EPTZvZ, how to counter six pool - Page 2
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iopq
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Rebornx3
Canada200 Posts
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CryMore
United States497 Posts
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BigDatez
Canada434 Posts
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Mr.E
United States434 Posts
Go for an early pool on maps like steppes. | ||
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Cheerio
Ukraine3178 Posts
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Owarida
United States333 Posts
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jamesr12
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graphene
Finland211 Posts
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stickman.hqt
United States47 Posts
Also, if you scout early to find it you can prepare yourself mentally to micro better and not get flustered by it. Losing 1 drone for free will hurt a lot. | ||
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charlie420247
United States692 Posts
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DaggerRage
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Mr.E
United States434 Posts
On June 02 2010 04:18 DaggerRage wrote: I 15 pool, 17 hatch damn near every ZvZ I do. If they do not kill me on their first push, the game is pretty much won. What I do to stop a 6 pool is Surround the lings iwth my drones and pump lings when I can. I also make a spince crawler as soon as the pool finishes. If they force me to stop my expo I have money for roaches to hang out at my choke while I build up. 6pool is hard to pull off if you are not afraid to fight with your drones. Good luck against 8-10 pool to baneling on steppes, but your right about defending the 6-8 lings with a spine crawler in the mineral line. Just have to be smart with your drones, use the mineral patches or gas to move your drones much more freely than he can move his lings. | ||
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Cheerio
Ukraine3178 Posts
On June 02 2010 04:24 Mr.E wrote: Good luck against 8-10 pool to baneling on steppes, but your right about defending the 6-8 lings with a spine crawler in the mineral line. Just have to be smart with your drones, use the mineral patches or gas to move your drones much more freely than he can move his lings. Yeah. Whenever I see someone go FE I cancel the roach warren and go speedling baneling. In this kind of play the FE is a waste of money because you'll never have the drones to saturate even 1 base. | ||
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Deathtrooper
Canada38 Posts
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LlOoKkIi
Korea (South)473 Posts
Tell me if this is retarded or if it does actually work cause i always lose zvz cause of six poolers. | ||
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Sixxor
United States14 Posts
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DeadCell
Canada256 Posts
Generally I can get into their main an spot an early pool after I've done the extractor trick sitting at 11/10 supply. If I scout the early pool. I immediately throw down my own pool. If no pool I'll continue droning until I see his pool or reach 14/18 For each spine you need max 4 drones denying them. The rest you'll need to micro against the early lings. I often put the spine directly behind my main between my hatch an the minerals. This helps in two ways, the small barrier in the mineral line slightly helps you surround the lings with your drones if necessary. The key is making sure your spine finished before his, and if that's not possible microing effectively. Of course if your pool is just beginning as his lings enter your main this is much harder to hold off. In ZvZ in close positions I generally 12-13 pool just to be safe. I know some of you must be thinking what can 1-2 drone difference really make; but really timing in fending off cheese is everything for so is the rush unfolding upon you. | ||
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Stropheum
United States1124 Posts
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BigHeadYoony
United States92 Posts
You can hold off 6~8 initial lings with pure drones. With a build like 14 gas 14 pool, you can always hold off 6 pool with proper drone control. | ||
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