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ascoe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Korea (South)133 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-02 02:40:04
October 02 2010 02:39 GMT
#21
I've used drops with some success. Roach hydra (doom) drops have been okay, also roaches with their burrow upgrades can be effective - my opponent had no observers yet. sniping pylons or tech can be a big deal.

Any of these examples can be combined with a small force of mutas to force their army out of position as you drop.

This is very effective in close air positions, of course.

As far as contaminate ; No, contaminate does not stop a building that is under construction. Lately i've been using the overseer to contaminate gateways once i'm pressuring a protoss's ramp.

I guess none of these are very cooky, but they do work. Don't forget about fake drops either ; ]
nodq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany123 Posts
October 02 2010 11:46 GMT
#22
On October 02 2010 05:58 aliciakeys wrote:
To answer your question, spine crawlers cannot be dropped and they cannot go through nydus.

My problem with cutesy harassment is it feels like Zerg isn't really built for it like terran is. Terran has cliff abuse, drops, siege, fast moving reapers, helions, the list goes on.
Zerg has ol drops, but really they require two upgrades (both speed and transport) to be effective.
Zerg has nydus but it's very hard to nydus a good player's base. And if they see it, which 9/10 times they do, that's a lot of wasted money.
And lastly, contaminate is useless because it delays one building, which might be good in the very beginning of the game, but in the mid/end game, the benefit that comes from delaying one building is negligible. It would be different if you could keep contaminating, but it costs too much energy.



Just don't try to use a Nydus as the ONLY attack and hope that your Opponent does not see it, that will never work actually.

Use Nydus as Counter Attack, or if you Play Mutas for example. Harras with Mutas on nat. expo and place a Nydus in Main Base (or other way around) thats so much Pressure for most People, they have to Split Army up, and Terran with Mech is sooo slow.

Or Nydus in one Base, so often People send their WHOLE Army to the Nydus Place, then you can attack somwhere else. Imho Mutas + Nydus is very dangerous.
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Nazza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1654 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-02 12:02:05
October 02 2010 11:55 GMT
#23
If you've been watching the GSL, you notice that Fruitseller/Cool uses quite alot of baneling drops, ultra drops, and even Nydus play. Ofc, all this is done whilst expanding/spreading creep.

I'm starting to think that baneling drop can be worth it once you have enough overlords. One overlord dies, and it's 300/100, but it can be worth it if you can use it to get rid of a heavily fortified position, with flanking with zerglings and stuff ofc.

If you get Spire, then realize that any harassment done with Mutas is not going to be cost effective, then it may be better to stop pumping mutas, get +1 air carapace, and just try and go for drops.
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