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[G][D] (Z) Overlord Positioning on Maps

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ToastieNL Netherlands845 Posts August 23 2011 13:01 GMT #1 Hello, While playing a game just this afternoon, I was curious: What are good spots for Overlords to be? I decided to draw spots that seemed nice on the maps (S3 Map Pool). I painted them in Yellow. The big circle is the Main base. I always took the Lower Left base, just because I like that one the most ! + Show Spoiler [Typhon Peaks] + + Show Spoiler [Shattered Temple] + + Show Spoiler [Tal'Darim Altar LE] + + Show Spoiler [Searing Crater] + + Show Spoiler [Shakuras Plateau] + + Show Spoiler [Nerazim Crypt] + + Show Spoiler [Backwater Gulch] + + Show Spoiler [Antiga Shipyard] + + Show Spoiler [Abyssal Caverns] + + Show Spoiler [Xel'Naga Caverns] + Please keep in mind: ~ Remember to use your common sence; Don't put Overlords all over the North of the map when you are South v South in Shakuras. ~ You can plase your overlord Sneakilly around future expansions, but mostly it'll be better to just place them right above the expansion spewing creep. ~ The lines mean that you should just have vision on this area, the better your Minimap Awareness, the less overlords you need over there, these are mostly to scout for Drops. ~ Versus Zerg, place your overlords along the attack patch mostly and near future expansions, no need for thinking about cliffs for safety. ~ DON'T scatter your Overlords if you are not going to contest for Air Control. If you are going to give up on air control, all these Overlords will be easy pickings. ~ Often, Zerglings can fulfill the same role as the Overlords (Scouting expansion/attack paths), but why not put the Overlords with better visionrange and the ability to stay safe all over the map? It saves you a couple of drones! Overlords are positioned to give you as much 'safe' vision around your base/nat/3rd as possible. All other positions give you easy acces to scouting: either scouting the enemy base or an attack batch (main/hidden). I hope I helped some players with this. Please mention any positions I missed, I'd greatly appreciate it! Kind regards, ToastieNL

Catch]22 Sweden2683 Posts August 23 2011 13:18 GMT #2 When would it be safe for me to place overlords here? Seems like they would die like flies once marines start zooming around in medivacs, same goes for blinkstalkers and... mutas I guess? When would I keep them in my base and when would I spread em around?

Iksf United Kingdom444 Posts August 23 2011 13:30 GMT #3 ZvZ these rock, ZvT ZvP generally want to limit them to places marines cant get too

DarKcS Australia1237 Posts August 23 2011 13:47 GMT #4 Some of those pos outside natural over tiny gaps are in range of marines from ALL Sides, I would never leave an ovy there. Also it takes 2 ovies to fully cover the center of Xel Naga.

Anorae United States36 Posts August 23 2011 19:26 GMT #5 Cool thread! Thanks for starting it

Monsyphon Canada190 Posts August 23 2011 19:29 GMT #6 This is something WORTH looking into. Thank you for this ever zerg should spread their overs

Ponyo United States1231 Posts August 23 2011 19:40 GMT #7 Really helpful topic, another important thing to think about when spreading overlords is looking farther in time. Sure sending an overlord into the back of your opponent's natural right across the front is free kills midgame, but in many early game situations a Terran will not want to possibly lose the game by lowering their depot and stepping out to find 6 zerglings.

ToastieNL Netherlands845 Posts August 24 2011 14:59 GMT #8 Thanks for the positive feedback !

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