[Satu]

First post, be gentle. :P

You guys have probably heard this a few times before. Im in bronze league, trying to get to silver league. One of the biggest problems Im having is the protoss 4gate strategy. I can probably post some replays if you REALLY need them, but I want to talk a bit more generally than specifically about strategies anyway.

Against 4gating, I've had mixed success. I got 14pool15hatch almost every matchup now, after discarding the TL 11overpool build. I cut drone production around 20ish drones, then go heavy on lings. But heres the problem, sometimes I go roaches and hydras on top of that, sometimes I got roaches. Half the time when I get 4gated but I defend it, I lose later due to being countered, OR I just lose from the 4gate moving into my expo. I usually have about 3-4 spines up sometimes with evolution chambers in front of them, as HDstarcraft showed in a tutorial to defend against 4gates once.

So, Im thinking what Im doing wrong is that I should be doing builds based on the units the toss makes, but usually when I realise I've done the wrong build, its too late. I think my amount of scouting is fine, I usually go up the ramp to check their army composition and also send a few overlords around their base.

Can someone tell me what I should make vs specific 4gate builds? Also, if Im doing anything else wrong, go ahead and say that too. Thanks.