I personally prefer playing with Terrans:
1. Structures can be repaired at leisure and they can be built anywhere.
2. Bunkers are the best defensive structures in the game (though I will admit that the Zerg have the best overall defensive matrix).
3. Marines are the best basic units (they're cheap, good in groups, and they can attack airborne units).
4. Most of all, Terrans have the best air force, hands down.
The best part about Starcraft is how unbelievably balanced it is. Every strategy has a counter just like every unit has a counter. Terrans seem to be the best race however it takes a lot of skill to play Terran at a high level. The zerg and protoss are a bit easier to play at a high level, but it still is no easy task. Multitasking with Templar is a pain...
sharezerg are the *beep* *beep*
nuff said.
All the races are good. You just have to know how to use them. Zerg are best to building units the quickest.
shareMy ling rush and my cousin's 5 min dt rush was unbeatable. lotta ppl hated us for it xD. it was even more hilarious when his homie joined us in a 3v3 and i did ling rush, my cousin did 5 min dt rush, and his friend did 5 min bc rush. WAHAHAH
sharewould that be 5 min battle crusiser rush??? i'd like to see that.... yeh... dont know if its considered a rush but i can get quite a few marines in short order with three barracks, offenseive bunker him in if its a crap choke point map and finish him with tech.
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Actually Zerg is the _hardest_ race to play at a highlevel becuase you have to control soo many units.
Terran and Protoss are considerably easier, Protoss being the easiest because you only control 4-5 unit groups, usually.
The best part about Starcraft is how unbelievably balanced it is.
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That is the way they set up the game. If you can win in a rush, good for you, you deserve it.
“Can they do c-sections?” “Can you?” “I'm not the one who's not offering the refund, now am I?”
No rush can match true starcraft player. Even as a guy that plays this game online only 4 years i know that. I started with rushes online and learned that rush sux in a hard way. Today, no rush can pass. Maybe bunker rush if I dont scout my expo or so, but 6 ling rush is completelly inneficient, it stops with 1 drone loss max.
"Cry for all those who choose light over darkness"
While an experienced battlefield commander may think this they say this only because one day they felt the pain of being overrun...or OWNED!;p
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That's why there is no "best race". While each race has its own special abilties (which are matched by their opponent's) not everyone can use these abilities at their peak. Why? Because every starcraft player is different (well obiously): some people suck at playing Terran while others may be fair with the Zerg. Other players may just be plain stupid. That's why starcraft is so addictive. Because it's balanced. :)
There is no best race, however Zerg vs Protoss is a little imbalanced; becuase, Protoss can't really scout Z to find out if their going Hydra or Mutalisk, so they can't properly react.
shareYour right there is no best race, but the Zerg vs Protoss imbalance is what makes the game balanced. From my own experience its been Terran has the edge over Zerg, Zerg is good against Protoss, and Protoss has the upperhand vs Terran.
Each race has it's own Pro's, Protoss units do massive amounts of damage, Zerg have alot of numbers, and Terran's have logisitics and ranged infantry.
All the races seem to be pretty even at higher levels, but it all depends on who you are fighting against.
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I'd actually think Terran has the advantage over Protoss because they have E.M.P., and are also far superior at cloak detection, thereby making observers and dark templars virtually useless. Funny enough, anytime I'm Protoss playing against Zerg, I never had a problem dominating the map. So I guess it just goes to show it has nothing to do with the race and everything to do with playing style.
*There is no spoon.*
Well, fast corsairs own zerg. Corsairs kill the overlords, which means zerg has no supplies, and probably no detection. That's where the dts finish the job. :D
shareYou think Zerg has the best defense? I really thought Terrans have the best defense. You position a platoon of tanks (seriously... roughly about 30-35 tanks) and some defensive outposts to aid the tanks, and you're all set. The hardest part is taking the time to build it. In the time you've got tanks and bunkers, Zerg enemies have mostly got mutalisks and so forth.
To me, it's really just preference. The thing I love the most in Starcraft is how each race can take on each other, and if each player puts their cards down right, it'll be a good tough battle.
I for one like the Terrans. Not just because of how powerful their fleet and defenses can be, just because... I prefer humans to aliens. In any game I play, I'd rather be on a human side, than aliens. It's hard to explain. Really.
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All races have advantages: Zergs Gurdian-strategy, Protoss with its Dragoons or their big cruisers, and Terrans with their siege tanks, protected by marines.
But i prefer playing Zerg: Gurdians killing terrans and protoss on a distant. Having their spike-colonies defending the hive-clusters.
And if i am on-top in the game, i play with my enemy (come on, i am zerg - animals, i can play with my food), i use countless Zerglings to drown the enemies in Zerg blood - thought it is a ineffective tactic, it is funny :)
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"Three words: Terran Siege Tanks"
Two words: Protoss Zealots (the counter to tanks)
Terran is the hardest to play b/c in tvp, you have to macro like crazy. In tvz, you have to micro like crazy. In tvt, its all tank wars and bc wars.
There are no best races, but i think that Zerg has a slight advantage. When they are in the ultra deflier stage in a tvz or tvp, zerg will have it slightly easier b/c they are so much more powerful.
Terran kicks asses!
They're not as weak as Zerg, nor expensive as Protoss. They can be fixed or healed, are fast to expand (not as Zerg, but still)...
and NUKES ROCK!!!
Ah, I have three words: Siege/Tourret/Bunker
I hate protoss. They're too slow and expensive, but they are strooooong.
Zerg are the fastest (I hate the 5-minute rushes), but weak, and they have few units with heavy attack.
So, I choose Terran.
the balance in Starcraft is so good, and cant realy say if a race is overpowering, but I have always been under the impression that the Terrans were more of an Balanced race, a race that did good against anything but never realy had the power to over controll, a race good for any rooky player to get on the road with easy.
as for my favorite, its the protoss, with the dark templars introduced in Broodwar, combined with Dragoons and some observers for clocked or borrowed units, its a killer,
especialy against Zerg its killer effective.
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Terran are the superior race if you know how to play them well. Look at how the best and most known players are Terran users. Zerg is second, and toss, easy to play with, comes in at a third.
shareIn a proper team-oriented no rules game, you can't beat the zerg.. You go in, do some damage, die, your team-mates sweep what's left, and by the time they're dead, you're already maxed out and ready for another charge....
In a No rush game? 400 fully upgraded zerglings can decimate EVERYTHING on the ground before the other player(s) can respond. There is no stopping that many zerglings. Even with firebats, or tanks. And Carriers can't take down that many zerglings before the whole base is gone. Not to mention that by the time the first wave is dead, you have another one on the way. The ONLY defense is Lurkers. Lurkers will put the hate-on on any ling-swarm, period.
A good group of reavers, archons or marines (with medics), will RAPE zerglings!
shareNope.... pure numbers is enough to rape everything except the lurkers. Reavers don't kill enough before they get obliterated.
Marines can't kill FAST enough, and archons are too slow, and not NEARLY numerous enough to survive.
Mines own Lings.
Get mines with bats in bunkers and lings will die.
Besides who plays no rush games anyway? do you have to suck that much?
My favourite race is Terran, Protoss is second and i HATE the zerg.
I usually build a lot of battlecruisers(around 24) and then kill everything that's on the other side and it works every time.
LOL. I play all kinds of games. No rush included. are you such a dink that your small little personality is made bigger because you DON'T play no rush? I play whatever's fun. How 'bout you?
sharearchons and dark archons will destroy ultra-ling rush. Maelstrom will stop the ultralisks and the zerglings will get annihilated. The thing about the ultra-ling rush is that the ultralisks take the brunt of the attacks, while the zerglings destroy everything else. in ZvP, Protoss has the best chance with the Dark Archon. Maelstrom will stop any Devourer, ultra-ling, or any zerg unit based rush. The game between GiYoM [P] vs LeeChangHoon [Z] is the epitome of the dark archon/archon.
Even BisU defeated SavIor in which SavIor is the probably the most feared zerg player in all of SC history. This isnt just some local bNet level matches, this is professional starcraft playing at its finest.
Terrans have best match against Zerg because of the Irridate, firebat, and Tank. When the Zerg does the dark swarm, only units that affect under the swarm are the firebat and tanks. However, the Zerg can just mass Terran air with devourers since Terran's cant stop zerg air units. But even rushing with enough zerglings and mutalisks, Terran will get overrun.
In Terran vs Protoss, Terran's EMP will change the the playing field against archons and carriers. Even against templers as EMP will drain all energy as well. But Protoss has the templar and dt's. Those 2 units along with some carriers will destroy terrans if micro'ed correctly. Of course with the back up of Corsairs and their disrupter webs.
Im not as good as professionals in starcraft mainly because of my crappy micro skills, but my strategy and macro skills are superb.
Starcraft is more of a rock-paper-scissors type of game. zerg can rush mutas and Protoss mass's zealots, or corsairs. Starcraft's genius lies in the balance of all races. Starcraft is all rock-paper-scissors. Dont forget it kids. See you on the Bnet
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Rush means attacking as quickly as possible, before the opponent has been able to produce countermeasures, as opposed to a tactical attack exploiting an opponent's weaknesses.
For a brief time, it was popular to play Zerg and pump out zerglings as quickly as possible, to attack before opponents had any defences up.
For a BC rush, you play Terran, go tech immediately, and then amass battle cruises. But then you have to rely on a team mate to protect you, since you are completely unprotected during development.
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Vultures are your friend against zealots. They're cheaper and faster to build, and mines will rip zealots apart. Plus, the vultures are much faster, so some micro-managed attacks go a long way.
As for zerg, it's trickier. Sunken colonies are good, and lurkers as well although they're a bit expensive.
Zerg is probably the best race I've played along time and used to play different races but I play Zerg the most now. Better players play Zerg, Protoss is kind of neutral and Terran are a more noobish race.
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I yes chets becus the game gits boring affter a litel yil
but I play the protos
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There is no such thing as best race ... every race has it's own tactics and there's always counter tactic to everything...that's what i like about blizzard games -SC / W3 ... in W3 TFT there was the same topic... it all depended on who was the best player at the time ... while it was Spiritmoon, dark evles were the most imba race, and all noobs start playing them, because wanted to be the best ... then Grubby came with orc, so orc were the best race ... c'mon ppl think, it's all about your macro/micro/timing nothing else ... blizzard has the game balanced enough
I used to be a schizoprenic. But now, we're fine ... :)
There IS a best race - and that is terrans. However does take micro to make it the best.
Lets put it this way... Zerg VS Protoss VS Terrans, all with the same level of Micro - Terrans will win... try it on the CPU!
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