[M] (2) Zepphyr Jungle

On July 29 2013 07:38 FlyingBeer wrote:
I'd worry about the rush distance from the natural to the backdoor rocks entrance.

The biggest issue with backdoor rocks is how does Terran defend two-base all-ins since bunkering in two locations isn't really feasible. I think the best way to resolve this is with a longer rush distance to that location. Terran can easily bunker their natural in such a way that the enemy can't walk past the bunkers to attack the rocks, so would have to go to the backside to attack, but from the third, the enemy can threaten the main and natural simultaneously. That distance is a little further but maybe not far enough given the incredibly short distance between the main and natural attack points on this map.

On July 29 2013 11:15 EatThePath wrote:

For the ZvT bust scenario, I think it's reasonable that the terran can wall the top of the backdoor ramp with their infrastructure while holding the usual timing at their nat, and have a tank out to put on the cliff between the two areas totally shutting down any prolonged bounce back and forth play.

On July 30 2013 11:08 FlyingBeer wrote:



I assume you're referring to a 2-base roach bust? Most terran build orders don't have a tank out by 7:00 do they? I'm also thinking of some protoss 2-base timings. 5gate/5Oracle all-in, Immortal/Archon all-in, etc. where Terran frequently never gets a tank.