Title. I thought I could come back after 4/5 years and the game state would be different but no, protoss is still dominating the ladder in probably one of the worst states of balance ive seen during my 10 years of playing. I made mid masters on one account as terran and I had a whopping 70% winrate against zerg, 60% terran and 35% against protoss, and in high masters most games just composed of protoss, so there wasnt much of a point in playing anymore.
I have to work 3x as hard to fight off several forms of AoE and keep the aggression on the back foot of the protoss the entire game or else he just wins, and he can just A move colossus, or use his infinite number of storms thanks to energy overcharge. Not to mention just a moving 5/6 chargelots into a 3rd or 4th base, which can only be repelled by 15 marines and a marauder to boot, which means I have to multitask dodging 3 forms of aoe (storm, disruptor colossus) AND defend at home some how when he can just warp prism units in relentlessly into my 3rd and 4th.
Its over, I don’t find enjoyment in playing TvP everyday for hours on end. Im going to finally uninstall this game once and for all and we can be done here, enjoy playing PvP for the remainder of the game’s lifespan, its going to be the death knell, and it killed any love or passion i had left.
I’m just left frustrated at was once a really fun, competitive game is now soured by a series of poor balance that results in one race just having such a huge, distinct advantage that they only have to put in 1/2 the effort to get 2x the results of zerg or terran.
ground army? oh yeah. immortal shield is so strong. me no take damage. archon does splash. boom! all enemies die. me no need to be smart. me just a-move and me win. other races think. me no think. me still win.
and my favorite! the big guns! colossus has a big laser beam. it goes zap zap zap! all little guys die. disrupter throws a big ball. boom! everything is gone. storm comes from high templar. it goes zap zap zap! again, everything is gone. why do other races no have so much boom? protoss is the best!
and me have sentry. sentry can make fake units. fake units go and look. this gives me free vision! me see everything! zerg cannot hide. terran cannot hide. me know all! it is so easy!
and when me get hurt? me go to shield battery. it goes zap zap zap! my shield is back! me no die! me am so strong! why do other races no have free healing? it is not fair for them! haha!
terran tries to build marines. they are little guys. me have storm. it goes zap! little guys are gone. me have disrupter. it throws a big ball. boom! all are gone. terran cries. me laugh. protoss is so strong.
zerg and terran work hard. me no work hard. me just have protoss. protoss is the best. protoss is op. me no care. me win. you lose. haha.
To correct you, Immortal shield is fine, you just need to pop it before actually engaging. Blizzard should make Immortal shield not have auto cast anymore. Archons actually suck in TvP, 1-2 EMPs will destroy Archons. Just start getting Ghosts in TvP by standard. Around 7 minutes is a good timing which is when storm standardly is done researching. 6 minutes if very fast storm. Colossus suck if you go 2 Starport vikings, and just don’t make marines in lategame TvP, they literally suck in lategame TvP not a single use. Disruptors don’t really do anything they got a huge debuff and they can’t even 1 shot marauders or roaches anymore. And the radius is way smaller. Storm is actually getting a huge buff now. I agree with you with the warp prisim just going in the main warping in 10 zealots and then going in the corner of the main.
Sentries aren’t even a big deal. It is energy recharge that is the problem. It’s getting a good debuff now.