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On March 17 2016 16:40 lib_ wrote:
what can i do as zerg vs turtle terran (long on 2 or 3 base) who is going mech + liberators? (gold player)

On March 19 2016 18:21 evilfatsh1t wrote:
why wouldnt it?
just because its gate core gate it doesnt mean you forgo the robotics. there is almost no build that cant get obs out fast enough to block dts. the only reason people lose against dt is if they go for like one of the following:
3 gate (can block in certain maps and depending on how quickly you build your robotics. if you go for a push then you will probably lose but if you get your obs out and def you are way ahead. making the decision to build the robotics blindly is risky though, as you wont be able to push as strongly and reaver builds will cause you trouble)
4 gate
reaver rush (still doable. get your obs out asap after shuttle reaver whilst trying to stall, meanwhile do as much damage as you can with your reaver. in an ideal scenario you will both lose lots of probes but you end up with a stronger fight composition)
dt all in (2 dts out of 2 gates vs 1 dt cannon expand)

On March 17 2016 07:47 B-royal wrote:
Do you think reaver's gas cost is justifiable? 100 gas seems so low...It finally makes sense how reavers just keep on coming and coming when the protoss is doing a reaver/corsair strat.

On March 19 2016 23:06 [[Starlight]] wrote:

I'm not one of those ppl who thinks 1.08 BW balance is 'the Hand of God Almighty' and is 110% perfect and flawless in absolutely every way. But even I can't ever recall thinking, "Gee, Reavers are too cheap."

Yah, they're easy on the gas, but 200 minerals for the reaver plus 75 more for a full load of scarabs... and then you still need a 200 mineral Shuttle to use it offensively, preferably with speed upgrade (another 200/200). Adds up.

The only thing that ever bugged me about Reaver costs is the Reaver Capacity upgrade... always feels too pricey at 200/200. Sooo not worth it, 150/150 would at least be halfway reasonable.

On March 20 2016 07:40 ProMeTheus112 wrote:
yeah the point is your strength as zerg is you are stronger than P at attacking anywhere you want, it depends on all the settings you might have in the game, and you don't want P to be able to set up an even number of bases with 200/200 and a lot of defenses (but that means you lost the advantage), but if you're not in that situation in an "even" game you actually have the advantage as Z to decide where you want to attack and with how much (or potentially not to attack and instead make P need to attack you by growing your eco/defense/tech). Your defense as Z keep in mind is extremely strong locally likewise, with lurk+sunk+spore+swarm+stuff, extremely effective, and P cannot drop you as much and your drop defense is stronger. So the best way to think of how to attack in a very fortified P defense as this, is to make that P need to move this defense, or to attack elsewhere (another base, or drop, or pick at units on the map, etc). If reavers are absent, Swarm owns P defense. Guardians are also a potential solution depending on how much he has to deal with them and how many muta/devourers/scourge you have to kill corsairs or scouts. HTs can block guardians but you can make him spend too many storms and then your ground stuff becomes more powerful against this spot too, you can also likely force them to suicide into those guards as they storm. Finally there is not one answer to this question, it depends on the situation of each game and you can make different choices. Also, reavers are very strong, but they can't tank much. If there isn't too many zeals/goons with the canons+HT+reavers, you can probably throw in a bunch of ultralisks and glings and wreak them (with swarm to deny canon damage, plague also very good). If there are zeals and goons you'll likely need to add lurkers............ hydras ofc still can be useful in that mix. I don't think you ever really need to use queens to deal with P, but that doesn't mean they are not useful. You just don't need them.

On March 20 2016 20:37 [[Starlight]] wrote:


Paragraphs are good.

You are allowed to use more than one.

On March 24 2016 06:26 Jealous wrote:

Do you by chance mean ICCup?

If I understood your question correctly, then in my layman experience that icon comes up for a variety of countries and in some cases is simply an error during registration (there are people with country codes like 53 and x, but there are also people from places like New Caledonia which come up as NC but have no flag on the site so they get x flag).

On March 24 2016 10:50 Ty2 wrote:

I feel like you can't get caught up in the semantics of playing. You merely just have a lot more units than your Protoss opponent. If Protoss already has virtually impregnable defenses then you're probably doing something wrong earlier in the midgame. The approach I feel to the question of late game scenarios is how to prevent them in the first place and at what I assume at your level of play is a more appropriate approach.

I'm a little wary when you discuss using Queens. No amount of theory crafting will help you if you don't have the mechanics to back them up. The theory sounds nice but the practical application of late game control might not be there when even your fundamental skills of mechanics are lacking. You should work on your fundamentals, much less any late game cost efficiency scenarios. I'm assuming from your post history you're not like B+ rank so I'd say merely focus on having better macro to have the units to go head to head with Protoss.

Also, you can't treat the game like a black or white scenario, where there's a basic cure all against Zerg attacks the way you describe how useless all the zerg units are in the face of some protoss units. The theatre of war is expanded all over the entire map, merely attack the least defended expansions, do multipronged attacks, Zerg's signature tactic in the late game, and a lot more. Also, as stated before, letting Protoss get to that stage of defenses probably indicates a factor earlier in the game went horribly wrong.

To sum up what I'm basically saying, just focus on your fundamentals before flying off. I would be happy to help you however you want to have help. I wish good tidings upon you, B-Royal.

On March 20 2016 21:09 ProMeTheus112 wrote:

Well sometimes I do^^ if I just want to make a quick general reply I write like this