Starcraft – Can you find a replay that defends against a well executed proxy rush on Blistering Sands

So the back door on Blistering Sands is actually covered by rocks. Since the Destructible Rocks have 2000 hit points, 3 armor and are Armored its actually very hard to get a rush in that direction.

Now if you're getting through this back door and he's not noticing the problem here is that he's not doing a good job of scouting. In the case of maps with this kind of back door you can usually accomplish this kind of scouting by placing a Pylon, Supply Depot or Overlord right next to them. If you see your opponent making a move against your back door you should be able to produce enough troops in time to mount a good defense.

In the case of a Zealot rush, you should be able to get some basic ranged to harass them while they try to break through the rocks. Alternately you could add on buildings (or even cannons) to make it really hard to get through. Controlling your Back Door is almost as important as controlling The Sweet Spot.

The Sweet Spot

Many people attack this back door early to mid game to open up what's often known as the sweet spot.

You see that area between the Back Door and the Natural Expansion? This area has a smaller route than its equivalent on the inside of the base. As a result you can quickly move back and forth before his army is able to respond.

To deal with the Sweet Spot in the early to mid game its often necessary to have your forces rally to it. By controlling the Sweet Spot you are able to prevent adversaries from abusing it against you.

I've beat Terran with Protoss using photon rush.

1. Build probes constantly, 1st build probe will go to opponent, all others - go to minerals; 10-12 actually should be enough.
2. Build the 1st pylon outside of the opponent's start location - if you build it in the opponent base (after the choke) he will attack the pylon with large amount of SCVs. The Pylon should be built as close to the opponent base as possible.
3. Build 1 forge.
4. Build 2 cannons close to the opponent base - they will shoot up the ramp soon.
5. When these cannons are almost complete, send a probe to the opponent's base and build 1 cannon (you 1st pylon should give enough space for 1-2 cannons).
6. Opponent will try to attack your building cannon, but your first 2 cannons should be able to protect them. Keep you probe from being killed by SCVs/marines.
7. Build new pylon close to new cannon, once the new pylon is done, build 1-2 additional cannons not to far away from the 3rd cannon; it should be able to protect the new building. The new cannons should also be able to attack the command center.

After the last cannons been build they will start shooting the command center. The AI will give up quickly.

I did the above and finished sometime around 4:30.