I'm sure you've faced the Cheesy Protoss Player who has used this on you before.
Hmm How to deal with it?
I mean seriously how can I deal with this?
Well there are 3 things to take note of when you start seeing pylons set up in your base.
- Is there a probe?
- Did you Scout his Forge?
- Are there anymore pylons or buildings warping in now?
As much as most of the times the only thing you need to do is scout out a cannon rush to end it, most people will probably end up pumping troops to deal with cannons. Its not like its the wrong thing to do, but its not the most efficient.
Now lets split this into Races on how to deal with the Cannon Rush
ZERG
Yes the ever swarming, massing, macro loving Zerg.
There are a few ways to deal with cannons as a Zerg player. You probably could go with mass roaches to deal with cannons since roaches pretty much are the best at soaking up damage early game in the Zerg Arsenal.
However if you don't have that much time, and trust me you won't have, you should probably go with spine crawlers and trying to expand your creep as fast and as far as possible. After all only Zerg can build on creep.
Spine Crawlers are pretty much the best at dealing with Cannon Rushes.
Well to deal with one as a Zerg player one must remember Macro and need not micro as much.
First of all after you dropped your pool you should know whether or not he has a pylon on your base. Build a Spine crawler on the exterior of your creep to deal with any incoming cannons.
No matter what remember to keep building Zerglings and build 2 spinecrawlers to deal with cannon rushes.
Here's a video to show how Zergs can deal with Cannon Rushes courtesy of ForceSC2
TERRAN
The ever adapting and ever evolving Terran probably has one of the best ways to counter off a Cannon rush by using a wall off to ensure that the probes don't get in. But if you can't wall off, try to get marauders out to help you deal with any cannons in your base.
If they get the cannons too close to your command center feel free to load up and lift off to any other nearby mineral field.
The technique however we'll be talking about today will be the proxy barracks in the base of a cannon rusher.
By dealing with a cannon rusher you'll notice that his base will probably be empty and only have a forge at most. You won't see any gates or anything so don't worry about Zealots.
Here's a good example of what to do courtesy of ForceSC2
PROTOSS
Ah what to do when you're in a Protoss Mirror match and don't know how to deal with the annoying cannon rush?
Well the technique is pretty much the same as that in Terran. USE UNITS TO DEAL WITH THEM.
What you'd probably want to do to deal with the cannon rush is to get a proxy pylon near his base with a gateway there and just rush into his base to clear him out.
Its a base race but as long as you keep getting minerals and keep 1 probe alive near your proxy pylon you'll probably have the game in the bag.
Here's a good example as shown by ForceSC2
Well there you have it. 3 Very simple methods of defeating Cannon Rushes and how to deal with them as each race.
Of course there are various things to note which I shall give you a nice mental checklist now that you should remember when fighting cannon rushers.
1. Scout, I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to scout.
2. See a probe? Chase it
3. See a pylon in your base? Go a head and use your anti-cheese, its bound to work.
4. Don't let him leap frog! No matter what don't let him constantly build cannons within the perimeter of the last cannon, that way you'll never be able to deal with his cannons.
5. Don't panic. Panicking is the worst thing you can do as a player while dealing with cheese. No matter what you do Don't panic.
And there you have it folks a short tutorial of how to deal with cannon rushes for every race.
This is Fireport with another article for thebronzeleagueplayer.blogspot.com signing out!
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