast any other thing.

In this game the judicious choice of combat units is very crucial, for the Protoss units are quite expensive and choice of just the right set of combat units at the right moment gives us an advantage over the opponents for sure. There is always a best counter for every Zerg infestor unit but not every situation can be handled in the same way. Sometimes there occurs stagnancy from strategic point of view to the application of the best counter. In such cases we have to immediately come up with our 2^nd or 3^rd best units as the situation at hand calls for.

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The starcraft gaming field presents the most exciting gaming experience to its player with the ever powerful teams of the enigmatic protoss, the terrans and the insectoids zergs, playing against each other for dominance and existence of their species. With the introduction of starcraft 2 with multiplayer facility, this game has become much more interesting than its older version. This game depicting a war between the 3 parties in a far away planet of the milky way, takes the players and viewers into an entirely new, ferocious and wonderful war field. In order to win the game you need  full strategy and technical knowledge about the units of each team.

A fierce situation and havoc is created when the mighty protoss come face to face to the witty zergs in the battlefield. Zergs have powerful organic units on their favor, and one of them is the Zerg Hydralisks. Hydralisks are the main front-line creature, which forms backbone of zergs by its resisting carapace as well as ranged spine attacks. Hydralisks are known to attack directly with scythe-like arms and they strike volleys of armour-piercing spines from a distance. Hydralisks generally move sluggishly over the battlefield, but they burrow and wait for the enemies to come within range to attack, and then it kills its enemy in a fierce crossfire. Despite their slow and sluggish nature, they can climb surfaces vertically.

Every team is believed to have the best counter for each unit of the opponent team. The best counters of protoss for zerg hydralisks are:-

• SENTRY- Guardian Shield is best to avoid mass hydralisks. 2 shields should be used against mass hydras for destroying them completely.
• ZEALOT- proves to be the best fighter against hydras, but they become weak once a critical mass is hit by hydras. A group of zealots are needed to take all the firings of hydras to protect the rest protoss unit. If protected by guardian shields and with psi storms as back up, the protoss will surely win the game.
• COLOSSUS - it is the best sustained protoss against hydras. They are needed for their survivalability.
• HIGH TEMPLAR – psionic storms stand and shoot and are quite powerful in disturbing and hurting the hydras.
• DARK TEMPLAR – 2 of them are needed to destroy a hydralisk, but this strategy will only work if the opponent is not aware of the perma cloak.

With continued evolution hydralisks have become quite stronger and the protoss need witty strategy and gaming skills to defend them.

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The Zerg, the Protoss and the Terrans form the main teams of the ever highlighted and exciting game Starcraft2. All of these species fight against each other for dominance in some distant place of the Milky Way. All units of zerg and protos have their unique skills and countering abilities. While the insectoids zergs use organic powers and skills for defense, the enigmatic protoss have advanced machine technology for countering. Even if each team has their own power and unique abilities, none of them can excel each other, all of them are balanced in terms of their skills to counter.

In this game, Starcraft 2, each team has their own “best counters”. For Protoss, choice of counter is very crucial since protoss units are quite expensive and we need to produce right unit at right time. But in the game it is always very necessary to produce units according to the situation in the game. It might be not possible to use the best counters at times, and then we have to switch to the next best counters of protoss against the zergs. The best protoss counters against zerg corruptors are:

• Void ray
• Stalker
• Archon
• High Templer’s Feedback

The above counters are the best but it’s also important for a player to know why it’s the best to get maximum utilization out of it in the game field of Starcraft2.

VOID RAYS- they form the best counters but with best strategy against corruptors. We need to keep in mind not to use many void rays against a single target as it would result only into waste of rays. It’s best to concentrate 2 void rays against 1 corruptor. Rinsing and repeating this technique pays off the best against fighting corruptors.

STALKER- the benefit to use stalker is that, corruptors can hit only air targets and hence they can’t hit stalkers. Stalkers are always kept with Colossi, to shield them from corruptors.

ARCHON- they kill the corruptors easily but lack in range, flexibility and mobility make them weak to catch the corruptors.

HIGH TEMPLER’S FEEDBACK can also kill a high energy corruptor directly.

The unit one chooses depends a lot on the situation in the current game, which unit the opponent team is using and also how much intrest and knowledge of tech one has. The new Starcraft 2 has been thus designed for full entertainment of players along with missions where players can choose their own units and buildings and strategies of countering.

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Starcraft 2 has been wisely designed basically to concentrate on the multiplayer aspect in the game. This new game launches the return of the three major teams of Starcraft, the Terrans, the Protoss and the Zergs. They improved features includes the replay functions in which the player can overview the game again. With its entire heavily improvised version the return of Starcraft is a huge success. The enigmatic Protoss have become more powerful than before but the Zergs are not left behind too. As a whole it’s again an exciting game on the screen.

Broodlings form a major part of Zerg unit in the game. Broodlings are zerg creature spawned from Queens or Brood Lords but are short-lived. Broodlings upon hatching can be fatal to nearby enemies. Their power is compromised by the fact that they have very less life span i.e. they last a maximum of 180 seconds with 30 hit points. 2 broodlings evolve from a queen and can create havoc in a siege tank. If there is no enemy present nearby, the broodlings wait for command from higher zergs. The broodlings in starcraft 2 are spawned from brood lords and destroyed structures of zergs. Broodlings can be even spawned from broodlings.

Broodlings are not so common in zerg versus protoss wars. The very expensive protoss units i.e. the probes, reavers, archons and dark archons are immune against the broodlings. However, broodlings can be tactfully used to defend protoss off guard. The most common targets are the High Templers of protoss. The broodlings when created newly are weak and can be killed easily by any protoss unit. Broodlings can be prevented to be evolved by making the queen lose the capability to produce broodling. The broodlings itself have very short lifespan so it need not be killed, but one can ignore its vibrant and frequent attack by tactfully playing with good strategy.

Thus, with all its abilities, the broodlings are one of the most feared weapons of zergs. The battle turns into a complete destruction and in the favour of zergs once broodlings enter the field. Even if the energy cost for creating broodlings is high, still a pair of broodlings left unattended can cause havoc. So, the protoss units which are immuned to broodling spells should be used carefully either to destroy the broodlings directly at the right time, or should be used to destroy the zerg queen directly. So once the match starts, capture the broodlings first and watch the match turn in favour of the opponent protoss.

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First off, know that fighting Zerglings using your Protoss in an open field is always going to be really hard and difficult. Your best bet and best chance would be to narrow them and lead them down in a small path or lane for instance, between buildings. Zerglings can crash your early expansion. So how can you defeat and what are your best options to counter the Zerglings?

Here are few Starcraft 2 Protoss strategies that could prove useful to counter Zerglings in a Protoss vs Zerg match up game.

• Deploy your Zealots
  Using your Protoss unites for nuke-types, Zealots are best for tanking so that other units can deal damage as they tank. A good idea would be to fight in a narrow passage like a choke point at your base. If you go for a weapon upgrade, then Zealot will be take out Zerglings in two shots rather than three.
• The High Templar
  This one is really effective. They can help counter a group of Zerglings in just 2 seconds using Psionic Storm. Your enemy then won’t even have a chance to back up their Zerglings. However, never send them alone. Use a few Zealots to tank the Zerglings while High Templars finish them off with Psionic Storm.
• Archon
  The Archon’s deal 35 damage against bio-units. This is the exact strategy required to kill Zerlings in one shot. Plus, the damage is splash or area-of-effect type. Again, team them up with few Zealots to tank while they attack.
• The Photon Cannon
  You just need 2 shots to kill Zergling. It’s a very good strategy to use them against Zerglings that rush early to harass you while you are expanding. Have them block choke points accompanied by 3-4 Zealots and Zerglings won’t be able to get through.
• Use the Colossus
  The Colossus are really efficient and quick when it comes to killing Zerglings fast and easy. But they are good at dealing damage and not taking them. So you must have a wall of Zealot to tank and attack with your Colossus.

Those are just some of the techniques to counter the Zerglings using your Protoss. However, the advanced techniques and more updated strategies are here in this guide…

For advanced and secret strategies & techniques, I recommend checking out the guide below:

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As a protoss, having a zerg opponent is one of your easiest match-ups. You have the advantage, definitely, in this matchup, but then again, great players are never easy to beat. If zerg goes for rush, your opponent will be slow after that. Do not allow your opponent to expand early against you without making him pay for it.

Below is a great game by protoss and zerg :
1. Zerg expands fast, and steals one of protoss players gas to slow him down while doing mass zerglings and roaches, then switches to Infestors and mutalisks.
2. Protoss goes zealots and sentries for their force fields to cut the enemy into sections during battle. He adds real Colossus to kill the overlord on his base. Nice base walling by protoss with his cybernetics core and gateway.

This is an amazing game with great macro especially by protoss.

For now, this ends here. For advanced and secret strategies & techniques, I recommend checking out the guide below:

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