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[Q] ZvZ hydra VS muta - Page 3

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HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-07-22 01:29:36
July 22 2008 01:28 GMT
#41
hes just being a sarcastic douche lol
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
July 22 2008 02:00 GMT
#42
On July 22 2008 02:40 cyronc wrote:
watch the replay of satanik vs incontrol on some space tileset map( i think its in the gg.net replay db)
awesome ZvZ play!!!! (almost every Zerg Unit used!!!!)


SataNik vs XiaOzI, not incontrol. :p
http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/SonuvBob/pp06/PP09XiaoziSatanik.rep
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Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11393 Posts
July 22 2008 03:00 GMT
#43
On July 22 2008 11:00 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2008 02:40 cyronc wrote:
watch the replay of satanik vs incontrol on some space tileset map( i think its in the gg.net replay db)
awesome ZvZ play!!!! (almost every Zerg Unit used!!!!)


SataNik vs XiaOzI, not incontrol. :p
http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/SonuvBob/pp06/PP09XiaoziSatanik.rep

I think he was talking about that rep from TSL of Incontrol vs some other person whose name I can't remember on Zodiac.

The other zerg went like hydra, devo, lurk and shit.
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
July 22 2008 03:32 GMT
#44
On July 22 2008 12:00 Harem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2008 11:00 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:
On July 22 2008 02:40 cyronc wrote:
watch the replay of satanik vs incontrol on some space tileset map( i think its in the gg.net replay db)
awesome ZvZ play!!!! (almost every Zerg Unit used!!!!)


SataNik vs XiaOzI, not incontrol. :p
http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/SonuvBob/pp06/PP09XiaoziSatanik.rep

I think he was talking about that rep from TSL of Incontrol vs some other person whose name I can't remember on Zodiac.

The other zerg went like hydra, devo, lurk and shit.


That was iNcontroL vs Ptak @ TSL
http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Manifesto7/TSL_Wk2_Replays/inc_vs_ptak.rep
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BlackStar
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Netherlands3029 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-07-23 00:42:18
July 23 2008 00:39 GMT
#45
Just lost vs some idiot doing random pure hydra. I don't know anything about ZvZ except seeing some progames.

I was under the impression pure ling would totally own it. I totally outmacroed the guy and waited for cracklings. Got 3 kills and he like 130.

WTF

Thanks for the advice. BTW my 9 muta couldn't do anything since he made like 8 spores.

I mean, the guy didn't even hotkey. I bet he missed 3 ovies also. As a protoss player I knew ZvZ was stupid. But what the hell was that?


[edit]

Never mind, he mineral hacked like crazy... But still...
LxRogue
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States1415 Posts
July 23 2008 01:14 GMT
#46
When countering hydras, muta/ling is always going to be more effective than just pure lings.
He likely is getting carapace upgrades and especially in larger numbers, lings die quite quickly to hydras. What are you doing with your gas anyway? The mutas are there as the meat shields while the zerglings do the damage.

This is such an important and basic aspect of using muta/ling and i'm surprised by how many people are careless about it. You ALWAYS send the mutas before the lings: against hydras, m&m, goliaths, goons. Sending the zerglings first results in the lings all dying and the mutas fighting alone.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
July 23 2008 01:18 GMT
#47
On July 23 2008 09:39 BlackStar wrote:
Just lost vs some idiot doing random pure hydra. I don't know anything about ZvZ except seeing some progames.

I was under the impression pure ling would totally own it. I totally outmacroed the guy and waited for cracklings. Got 3 kills and he like 130.


Pure Zergling armies get shredded by Hydralisks; as Lxrogue says, you need the Mutalisks to take the hits. Don't forget to upgrade attack/carapace as well, attack is ideal on your Zerglings while carapace is recommended on your Mutalisks. Hydralisk users already have the evolution chamber due to their spore colonies, so they tend to have fast 1/1 upgrades; you can't let them get to 2/1 or 2/2 without upgrading yourself or you're fucked.
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HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
July 23 2008 01:32 GMT
#48
On July 21 2008 15:55 iakNab wrote:
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On July 21 2008 11:08 HeavOnEarth wrote:
eh u wanna zvz im EzPzLmnSqz @ iccup and heavonearth @ west
Muta microing hydras should be fun <_<
PM MEH


u got one gay name there buddy


hydra completely viable, i pulled ridiculous wins with it. Opponents most likely wont be quite ready for it either.


what ?! EzPzLmnSqz is an awesome name!
...right..?


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Elite]v[arine
Profile Joined October 2007
United States264 Posts
July 23 2008 23:51 GMT
#49
On July 21 2008 00:51 MrRammstein wrote:
Does anyone have any reps or links to VODs with high(er) level of Hydra vs Muta(ling)?




WCG 2007 Highlights: Watch from 2:12 to 3:22
1-1 mass hydra FTW!!!
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KaasZerg
Profile Joined November 2005
Netherlands927 Posts
July 24 2008 00:55 GMT
#50
Tsunami an oldschool player had a covincing showcase of hydra vs muta. He stopped the mutaharass with some Spore went one base 2hatch hydra I believe and had a big enough hydraball to kill the expo before the expo could pay of. He killed the mutalingarmy with hydra only. I don't know if his site still exists. He wrote his own strategy guide. The timming of the attack is critical. One geyser is enough.
Swarmy
Profile Joined July 2008
Canada70 Posts
July 24 2008 01:45 GMT
#51
If you watch Team Liquid Attack episode 4 with xiaozi you will see an example of a hydralisk build used effectively. Granted, his opponent wasn't that great. It only really works if you have a large economic lead. Also, I think +1 attack for the hydras is much more effective.
MrRammstein
Profile Joined May 2008
Poland339 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-07-24 22:22:32
July 24 2008 14:22 GMT
#52
On July 24 2008 08:51 X.xDeMoNiCx.X wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2008 00:51 MrRammstein wrote:
Does anyone have any reps or links to VODs with high(er) level of Hydra vs Muta(ling)?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uv_KPhFLYY&feature=related

WCG 2007 Highlights: Watch from 2:12 to 3:22
1-1 mass hydra FTW!!!


WOW this is epic video!!

GoShox if you meant this game, game itself is AMAZING, especially made like this!
I can watch it all over again!
(haven't watch watch rep, there is too much shit to do with patches to be able to watch it)


EDIT: LOL LOOK AT POLL X)
edit2: there was 99votes x))
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dcttr66
Profile Joined October 2003
United States555 Posts
July 24 2008 16:12 GMT
#53
hydralisks are useful when you can counter mutalisks with defilers.
but even still, the mutalisks might have won the game already because they are great for map control.
Elite]v[arine
Profile Joined October 2007
United States264 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-07-29 02:57:21
July 29 2008 02:56 GMT
#54
On July 24 2008 23:22 MrRammstein wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 24 2008 08:51 X.xDeMoNiCx.X wrote:
On July 21 2008 00:51 MrRammstein wrote:
Does anyone have any reps or links to VODs with high(er) level of Hydra vs Muta(ling)?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uv_KPhFLYY&feature=related

WCG 2007 Highlights: Watch from 2:12 to 3:22
1-1 mass hydra FTW!!!

WOW this is epic video!!

why thanks
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Kizlyk
Profile Joined December 2007
Ukraine84 Posts
July 29 2008 09:45 GMT
#55
Notforu (top russian player) once recorded FPVOD when he used hydralisks in ZvZ vs another good player, here it is:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x362dz_notforu-vs-sudden_videogames

Unfortunately you will not understand his commentary where he explains in details when this strategy is good, and why...
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
17067 Posts
July 29 2008 13:53 GMT
#56
On July 24 2008 09:55 KaasZerg wrote:
Tsunami an oldschool player had a covincing showcase of hydra vs muta. He stopped the mutaharass with some Spore went one base 2hatch hydra I believe and had a big enough hydraball to kill the expo before the expo could pay of. He killed the mutalingarmy with hydra only. I don't know if his site still exists. He wrote his own strategy guide. The timming of the attack is critical. One geyser is enough.


I think Tsunami wrote a really long analysis on Hydra/Queen against Mutaling. It was pretty convincing, but this was back in 1.08 and strategies have certainly evolved since then. He had some example replays as well, but I don't know if they're still available somewhere.

EDIT: Hahaha, his guide is still up. Really nostalgic.

http://www.geocities.com/brattsunami/

You can still access his strategy articles on the left hand sidebar. Haven't checked if the replays still work, though.
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Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
Switzerland3919 Posts
July 29 2008 14:40 GMT
#57
Back when I had the balls to do it (1.09 or so) I always added queens and ensnared the mutas. Is that still viable vs the improved stacking of mutas?
How does plauge compare to ensnare? Queens are alot more mobile and easy to use (vs mutas) than defilers but I'm still not sure.
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arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
July 29 2008 17:17 GMT
#58
I would say ensnare would be worth it to slow the attack of the mutas and such but granted you can get to defilers plague seems to be worth it. You can do that epic gosu lure his huge muta army into 2 defilers plague the fuck out of them then kill as they run away move.
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Elite]v[arine
Profile Joined October 2007
United States264 Posts
July 29 2008 21:02 GMT
#59
On July 29 2008 18:45 Kizlyk wrote:
Notforu (top russian player) once recorded FPVOD when he used hydralisks in ZvZ vs another good player, here it is:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x362dz_notforu-vs-sudden_videogames

Unfortunately you will not understand his commentary where he explains in details when this strategy is good, and why...

if someone could translate this it would be very much thx.
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Elite]v[arine
Profile Joined October 2007
United States264 Posts
July 29 2008 21:23 GMT
#60
sorry for hijacking (is that spelling right?) this thread.
i was wondering what would i do if both me and my opponent decide upon opening hydras instead of mutas? how does that turn out and what should i do in response to his hydras and mine??
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