Using Roaches? But they're TOO SLOW! Help?

Afrocious

United States81 Posts

August 23 2010 15:50 GMT

Hey guys. I'm a gold ranked Zerg player and right now, I'm focusing on getting better at ZvP. At my level, that's my most difficult matchup and I fight a lot of toss players in the ladder.

Here are some replays of me:

http://www.sc2replayed.com/replays/62558-1v1-protoss-zerg-lost-temple

http://www.sc2replayed.com/replays/62559-1v1-protoss-zerg-lost-temple

http://www.sc2replayed.com/replays/62561-1v1-protoss-zerg-blistering-sands

In these, I'm fighting against platinum toss players and lose all three (lol spoilers).

The first two replays are what bother me the most since I simply lose to that. Simply. Lose. To. That. The guy I'm playing in the 3rd replay is someone I met in TL and he's extremely nice and helpful (and since I'm new to TL, I gotta thank you guys for being awesome :D (he even showed me the Unit Tester)).

Anyway, he watched the games I had against the guy in my first two replays. He told me I should probably use roaches. As strong as roaches are, THEY'RE TOO SLOW. I love mutalisks and speedlings for their mobility, but he's right...I don't want to use the same strategy over and over again.

I've been to liquipedia for builds to write in my notebook and to practice, but I can't seem to find a nice starting one for roaches. The one on the site seem all-in >_>. Help?

Rev0lution

United States1805 Posts

August 23 2010 15:57 GMT

A popular Zerg opening is the 5RR or 5 roach rush.

Link: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=145740

Basically, you open with fast roaches while still having a good economy. The versatility of this build is that you can opt for an allin if your harrass is going well, but if it's not working then you can still have an economic advantage.

Another advantage is that your opponent will likely start massing anti roach units like stalkers. A quick transition to muta/ling + banelings will give you map control.

This build works for both PvZ and TvZ

Afrocious

United States81 Posts

August 23 2010 16:28 GMT

On August 24 2010 00:57 Rev0lution wrote:
A popular Zerg opening is the 5RR or 5 roach rush.

Link: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=145740

Basically, you open with fast roaches while still having a good economy. The versatility of this build is that you can opt for an allin if your harrass is going well, but if it's not working then you can still have an economic advantage.

Another advantage is that your opponent will likely start massing anti roach units like stalkers. A quick transition to muta/ling + banelings will give you map control.

This build works for both PvZ and TvZ

I see. I'll write this down.

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