4 Adepts + 4 Stalkers @ 3:20 Fast 3Gate (PvX Cheese)

Description

This is a super fast 3 Gate that still gets 8 Units at opponent's ramp by 3:20 by proxying the 3rd gate early enough to Chrono a Stalker out of it before Warp tech finishes.

This can be fairly easily dealt with by Zergs who can flood lings even if they went Hatch first to counter it, but it is a disaster for Protoss and Terran to handle.

An example of it crushing a lower level (high diamond / low masters) game can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ2l61-ML00

Here are the pros and cons compared to a traditional 4 Gate:

Pro - This build is faster and hits earlier which makes all the difference

Con - When fighting a 4 gate your adepts are trash compared to their Stalkers

Pro - Adepts can use Shade to give high ground vision to pick off Supply depots for free or to Shade by bunkers or cannons.

Pro - The 4 fast Adepts are much better at defending your proxy from early lings or a reaper which is why you usually only need the 1 proxy pylon

Pro - By not building a 4th Gate you are saving 150 minerals

Con - There are slightly more probe cuts, but you still end up with 23 Probes and the lost minerals do not add up anywhere near to the 150 you saved on the 4th Gateway.

Con - You are more vulnerable against air, so if you are playing against 2 Protoss that might both be going skytoss you may need to fall back and let ally ling flood their base. Against 1 Skytoss you should have plenty of Stalkers.

VOD

Replay - AmunRa v ButterSnapps v DonaldMengsk v Jupiterian - Emerald City LE

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• Created by: meadbert
• Published on: Aug 03, 2020
• Modified on: Aug 03, 2020
• Patch: 4.11.0
• Difficulty: Easy

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