EPTThats bad, thats very bad. It makes us predictable, it makes it possible for terrans and protosses to make economically optimal BO's which sacrifice early defense or dont waste scans.
We need to mix up our play and thus i have decided that a zerg cheese and all in compendium would be a good idea, saving people from having to use the dreaded search function and stimulating brainstorming in this area.
Yes, this is meant to be a thinktank for zerg cheese and theorycrafters are welcome, yet i would prefer it if they tried out their theories in at least 5 games before posting them. Also, if a high level player sees an idea here that he thinks can work and decides to try it out and fine tune it, please contribute your results to all the zerg community.
Post data: The cheeses shown here are useful at ANY level of play, this is NOT meant to be a low level or beginners guide to cheeses. IDRA, CATZ, MACHINE, KYRIX, ST.JULY are pro players that have used, and will continue to use, some of the cheeses that you will read about here.
Without further ado i will start putting links to different cheeses out there:
Baneling bust:
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Baneling_Rush_(vs._Terran)
Its possible to use the hatch cancel trick to put the baneling nest at your natural, to trick the enemy into thinking you are expanding as july did at one GSL. Or you can simply use it to hide your bane nest anywhere on the map.
Eco baneling bust (Kyrix):
Upon popular demand behold...the eco baneling aggression!
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This is how Machine does it, you can see it here: http://mrbitter.blip.tv/file/4692368/ at 1:08:40
It's standard play:
14 hatch
15 pool--> two queens
25 two extractors
@100 gas-->ling speed
@50 gas--> Bane nest
Make 30 drones or so and then all lings and banes--> attack for the win.
It doesnt have to be exactly like this, you can adapt it to your own BO as long as you keep certain important things: try to keep your drone count at around 30-31, make only 2 extractors, make 2 queens, dont get Lair (it slows down the attack)
It's standard play:
14 hatch
15 pool--> two queens
25 two extractors
@100 gas-->ling speed
@50 gas--> Bane nest
Make 30 drones or so and then all lings and banes--> attack for the win.
It doesnt have to be exactly like this, you can adapt it to your own BO as long as you keep certain important things: try to keep your drone count at around 30-31, make only 2 extractors, make 2 queens, dont get Lair (it slows down the attack)
7 Roach Rush:
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/7_Roach_Rush_/_Expand_/_Lair
12 drone rush:
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Make drones up to 10/10 then do a double extractor trick and make 2 more drones.
You are now at 12/10 supply, with some spare minerals.
Attack the enemys workers right away and micro to keep your drones alive (right clicking minerals with your wounded drones to save them).
As your drones start to die make extra drones rallied to his base with the extra minerals you have
Against terran you have the advantage that your drones regenerate health so you can run them around to heal
You are now at 12/10 supply, with some spare minerals.
Attack the enemys workers right away and micro to keep your drones alive (right clicking minerals with your wounded drones to save them).
As your drones start to die make extra drones rallied to his base with the extra minerals you have
Against terran you have the advantage that your drones regenerate health so you can run them around to heal
6 pool:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=112720
9 pool pressure:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=211407
3 roach speedling all in:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=190292
No queen FE roach:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=201678
Thankyou Fishermang
Proxy hatch (GoldenfOu's):
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=172123
You can also make the hatch inside his base and build spine crawlers + queens to expand the creep and slow push him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0IQuHeIOF4
4 drone harassment (Catz):
http://mrbitter.blip.tv/file/4678044/
Catz explains a bit the logic behind this drone rush and how to execute it in this VOD, its worth seeing the whole VOD to learn how to be a bit less standard, thankyou Mr.Bitter!
Its at 1hour 17 minutes
hydra doom drop:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=161718
Machine shows how he does hydra drops in this VOD: http://mrbitter.blip.tv/file/4692368/ look it up at 53 minutes 16 seconds
Double roach warren +1 push (theorycraft):
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=214215
zvz 6 pool+spine rush:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=147886
Double evo rush:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=146895
in the VOD i have linked to in the 4 drone harassment section Catz uses the evo chamber rush to block the wall off of a toss and proceeds to use a speedling rush timed to hit when the evo dies. Quite cool!
Look it up, its at the 28 minute mark of the VOD
Hydra/ling timing attack vs Protoss FE:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=198534
Contributed by Advocado, thankyou!
2 Hatch Nydus allin:
Contributed by Big J, a masters player. Thankyou!
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14 hatch
14 pool
14 gas
standard 4-6 defensive zerglings and 1queen
25 2nd gas
@100gas zergling speed
@100gas lair
use every single larva you have on zerglings from here on
@lair you should have 300gas
build a nydus (best hide it in your base with OL-creep)
build an overseer
@100gas pull your guys out of your gases
build the nydus worm (use your overseer)
~50 supply overrun his base with 40-50 speedlings (which should be between 7:30 and 8:00)
I guess you can and really should fit in a second queen at some point (to kill banshees or void rays or something like that) and maybe even get some extra lings.
what it works against:
-banshees
-thor rush
-1rax expand
-any kind of protoss expand (even against 3gate expand!)
-2starport phoenix
-maybe against a dt rush but I havent played it (you have a fast overseer, and you can produce easily more if you just keep your gas going )
-any kinds of forge expands
the problem with that build is that: you need to hide your nydus, you need to show him enough drones at you expo so he thinks your droning (just "overtransfer" drones), and you need to find a place for your nydus, which is usually the biggest problem as most bases are pretty small, and easy revealed with 2-3 pylons or depots.
zvz speedling rush:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=192260
Thankyou Fishermang
Infestor rush:
Here is a replay of a masters player who uses the infestor rush against whitera:
http://sc2replay.me/replay/b935638c70ae8bbf80f3f2bcb428d6b8
It still needs to be refined so i hope everyone tries it out and lets see who comes up with the best infestor rush BO!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0f36Qf8vX0
