So - in an interview on Giantbomb - Dustin Browder says that in Starcraft, everything is considered fair play if it can be done and if it can be countered. So I was wondering what everyone thinks about the old Protoss/protoss or terran/protoss void ray rush (i'm talking from 2v2 perspectives).
 
Any player who Void Ray rushes and has the slightest ounce of skill seems pretty much unbeatable, here's how the tactic works in 2v2.
 
1. You wall off your bases with photon cannons or bunkers.
2. You get one player to feed the other all his resources.
3. You've got a lot of void rays out before anyone knows whats what.
 
Now, I'm not saying the tactic is unbeatable and uncounterable. But it's SO EASY to do compared to any other kind of rush in the game. If you rush players doing these tactics you crash against the walls of photon cannons (fair enough) - but once your rush fails there is no coming back from it.
 
If you don't rush and tech up, void rays will eat through your army/bases. It's an easy option for people to do this void ray rush thing, and it gets a little boring.
 
Have Blizzard ever commented on this or what are the community's thoughts?

I was wondering as well - I play 2v2 as Terran with a Zerg partner - I'm aware this is the worst match up but does anyone know of any counters? Because we're out of ideas.

2v2 is unbalanced with a Terran and a Protoss. 
 
Terrea can spam mules and feed all the money to Protoss, while the Protoss just Krono boosts tons of units outs.

this is a broken ass tactic 
the way ive got around it is by jumping reapers into their base (therefore passing the cannon wall) and hitting their eco 
usually best to target protoss for this, a couple of reapers can take out the stargate feeder pylons pretty fast 
after that theyre sitting ducks 

there is no comment from blizzard because it is a stupid question. seriously, would everyone stop with this bs. pro  starcraft  players played beta for years. you really think they made such obvious  oversight  and that you are the first after 6-7 years of development who thought of this. seriously?

I could easily tell you if it was 1v1, but 2v2's are balanced at all and really, there are some tactics in 2v2's you'll never stop.

marine stimpacked can crush through void rays especially with medivacs, stalkers can kill off void rays if you also blink them they can last twice as long in the fight, and hydralisks can kill void rays.. the only problem youll have is if you let the player reach void rays max laser beam, without that you should be able to kill him off

" this is a broken ass tactic the way ive got around it is by jumping reapers into their base (therefore passing the cannon wall) and hitting their eco usually best to target protoss for this, a couple of reapers can take out the stargate feeder pylons pretty fast after that theyre sitting ducks  "

" the only 2v2 map I've seen that the protoss/terran shared money thing really becomes a problem is on twilight fortress since the naturals are inside and is shared base.  games where the 2 bases are seperate this strat doesn't work nearly as well, since you can just double early push the played giving away minerals. "

Vikings are very strong against void rays. Just micro them back and forth.

" 2v2 is unbalanced with a Terran and a Protoss.  Terrea can spam mules and feed all the money to Protoss, while the Protoss just Krono boosts tons of units outs. "

" Vikings are very strong against void rays. Just micro them back and forth. "

" @zombie2011 said:

" 2v2 is unbalanced with a Terran and a Protoss.  Terrea can spam mules and feed all the money to Protoss, while the Protoss just Krono boosts tons of units outs. "

Void rays are more of a gas oriented build than minerals. "

This is why I always keep on scouting, and doing early harassment. If I know my opponent is going void rays i'll have a suitable anti-air counter before the attack. And if its a 2v2 match if the counter goes well you can easily crush a pair of opponents where one has no army after having their aerial units destroyed, and the other maybe having a burgeoning army and having to rely on micro to survive. And if you have to deal with cannons just find a way to position your forces out of their attacks and destroy the pylons first. 

Honestly, Vikings and Marines destroy them, especially when you're using both against them. They are both cheaper than void rays. Missile Turrets near your mineral line also help.

If they choose to wall in then you really need to take the map, expand frequently and try to get as much vision as possible. As mentioned before, marines and vikings are great against void rays. The zerg player should be massing hydras and getting extra queens.
 
With map control, you should know when the VR's move out and where they are. Then engage them while they are not charged. The extra income from the expansions and a good army composition should crush the void rays.

Awesome, thank you for the advice guys. I've never tried a marine/viking composition. I will try that next time Twilight Fortress rolls around :D!

Having Turrets near your minerals is always a good idea, both for Rays and Phase Prism harassment as well as detection. Not much of anything will do you much good if they start cooking your Command Center and other strong targets. Nothing worse than taking it from the backdoor.

Hydras can chew up void rays pretty well.

Well if you're talking just unit vs unit sure they are tough but ghost sap their shield to null and then you need 4 marines. every rush is punishment for a macro mistake. like not scouting, not  controlling  high ground, low on  gas , mass tier 2 units, avoiding units with special powers because you hate the micro...

I  don't  bitch about  vr  much ' cuase protoss  is dull  middle ground  and I hate to play with them. they are typical  rts  race and  vr  are only  truly awesome  unit they have. so they can keep their  vr ... just give it time... they take to much  gas . if you counter  vr  with minimum losses its game over for  protoss  anyway...
  
in month or two they'll start combining them with zealots, but in month or two people will learn how to play with  zerg . then you'll see void rush only against rookie  terran  player...
  
1v1 is not a problem. 4v4? most units are overpowered. and cheap.
I seriously sugest playing mix team or attacking early. it does take time to mass them if you are building defence to... also learn how to use ghost and ravens well. there is a challange in game for them and you need gold to deal with vr...
 
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