Starcraft – How to win against a Zerg on many bases as Protoss

• Most of the advice to stop Nydus worms applies in general. First of all, you should be keeping an eye on your base no matter which race you are facing, and regardless of whether or not you have scouted a Nydus Network in the Zerg's base. All races have ways of getting units into the back of your base without going up the ramp. Medivacs, proxy pylons, overlords with ventral sacs, warp prisms, blink stalkers, colossi, reapers, etc, not to mention pretty much any air unit.

• Denying vision to the zerg player by harassing overlords should be done in general, not just to stop worms.

• To help detect the nydus worm (and all other threats mentioned in previous bullet), spread buildings out in your base, so you have vision everywhere. Terrans can spread supply depots, protoss have pylons, and zerg have creep tumours, or overlords to spread around.

• Learn the sound a nydus worm makes when it completes. Sadly for us zerg players, the nydus worm announces itself to all players with a loud scream, similar to how everyone hears "nuke launch detected". On the plus side (for us), it only screams as it is finishing. This won't help you stop the worm, but it will alert you that you should be looking for the worm to make sure it's not in your base, or if it is, mobilize some troops to defend.

• In team games, consider using the team colors option for the minimap, so your units are green and your opponents are red. This will make the nydus worm stand out in your minimap more than if you are orange and your opponent is yellow, or some other combo of similar colors.

• Worms don't have a lot of HP, even when they complete. When they are building, a handful of units can kill it before it completes. I just did a quick test; 3 marines starting to shoot as soon as the worm reaches 50% done can kill it just after it finishes, enough time for only a few units to get out.

• Remember that each worm costs the zerg player 100 minerals and 100 precious gas. Each time you kill one before it completes, the zerg is behind on resources. They can also only be building one at a time. (specifically, one per Nydus Network)

Race synergies are important but it is more important for players to have a strong synergy. I would focus less on race and more on player strategy. It all comes back to play style. For example the z/z race combination has a very strong 12 pool rush for example.

My partner and I play p/t, with a focus on 4 warpgate for me and armor for him. We try to divvy up early, middle, and late game focus. For example as the protoss player, may goal is to 4 warpgate ASAP while provide scouting and early resource harassment. The mid-game is dominated by my Terran player focus on tanks and air support (depending on opponents). End game focus is on void rays/ Terran air-superiority combos and other "higher tech units" In essence, as the protoss player I am more focus on micro and my partner is focused on macro.