u/EngineeringEmpty4713

I played a few PvZ games with a friend on the PTR, and I wanted to share my thoughts on the new Protoss Gateway change.

1. Moving the Warp Gate upgrade back to the Cyber Core is a good change. It means Protoss macro and build orders remain almost the same as before, so we do not really need to learn completely new openings or timings.

2. However, I still feel that the “upgraded Gateway” itself is basically useless. I was playing standard Oracle openings, and maybe only the fourth, fifth, and sixth units when taking a third base were actually produced from the upgraded Gateways. After that, I just converted all of them into Warp Gates. For every Gateway I built later, I also converted it directly into a Warp Gate. I did not feel that the 25/25 resource cost affected me very much. On the contrary, Warp Gates still allowed me to put a lot of pressure on Zerg with proxy pylons.

3. I think this is the core contradiction of the new change. In the early game, when my resources are limited, even if Gateways have higher production capacity, I cannot really afford to produce that many units anyway. But once I get past that stage, I will convert all my Gateways into Warp Gates without hesitation, because the core advantages of Warp Gates are still irreplaceable.

Maybe there will be some new builds or timings in PvT. I would be happy to hear what you guys think.