Description

Currently, most Protoss players are favoring 2 base timing attacks, but you can play it more economically as well. With this build, State opens 1 Gate Expand into quick upgrades. On 3 bases and 9 Gateways, he gears up for a 7:00 attack with Blink Stalkers and Sentries, with a Robo Bay ready for Disruptors and to transition.

It seems that State has timed this build out precisely as he uses this exact same build in 3 out of 5 games in a series:

As such, the build is somewhat lengthy, but consider it quite precise.

VOD

Build Order

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12 0:01 Probe 13 0:15 Pylon 13 0:16 Probe 14 0:26 Probe 15 0:35 Gateway 15 0:37 Probe 16 0:48 Assimilator , Probe 17 0:59 Probe 18 1:09 Probe 19 1:20 Probe 19 1:25 Nexus 20 1:35 Cybernetics Core 20 1:37 Probe 21 1:44 Assimilator 21 1:47 Probe 22 1:56 Pylon 22 1:58 Probe 23 2:12 Mothership Core 23 2:15 Stalker 27 2:18 Warp Gate 27 2:30 Forge 27 2:32 Probe 27 2:37 Probe 29 2:43 Probe 29 2:46 Sentry 32 2:48 Probe 32 2:54 Probe 33 2:58 Probe 35 3:03 Protoss Ground Weapons Level 1 (Chrono Boost) 35 3:04 Probe 36 3:09 Probe 36 3:15 Probe 39 3:16 Sentry 39 3:20 Probe 41 3:30 Nexus 41 3:34 Probe x2 43 3:38 Pylon 43 3:43 Sentry 43 3:45 Probe 46 3:57 Pylon , Probe x2 48 4:00 Twilight Council 48 4:07 Probe 48 4:10 Probe 48 4:12 Gateway x3 50 4:18 Probe 51 4:22 Probe 52 4:29 Gateway 52 4:31 Probe , Blink (Chrono Boost) 52 4:36 Assimilator x2 , Probe , Protoss Ground Weapons Level 2 54 4:46 Probe x2 56 4:55 Pylon , Probe x2 58 4:59 Probe 59 5:07 Probe x2 59 5:11 Probe 62 5:18 Probe 64 5:20 Probe , Gateway x2 64 5:24 Probe 64 5:25 Robotics Facility 64 5:26 Pylon 65 5:28 Photon Cannon , Probe 65 5:32 Probe 65 5:34 Sentry x3 71 5:36 Probe 71 5:39 Probe 75 5:41 Photon Cannon 75 5:50 Gateway x3 75 5:56 Probe 75 5:57 Probe x2 78 6:06 Stalker x3 84 6:13 Pylon 84 6:14 Robotics Bay 86 6:19 Warp Prism (Chrono Boost) 86 6:22 Probe x2 86 6:25 Stalker x2 92 6:29 Pylon 92 6:32 Pylon 92 6:39 Probe x2 94 6:40 Assimilator x2 94 6:44 Pylon 94 6:52 Disruptor 94 7:00 Protoss Ground Weapons Level 3

Analysis

In each of the games, State ends up not hitting the timing he quite wants. Snute hits first with:

3 base Ravager

Hydra/Lurkers

Mutas

None of these strategies are instant losses for State, so it seems that the build is flexible enough to get units out to defend while still being extremely economic.