Protoss have been babied by overpowered defensive mechanics

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@Kelthar-1277

I did, in fact. Shockingly enough, that’s not actually what they said.

@SCIIBalanceTeam

While the results might paint a picture of Protoss strength, we don’t believe they tell the whole story. Rather, what we find more concerning and what we are focusing on for our next update is how players view and talk about the Protoss matchups. In both TvP and ZvP, discussions seem to boil down to how binary either matchup feels. In TvP, while Tank timing-pushes feel strong, Terrans say they feel disadvantaged as the game progresses. In ZvP, while Zerg players struggle with scouting and responding to Protoss’ various openings, professional-level Protoss players often give feedback that they’re the ones who are disadvantaged in the late game.

In other words, the concern is that terrans feel they have to win before protoss get to their end game tech. Plot twist, terran has the advantage early game! Blizzard even says as much. “While tank timing-pushes feel strong”

And since terran players struggle to understand this concept, im going to spell it out for you explicitly. Every game has an early game. Not every game has a late game. So terran is STILL the one in control of the outcome of the matchup, whether it be ending the game or screwing up enough to let protoss get to their turn.

I am going to try to be more neutral in this debate. In regards to Bio, I consider early game to be even, mid game Terran favored and late game Protoss favored. There is a reason why other Terrans and I make a blind bunker every TvP and TvZ and it is because early pressure from stalkers or lings is highly likely.

Terran can do the same of course, which is why I think it balances out. Terran’s chance to get ahead is in the mid game with stim and/or medivac timings. A small 5 minute window between the 5 min to 10 min mark roughly. 0-5 min is even and 10+ min Terran is on the backfoot unless he caused substantial mid game damage.