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? Frisky Dingo ?

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I was in my first 2 games as protoss and 1 was PvP and other was PvT. Unfortunately in the PvP I lost, he massed void rays while I was making zealots and stalkers as well as sentries and he owned my army with 6 void rays and 2 phoenix. As protoss how would you guys defend against air attacks like these? I actually won my 2nd game, I expanded while he pushed and his units died fairly easy. I think that was his down fall, I made air units and ground units while he just massed marines marauders and tanks. Was a fairly easy win, I mainly have problems against that void ray rush and how to defend against it. I understand that when they fully charge their beam they are most deadly and that they deal extra damage to armored units, how should I go about it?
 
Stalkers MELT void rays, especially since they are much cheaper cost for cost. Just don't let the voids get charged.
 
scout is the key,
you should be sending units to test the water in his base,
getting 6 void from 1 base isnt cheap, so you should see his ground army not as big.

When I started out in beta, void ray seems to be a problem for me too.
Once you get ur build order right + learn to scout and time your attack well.
Void rush shouldnt be that much of a problem!
 
Cut Chem!st said:
Stalkers MELT void rays, especially since they are much cheaper cost for cost. Just don't let the voids get charged.
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yeah if they get charged, dont even try to attack them
just gg its almost impossible to kill them when charged D:
(ive had a bunch of bad encounters with this)
 
Same... i love massing like 20 VR's and dominating... lol but i've only played 3 games. 2-0 in 1v1 and 1-0 in 2v2
 
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Cut Chem!st said:
Stalkers MELT void rays, especially since they are much cheaper cost for cost. Just don't let the voids get charged.
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I actually think they can, but only if they have upgrades and the void rays weapon isnt charged. In the game I was just in my 7 void rays and 4 phoenix handled 15 stalkers and 4 photon cannons. IMO, void rays should be nerfed and that void ray rush considered to be a cheese strat.
 
Void ray rush IS considered a cheese strat.

Focus fire with your stalkers. 3 full health void rays is a lot weaker than 6 void rays with half health.
With 15 stalkers it should be okay to hold them off. Just make sure you move them up so all are attacking at the same time.
Mathamatically, 1 void ray has 250 health (shield included) a stalker does 14 damage to armored. So if 18 stalkers focus on 1 void ray, they take it out in one shot.

And don't slack on unit production xD.
 
? Frisky Dingo ? said:
I actually think they can, but only if they have upgrades and the void rays weapon isnt charged. In the game I was just in my 7 void rays and 4 phoenix handled 15 stalkers and 4 photon cannons. IMO, void rays should be nerfed and that void ray rush considered to be a cheese strat.
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But if you think about it.
The time it takes for you to create 7 voidrays + 4 phoenix, the other guy shouldve had way more than 15 stalker + 4 cannons.
So is not really the unit, but how you just played a better game than he did.

Usually (not all the time)when a cheese strats fails it will favours the other side.
The advantage difference depends on how much the cheese did to the other side econ.
 
i love protoss, tho i cant offer much advice, not so good at teh game >.<
 
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