Protoss Strategies for StarCraft

Over six years of playing StarCraft, many of which contained countless nights spend into the wee hours of the morning playing games the famous map "The Hunters" have garnered me a few notable strategies. Through both research to become a better player and common sense pushing me in one direction or another, I learned to be capable with each of the three races. However, to truly be competitive you should focus on a single race and learn all of the weakness you have and the strengths you have against the other races so you'll be ready no matter what type of player you come up against while playing.

In StarCraft, the Protoss are the most expensive race out of the three you have to choose from. They're also the strongest in terms of units, which consequentially leads them to be the most expensive of the three. Thus, succeeding as a Protoss user in StarCraft means you'll have to excel in macro management and economics, otherwise you'll find yourself with insufficient funds to construct an army of any size. You'll also be the strongest throughout the game, whether you're starting with a zealot which can take out any of the race's beginning units or at the end of the game where Carriers can stand up to anything on the map in numbers.

Of all the races, they are the worst off in a rush goes south because of the amount of resources that it takes to create an adequate Protoss rush early in the game. Multiple Gateways have to be warped in combined with the fact that the Zealots are the most expensive first units in the game means you MUST succeed if you're going to rush with the Protoss, otherwise it isn't worth continuing the game in almost every case.