So, just got the game and finished the campaign on the lowest level.
I'm having probems playing against the medium AI, usually, I survive the first attack (I have about 5 or 6 Zealots), but afterwards I'm unable to produce enough units, especially stronger ones as I lack gas and/or minerals. Yet I have my second base up.
Hints for playing Protoss plz?
make sure that your nexuses are constantly producing workers, get enough gateways/robos (usually 3-4 warpgates per base, one robotics fac is good for 2 bases), don't get supplyblocked. that's it
Get yourself a nice mixture of stalker, zealots and shields in the beginning, then after a while start looking into something like void rays etc, all dependent on what the other guy is building. A good thing is to watch professionals play and mimic them. A good build against noobs are void ray spam, this pretty much works all the time until you get in to higher ranks where they play more aggro and therefore won't make the tactic work.
Around 3 warp gates is the most effective starter I believe, same as the famous 3 barracks terran build.
Remember to scout, its an important part of the game, you can send your workers out in the beginning of the game or send observers. Remember to micro them.
Don't be afraid to go a little crazy, inventing new amazing builds can take your enemy with surprise and therefore win you a game.
Another note: I found an amazing custom map called "photon cycles" its like a pvp version of snake, try it out :P
he means make shittons of sentries in the early game, defend till you get the deathball of sentry stalker collosi HT, roll over other armies
Best way to do this.. Always make sure that you never stop making probes.. If you check the top right of your screen every now and then, it will tell you that a probe was made.. so you can click on your nexus and make another one.
Do you hotkey your units and base? If not, you should so you can move units and produce units faster.
Yeeeah, that supplies are giving me problems.
But constantly new workers?
Wouldn't that be a bit much? I usually have 10-12 per base and even that seems to be a lot to me.
Void Ray spam worked surpisingly well until now
I don't dare to go crazy yet...
The rolling over part works. The defending not really. Is closing my ramp with photon cannons and one or 2 stalkers behind them ok?
I have most stuff hotkeyed now. The one i use a lot. :3
Thanks for the hints guys!
Is it too early to build my second base when I have only 5-6 Zealots?
Also, somebody wants to add me? XD
I wouldn't really hotkey queens, you should do
5. main hatch
6. expansion
7-0 other hatches too...
The only reason I do that is because if I press a hotkey twice, it goes to the location where the hotkey is... so if I press 5 twice I can see my hatch and just press a queen and inject...
And when will I get to silver? I've been getting about 90% win rate and am at least 100 pts above 2nd place.... It's been a month and it's the same thing...
Thats stupid, you should hotkey queens, I do this
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=125725
anytime you click where you could use a hotkey your wasting time and apm that could be used elsewhere. Believe me as a high diamond zerg, you want to hotkey queens