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[H] ZvP Pylon Block ramp and 1 cannon

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YouMake
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States262 Posts
March 29 2012 19:38 GMT
#1
I just played a ZvP on Shakuras Plateau, I went 14 pool 15 hat. Than when he sees that i drop my hat before he can any harass on it. He decides to drop 3 pylons and a cannon. I see this react by canceling my hat, and running it to his base and trying to proxy hat. Somehow he sees this follows me and its totally unsuccessful. I than creep spread and walk a spinecrawler down to kill everything while im going for a nydus roach all in. Which by that time he had 6-7 warpgates and crushes it. Not sure what to do or how to response to something like this. I'm currently in the diamond NA league. Thanks for the help .

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kiklion
Profile Joined April 2011
99 Posts
March 29 2012 19:52 GMT
#2
Patrol a drone at the bottom of the ramp to stop pylon blocks. It is really the most consistent way of stopping the pylon blocks. If it does go up your best bet is to drone drill one of the pylons if you can, otherwise you can try for a one base nydus but it isn't likely to be successful.
CivilAnarchy
Profile Joined October 2011
United States59 Posts
March 29 2012 19:58 GMT
#3
If you're above Diamond and allow a pylon block to occur, it's easier to just leave the game after that, because you've basically lost anyway. There's a reason Pro-maps have that supply depot there to prevent those sort of things.
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Liquid`Snute
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Norway839 Posts
March 29 2012 20:08 GMT
#4
You need to learn the Drone Drill technique.
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scur2d2
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada104 Posts
March 29 2012 20:18 GMT
#5
On March 30 2012 04:58 CivilAnarchy wrote:
If you're above Diamond and allow a pylon block to occur, it's easier to just leave the game after that, because you've basically lost anyway. There's a reason Pro-maps have that supply depot there to prevent those sort of things.


lol .. no.

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TibblesEvilCat
Profile Joined March 2010
United Kingdom766 Posts
March 29 2012 20:19 GMT
#6
he also delaying his tech and eco doing 3plyons, i'ld generally make a macro hatch and take 2 gasses, so that i can take the tech lead, so long as you don't die to some 1base allin , while you tech, just bash down the pylons with spine, if he fe'd behind this, take your 3rd same time you take your natural, if your feeling safe i'ld offen overdrone so i can saturate asap.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25551 Posts
March 29 2012 20:20 GMT
#7
On March 30 2012 05:08 Snute wrote:
You need to learn the Drone Drill technique.


You can check out the MilkyWay Drone Drill thread here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=261179
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Grohg
Profile Joined March 2011
United States243 Posts
March 29 2012 20:26 GMT
#8
On March 30 2012 05:20 Blazinghand wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 30 2012 05:08 Snute wrote:
You need to learn the Drone Drill technique.


You can check out the MilkyWay Drone Drill thread here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=261179


I was under the impression that the drone drill didn't work anymore. Maybe someone was completely wrong...can anyone confirm this? I never tried to do it after I heard that, maybe I should look at it again.
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Th1rdEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1074 Posts
March 29 2012 20:32 GMT
#9
On March 30 2012 05:08 Snute wrote:
You need to learn the Drone Drill technique.


This doesn't work on all maps, and all spawns on the maps that it does work on. I know for a fact that there is atleast one spot on shakuras that drone drill doesnt work with any of the minerals from your natural. You can click on the far away ones that do work at another natural if you have vision, but this is even harder to time, and usually toss will have cannon finished by then.
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Th1rdEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1074 Posts
March 29 2012 20:33 GMT
#10
On March 30 2012 05:26 Grohg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 30 2012 05:20 Blazinghand wrote:
On March 30 2012 05:08 Snute wrote:
You need to learn the Drone Drill technique.


You can check out the MilkyWay Drone Drill thread here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=261179


I was under the impression that the drone drill didn't work anymore. Maybe someone was completely wrong...can anyone confirm this? I never tried to do it after I heard that, maybe I should look at it again.


Some maps it does, some it doesn't. Some spawns on some maps it does, some spawns on some maps it doesn't.
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Janders
Profile Joined June 2011
Mexico222 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-29 20:56:52
March 29 2012 20:56 GMT
#11
On March 30 2012 05:08 Snute wrote:
You need to learn the Drone Drill technique.

idk about that, drone drill dosent work on every maps and something protoss can just make another wall behind the pylon you are attacking
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sjukungen1
Profile Joined November 2006
Burkina Faso59 Posts
March 29 2012 21:05 GMT
#12
On March 30 2012 05:32 Galaxy_Zerg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 30 2012 05:08 Snute wrote:
You need to learn the Drone Drill technique.


This doesn't work on all maps, and all spawns on the maps that it does work on. I know for a fact that there is atleast one spot on shakuras that drone drill doesnt work with any of the minerals from your natural. You can click on the far away ones that do work at another natural if you have vision, but this is even harder to time, and usually toss will have cannon finished by then.

It does work on all maps if you do it correctly.
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TheFish7
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States2824 Posts
March 29 2012 21:12 GMT
#13
What I have done when faced with this is to stay on one base, make an extra queen, use a queen on the high ground to kill one of the pylons, then hit him with about 20 speedlings. Make sure to just ignore the cannon. usually dropping 450 minerals that early in the game means that the protoss is way behind and you can just kill him with a speedling rush.

Alternately, you can take your 3rd base as a natural and use a couple of roaches to break the contain, although I've found that this throws me off my rhythm and I usually respond to cheese with more cheese.
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Siggeh
Profile Joined January 2012
Norway71 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-29 21:18:11
March 29 2012 21:16 GMT
#14
Drone drilling works out fine! Just that some maps is retarded and you will have to shift click the mineral field on the 3th not the natural to stack up ur drones then move ur camera back and hit with all drones ones.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=324283
check out this thread, Snute gave us a nice guide showing how it's done.
Corsica
Profile Joined February 2011
Ukraine1854 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-29 21:29:08
March 29 2012 21:28 GMT
#15
if you see 9th probe always have a drone on her to prevent harass/hatch block/pylon wallin. This should be a rule...

E: Drone drill is good, but you lose much more than protoss... if you put 1 drone on a probe and have OL watching nat its the best way and minimal eco loss.
Lobber
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada414 Posts
March 30 2012 01:19 GMT
#16
Just FYI drone drilling is auto win for protoss if they just build more pylons/gates behind the targeted pylon while the cannon finishes.
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Liquid`Snute
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Norway839 Posts
March 30 2012 01:28 GMT
#17
On March 30 2012 10:19 Lobber wrote:
Just FYI drone drilling is auto win for protoss if they just build more pylons/gates behind the targeted pylon while the cannon finishes.

No, the drones are too strong together with reinforcing lings from the main, at the very worst you should lose about 2 or 3 drones. It's all about reaction time and execution from the zerg
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BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5217 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-30 01:33:02
March 30 2012 01:31 GMT
#18
On March 30 2012 10:28 Snute wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 30 2012 10:19 Lobber wrote:
Just FYI drone drilling is auto win for protoss if they just build more pylons/gates behind the targeted pylon while the cannon finishes.

No, the drones are too strong together with reinforcing lings from the main, at the very worst you should lose about 2 or 3 drones. It's all about reaction time and execution from the zerg


I think you guys need to play a game to see what's up. I'm pretty sure Lobber is right here, even if you drone drill through a pylon, you'll be faced with a constructing Gateway next, and if there is more than one Cannon going down, you're in a lot of trouble.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10671 Posts
March 30 2012 01:55 GMT
#19
On March 30 2012 10:19 Lobber wrote:
Just FYI drone drilling is auto win for protoss if they just build more pylons/gates behind the targeted pylon while the cannon finishes.


Lobber is right, I just cannon rushed like 6 Zerg's in a row and they all tried to drone drill the pylon, and I just built more cannons / pylons to block it again then cannon finished and they left the game. -.-;; .... Poor Zerg's T_T
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Liquid`Snute
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Norway839 Posts
March 30 2012 02:13 GMT
#20
I don't have that many replays to show for now but heres one: http://drop.sc/147937

It's not even well executed, if executed perfectly you shouldn't have any issues at all, and trust me, even gateways go down super quickly if drilled properly. Sure, some walls are more difficult to break than others, but as long as you can drill you will always have a free path. By the time the protoss accumulates enough resources to create a threatening wall, you will also have a higher drone count and a spawning pool ready to defend with.

Of course it all depends on the map and the wall type, but I think it's only a matter of practice, targeting and rhythm. All zergs should learn drone drilling with remote camera because it's not only about the pylon block, it's also a needed skill against double bunker contains.
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