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apocriva
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Canada66 Posts
August 12 2012 02:29 GMT
#1
I'm having this weird feeling tonight like I don't really care for the build I've been doing in ZvT and ZvP (14 hatch 15 pool), and I can't put my finger on why. I'll take a look through some of my recent replays to see if I can place why.

What is the state of the game when my spawning pool finishes?
- It is roughly 4:00
- An overlord has just popped (17/26 supply)
- My natural has just finished.
- I have 2 larvae and ~400 minerals.

That sounds like a perfect situation to be able to build two sets of lings and two queens.

Ah, I think I get a little screwed up in general at that point because I kind of muck up overlord timing and don't have a solid followup plan to get me into either lair tech or a third base.

Well, this is great, though! I have something very specific that I can focus on: what feels right to do after 4:00? Just to have it there, I really feel like I need to have an evolution chamber and a roach warren at least. I'm still only in Gold, and if I don't have my roach warren early-ish, then I forget to build it altogether. I can probably use gas for timing things... Let's play the what-if game!

What if I build my roach warren, one evo chamber, and one gas together as soon as I can after having four queens at least queued?
And then maybe one more gas when the roach warren is done. Then I can use the gas to time my lair, and when the lair is theoretically halfway done or so, get the other two gasses or something. Either way, I just need some kind of timing to get into.

Yeah, that's going to need a lot more practice to get it down -- practice against real people too, instead of against easy-peasy AI. I'll still have to keep working at the timing until I don't have to think about it. That takes a lot of time moreso than effort, I find.

Anywho, enough rambling for tonight!

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.Sic.
Profile Joined February 2011
Korea (South)497 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-12 03:12:22
August 12 2012 03:11 GMT
#2
so by the 5 minute mark u'll have 4 queens one gas a roach warren and evo? you'll have no drones, roach warren is redundant cause 4 queens defend helions on 2 bases, evo is ok, but the fastest cloaked banshees will get to ur base is like 6:50 if terran is on one base, so i would build it at like 6:00. Also, helions take 30 seconds to build and the first two helions get to zerg's base at like 5:30 IF terran went factory b4 second command center. This means the only time you would need roaches to defend helions is when he has atleast 8, which would be 7:00. So your roach warren should go down at 6:00 and that's if terran didnt expand first.
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apocriva
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada66 Posts
August 12 2012 03:25 GMT
#3
Ah, that's good to know! I hadn't thought about it like that -- *why* I feel like I need roaches. The queens are serving the same purpose. Thanks!
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
August 12 2012 03:38 GMT
#4
In either matchup you'll probably not want to even think about putting either of those buildings (roach warren and evo chamber) down until at least the 6:45 minute mark for any reason unless you aren't playing standard. You should be pumping as many queens as it fits your playstyle and hardcore droning.

After 4:00 and you have your 2 queens, keep building queens when you can fit them in between drones. Depending on your style you can also build a very fast third base and keep it alive with 6-8 queens while powering drones.
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