How to Counter the Void Ray Rush - Starcraft 2 Terran Vs Protoss

As a Terran player, a void ray rush can be extremely2 of them and a reactor on one. Then you'll want to
annoying and result in a flat out loss if you don'ttech to ghosts and medivacs to add to your marine
prepare for it. If a void ray gets into your base andarmy.
gets its weapon charged and you have no marines toWith a bunker at the front and a group of marines,
counter it, the game is almost assuredly lost. Don't letyou'll be able to hold off any kind of early Protoss
this happen to you! Use this strategy to counter theattack pretty easily. Add a few Ghosts into your
void rays and move on to win your games againstarmy and you'll be ready for anything, as you can
protoss.quickly EMP the Protoss shields and energy away.
Many Terran players will tech straight to maraudersOne thing you must remember when facing the void
to rush their protoss opponents and try to get anray rush is that when you push out to attack your
easy victory. Protoss has responded to this byopponent, you must leave at least 4 or 5 marines
getting an early void ray and heading it straight intobehind in your base. A common tactic that protoss
your base to kill off vital structures. But as long ascan use is to wait for your army to move out and
you're prepared you'll be able to beat this early rushthen move in from behind with void rays.
easily.This counter attack can quickly destroy buildings in
The answer to this rush is marines, terran marinesyour base that are key for you to reinforce your
can shoot down void rays easily and don't take aarmy. Keeping just a small number of marines back in
whole lot of damage in return. But marines are prettyyour base can easily push them back as long as you
fragile and will get taken down easily by an earlyare paying attention to what's going on in your base.
push of stalkers and zealots.It's very important that you don't lose focus as a
To combat this problem and win against bothresult of the rush, you must keep your macro up or
attacks, you'll need to bunker up your ramp andelse you will get overwhelmed by your opponent.
make 3 barracks right off the bat. Put a tech lab on