Anyhows i have been playing around with gateway first vs zerg because i have a real distaste for forge fast expanding. I find it boring and allows zerg to just drone for ever. So here i am with a complete build order to share! I hope you enjoy.
The aim of this build
The aim of the build put quite simply is to harass with 3 stalkers while chronoing probes behind it. The harass will force zerg to do 1 of 4 thing:
1. Make alot of slow lings, in which case you can kite them all day (the most common response)
2. Make spines with some slow lings
3. Attempt to get roaches out
4. Take gas/bane nest and try and allin after stalkers are pushed away
Pretty much to sum it up, your forcing the zerg to make every thing but drones with only 3 stalkers!
Build order: 3 stalker pressure
Use buildings as the natural wall off as you would with a FFE.
9 Pylon
13 Gateway
15 Gas
16 Pylon
17 Put 2 workers in gas
18 cyber
Keep making probes
21 pylon
21 - Cyber done, chrono stalkers (3)
30 nexus
Take second gas
Make zealot (for the wall)
Make a sentry or two.
When you think you have done enough damage come back home with the stalkers. You don't want them to die.
Things to look out for when your scouting and what to do if you see it
1. If you see a very early pool coming, delay cyber and chrono out zealots. Also make sure the pylon with the gateway dose not die. If you have to, pull probes.
2. Gas timings. They will tell you when ling speed is coming. This is important because you cannot kite fast lings with stalkers. Time it out so you can harass and then get home before speed finishes.
3. Baneling allin. Instead of making 3 stalkers, make 1 and then make a zealot and then make sentry's and stalkers and hide behind your wall. If you feel you need to, double wall with gateways.
Follow ups after you have harassed
You can follow up with almost anything you want. Be creative!
1 thing i personally like to followup with is a quick twilight, a DT shrine, 5 more gateways, forge, robo and take a 3rd. Make sure you send a DT to each zerg base, if they have no detection its a quick death to them. Also, them DT's can be used as archons <3. You could go very fast mothership behind it if you feel like it.