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Starcraft 2 Strategy Guide – How To Play As Terran, Protoss Or Zerg
Starcraft 2 is a very complex game. Each match up is quite different and requires different build orders and approaches. That’s why it’s essential that you make yourself familiar with each match-up of your race. Playing as random is especially difficult and to be quite frank, not many players possess the talent to master all three races.
Now that GomTV has announced the biggest event in the history of e-sports, thousands of players all over the world are looking for ways to master their race and grab a piece of the pie. There are lots of tournaments played all over the world and if you really serious about SC2, you can make a living off of it.
To help you get started on your journey I will take a quick look at the core strategy of each race and then point you to a place with further information. Take your pick!
Terran Strategy
Terran players really like to turtle. In the early to early mid game, Terrans can do really well on just two bases (Main + natural expo) thanks to Orbital Commands and MULEs.
Another preferred tactic of Terran players is to take early map control with the versatile Viking. Terran players win or lose depending the on the amount an quality of competitive intel they collect. If manage to scout your enemy and execute your BO perfectly without getting supply locked, you have the opportunity to do a very dangerous timing push that will leave your opponent vulnerable to future attacks.
The mirror match TvT is a bit special. This exciting match up has a big emphasis on map control and territory. Usually TvT results in lots of tanks and fighting for territory until the strength of one of the opponent tips over.
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Zerg Strategy
As a Zerg player you need very strong macro skills. One of the best things about Zerg is that they can change their complete army composition in a blink of an eye.
You need to macro up and build a strong economy early on so you can quickly adapt later in the game by building all the necessary tech buildings and getting upgrades. While you macro up, it’s wise to sacrifice one or two overloads in the early-mid game to gain some additional intel about the best army composition.
While all of this stuff is going on, you need to constantly expand your creep and keep building up your army, something many novice Zerg players neglect. I’ve seen good players win against the overpowered Terran race thanks to creep and keeping your army count up – too many get overrun in the early mid-game.
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Protoss Strategy
Even if it might not seem like it, playing Protoss well is incredibly difficult. To really master this race you need both micro and macro skills. One of the key elements is the Force Field of the Sentry.
When it comes to competitive intelligence, the Protoss race has it relatively easy thanks to their Observers. There is no reason not to use them.
Use this intel wisely to determine which tech buildings to get and which structure to Chrono Boost at any given time. I have been in situations where a single Chrono Boosted upgrade would have won me a game that I lost because of a wrong decision!
Try to get Warp Gates fast quickly as possible and then try to out-macro your enemy with aggressive Pylons if you can. If he has armored heavy units, get additional Immortals, If he has light units, get Colossi.
If your macro skills allow it, consider getting some Phoenixes to harrass the enemy’s eco-line. If you’re playing against a Terran, focus out the MULEs – one MULE is worth a few hundred minerals!
You see that Protoss play can get very complex thanks to the variety of abilities and we didn’t even scratch the suface here. There are many more advanced strategies like playing Dark Templar harrass.
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