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r505Matt on 02 October 2010
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Machina said:

I wish league placement was tied to the individual races you use. The ranking system asusmes you either stick with one race, or that you're pretty close in abilitiy with all 3 races, and I just ain't.

For example, I almost exclusively used Protoss in the original game, and during the Beta for StarCraft II. When StarCraft II released I switched to Zerg (the early Beta spoiled Protoss, and as it went on they kept getting nerfed. Now I just find Protoss extremely boring to play as), which was always my second race. I was pretty good with them so it wasn't a problem switching.

However, I never play competitvely as Terran and I know I'm absolutely awful with them, but I'd love to be good at playing all 3, so I'd like to experiment with them. The fact that I'm in Diamond and Platinum leagues is putting me off trying my hand at Terran though, particularly when it comes to something like 2v2, 3v3 or 4v4 where teammates expect you to be able to play.

I know it could get quite complex, since you'd potentially be in 4 separate leagues for each match-up (3 races & random), but the situation atm isn't ideal either.


I've recently switch from Zerg to random because, the same as you, I want to be good with all 3. The trick is to learn a few standard builds, like for terran, 10rax or reaper harass or 1-1-1, and just start from there. A lot of the fundamentals for one race (the macro, upgrades, teching appropriately, micro, scouting, etc.) are still applicable and are kind of more important for playing well with a new race. For terran though, I suggest starting with a 3rax MMM timing push playstyle. It's VERY strong, probably one of the strongest builds in the game currently.I can't tell you how many times I've just attack moved into a diamond player's base and won, using little to no micro.

Since you've played zerg, you should know TvZ pretty well, but try to just imagine scenarios for TvT and TvP, and then the same for toss if you go that route. It's all about understanding different builds, how to scout them, and what to do in response. Luckily for Terran and Toss, they have so many options to deal with all kinds of scenarios. Zerg got shafted in this way that for certain builds, they have only 1 response, and responding poorly means auto-lose.

I think it's fine as is, fundamentals are more important than particular skill with a race until you're in high diamonds. I have barely 20 team wins with Terran (I don't play 1v1 right now) and I'm pretty competent. My toss play needs some work, but I only have about 12 wins with them so far. Just play it, think about it, and apply the same things in your zerg play and you'll be fine. Don't expect your first 1-3 games to go well as you get used to the different macro mechanics.