| In order to effectively counter a marine rush, you | | | | are a very devious and complex race, so the best |
| have to keep certain key factors in mind with the | | | | thing you can do when being rushed by marines is to |
| race you are dealing with. Each race has an effective | | | | ambush them with banelings and roaches. Research |
| counter against the Terran marines, so research | | | | burrow and place these units right at your choke |
| what is strongest and send yourself in with a tactical | | | | point, then use the banelings like mines bringing them |
| advantage against your opponent for best results. | | | | up from the ground to explode and kill off the |
| Here are 3 of the best counters I've found for each | | | | majority of the marines. Then have your roaches |
| race when it comes to fighting a marine rush. | | | | clean up whatever is left of them! |
| The first one is for Terran. The Terran race | | | | The last marine rush counter I have is for Protoss. |
| specializes primarily in heavy mechanized units and of | | | | Marines are not very fast, unless using stim packs, so |
| course, the famous MMM combination of marines, | | | | most of the time they can be very effectively |
| marauders and medivacs. The best way to fight | | | | defeated with Zealots, especially when you research |
| against a tough marine rush early on is to have | | | | their charge ability to clear distance quickly. After |
| slightly more advanced units and a good choke point. | | | | using this once or twice, you might also want to build |
| Make sure you have a few supply depots and few | | | | colossi to defeat massive groups of marines and |
| bunkers at your choke, and whenever possible, bring | | | | infantry units without any problems. Colossi specialize |
| up a siege tank or two to one shot the marines your | | | | in defeating smaller units, so this should be a great |
| opponent sends in. | | | | workable strategy for a marine rush if you can back |
| The next marine rush counter is for Zerg. The Zerg | | | | it up with photon cannons and zealots. |