[Official] Starcraft 2 Strategy & Discussion Thread - Page 1947

Originally Posted by Benladesh 

I feel like its difficult as a protoss to balance economy and army. It seems to really be one or the other until late game.

Originally Posted by Anti!! 

Good lets keep this active. Screw d3. Lol

Originally Posted by snelan 

So in my recent ZvTs I have been slowly dying to continuos marine tank pushes. At first I can just use blings to deal the damage, but when the terran has 3/3 and more tanks it gets much harder. I've made the much needed transition from the old Muta/Ling/Bling to Infestor/Ling/Some Blings, and I think the problem is my tech switch to T3. Most of the time when I am dying is when I have exhausted resources from about 5 bases, and simply run out of money to use ling infestor.
So the key problems in my adaptation to Infestor style are:
1) When do I tech switch to ultras, and what do I do in the transitionary period? I hate blords in ZvT because it is impossible to fungal all of the marines if he just splits and stims under the blords. So I am trying to make use of mass ultras, as I feel that people think ultras suck because they only have 5 out on the field at most, while with blords they'd have about 20.
2) When I have T3 5/3 ultras, what should my army comp be? 25% Infestors, 50% Ultras, 20% Lings, 5% Queens?
3) How do I harass with lings and infestors, assuming he makes missile turrets so I can't just derp into his base burrowed.
4) How do I gain map control besides just using towers, I feel like if I move out with my whole army he'll just drop me, and if I leave things to deal with drops I won't be able to fight his main army.
5) How can I deny bases with this? Yes dropping creep and burrowed lings denies it for a good 15 seconds, but how do I continually deny his expos, taking into consideration I can't have my whole army at his base, as stated in the previous point.
6) Finally, when do I take my third, since most Terrans expand around 4:30. I have been trying a quick third, but it means I am behind on early tech, and if I scout a push, I have to go out of my way to make lings, which negates the early third I just took.