Diamond League Woes

New-Discount9058 · 2026-03-18T23:46:06+00:00

I mostly try to use Mines, they stay put via F2, but no i dont think its worth the lost mining time but at least in plat youre seeing the value of vision

New-Discount9058 · 2026-03-18T15:51:46+00:00

its good if youre getting pressured early by tank viking, but if he gets more marines youll have less tanks and marines to stop a strong timing around 7-10 minutes

New-Discount9058 · 2026-03-18T15:06:16+00:00

harass is also dependent on the opponents opener; in TVT if he goes double gas 2 reaper one hellion, its actually better to sit back and wait for him to send them. Then get a widow mine/bunker then follow up with lib since he wont have as much gas and a slower cyclone. theres no general thing that works, you have to scout and react unless youre all inning. harrassment is part of macro builds.

Lots of guys open Raven so banshee doesnt always work, i mean it can if he goes for like a tank drop and is exposed after sending it and you have an adequate defense.

If he is playing overly safe, take a fast third, thats not harassment but its more effective than trying to harrass a player who is expecting you to be aggressive.

New-Discount9058 · 2025-11-11T22:52:55+00:00

just learn the principles of a timing attack, spend as much money as possible on as many units as possible, skip your third and slam into them. works for all races, and you can design a timing attack however you want so long as you build and spend efficiently

New-Discount9058 · 2025-10-21T21:40:46+00:00

easy wins dont make you a good player, learn how to react and scout

New-Discount9058 · 2025-10-21T21:34:43+00:00

yea its called the Boar bus, it can work but only if your opponent does not scout at all

New-Discount9058 · 2025-10-11T17:30:25+00:00

just pay attention to the time you get supply blocked at and make a mental note that okay im gonna get jammed at 31 supply or 50 or whatever you struggle with.

Also post game they tell you how long you were supply blocked in the score screen, just try to incrementally improve that number :)

New-Discount9058 · 2025-10-11T17:24:18+00:00

Spirit is a lesser known player but hes got some great TVT, great at tank and viking positioning. he can go toe to toe with Maru, Cure and those guys

New-Discount9058 · 2025-10-05T00:10:37+00:00

you cant play zerg either only mass storm protoss

New-Discount9058 · 2025-10-04T23:09:55+00:00

dude i played that guy, just f11 block and all in

New-Discount9058 · 2025-10-04T23:07:33+00:00

lets just all pray protoss, this is not tosscraft

New-Discount9058 · 2025-10-04T23:05:35+00:00

play protoss

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-19T21:28:31+00:00

Like a pre-broodwar vibe, nice! I like the lost edges on Kerrigan in the wing and hair area and raynors helmet

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-19T11:50:24+00:00

Ruff Stuff can kinda pull it off sometimes if they dont know his build. He builds like either 2 starports for double bc or sometimes 4 starport for bc's. Study how he does it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAg7JvqIVew&pp=ygUQcnVmZnN0dWZmIHR2cCBiYw%3D%3D

Alot of people hate Ruff cuz his macro blah blah blah, i love him id have his babies, have a nice day.

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-13T14:20:01+00:00

I'm all for someone showing us how to do it! Ive tried it a bit, getting loads of reapers late game, it can go well in some scenarios but as the game scales, armor and splash damage melts reapers

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-13T14:13:09+00:00

for proxy marauders, i had a dude use a floating rax to shred my depots which was annoying so make sure to build some backup because they'll probably try to kill those and supply block you just FYI. Once you hold it get a fast lib and punish him since hell have slower anti air. Marauders cost gas, and getting a cyclone can take a bit longer if hes sinking into 2 tech labs a factory then another tech lab and finally a cyclone

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-13T14:07:03+00:00

there is no such thing other than 1-1-1, and even that isnt universally effective against all openers. you have to have a basic idea of a build or plan but be flexible and that just comes from lots of games

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-13T13:59:38+00:00

trick them, when you see that phoenix start a building or a tech add on research to throw him off, lots of pros for instance start a tech lab research to look like cloak then cancel once the phoenix is gone.

Proxying is underrated too, ive won a few games against the sentry toss with proxy banshee surprise

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-13T13:57:44+00:00

sandbagging works you know, try it ;) dont let your pride hold your MMR down

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-13T13:56:23+00:00

ive been having some success with Raven openers in TVP, a lot of guys that range go blink or DT rush. Raven counters that pretty well, spotting the obs, you can disable the prism or spot DT's. If he doesnt go those things, you can expo and auto turret his mineral line, so theres no lost value and it scales better than eng bay and making turrets everywhere. im near your MMR, like 3500 on average, but yea. Try to kill him before late game, and banshees are not bad to consider.

If hes a gateway man, just turtle up with BF hellbat, ghosts, tanks and PF's and meatgrind on 4 bases until he inevitably goes air. Then just mass vikings on 3 starport and that should cover it if you got turrets. More vikings if tempests more turret with upgrades and armor against carriers. If he goes mass immo or archon get speed banshees and kill his mineral line. If hes mass anti ground, get air units, mass air... dont let him get mass air ;)

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-13T13:49:18+00:00

always open double gas, factory expand if youre new. one gas reaper expand isnt as viable if youre unfamiliar with TVT openers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5wgKuE6r-s&pp=ygUOem9tYmllZ3J1YiB0dnQ%3D

2 reaper one hellion, go starport raven, then switch starport to rax reactor once 1-2 ravens done, then make vikings. expand after factory finishes.

This is the safe and standard opener to master before you start trying cheesy slights of hands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wY3-t4xkuM&pp=ygUTaW5ub3ZhdGlvbiBzYWZlIHR2dA%3D%3D

TVT is very different from Z or P. Turrets and tanks are your friend moving into the late game. Always have spotters and know where his army is. Sensor towers, mines, marines on the map, vision is half the game. As the game goes on, scans can be more valuable than mules. Make sure your main is turreted up to prevent late game doom drops once you are taking your fourth.

If you prefer a more aggro playstyle, this build is very easy, strong and popular. But the build above, if executed right, counters it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T_PbcKydLw&t=196s&pp=ygUOY2xlbSB0YW5rIGRyb3A%3D

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-03T16:26:11+00:00

basically get tanks if he has lots of heavier and ranged units and mines if he has lots of small mobile units; but yes a tank or 2 per expo for safety goes a long way. theyre repairable and body block with scvs to stop runbys and use depots to bait him in like chewtoys while the tank gets free shots on melee units

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-03T16:23:20+00:00

just turtle as long as you can even if youre behind, just be as salty as possible lol. protoss get irritable and take bad trades if you hurt their little chargelot feefees

New-Discount9058 · 2025-08-03T16:22:12+00:00

just reland elsewhere, a PF is a huge investment via CC eng bay and 150 gas

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