Awesome game and a new Golden spot as well! We have eight members from Team liquid divided into four teams, fighting on a map full of resources. Mass Carriers, Infestor, Corruptors, Ravens – most recommend stuff! 
The teams are as follows:
Team 1:
TLAF-Liquid`Nazgul (Protoss) PurpleTLAF-Liquid`HuK (Protoss) CyanTeam 2:
TLAF-Liquid`Tyler (Protoss) GreenTLAF-Liquid`Haypro (Terran) Dark BlueTeam 3:
TLAF-Liquid`TLO (Zerg) RedTLAF-Liquid`Jinro (Terran) YellowTeam 4:
TLAF-Liquid`Ret (Zerg) OrangeTLAF-Liquid`Drone (Zerg) Blue
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Knowing how to counter every unit your Protoss opponent can use against you is one of the keys to play a Terran versus Protoss match successfully.
Wall-off your base to prevent your opponent from Zealot rushing you. Just have some Marines / Marauders behind the wall and a couple of SCVs to repair the Supply depots.Later on you will probably fight Zealots mixed with other units so a classic Marines & Marauders build will work. Try to fight in choke points and don`t get surrounded! Research Concussive shells to prevent your foes from escaping.Facing a pure Zealot army is very rare – but if you run into problems, counter them with Reapers, Hellions or Banshees.
Marauders excel against Stalkers, build them as soon as possible. Focus fire and Concussive shells will be useful.Later on, add Siege tanks to your army and protect them with Marines and Marauders (you have to force the Protoss to attack through your infantry to get to the tanks). Watch out for Blinking!
You probably don`t have to fear Sentry as an attacking unit – but their spells can be very annoying. Be very careful when approaching tight spots and ramps as your forces can be easily divided in half by Force fields.And always think ahead where to position your army – your opponent may want to attack your expansion for example and block your arriving forces completely by Force fields.You can use Ghost with EMP to drain energy from Sentries.
Marines and Marauders, stimmed and with Medivacs if possible will be the best choice against Protoss army which uses Immortals also.Ghost can be extremely effective with an EMP to remove the Immortal`s shields.When fighting Immortals alone, Banshees can quickly kill them.
Be very careful with your Marines and Marauders as Colossi will decimate them easily.Add Vikings to you army and attack Colossi with their great range, just avoid being hit by Stalkers who will probably defend the Colossi.
Use Ghosts and their Sniper ability to kill them. Or drain their energy with EMP.Use your Marines and Marauders carefully – they are very vulnerable to Psionic storms.Some tricky tactics involve using cloaked Banshees or Raven with Seeker missiles.
Build Missile turrets at your mineral line and key locations.Use Scan, but don`t haste – using Scan instead of a Mule costs you a lot of minerals and skilled Protoss players will also perform hitting and running away from the scanned area, forcing you to deplete your Command Center`s energy.
Archons aren`t seen often but when you encounter them use Marauders, Siege Tanks and Thors.Try to EMP them with Ghost.
Use Marines, stimmed if possible to shoot them down, when in trouble, add some Thors or Vikings.Build some Missile turrets at your mineral lines if your opponent tries to harass your workers with Graviton beams.
Use mass Marines with Stimpacks or Vikings, just don`t let the Void Rays fully charge.If desperate, build some Missile turrets to slow them down.
Build Vikings quickly (in pairs using Reactor on Starport) and focus fire on the Carriers.If you have enough time, start building Battlecruisers and upgrade Yamato Cannon.
Again, Vikings will be your best choice, but be careful as there might be cloaked units nearby.Use Ghost with EMP to drain energy from the Mothership.
Knowing how to counter every unit your Zerg opponent can use against you is one of the keys to play a Protoss versus Zerg match successfully.
The most universal Zergling counter are Zealots, unless they are massively outnumbered and surrounded. Fight in choke points whenever possible and also bring in some Sentries for support. Upgrade weapons and armor to your Zealots and research Charge.During the beginning of the game, don`t let Zerglings run through your ramp (or entrance to your base), use wall-in. When you scout a hard Zergling rush, even add some Photon cannons and prepare Force fields.During the late game, Colossi quickly kill them.
Banelings are not that common in PvZ since most of the Protoss units work well against them. Just be careful with your Zealots – avoid the Banelings with them!Use Stalkers or Immortals to deal with them.Also don`t let your opponent drop Banelings into your mineral line.
Stalkers work quite well against Roaches, just be careful when they are mixed with Zerglings.Immortals are the best counter as they deal massive damage to Roaches and their shields deflect a lot of damage from them.Air units like Void Rays are safe against Roaches, just don`t invest too much into them as your opponent will probably switch to Hydralisks quickly.Spot the burrowed Roaches with an Observer.
Use Zealots with Charge as a meat shield and add some high-damage units to kill them, Colossi or High Templar with Psionic storm.Use Sentry to cast Guardian shield to protect your troops.
Protoss have many great counters against Mutalisks so you will see them probably only as a harassing unit – so fortify your mineral lines with a few Photon cannons and some Stalkers.And if your opponent tries massing them, build a large force or Stalkers (Blink will help a lot) or add some Phoenixes - they excel against Mutas.
Stalkers are the primary counter here as Corruptors can`t attack ground units.You can also use Void Rays when you already have the Stargate. But your opponent will often use Corruptors with Hydralisks so be careful.
Be careful with your expensive units like Colossi as they can be Neural parasited by Infestors. An interesting tactic is to create Hallucinated Colossi and put them in front of the real ones.If you have a strong micro, use High Templars and their Feedback on Infestors.
A combination of Stalkers and Immortals deals a lot of damage to Ultras, just watch out for Zerglings and add Zealots and/or Colossi to protect your other units against them.Void Rays or Carriers are safe against them.Block the entrances to your expansions with Gateways and build a lot of Photon cannons behind them. Also have a Sentry to fill gaps in your defense with Force fields.
Knowing how to counter every unit your Terran opponent can use against you is one of the keys to play a Zerg versus Terran match successfully.
When defending against Marine rush, use Zerglings and Queen. Depending on the size of opponent`s forces, you can also add one or two Spine crawlers or bring your Drones to help.Zerglings are weak against mass Marines, but you can succeed when you outnumber and surround them. Be sure to upgrade Metabolic Boost.Roaches provide a good counter – but be careful as your opponent will probably use Marauders against the Roaches.The best option will be Banelings - their explosions decimate groups of Marines easily. Just use them in combination with Zerglings for example – to provide a cover and counter additional Terran units like Marauders and Siege tanks.Use Infestor`s Fungal growth on groups of Marines.And if the game continues into late stages, both Ultralisks and Brood lords are very effective against them.
Zerglings are great versus Marauders but use them in combination with other units – Banelings, Hydralisks etc. (your opponent will probably use Marines as well).Use Mutalisks – Marauders can`t attack air. Just be careful if there are also Marines.
Use Roaches to protect your mineral lines – upgrade their movement speed or even Burrow to make traps for the Reapers.Place Overlords around your base to spot incoming Reapers.Zerglings are quite weak against them – but can catch them on creep and with Metabolic boost upgraded even out of creep.Mutalisks are safe against Reapers.
Spot cloaked Ghosts with Overseers. You can also use a Fungal growth to reveal them.
Block the entries to your base with Roaches and Queens to prevent harassing.When in trouble, place Spine crawlers to your mineral lines.Or hunt them with Mutalisks.
Use Zerglings and Mutalisks - but the tanks will be probably guarded by Marines so be careful. Mostly you will also need some other units like Banelings to counter the Terran infantry.You can also use upgraded Roaches to move underground and unburrow below the tanks – or set a trap somewhere on the map.
Counter them with Zerglings and destroy them one by one. Surround them whenever possible.You can also control them by Infestor`s Neural parasite.
You won`t meet Vikings that often in a ZvT. When your opponent tries to hunt your Overlords, keep the protected with Hydralisks (with Grooved Spines upgrade) or place some Spore crawlers and use Queens also.
Get Hydralisks or Mutalisks as quickly as possible. Morph also some Overseers to counter cloaked Banshees.You can also use Queen and Spore crawlers when desperate.The key is effective scouting – when your opponent rushes you with Banshees and your have only Zerglings and Roaches it is pretty much GG.
During the early stages of the game use Queen and Spore crawlers to repel them.Attack with Mutalisks or Hydralisks and spread your forces as much as possible or try to run away from Seeker missiles.
When facing a lot of Battlecruisers, be patient and don`t engage them until the circumstances are in your favor.Build a large force of Corruptors and Hydralisks with Grooved spines and try to catch the BCs when they`re alone and in the open.Focus fire is really important here, also don`t let the Battlecruisers escape.
