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The original was posted on /r/starcraft by /u/heavenstarcraft on 2024-10-20 15:51:50+00:00.
I was watching Harstem's video from last month with practice with Clem, and Clem was playing proxy reaper versus him. Maxpax was in the chat.
It seems there isn't a real clear way to defend the initial reaper without losing probes. Even when microing probes Harstem is losing 2+ workers. If you lose more than 2, Clem/Harstem/Maxpax seem to believe the Terran is ahead. A lot of the games Harstem just straight up dies. Obviously, this is versus Clem, so that's a relevant factor in the build's strength, but I think if the Terran plays perfectly this is incredibly strong.
A successful defense to proxy reaper means : Protoss loses at most 2 probes, loses 2 chronos, delayed tech (due to early stalker investment), delayed 2nd gas, investment in zealot, loss of mining time.
It's costly for Terran of course too, due to losing marine production, but Terran gets their tech significantly faster with the build.
This had me thinking, what other openers exist in SC2 where your opponent will always lose workers, even with a perfect defense? I'm not super knowledge on ZvT or non protoss matchups, so was curious.
Let me set a couple ground rules
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Not gonna talk about all ins like 12pool drone pull or cannon rush, just a macro opener
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Also referring to just the first 4 minutes or so of the game.
Forgive me for yapping about this, but I've been playing cross server on ping against this build and it just feels impossible so just looking for suggestions.
