What I do for Scouting as Zerg

DocNemesis

Philippines446 Posts

May 23 2011 05:37 GMT

Most Zerg players I know tend to use Overlords for scouting alongside a Drone. The only instance where I actually USE Overlords for scouting is on Scrap Station. Most of the time, I assign them to a Xel'naga Watchtower and I use my Drone to scout once I finished up the Double Extractor Trick.

If there is one thing I learned from scouting is to keep the drone alive. Depending on the map I am in,I am more interested in knowing where my opponent is than what build order he is going for. Once I found that, I can go to a Watchtower where as soon as the Lair finishes up, I can make the Overlord that I placed on the said Watchtower to generate Creep to turn my Drone into either a Spore Crawler or Spine Crawler. It's not a completely effective defense, but it can buy me a bit of time by a nano-second.

Rhaegar99

Australia1190 Posts

May 23 2011 05:45 GMT

how do you keep the drone alive vs a marine?

DocNemesis

Philippines446 Posts

May 23 2011 05:50 GMT

On May 23 2011 14:45 Rhaegar99 wrote:
how do you keep the drone alive vs a marine?

That kinda depends, when my Terran opponent manages to wall off in time, his Marines would not be able to kill my drone unless they decided to chase me.

neobowman

Canada3324 Posts

May 23 2011 05:51 GMT

Keep overlords at the edge of their base. Getting the early overlords in position to keep an eye on the minimap is crucial. If possible, get vision of their gas to time when they take them. Against Zerg, keep the overlords on the path between your bases. You shouldn't keep your drone at the watch tower. Send a single zergling there instead once your spawning pool finishes.

Please or register to reply.

What I do for Scouting as Zerg

Completed

Ongoing

Upcoming