Greatest Protoss Strategies of All Time (#1)

Welcome to the first episode of the best protoss strategies of all time, with exciting strategies from many players. This episode features proxy nexuses, carrier rushes, tempest rushes and more starcraft 2 cheese.
Starcraft 2 has an incredible history of tournaments dating back to 2010, with thousands of incredible strategies. This series features some of the greatest & best cheeses from that time!
0:00 sOs' Proxy Nexus
03:54 Pigbaby's Tempest Rush
07:38 Has' Oracle Madness
11:38 Parting's 6 Minute Carriers
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[@user-sy7rw3gp9i]

sOs such a great player. He did the most beautiful plays Protoss could do.

[@peterpan1392]

I heard he got out of the army, and is back to playing sc2

[@clorkmagnus]

SOS was such a joy to watch. He plays StarCraft like an actual strategy game. 😂

[@REALAMERICANMAN531]

Too bad zwrg cant do these things. Simply have to settle for being the smartest humans on earth. 😒🤐

[@SocerRoFler]

It is so funny that sOs made a Nexus in Bunny's base . I have never seen such a strategy like this.

[@eurapeon]

Are you familiar uThermal? He's a former pro player with a youtube channel where he tries crazy strategies and sees how far up the ladder he can go with them. One of his current series is Proxy Nexus where he does the same exact strategy as sOs, and the games are so fun to watch. You might enjoy them too

[@Florenciosc2]

The nexus rush is my build.

[@KramutS]

@@Florenciosc2 and you're fucking amazing at it too

[@ErdTirdMans]

He executed it poorly. uThermal has shown the power of it. Sneak the Nexus in and you can time it to be ready for Recall right as you finish your sixth Adept which - up until this point - were building up at home and defending from most potential rushes. You use those to shut down most marines\etc. in their base and put a lot of pressure on the mineral line. From there, you expand behind it or put them on full tilt by dropping a Pylon near the Nexus to fast warp some DTs

[@Florenciosc2]

@Erd Tird Mans My build is better since I came up with it years ago.

[@florianbielawa2919]

3:49 you can see on Bunny's face the thoughts he has about the protoss race

[@Jdietz43]

My favorite part of this is that Artosis is literally still in the process of saying "and some [strategies] actually that were inconceivable" when he plops down the proxy nexus; showing us that sOs was in fact, not done being inconceivable.

[@SC2HL]

Terran & Zerg episodes coming soon; I've went through thousands of VODS and compiled a list of around +- 60 epic strategies. In the meantime, I've also organized all the content on the channel: • Incredible Matches: kzbin.info/aero/PLW-fXIZQ6TPYiCngosKrmF1Xg4i8E3dvq • The Best Cheese: kzbin.info/aero/PLW-fXIZQ6TPY9GtHkXqtjvFRjpCXV7Blf • Grand Finals: kzbin.info/aero/PLW-fXIZQ6TPYK2U2cBtTWyqEJs86bZTxz • Cannon Rushes: kzbin.info/aero/PLW-fXIZQ6TPY8sj9tZBI4TXcZj7RycL6D • Proxy Hatcheries: kzbin.info/aero/PLW-fXIZQ6TPYBZNDPORwpHKv_R77fhIZZ

[@alexeckart9460]

God's work. I love you channel.

[@aalpinesnow]

Love your channel, thank you for all your work!

[@danielharold2329]

Not sure how you can make a video about Zerg strategies when they don't have any. Looking forward to all the Terran builds though. Please feature at least one Fantasy build as he always had something unique prepared for his GSL matches.

[@SC2HL]

Zerg is more difficult but definitely possible! Proxy hatcheries, hidden spires, brood lord rushes and creative cheeses! I’ll throw in some fantasy too. If you have any specific suggestions do let me know

[@Mapfiable]

I remember a game that I've seen a long time ago where a zerg lured a terran (I believe) in a trap and abushed them with burried ultras, completely anihilating their army. I think it was a pro game. Also idea for another series: best tastosis banter!

[@K0M394]

When I saw the title I knew it was going to be SOS 💛

[@natecw4164]

I didn't immediately notice these weren't all LotV, so that Nexus overcharge confused me for a sec lol. Great stuff!!

[@professorquack]

The best longest toss/terran/Zerg series would be cool

[@SC2HL]

It’s coming!

[@xthebumpx]

sOs' proxy Nexus is the greatest esports moment I've seen live.

[@constantinvasiliev2065]

Great content, as always. Thank you!

[@unoriginalfly]

Shout out Flo with the proxy Nexus strats!

[@10coolfacts]

As a lifelong Protoss fan, this video was made for me.

[@MisterMiller]

Dark V Parting was an odd choice for "best strategies." Bunny V sOs was just broken - I remember watching that one!

[@SC2HL]

Always looking for new suggestions - more episodes coming out! Mostly focused on the two carrier rush; but also wanted to keep things exciting by not knowing the full outcome (not every game is a win)

[@shweetnectar]

@@SC2HL love this attitude, not every way to win is the best strategy, and just bc a strategy ends up losing doesnt mean its great!

[@GoGoGoTV1]

Thanks for still making content!

[@michaelharvath243]

Parting techs to t3 units and gets hard countered by queens lol I hate so much how Zergs are really never wrong to build queens.

[@markpayton3895]

This game shouldn't be part of the greatest Protoss strategies of all time series if it ends up losing in the end.

[@alejandrobarrio8731]

​​@@markpayton3895 I think the same. Carrier opener that... didn't work. This just shows that Toss has little strats if not cheesing.

[@ZCasavant]

Queens counter all air units apparently hahaha

[@Metaspace2]

So fantastic :-) I feel two of these games were the prime reason to nerf tempest, oracle :-D

[@jkkim6928]

No cheese without sOs, Parting, and Has

[@randommcranderson5155]

watching this reminded how much I hated the entire era of photon overcharge on the mothership core/nexus. It made protoss basically immune to early pressure.

[@meandmyself1600]

Watching SC2 for 2 years now, so I don't have much insight on older versions of the game. What range did Tempest and Photon overcharge have back then? Feels like you could proxy into your opponents natural and kill the mineral line in the main from there.

[@eliaullerichs5511]

like this genre of highlights

[@asong825]

Miss the Burbank studio and live audience and rotti/nate commentary…. the glory days

[@cf-yg4bd]

3:48 That smug fucking face... priceless

[@kurtremislettmyr7108]

I miss you Parting

[@Dantick09]

This is why I love protoss

[@Hai43561]

This is why protoss is best race. sOs and Has are legends

[@1337Superfly]

Fantastic collection of videos! ✌️

[@srgfkct3544]

Wow photon overcharge looked absolutely cancerous

[@ZCasavant]

It kinda of was yeah. Yet it had to be, because batteries didn't exist so Protoss had no real sustainable defensive option. It was a band-aid fix before they finally brought the shield battery from Brood War that we were asking for for like 6 years

[@axxo]

Ahh the infamous Sewer Mermaid built.

[@davidmontivero556]

Larga vida a Starcraft

[@w60496]

From times when protoss was op.

[@iowacub1]

They didn’t even win all the games in their own highlight video 😂

[@mrbyorself]

Protoss was losing to zerg despite being twice as cost efficient.

[@thewatcherinthecloud]

This isn't GSL, but there was this "14 Nexus" cheese-yourself strat that was crazy dumb. Look for AlbinoFly

[@h0lyavenger]

that sOs game still the GOAT

[@hobojoedogbro6415]

Surprised Astrea's Nexus rush wasnt in here

[@1am2strong4you]

3:43 what did Bunny type on Korean?

[@vapoo99]

I love how Korean players not only have great mechanics and controls, but they also have infinite number of crazy tactics and they really use them in tournaments 🤣🤣🤣

[@tommy_FC]

what is that thing firing from the nexus in the second game

[@ekatherinenikolaevich2519]

need to ask the mothership core is back?

[@qwerty2409]

Great protoss stratégies of all time and you give us a zerg win at the end. Just wasted 10 mins of my time, congrats

[@MrZofer]

bunny died of cancer on the first one

[@AllGreenize]

sOs pushing someone's patience

[@hinney827]

"Greatest Protoss Strategies of All Time" >here's a video where the Protoss loses ...wat

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

I didnt play sc2 when oracle can stay still and give vision

[@burgercheezes]

Greatest Protoss strategies of all time. #4 Protoss still loses loool

[@angelofdeath7207]

Sos byun parting maru all names of chaos

[@kurtremislettmyr7108]

pigbaby is Goonies🤔

[@matheusazevedo3138]

I miss Has

[@lolthe0]

0:14 excuse me.... Y??

[@glanzamike1]

Why was Parting v Dark in there 🤔 Great video otherwise

😍😍😍😍

[@rangefighter4038]

moving location is such a noob move. he could have done so many things by the time he settled to a new location

[@BrohunGaming]

sOs is a gigabrain

[@joshdoldersum9132]

I feel like showing the greatest protoss strats of all-time without showing Parting's Big Boy Build is an oversight

[@SC2HL]

Dont worry, another episode is in the work!

[@leonardopegoraro1935]

what is the protoss nexus doing wtf

[@lutz4089]

김유진은 뭐가 됐든 '정말로' 한다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@Zooral45]

First game should have been the last game

[@AYOX..]

prem's

[@zilin9418]

虚空和电池没削的时候天梯天天焊门泼粪

[@EverythingEvo]

Iaguz is one of the worst "Pro players" I've ever seen in sc2 and seeing this again reminds me of it lol

[@rdfwave]

6 min carrier but gg at 15. Noob airtoss

[@dizzlebizzle8424]

"greatest protoss strategies" shouldn't include losses imo... that last game was annoying to watch.

[@SC2HL]

Will take that feedback into account!

[@leechanyeong409]

Greatest dosen't mean it always works lol it just means its better than others like the "greatest" monopoly strategy isn't full proof

[@Fkitilltank]

To each there own. Last match was fire imo 🍻

[@m.a.4500]

3:34 ruined by unnecessarily added music..

[@SC2HL]

What do you mean? I didn’t add anything! It’s from the original VOD

[@m.a.4500]

@@SC2HL okay but they didnt have to add that music for no reason. It was annoying and distracting.

[@swingcity7]

So…you guys show a losing Parting game against dark as ‘strongest Protoss strategies of all time’? …why??

[@SC2HL]

Greatest is a bit different than Strongest. Basically the carrier rush was still very creative; plus the game was good!

[@swingcity7]

@@SC2HL I think greatest and strong lest are relative in this capacity. Still picked a game where parting got smashed.

[@ZCasavant]

​@@SC2HL I take "greatest" to mean "has the most balls." It doesn't mean they win necessarily. If you go home after watching it live and talk about it, then it was great.

[@Soloohara]

old video

[@SC2HL]

Its a compilation of strategies from the past 10 years! The Pigbaby tempest rush is from 2014, Has' in-base oracles is from 2015. Its a nice way to highlight some of the best strategies throughout all time!

[@kittyflier8338]

@uThermal