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ThatGuy89
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1968 Posts
June 06 2011 21:36 GMT
#161
pretty sure i saw nani using this in MLG against gretorp especially - i know nani and HuK are good friends so probably devised it together or w/e
its a good build i just have a few queries:
What if a decent terran scouts you? leaves his scout scv there forever seeing as how you have no stalker. He'd see gas stopped being mined, you expo go up, probes cut. They would just pressure better and earlier then he did.

Also, when do you start probe production again?
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-07 13:49:00
June 06 2011 21:50 GMT
#162
I have updated the OP with a version that is slightly adjusted for the WG nerf. The original build is ok, but it's sooooo this past April.

EDIT: I'd like to thank Keilah for his contributions and his time, as well as everyone who has contributed here.
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Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
June 06 2011 21:58 GMT
#163
On June 07 2011 06:36 ThatGuy89 wrote:
pretty sure i saw nani using this in MLG against gretorp especially - i know nani and HuK are good friends so probably devised it together or w/e
its a good build i just have a few queries:
What if a decent terran scouts you? leaves his scout scv there forever seeing as how you have no stalker. He'd see gas stopped being mined, you expo go up, probes cut. They would just pressure better and earlier then he did.

Also, when do you start probe production again?


If he scouts you first just put probes back on and do a slightly less greedy 1gate fe if you so please. This is pretty much the only thing that has been discussed in this thread so I encourage you to go back and check it out.

To your second point

Build Order
+ Show Spoiler +
9 Pylon (10 CB nex)
13 Gate (2nd CB once 1st finishes)
14 Gas (can be on 15*)
16 Pylon (HuK makes it on 15 but if you're human you can't always make it on 15 w/o brief probe cut , and it's not like you cap yourself making probes with 16pylon ^^)
17 Core, mine 50 gas**; WG @100% CC, dump ALL CB on WG
20 Nexus (19 if you lose the probe)
CUT PROBES RESUME HARVESTING GAS

20 gateway
20 gateway

RESUME PROBES

21 queue first stalker from gateway, do not CB
XX pylon when you can afford it, preferably proxied if the distance is long.

100% WG, warp in 3 stalkers and poke with all 4


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SC2TheDroid
Profile Joined September 2010
United States54 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-06 23:15:26
June 06 2011 23:14 GMT
#164
Thanks for the post, I have been doing this with great success on the ladder... If fact I probably win 9/10 terran games now... Now if I can only figure out how to deal with the macro zerg power ><
iamke55
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States2806 Posts
June 07 2011 17:03 GMT
#165
Naniwa was spotted using this build at Columbus. Success!

How would you stop proxy rax marauders? Not the easily scoutable kinds with pure marines and no OC, but the kind where you're playing a no name in a clan war but it's actually Namhcir smurfing and your scouting probe sees nothing weird.
During practice session, I discovered very good build against zerg. -Bisu[Shield]
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
June 07 2011 17:12 GMT
#166
On June 08 2011 02:03 iamke55 wrote:
Naniwa was spotted using this build at Columbus. Success!

How would you stop proxy rax marauders? Not the easily scoutable kinds with pure marines and no OC, but the kind where you're playing a no name in a clan war but it's actually Namhcir smurfing and your scouting probe sees nothing weird.


Haha I am not sure about that. I'll have to have ngry or murder do it against me later today. I'm sure it won't be pretty though :D
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Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
June 07 2011 22:09 GMT
#167
Here is a pretty humorous game ^^
It shows what happens when you try to double tech lab rush one who is HuKking.
http://replayfu.com/download/20QhDs
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Crue
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia47 Posts
June 07 2011 23:07 GMT
#168
awesome idea. wish i could have seen huk doing it. have to settle with me giving it a crack :[
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marvellosity
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom36161 Posts
June 08 2011 00:11 GMT
#169
This is amazing

I tried it out and crushed the 2rax prod which usually gives me so many problems when I 2gate robo expand. And you put your Nexus down more than 2 minutes earlier than that build too...
[15:15] <Palmar> and yes marv, you're a total hottie
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-09 05:38:00
June 09 2011 05:32 GMT
#170
http://www.justin.tv/liquidhuk/b/287559032
Check out 1:15:00
He does the build that has been slightly adjusted to account for WG change!! how cool!

edit: Note that he mines gas normally and doesn't cb his WG as hard. He apparently saves the CB for a faster 2nd round of stalkers for which he has exactly enough gas, but gets supply blocked

a pretty baller innovation, I must say, HuK
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Dhul
Profile Joined March 2010
Finland52 Posts
June 10 2011 06:41 GMT
#171
This build is so GODDAMN good, that its my go-to build in pvt. In my experience every 1-2 rax expand gets torn apart, because you get so many units and most terrans arent aware of this build, so they don´t realize what they are scouting. Tho I dont know about 3rax pushes, do they come so late that you can just add more gates and be fine?
Belha
Profile Joined December 2010
Italy2850 Posts
June 10 2011 09:17 GMT
#172
Thx to keep the thread updated Alejandrisha! Hey, another nice variaton is the one Naniwa used in Columbus. He fixed the warp nerf with a 11 gate, then chrono. Check the game vs Drewbie in Testbug.
Chicken gank op
BrTarolg
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom3574 Posts
June 10 2011 09:55 GMT
#173
Nani does the build with an 11 gate so that he can get warpgate faster and its safer, and then you catch up with chrono later
Keilah
Profile Joined May 2010
731 Posts
June 10 2011 12:26 GMT
#174
On June 07 2011 06:50 Alejandrisha wrote:
I have updated the OP with a version that is slightly adjusted for the WG nerf. The original build is ok, but it's sooooo this past April.

EDIT: I'd like to thank Keilah for his contributions and his time, as well as everyone who has contributed here.


thx for the recognition sir =]
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-11 20:04:19
June 11 2011 20:00 GMT
#175
Here's another replay.
Here we see why 2 maurader + 1 marine push off of 1rax expand is suicide against this build (especially with rush distance.)

http://replayfu.com/download/xNP14

This replay made me worry about something, though. Because you delay the 2nd and 3rd gates by getting a probe and a stalker before you get them, I'm thinking of cutting that probe until after gateways are up and perhaps mining less gas.
EDIT: This is significant because I can't remove him from my natural until WG is complete. If T commits to something in my natural with a bunker, it he might force me to break it without being cost effective. Just something to think about!
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Regina
Profile Joined November 2010
Netherlands148 Posts
June 11 2011 20:04 GMT
#176
dont like this build at all, doesnt get alot of units till 5:30 and pressuring with 4 stalkers against a bunker is LOL, there are much better openings around imho
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
June 11 2011 20:05 GMT
#177
On June 12 2011 05:04 Regina wrote:
dont like this build at all, doesnt get alot of units till 5:30 and pressuring with 4 stalkers against a bunker is LOL, there are much better openings around imho


What about pressuring a bunker with 4 stalkers is lol exactly?
You never take hull damage and you force the terran to repair it which takes away mining time and costs money. You can pick off marines that are rallied too close or at least get free hits before he pulls them back. What else are you going to do with your units? Keep them in your mineral line?
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peidongyang
Profile Joined January 2009
Canada2084 Posts
June 11 2011 20:13 GMT
#178
Actually I think huk changed his build a little, since with his previous build the gateways finished but left him little wiggle room against either a really early reaper or marine/scv attack mentioned by the OP.

I think huk does something like:
20 wg -> chorno'd I believe 4 times until completion
20 nexus
20 stalker -> stalker before adding two gates
22-> probe
23-> 2 additional gateways
When stalker pops he makes one sentry, second gas and third pylon
Then when wg tech finishes he does his usual 4 stalker poke.

This build does really damn well against harass builds (hellion, banshees), but I've seen HuK being overrun quite a bit by simply bio units, with no harass at all because:

1. He techs fast collosus, and gets hit with a timing just before his first collosus finishes.
2. He makes 6 gateways, and gets hit as he is further advancing his tech tree or expanding to his third.

In terms of holding off stuff, I think the sentry allows you to hold a marine/scv allin if you sac the nexus. You'll be still ahead because they will have pulled all their scvs, and you will have 3 gates and possible have killed many of their scvs with your 4 stalkers.

Against a 3 rax HuK makes it look really easy. 4 stalkers give you lots of early firepower, so if you see an early 3 rax (with concussive shells really early), you can safely hold it off by warping in additional 3 zealots.

Against a 3 rax stim You should probably warp in additional 3 stalkers and pull probes. If you warp in zealots the MM can just ignore your zealots and own your stalkers.

Against something like a marauders expand I think this build kind of suffers because a bunker in their nat completely nullifies your harass and you still need to warp units in in case of early 2 base timings by the terran.
the throws never bothered me anyway
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
June 11 2011 20:21 GMT
#179
+ Show Spoiler +
On June 12 2011 05:13 peidongyang wrote:
Actually I think huk changed his build a little, since with his previous build the gateways finished but left him little wiggle room against either a really early reaper or marine/scv attack mentioned by the OP.

I think huk does something like:
20 wg -> chorno'd I believe 4 times until completion
20 nexus
20 stalker -> stalker before adding two gates
22-> probe
23-> 2 additional gateways
When stalker pops he makes one sentry, second gas and third pylon
Then when wg tech finishes he does his usual 4 stalker poke.

This build does really damn well against harass builds (hellion, banshees), but I've seen HuK being overrun quite a bit by simply bio units, with no harass at all because:

1. He techs fast collosus, and gets hit with a timing just before his first collosus finishes.
2. He makes 6 gateways, and gets hit as he is further advancing his tech tree or expanding to his third.

In terms of holding off stuff, I think the sentry allows you to hold a marine/scv allin if you sac the nexus. You'll be still ahead because they will have pulled all their scvs, and you will have 3 gates and possible have killed many of their scvs with your 4 stalkers.

Against a 3 rax HuK makes it look really easy. 4 stalkers give you lots of early firepower, so if you see an early 3 rax (with concussive shells really early), you can safely hold it off by warping in additional 3 zealots.

Against a 3 rax stim You should probably warp in additional 3 stalkers and pull probes. If you warp in zealots the MM can just ignore your zealots and own your stalkers.

Against something like a marauders expand I think this build kind of suffers because a bunker in their nat completely nullifies your harass and you still need to warp units in in case of early 2 base timings by the terran.


Yes the difference in the updated build in the OP and the one from HuK's vod is what happens at 20 food. I still haven't figured what is best, get a probe and a stalker or just a stalker before the 2 gates. It seems like you should skip that probe for the time being so you can get your gates up just a bit faster to defend against a bio all-in with a bunker.


The greatest challenge with any new build is finding a strong transition. A lot of times HuK will add 2 additional gateways before adding more gas which is good in the short term but very weak once the terran gets medivac tech. And remaining on 3 gates when you get additional gases might help you tech stronger, but it leaves you very vulnerable to bio timings. The solution might be getting a 4th gate and adding 2 gases and forgoing a robo for slightly faster upgrades and charge. The robo is primarily used for observers with this build (I find going colossus after this opening very, very risky) and you might not necessarily need observers on the map at this time.

The gas problem really comes up once your forge(s) and twilight finish. You need 300+ gas just for upgrade and charge, meanwhile you can't afford anything but zealots from your gateways. But the more I do the build the more I understand what I can afford at what times so this can only get better.
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-_-
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States7081 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-11 20:28:08
June 11 2011 20:23 GMT
#180
I really don't like this build. If a terran really commits and brings a bunch of scvs to build 3+ bunkers I don't think you can stop him.

I think the best FE build are ones where you get 1 stalker out asap with chrono first. That way terran can't scout the FE and all in.

26 or so is the fastest I ever FE v T.
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