Protoss Final
Protoss become very powerful in the late
game, especially on island maps. Killer combos like carriers/corsairs,
reavers/dragoons, etc. give much problems to terran and especially zerg
players. The best solution for defending this kind of attacks would be
psi-storm - and that's protoss again.
Dark Templar Drop
The faster dark templar drop would be
possible in mid game, but with sacrificing too much economy. My recommendation
for a build order would be:
1. Get an early cyberetics
bay and assimilator for mass dragoons,
2. Get mass dragoons
:)
3. Expand, then
build technology needed for the dark templars.
Of course you won't be stupid to send your
shuttle filed with dark templars into unexplored territory, so a few packs
of observers can be very handy. In most of the cases, if you drop 4 dark
templars, hit the base first as you'll be able to destroy it very quickly
and your opponent will be in trouble then. Against terrans you can hit
tanks/bunkers if there aren't any turrets nearby, against protoss, hit
cannons if there are 2-3 of them and against zerg try destroying as much
buildings as you can as you'll be quickly detected. Note that even if you
are detected, the dark templars are still a powerful units that can quickly
dispatch mass zerglings or marines.
Dragoons/Arbiter
Most of the players think that dragoons
are unsuitable for recalling, but it's just the opposite - if you place
all of them correctly, you'll be able to recall more than 20 of them. That
is equivalent of 40 hydralisks or 60 marines (give or take a few). Having
the arbiter close to the recall point, all of your dragoons will be cloaked,
so killing detectors is a wise opinion. When recalling, be sure to put
some observers among the dragoons for detection (also, most of the people
think that arbiters are detectors...).
Carriers/Corsairs Attacking
Carriers are very good units when used
in combination with corsairs. With corsair web you'll be able to neutralize
most of the anti air units, while neutron flares with interceptors eats
up air units. Most of the people cannon up in the early game when going
for mass carriers and most of them do it wrong (look and cannoning-up for
more information). The most important thing for carrier mass production
is an early expansion. The first thing in mind then would be how to cannon
up two bases. The answer is - don't. Instead get 2 or 3 cannons in each
base for detection and build dragoons for mobile anti air defence. Another
important thing are the upgrades - as soon as your cybernetics core pops
up, start researching air weapons and armours, while upgrading the shields
in the forge. The other upgrades you'll need is corsair web and interceptor
upgrade (8 per carrier), and if you want you can get argus jewel for increased
corsair energy. Usually attack when you have about 12 corsairs and 6 carriers.
