Did you know that there are literally hundreds and thousands of StarCraft 2 guides on the internet that you can read? Most of them say the same thing I’m going to say in this guide, and for the most part you can find the information you’re about to read here on the official StarCraft 2 site.

I’m not going to claim that this guide is unique. However, I’m going to say that this guide is going to save you some time and make thing very simply and straight to the point for you to understand. You can go to Blizzard website and read their beginner’s guide or you can spend 5 minute and read this condense guide that will tell you the same thing.

Anyway, in general Starcraft 2 is simple. It’s a real time strategy warfare game and you’re trying to win the war. There are two different game modes, the single player and the multiplayer, and the both plays very differently.

In single player you’re trying to finish a campaign verses A.I, while in multiplayer you’re playing against other player or your friends in a massive competition. But the bottom line is you want to win.

So, first of all StarCraft 2 have 3 races, Terran, Zerg, and Protoss. Each race plays very differently and each race has their strength and weakness. In general Zerg has very cheap units and can produce a large army very quickly, Protoss has very strong units but are expensive and slow to produce, and Terran are kind of in between and more of a defensive playing style.

The best way for you to figure out which race suits your playing style is to go and actually try all 3. You’ll hear people tell you that Zerg is not recommended for beginners and that is not true. I personally think Zerg should be for all new StarCraft 2 players. But don’t listen to me either go try every race and you will realize the race you like to play the most.

However, that being said and I myself am guilty of this is to never play random or in other word play all 3 races at least not for a long time. You’ll become a jack of a trade but an expert in none and if you want to become a pro StarCraft 2 player it is better to pick one race to master.