Protoss Counters Guide

The Protoss lives and dies by its counters. More than any other race, the Protoss depend upon counter enemy units. In this Starcraft 2 Protoss Counters list, I will be discussing the best units to build in order to defeat your enemies based off what units they have built.

In particular, Protoss specializes in anti-ground. They have two great units, the Immortal and Colossus, which collectively shred ground units. Immortals counter literally every armored ground unit in the game while Colossi counter every light ground unit in the game.

While this might make Protoss seem like a great race, the problem is that neither of these units can attack air units. Protoss are particularly weak versus some air units because they have no true unit which is both anti-air and anti-armored. The Stalker fulfills this to an extent, but does not do this duty as well as the Zerg’s Corruptor or Terran’s Viking.

As a result, many of the units on this Starcraft 2 Protoss counters list tend to be air units. Below, you will find two charts. The first chart describes Starcraft 2 Protoss counters (Protoss Unit Weaknesses). In this chart, all of the units on the left side of the column are weak against the units in the right side of the column.

Note: If the word “soft” appears next to a unit, it means that this is a soft counter. This means that the counter is not a landslide victory but that one unit is slightly favored over the other.

Protoss Unit	Protoss Counter	Terran Counter	Zerg Counter
Zealot	Colossus Sentry Void Ray	Marauder Hellion Siege Tank	Roach Mutalisk Brood Lord
Sentry	Colossus	Hellion Banshee Siege Tank	Brood Lord Ultralisk
Stalker	Immortal Zealot	Marauder Siege Tank	Roach Hydralisk
Immortal	Zealot Sentry	Marine Ghost	Hydralisk Zergling
Colossus	Immortal Void Ray	Siege Tank Viking	Corruptor
Void Ray	Stalker (soft)	Viking Thor (in mass)	Hydralisk
Phoenix	Stalker	Marine Thor	Hydralisk
Carrier	Stalker	Viking	Corruptor
Mothership	Stalker	Viking	Corruptor
Warpship	Any anti-air unit	Any anti-air unit	Any anti-air unit
High Templar	Zealot Colossus	Siege Tank	Zergling Ultralisk
Dark Templar	Void Ray Immortal	Banshee	Mutalisk Brood Lord

In the table below, I have put together a list of what Protoss units counter units of other races. In other words, the units in the left column are strong against the other units in the same row. This table details Protoss Unit Strengths.

Protoss Unit	Counters Protoss	Counters Terran	Counters Zerg
Zealot	Stalker Immortal	Marine Thor	Zergling Hydralisk
Sentry	Zealot Carrier	Marine	Zergling Hydralisk
Stalker	Void Ray (soft) Carrier	Hellion Reaper	Mutalisk (soft) Brood Lord (soft)
Immortal	Stalker Colossus	Marauder Thor	Roach Ultralisk
Colossus	Zealot Sentry	Marine Hellion	Zergling Hydralisk
Void Ray	Immortal Colossus	Marauder Siege Tank	Roach Ultralisk
Phoenix	None!	Banshee	Mutalisk
Carrier	Immortal Colossus	Siege Tank Marauder	Ultralisk Roach
Mothership	Immortal Colossus	Marauder Siege Tank	Roach Zergling
Warpship	none	none	none
High Templar	Sentry	Ghost Marine	Hydralisk Infestor
Dark Templar*	Zealot Stalker	Marine	Zergling Hydralisk

*Dark Templar not nearly as effective if detection is present.

By memorizing these two charts and changing the units you are building accordingly, you will have a lot more success on battle.net when playing as and against Protoss.

If you have trouble remembering all of these races, a great way to speed up the learning process is to print out these two charts and keep them near the computer when you play. When you get a peak at your enemy’s army when scouting, reference this chart and build units accordingly.

Just by learning all the Starcraft 2 Protoss counters, you will significantly improve your gameplay.