Wall of or not PvT?

[shogo_9]

Hey guys was just wondering what you guys think about my protoss building placements against terrans.
I usually just surround my mineral lines with buildings rather than blocking of the entrance completely so if i encounter reaper rush or marine bunker rush my stalker will spawn where the enemy is. If i was to just wall off the entrance the reapers can use jet pack also marines will just destroy my buildings before i can get a stalker out. What do you guys think is better?

[HeJurmhoanni]

I think that theres no reason to wall off in PvT. If you wall yourself in the terran can just kill your wallin buildings and you cant do much to stop it. That is because he gets ranged units only and you have zealot and stalkers range isnt enough to shoot the marines from behind your wall off.

[Zutazuta]

Defensive pylons to start with defensive gate/core/robo in case of early maraduer aggression is best. Only time I could see it being different is if you were going to try and grab an expo early on and wanted to spread your gate/pylons somewhere in between.

[shogo_9]

yeh thought so, it's just i see lots of people who wall off against terrans so was just wondering why.

[Aaryn_GenD]

uhm hejurm stalkers got higher range than marines^^
and what has been said is true, no reason to wall off.
also, the thing with reapers is, if he does it fast you still got 20 secs until your stalker comes out and once your first stalker is out he can scrap the reapers.
he needst o kill like 6 probes if he does it the fastest way possible, if he does standard opening and then reaper your stalker will be out in time anyway (that means if you went cybernetics core at 17)

[Bart331]

Use sentry's to block your ramp when necessary

[deadhanddan]

as a terran player , i fear the sentry more then stalker

[shogo_9]

the thing about using the sentries to block of the ramp is you need to be really quick which i am not

[deadhanddan]

true , but with shield - field - hallucination , just a sick unit

[HeJurmhoanni]

@Aaryn
They have longer range but stalkers cant shoot marines from behind the wall off cause they cant get close enough