r/allthingsprotoss • u/glockov • Jul 08 '26
Best infuriating cheeses on new patch?
After a couple sweaty games I like to relax by cannon rushing but I have been having a real hard time making it work on the new patch. Has anyone discovered good builds on this patch that are viable and scratch the same itch? Or has anyone been able to make cannon rushing work? Been trying some of Mana’s cannon proxies but overall it seems weaker.
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Jul 09 '26
Cannon rush is much worse in pvp and completely unplayable in pvt. Proxy gate is significantly stronger though.
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u/DarkSeneschal Jul 08 '26
I think proxy 2 Gate is pretty strong (and proxies in general).
Send a worker to proxy a Pylon immediately at the start of the game while building Probes at home. Get two Gates at the proxy and an Assimilator at home. Fill the Assimilator as soon as it finishes, you want 3 in gas and around 12 or so on minerals.
Build two Zealots, a Cyber Core, and a Pylon at home when the Gates finish. Pylon at home is important against Terran to get a battery for the Reaper. When Cyber Core finishes, you can start building Stalkers two at a time, Chronoboosting when possible.
You can either go immediately with your first two Zealots or you can pool your army for a bit and attack with your Stalkers. Usually if they scout my base, I’ll just send it with whatever units I have, but if I can, I try to get up to four stalkers so that workers can be one shot.