TvZ: Reactor Hellion Expand

MrBenybob

United Kingdom2 Posts

April 07 2012 15:46 GMT

Hey guys!

So today what I am going to do is show you guys how to successfully pull of a Hellion Expand build vs Zerg! Very simple! Please leave me feedback it helps me a lot and tells me I am doing wrong, I am hopefully going to do one of these for each race every week! This and my future posts will be aimed at the lower leagues. My key demographic is Bronze - Platinum.

So first of all lets clearly distinguish are goals. Imagine your in a game versus Zerg, what are your goals? Well obviously you want to win, that's the main one, but we need to work on the small things!

Goals

I will not get supply blocked.

I will have constant SCV production.

I will successfully execute my build without any hic-ups!

Now that we have our goals we can start looking at our build in more detail. In this case it is the Hellion Expand. So i am simply going to show you the build order. This is from Liquipedia so you can go check out the strategy in a little less detail over there if you wish:

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Reactor_Hellion_Expand_(vs._Zerg)

The Build

10 - Supply Depot + Scout
12 - Barracks
13 - Refinery
15 - Orbital Command Upgrade
15 - Marines (to 2) + Supply Depot
18 - Factory
19 - Barracks builds Reactor > @100% Switch to Factory
19 - Supply Depot
21 - @100% Factory > Command Center (2)
23 - Hellions (1) (2)
27 - Tech Lab on Barracks > @100% Stimpack

Here is some Day[9] thrown at your face if you want a video about the strategy!

So we have our build. I will take a map that will be in the Season 7 1v1 map pool! Ohana LE. Now in case you don't know the map here is a picture of what it looks like! It is a 1v1 map. It includes multiple choke points, 2 watch towers and a total of 8 expansions. In my opinion I feel it is a good map with a balanced amount of green and sand.

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Now here is a picture of where you should be aiming to have your buildings being placed! These buildings are placed in certain places for a specific reason.

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Now that you have your build and an insight into where your buildings should be placed you should have no problem on the ladder so good luck have fun! This Build means you can quickly transition into Mech or Bio depending on your style. I will do a future blog on those but for now glhf! : )

DKR

United Kingdom622 Posts

April 07 2012 15:56 GMT

You mention building placement, but give no reason why they should be placed there.

Also I feel that you're content is lacking. Realistically you tell people not to get supply blocked, to build SCV's and the rest is Liquipedia with a picture of a particular map.

Improvements would include: who is this targeted at? What's the full goal of this build (ahead through economy, army, damage, harass etc)? and who are you, it helps reassure people that you know what you're talking about if you give an insight into how you know this.

TLDR: Replays, more detail and specifics are needed.

EDIT: When I say, "who is this aimed at" I don't just mean league, I mean playstyle as well. Someone looking for insta GG, probably isn't going to find it here for example.

EDIT2: Why isn't this in Strategy out of interest?

FlyingToilet

United States840 Posts

April 07 2012 21:59 GMT

What about mentioning for when u start to pump hellions if u don't have that rally point where u curve around the ramp entrance so the hellions don't spawn in your base. Besides i think this is like the most overused strat in tvz and it was kinda pointless to make this blog or whatever considering there is a thing called liquipedia...

Mothra

United States1448 Posts

April 07 2012 23:45 GMT

What does your blog add to the liquipedia article or Day[9] video?

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