Starcraft 2 Protoss Strategy – Immortals
The Protoss in the Starcraft game are futuristic aliens. Their main asset is their advanced technology and their large and powerful units which they can use to defeat the enemy. Most people like to choose the Protoss race and they are one of the most popular as they are easy to play with. However, it could be quite challenging to become a great player in Starcraft 2 using the Protoss player.
One of the main reasons for people choosing the Protoss is that the game is real fun playing with them as they are powerful enough to counter any kind of attack from the enemy. We will briefly see how it is very effective to use the Protoss unit Immortal as a good strategy to play Starcraft 2.
One of the first things you need to understand in this Starcraft 2 strategy when using the Immortals is that they have two very unique qualities. The great thing about the Immortals is that they are equipped with a special shield that protects them from attack. Using this shield, they can take a maximum damage of 10 beyond which the hits are deflected. In other words, when a single hit can cause a damage much beyond 10 in other units, the maximum damage it can inflict on the Immortals is restricted to 10 because of their special shield.
The next important quality of the Immortals is that they can inflict more damage on their enemy based on what armor the enemy has on them. When these two special qualities of the Immortals are combined, they really turn out to be a force to be reckoned with. As a result of these properties, they can be extremely effective even against large units such as the Ultralisks or the Thors. While that is a great advantage, there is a caveat here that you need to be aware of. These special properties that we saw with the Immortals however make them susceptible to much smaller units such as the Marines or the Zerglings. For instance, the Zerglings or Marines can easily chew up the Immortals which is something that you need to be careful about.
When a Terran player gathers an army full of Tanks or Thors and aims a full scale attack on you, the wisest Starcraft 2 strategy that you can adopt to counter their attack would be to use Immortals. But on the other hand, if the enemy brings smaller units such as the Marines, you need to immediately remember that the Immortals are extremely vulnerable against the Marines. Therefore you should never bring them out to fight against the Marines. Most Zerg players also never realize that Roaches can do a slow damage attack of 16 damage. Therefore the Immortals can cause more damage to them than they receive. They are also effective against the Ultralisks and Hydralisks. You however need to be careful with the Zerglings as they can take down Immortals quite easily. You can use Colossus against the rushing Zerglings instead.
So you need to always keep the Immortals in your build order. Knowing their power and how to use them is a great Starcraft 2 strategy for victory.
