Ah the magic of Zeratul and his brethren who are permanently cloaked.
The Dark Templar are a bunch of guys who cut away from the Khala and thus cut away from the light.
Well at least they still need a little to actually see.
But yeah the Dark Templar despite being Expensive and easy to kill are, in the right hands, the most effective way to deal with your opponents.
THEORY
Since you're in lower tiers and many of your opponents are probably massing units and 1 basing, having Dark Templars are a good method of dealing with many of your opponents. They are especially effective against Zerg players who tend not to have any overseers to help detect units.
Dealing with Terrans are easier with the Dark Templar. You can easily sneak into his base when he opens his gate and clear out his mineral line while his army marches towards your base.
Even if he did scan out your Dark Templar. As long as you've made it into his base and started killing his SCV's. You're probably already at an economic advantage over him.
However against Protoss players you might have some trouble fighting them since Photon cannons themselves are detectors.
So if you scout a cannon early game remember not to go DT. Unless you mass them.
EXAMPLES
and Part 2
Those 2 videos brought to you by Starcraft Noob Trainer are quite good examples at how you can go for a DT rush and win in the game via macro.
TACTICS
Well Since you're gonna be using the DT's its always good to remember that micro is very important and start by taking out Queens then drones or in a Terran base take out the mules first before SCV's. That way you stop the super mining before cutting them down for supply incase your enemy is supply capped.
DT's are also permanently cloaked and thus without overseers or Turrets you're probably safe until the Terrans start Scanning around for you.
Another method that you can do is include DT's into your Massed army to deal extra damage without losing more units than needed.
THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
Well for one look out for ravens and overseers moving around and also observers who may be scouting your base. So to do this rush its quite advisable to have cannons around incase they scout your Dark Shrine.
Another point would be to HIDE YOUR DARK SHRINE.
No matter what since the Dark Shrines take forever to build keep them away from easy scouting.
Here's a Mental Checklist
1. Do they have detectors?
2. Whats the build?
3. Did they see my Shrine?
4. Have i boosted my DTs out?
5. Do I have my expansions and have i dealt with his?
As much as I'm no expert on Protoss I'm pretty sure this tutorial can assist you abit with getting Dark Templars and using them effectively.
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