PartinG's Four Gate Semi All-In | Build-Order Guide

[@asediffaafa2854]

*Attacking the rock is optional

[@Mzero974]

14 - 0:17 Pylon 15 - 0:35 Gateway 16 - 0:47 Assimilator 20 - 1:24 Cybernetics Core 20 - 1:35 Nexus 20 - 1:40 Pylon 21 - 1:49 Assimilator 21 - 1:57 Adept (Chrono Boost) 21 - 2:00 Warp Gate 25 - 2:17 Stalker (Chrono Boost) 28 - 2:32 Twilight Council 29 - 2:41 Stalker 34 - 2:59 Robotics Facility 37 - 3:19 Blink (Chrono Boost) 38 - 3:23 Gateway 38 - 3:25 Gateway 40 - 3:39 Gateway 40 - 3:45 Pylon 40 - 3:47 Observer 43 - 3:52 Stalker 46 - 4:01 Pylon 46 - 4:08 Warp Prism

[@Flutesrock8900]

@@unicorns537 supply

[@ZAWARUD00]

Thanks a lot, mate. This should be pinned.

[@Kevin_Kerber]

its very helpful, that you put the timings of the build order on the screen :)

[@johnshields8341]

with the whole 'eat the first tank shot before blinking" I noticed parting would blink a single stalker into range to take that shot, then blink the rest of the boys.

[@gamingbtc]

I love these videos. Explaining to Protoss only players how to deal with various other attacks against you is so helpful.

[@patrickfitzpatrick2945]

"Dont shoot the rocks" .. Thats a golden hint =)

[@avveb9644]

Started watching you and now i cannot stop, i dont even play the game anymore but it makes me wanna comeback

[@TheDusty0ne]

Thanks for finally sharing this amazing build with us low folks!

[@TheNZSamaritan]

legend!!! loving the build order and the amount of commentary shooting the rock has generated ;-) rock on.

[@Jcarroz]

Thanks for the awesome build and walking through each step. Very value insights👍

[@mackfly8420]

I cant decide which i love more; your build order or your lucious locks

[@DobroSC2]

OK got it! glaveadepts PvZ, Blink push PvT, ProxyRobo PvP. Thank you Harsterm for your videos. PS: love your long wavy hair

[@TheDusty0ne]

Now you just mix in a cannon rush from time to time and your parting playstyle is complete ;-).

[@Highdra_x]

5k yet? :D

[@comandantethorn9929]

@@Highdra_x oof, tilted? xd

[@Jasonmoofang]

Was just thinking about feeling out this style after watching Parting, then this. Love this video. ...but lets be honest we all love your hair even more.

[@adammorris2516]

Thanks to all your videos I just got masters 3 for the first time, can finally check that one off the bucket list!! Thanks man!

[@squibbae]

Does anyone know why on a Core before Nexus build you get the pylon before resuming probe production? I've tried it a couple times and a 21 pylon seems to finish on time for the adept.

[@bmjoaco2339]

I was waiting for this video

[@philipwarisch3617]

Thank you Harstem, I was just today looking for a good TvP build. Time to get some revenge for all the terran allin's 😆. I really like the way in which you are explaining buildorders and other stuff. Keep going

[@JohnDobak]

14:24 oh no the madness and delusions have taken hold.

[@barrazero9571]

TY TY, i was waiting so much to this, trying to do by myself but i was struggling at this

[@timlewis5707]

"TY TY" - don't say that name...

[@comandantethorn9929]

@@timlewis5707 f for Parting, couldnt break the Chessmaster xd

[@owenchadwick2719]

Thank you I find vids like these real helpful.

[@hermes4325]

Thank you Mr harstem I needed this build in my life

[@НикитаДенисов-ы1щ]

we love you harstem!

[@bookworm8415]

Wow. You just upped your build guide game to a whole new level. Like... serisouly upped it. Been watching your vids oldest to newest, almost done... and your first guides were already above good... above excellent. OMG your hair! Its so long and wavy! 😍😍😍*simp noises* This guide, it might make Protoss nerfed when we kill everyone on the ladder without them being able to do anything. Off to mess it up for a week...

[@gewinnste]

Why is the twightlight built so it finished at 3m05s if blink is researched at 3m28s? Is there any scouting information that could change the plan to charge at 3m05s or something?

[@zelias500]

When (gateway?) scouting in the early game, what are some signs that we should NOT do this build? Good example: GSL Ro8 Dear v Innovation G1 (i think)

[@simmenfl]

​@LowLinK Parting did it 5 games in a row and beat Maru so I think expecting it means auto-loss is not really true

[@milesscheetz9841]

Thank you for blessing us with your luscious locks, Kevin

[@MrBulya]

1. When should the probe being sent to scout? I send the pylon probe to scout, but does it cut too much minerals from doing this build? 2. What can the observer scout that I should stay defensive rather then aggressive? My guess would be a super delayed factory as it may mean a 3 rax push and by the time I'm there they have stim and shields, may be +1. I could be wrong about that, but may be other info the observer can pick. 3. I'm used to using the stalkers to delay the initial Terran push so that I have enough at home to deal with it, and having some spotter observers to see it all. In this build there is a single observer made straight into a prism, I feel a little bit blind this way. Will the pressure make them commit everything into defending, be it cloacked banshees, libs, and the other stuff the observer might spot and won't in this case?

[@whirlwind872]

can anyone tell me why you do pylon before assimilator in this build but normally you do assimilator before pylon?

[@magicall9596]

So, I have a couple of questions. 1) If I have a healthy stalker count, can I add some zealots to tank some tanks shot? 2) Also If terran plays cloaked banshees, I really need the second observer. I believe Parting did the second one, but I have no clue how to find gas for it

[@FickleWid]

zealots are gonna cut into your expansion timing and if you're cutting stalkers for them it's not worth it either because you invested in blink.

[@zar304]

"let's pretend I'm trolling. no I'm not bad at micro"

[@adammorris2516]

Great content!

[@JoshuaBoulard]

Can we still hit that timing? Or has something changed? Because I have been practicing this build for a week or so and I can't seem to get the same amount of units and an expansion that early. Im usually around the 550 mark..... I am Gold in NA though. That could have something to do with it lol

[@Matthew95i]

love you harstem

[@tomato_cultivator_tx2438]

this build is soo good, thank you

[@You-ul8qw]

They're taking the hobbits ToIsengard-gard-gard... like that nickname

[@AD-lr6pc]

When r we gonna get a new build order guide?

[@madsthiesen9773]

Whats the terran counter to this, and isn´t it quite hard to scout? Is terran just supposed to have 2 early tanks, positioned excactly far enough away so you cant blink up the ledge and kill the tank immediately, or blink on top of it on natural?

[@aryanaladani9501]

Great video, I learned a lot!

[@kovasm.6088]

Question: are cloaked banshees possible at the timing of the attack, and if so, what do you do? What's the game plan? (Let's say observer died against the scan) Obviously you'd want to keep it alive and kill the banshee and win, but what if... Thanks for your time, much appreciated, guides are really helping climb the ladder :)

[@malmro2216]

Think the earliest banshee timing is like ~510 with cloak so yeah. Prob just one tho. Parting got a battery at exposed bases and made some observers to stay at home. This happened in one of his games with maru and he took a good bit of damage but he really didnt need to

[@Ryndika]

how u deal with 4 hellions 8 marines at 4m when u have 3 stalkers and no battery?

[@strade601]

Hey, is this safe to transition to disruptors instead of colossi ?

[@kamnale1317]

Hey Harstem, not a tactic, but could you set-up a high level/pro match, where both players have full map vision? I'm not sure if it's technically possible, but would be interesting to see everything countered both ways before even played.

[@clee89]

Sounds like zvz if both players go standard and the game gets to mid-game haha

[@NTC]

can this build be good vs Zerg?

[@pezz8029]

Your footnotes said blink before gateways, but you did it properly with gateways before blink.

[@robin2thek]

Epic video! Thank you!

[@eentosrs]

Hey brother, may I ask what keyboard you have?

[@Adamin_The_III]

How on earth did you get better results in actual game than in practice

[@TheHabee007]

Great build walk through thanks. Is it on spawning tool yet? 😔

[@MrPikminmaster]

Great video. Love your content. I would appreciate it if you'd also listed some times newer players should go for on advanced builds like this. Ex: if we're silver or gold, what time should we be realistically going for?

[@gewinnste]

I had some success with this but here's the thing: Some Terrans do a huge worker pull and with just an additional ~8 marines they kill all stalkers in no time. Obviously you can't do individual-blink-micro because scvs are almost as fast as stalkers and get to attack or even a surround quickly. So with a full blink followed by stutterstep I kill lots of workers but I'm still behind since stalkers are so expensive. I had games where I lost 10 stalkers for 20 SCVs and 10 marines, Terran drops 4 mules and kills me 2 minutes later since I have almost no units and they don't care if 20 workers died. So what's the plan if they pull the boys? Just bail?

[@VRGamercz]

Harstem love your videos and more importantly your hair. Just a question. Is there any benefit of playing on low details if your computer can maintain stable FPS (144FPS in my case as my monitor is 144Hz) on ultra even when 200 vs 200 army is clashing?

[@finneganmcbride6224]

What computer do you have?

[@leonardrentsch9989]

Why didn't it work against TY?

[@jasonoliver2752]

I love your long and wavy hair

[@st1nos]

such a strong build! as a terran player, i'd love to know what you think the strongest response is upon scouting this build (the early robo + twilight gives it away, i guess?).

[@timlewis5707]

I've been playing this build since Parting came back to sc2 as he's been playing this style for much longer than it's been popular, so here's my input if it helps: Scouting: The amount of gateways before 3rd base is the real giveaway for this build. Normally a protoss will get 3 gateways if they're playing safe, 2 is pretty standard for macro game, but 4 means they want to put on some pressure! the twilight is standard timing, and the robo isn't much quicker than a standard opener (although getting it before extra gates is non standard). In terms of response: tanks are very important, and bunkers on the high ground. While this build *can* transition, when it does so you can see it's behind in many ways (tech is delayed, 3rd base is delayed, upgrades are delayed). Nesting tanks far back in your main base is really important as well, as tank count snowballs verses this build, the more tanks you get the less room there is for stalkers to move around without taking shots, and tank shots snowball on blink stalkers. So get tanks and nest them far back in your main, get AT LEAST 1 bunker on the high ground. You need a method of picking off observers, best way for this is either to save scans for it if you're good at seeing them, or just get a raven (has utility in a transition as it's going to be great against the colossus followup). You want to delay as long as possible against this build to allow your tank count to keep climbing, as once you have 3-4 with a good bio count it's very hard for the protoss to get anything done, and they'll likely have to transition. In terms of transitioning out of this: The protoss will almost always have to go into blink collossus off the back of this, as anything else should kind of die to a tank push, zealot count would be too low, storm too delayed, and +1 armour isn't coming anytime soon: So colossus will be the safe followup. Personally the thing I hate to play against when I'm playing this style is mass tanks TY style: If you watch TY vs Parting (I think game 4 or 5?) TY goes up to 10-11 tanks with bio and it's a style which is really hard to play against with stalker colossus, as the protoss has no real way of trading without taking massive tank hits, and TY just slowly expands everywhere and eventually suffocates Parting. Now Parting also made mistakes in this one, by not transitioning earlier into tempest, but if you play TYs double factory tank style then you can easily add on vikings, or even a couple of Thors if they're being too greedy with the air transition. As a Terran, once you hold this don't be too rushed to end the game or expand tonnes, the protoss set themselves back a lot from this so you can take a nice slow game with good tank production, expanding when you can, and getting good upgrades, and then you should be able to enter the midgame equal to the protoss, but with a vastly superior unit composition. Hope that helps :)

[@sakarasomapa]

Tim Lewis what do u think about hiding some gates if you plan a push? I usually do that every time weather I’m all inning or just pressure but I don’t actually know if it’s good or not.

[@timlewis5707]

@@sakarasomapa Yeah you can hide the 3rd and 4th gateway if you want to. Verses good players I'm not sure it's going to matter too much, as your unit count before you push out is pretty telling (which they can check with a reaper) and the lack of a sentry is definitely a give away. You don't want to hide all your gates as you still want that hellion wall. There's a nasty build where the Terran can drop a medivac of marines in your main, while running 3 hellions into your natural which if you don't have a wall off is going to be pretty hard to not take damage from, you can scout for this by scouting a gas first (2150 gas left when 1st rax finishes), and confirm by a delayed expand and a reactor on the factory (scouted with adept shade), but still you want to be able to throw down a hellion wall if needed with some of those gates. Personally I don't bother hiding my gates, as verses good players they can get a read on this build (or some sort of pressure) just by the delayed 3rd nexus timing, the unit count before the pushout, and the early warp prism - but if you want to throw in some extra shenanigans to throw your opponent off then by all means do, we're protoss afterall so that's what we do!

[@sakarasomapa]

Tim Lewis i do make 3 gates at home with hellion wall. If I push with 4 gates I will hide only 1 gates. If I go super all in I might hide more. I’m not playing a lot of Terran but I think they really want to know which units are coming and how many which is why I hide my gates. They wouldn’t want to make tanks against chargelot all in with some sentry and a warp prism for example. But again, if they do some harass before the push they’d usually be able to tell anyway.

[@timlewis5707]

@@sakarasomapa Yeah that's fair, it sounds like you're playing the hidey-gatey game pretty smart. I would guess most of your builds still have you going into adept, stalker to at least deny reaper scouting? Most standard builds will have the protoss starting adept, stalker, stalker with a sentry as the 4th unit, or some fast robo builds will skip 3rd stalker and go straight sentry - but more or less it's pretty similar. So as the Terran I think they tend to be looking for initial reads on the tech (is there a twilight, is it researching something? If not could it be dt? Maybe theres a stargate somewhere on the map?), 3rd nexus timing (~4mins is pretty standard), gateway count, and gas timings.

[@Adamin_The_III]

I think it would've been an actual all in, a bit stronger if you'd add like 2-3 gateways, maybe 1 gas and resigne of 3rd base, no?

[@tsundude4320]

Gotta work on those rocks early to get a good surround

[@drtony1000]

Thank you for this!

[@ximbabwe0228]

This build has gotten me from never playing before to gold 1. But now the Terrans are just lifting off and base trading me to death. Also, we are so bad that my opponent will mine drop me way after 4:00 so I'm caught off guard. Any suggestions?

[@skyphoenix8157]

You can always utilize the recall ability. Cancel your third, build 2-3 shield batteries to your natural or main if you somehow have to give up your natural as well (make sure to pull probes away) and don't suicide single units into the Terran army. Against late (mine) drops you have 3 stalkers at home. Pull your probes away, clear stuff with your stalkers and send probes back to mining. If it's a marine drop and your stalkers are out of position, warp in more units at home to deal with it and attack with your main army. Keep in mind if he's dropping you, he's going to have less stuff at home to defend your attack with. Hope it helps

[@ximbabwe0228]

@@skyphoenix8157 thank you :D Do you usually move out as soon as possible, or do you wait for the first drop, defend it, then move out?

[@skyphoenix8157]

@@ximbabwe0228 As soon as possible. Sometimes the Terran doesn't drop at all. Those 3 stalkers are left home just in case he does. If you wait for too long you'll push ain't gonna achieve anything.

[@skyphoenix8157]

​@@ximbabwe0228 Just to mention I'm not a GM, but only a 3.3k Protoss player, who hasn't played enough so there might be some flaws in my theory even though I don't think so. Also if you'd like to play a few games I've got nothing better to do right now.

[@ximbabwe0228]

@@skyphoenix8157 I'm hard stuck at 2650 so yeah thatd be tight add me: ChairmanLMAO#1624

[@christophkuntz8523]

the BO is sweet, but i love your hair even more!

[@antthehckyplayer]

YES. Based Captain.

[@christianpetersen6771]

My question to the BO: why would i play Protoss in first place?

[@cozymoderncabin3830]

Shooting rocks is actually better than my reaper D, so don't feel bad.

[@ryanchoi9334]

This is great, Terran seems to always be the aggressor in PVT's so this will be cool change of pace.

[@comandantethorn9929]

i mean it really depends honestly, in lower leagues terrans turtle up for at least 15 mins until theyre maxed out or the enemy army walks up a ramp into siege tanks, in the middle leagues its basically who gets a doom drop first or who gets tilted first xd and in grandmaster and high level tournaments and stuff anything can happen xdfasdfasdf

[@samojolbo7907]

looks super strong but u forgot thet marus units cant eb 1 shot. tey have a skill called gods gift thet leaves them whit 1 hp.

[@Dawnerz25]

I've never heard anyone pronounce Stalker the way you do. What dialect is this?

[@loanstowalruses]

Why go into Colossi and not Disruptors? A lot of the time the Terrans are going to be heavy marauder, wouldn't disruptors make more sense or are you trying to deliberately force Terran to build vikings?

[@BumbleBee-sx1fn]

Most of the time build 3-4 colossi and then disruptors is not a bad choice. Colossi are much more easier to micro and are useful against both marauders and marines anyway!

[@IYPITWL]

Its long and wavy and important.

[@laur.traveler4620]

this was so fun to watch, lol, gg wp

[@FickleWid]

Infatuated with your alpaca tuft of hair

[@TimeFallRPG]

I know I'm 2 months late, but sniping not just tanks and the bunker but also sniping stim is more important imo.

[@UnstableVolt]

Absolutely great video (from the low reaches of gold league).

[@gewinnste]

I wish I could get to minute 4 in PvT :( (Diamond 2).

[@terrinsnelgrove4005]

Does anyone know the proper response when playing against 3 racks? I feel like if they have stim and combat shields this push will melt. Should I just transition into a 3rd base and get splash damage at that point or still attack.

[@BM-pp8gw]

nice guide

[@benmark2353]

I love your long and wavey hair Harstem ;)

[@Jonas_Yüksel]

I try to rank up with a new account with this build but can t get out of bronze 3 (3.8k mmr now)

[@BumbleBee-sx1fn]

Lol you didn't know?! Since Serral's mmr 7400+ Blizzard has decided to make ladder more complicated so that bronze 3 is currently equal to diamond 2! 😂

[@haraldschupp5827]

Thx :D PLZ Mode build Guides :D Yea Love Ur wavy Hair

[@K3rriganZerg]

U should do a 2 base Terran build so I can show it to my friend :D I think if u did that u would be the first person to post a video on it xd

[@JeroenTrappers]

Nice hair!

[@dsmjas]

i don't dream i sleep with my eyes open.

[@racingsfun]

Amazing hair.

[@JoshIbbotson]

Veryyyyyyy nice

[@quentinultramegadroiteradi7345]

Being an AI or an SCV in Starcraft must be horrible

[@b1rds_arent_real]

Imagine being the first infestor ever to cast microbial shroud tho

[@alexisbrin518]

i'm not sure deepmind would agree with that statement ;)

[@atticusbeachy3707]

@@alexisbrin518 Starting life playing hundreds of years of PvP sounds pretty horrible.

[@joaopadua7134]

Love your long wavy hair

[@IgnatRemizov]

ELEVEN Stalkers to one shot a tank?? No wonder I lose so much to a-moving my army into a terran turtle. At this point I thought the only way to beat tanks is to go airtoss, since tanks can't shoot up. I'll have to train my micro more. Thanks for this great build order!

[@artanis9388]

Hey Kevin, can you do a video about how to def early stim pushes from terran? I actually do like ur new hairstyle

[@magefront1485]

Here is what's gonna happen to me, blink on top of 4 mines and then get melted.

[@rmirkovich]

The "Long and wavy hair" is absolutely luscious. I'm sure everyone watching this wants to have your baby.

[@ShuXamR]

thankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk u

[@doodbruh3921]

nice hair m8

[@comandantethorn9929]

why is everyone mentioning specifically your "long and wavy hair" xdd its sounds so calculated

[@Aristocrat15]

I love the long and wavy hair how do I get it

[@leagueresurrection]

I love Harstem and his long and wavy hair.

[@htamerursavas]

You have a lovely long curly hair :)

[@MrOverbooze]

I love your long and wavy hair very much, Mr. Harstem ;)

[@smp3745]

i cant watch this replay because i just die at 2:33 lololol

[@smp3745]

STAWKER STAWKER :D

[@ピィ右衛門]

Noice

[@michaelrenzema1353]

lo9ve the hair

[@HearterSG]

I wish I was a protoss player so I could use these... Make some zerg build videos? :)

[@ehk5948]

I do love you long and wavy hair. Are you perhaps related to Fabio?