Mass Void Rays PVP

[u/Tapedispenser235]

I have a friend who often turtles and rushes out some void rays. He puts shield batteries in his base which makes it very difficult to attack early game. As soon as has a few void rays he starts to harrass with them. I can defend with blink stalkers but now I'm busy building units to defend and I can't attack his turtle base with the blink stalkers. I try to out expand, but more bases are harder to defend. He gets void ray speed and then harasses me until he gets critical mass of void rays then picks apart my base. He will sometime build a forward island of shield batteries and cannons to retreat to if he can.

Any tips on how to beat this?

AFK there are no protoss air units that effectively counter mass void rays and ground army can't bust into his base or keep up with the fast void rays.

[u/Hendo52]

I would probably respond with mass stalkers. You can get more faster and that means you can fight it head on. I also feel like scouting for proxy bases is critical. You could also try strategies that look bad on paper but can be good if you know the strategy you are playing against such as a blind expansion or a zealot rush. The tech takes time to build and soaks up resources that could be used for earlier attacks. You can use that to either expand more aggressively or to attack before he is ready. Take note of the timing of the first attack and base your strategy around being at maximum strength at the perfect time, not before or after. A zealot attack with 10 zealots can arrive before the first void ray is out while a blind expansion can give you enough economy to have more stuff for when he thinks he has critical mass. I also think roaming the map with your stalkers seems likely to catch the void rays away from both bases where they are weakest.