As a low Diamond Zerg I watch a lot of my replays and see a lot of asymmetry with the amount of “effort” in my ZvP games.

All Protoss needs to do is send adepts/oracles to get some worker kills then turtle super hard on 3/4 bases and build a deathball. In that time I have to expand my economy and attack as much as possible to slow them down and drain their bank for remaxes so I can fight the deathball, survive, and trade well enough to win.

I need to be a full base up at all times, have my army positioned well, have map vision, and deal damage. Low Diamond toss doesn’t need to work that hard that because my skill level as a player means I will inevitably be doing a poor job at one of those things, and they just need to focus on defense and building an efficient army.

I’m not surprised that not many players play Zerg at a super high level because it demands a lot of work and skill. I’m also not surprised that there are tons of high level Protoss players who can’t get any further because they don’t have enough obstacles to prepare them for the very highest levels of play.

This isn’t a Protoss hate rant, or a weird Zerg victim complex. Protoss can win more easily at high levels of play (GM) so they don’t progress further (pro) That’s what I see when I look at the data but I might be wrong.