Starcraft 2 Protoss Zealot Rush Strategy – Shokz SC2 Strategies in PvT, PvP & PvZ
Talking about rush strategies, it is all about speed. It would not be called rush strategy if you are way too slow in building your tactic, right? The main goal here is to be able to build your base and units as quick as you can before your enemy spots your location and discovers what you are up to. Rush strategies can also be associated with surprise attacks, harassing, etc. whatever word or phrase you would associate it with, it would still give you the same objective.
Let us talk about Protoss and get to know a little more about them. They have always been known with their advanced technology. They consider their race as the most powerful specie. Each kind has their own advantages and disadvantages. For protoss, their advantages or strengths are warp prisms, photon cannons, plasma shields that has the ability to regenerate, Great motherships for defense, etc. On the other hand, Protoss have expensive units and buildings and takes a long time to produce or build a single unit. You will need to build your structures within the psionic matrix. Without the psionic matrix, the buildings would go offline and these buildings consumes Gas heavily.
So let us go back to our main topic, the Proxy Zealot Rush. This type of tactic needs to build a couple of Pylons and a number of Gateways outside your enemy’s base. The most important thing to remember is that this strategy would only be good for a 2 point map. So that you will know where your opponent’s base is. You can’t afford scouting with this type of strategy. When the game starts, automatically send out one Probe right outside of your opponent’s base. While this first Probe is on its way, get a new probe from your Nexus and set everyone in harvesting minerals. Always remember, this is a RUSH strategy. So everything must be in haste. As soon as your first probe reaches your opponent’s base, let it build a Pylon but make sure it is hidden and cannot be detected right away. Make sure to build your Pylon as close as you can to your opponent’s ramp. When you already have your pylon, build a Gateway and when you get to gather enough resources, construct your second Gateway. As soon as you have 2 Gateways, start producing your Zealots. For you to be able to produce your zealots faster, use your Chrono boost Ability. When you get to produce three Zealots, send all three into your opponent’s base. Make sure to destroy his buildings that are capable in producing units such as Spawning pools, tech labs, etc.
You can continue sending out zealots as much as you can while you try to destroy your opponent’s units one by one. So, the first part is the most critical moment that you have to work on hard. Make sure you will not be scouted when building your pylon right outside your opponent’s base. Another tip, do not leave your base unguarded. Always have a number of armed units in position just in case your opponent tries to attack you from behind. You can produce a number of units to guard your base as soon as you are ready to send out your Zealots.
