Enter the Mothership rush. Essentially the strategy of old but Protoss now has some more tricks up its sleeve for holding out against the Terran player.

The build is a typical powering build with a single nexus built strategically near the single choke point into the base. Having two gas vents really opens up a lot of strategic depth as most maps in starcraft 1 only had a single gas location.

Next built is the cybernetics core which gives the protoss player an all important unit in this strategy the sentry. With its force field it is able to block off the choke point far more effectively when the Terran attacks. Next up comes the forge just in time to warp in some photon cannons to help hold off a little longer.

A stargate is warped in next followed by a fleet beacon which allows for the mothership construction to begin. The basic strategy here is the same as the oldschool carrier rush with the same crushing effect.

Starcraft 2 is shaping up to be one hell of a competitive RTS The likes of which hasn’t been seen in awhile. Some may argue that not enough has changed from the original released oh so many years ago but they’re wrong. The changes open a whole new layer of tactical depth, one that will take the pros another 12 years to fully figure out.