• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 07:38
CEST 13:38
KST 20:38
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL21] Ro4 Preview: On Course12Code S Season 1 - RO8 Preview7[ASL21] Ro8 Preview Pt2: Progenitors8Code S Season 1 - RO12 Group A: Rogue, Percival, Solar, Zoun13[ASL21] Ro8 Preview Pt1: Inheritors16
Community News
Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO8 Results0Weekly Cups (May 4-10): Clem, MaxPax, herO win1Maestros of The Game 2 announcement and schedule !11Weekly Cups (April 27-May 4): Clem takes triple0RSL Revival: Season 5 - Qualifiers and Main Event12
StarCraft 2
General
Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO8 Results MaNa leaves Team Liquid Weekly Cups (May 4-10): Clem, MaxPax, herO win Code S Season 1 - RO8 Preview Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book
Tourneys
2026 GSL Season 2 Qualifiers Maestros of The Game 2 announcement and schedule ! $5,000 WardiTV Spring Championship 2026 SC2 INu's Battles#16 <BO.9> Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2)
Strategy
Custom Maps
[D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3 [A] Nemrods 1/4 players
External Content
Mutation # 525 Wheel of Misfortune The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 524 Death and Taxes Mutation # 523 Firewall
Brood War
General
ASL21 General Discussion vespene.gg — BW replays in browser Quality of life changes in BW that you will like ? Flashes ASL S21 Ro8 Review ASL Tickets to Live Event Finals?
Tourneys
[ASL21] Semifinals B [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL21] Semifinals A [BSL22] RO8 Bracket Stage + Another TieBreaker
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Hydra ZvZ: An Introduction Simple Questions, Simple Answers Muta micro map competition
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Starcraft Tabletop Miniature Game PC Games Sales Thread
Dota 2
The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread UK Politics Mega-thread YouTube Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread McBoner: A hockey love story Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
streaming software Strange computer issues (software) [G] How to Block Livestream Ads
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
How EEG Data Can Predict Gam…
TrAiDoS
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1183 users

TvZ Byun Style 3 Rax Reaper Build(and its defense)

Forum Index > StarCraft 2 Strategy
Post a Reply
OrangeGarage
Profile Joined October 2015
Korea (South)319 Posts
November 18 2015 23:26 GMT
#1

casted by Gisado. 28 minutes into the vid.
Hyun is on his 16th win streak when a barcode Terran comes in.
He utterly crushes HyuN with his 3 rax reaper build.
This build is amazing in the fact that despite the amount of reapers you build, it is in fact a build in which you safely take a 3rd while crippling the zerg very heavily.

You will probably need decent multitasking ability to pull this off.
This build works great on any 2 player map, but works best on ones with a back door expansion (Orbital Shipyard). Zed from Starcraft Gallery had a pretty good breakdown of it and this is going to be a paraphrasing.

(writer was in Diamond league at the time and had 12 straight wins vs Zerg with this build)

Basic Build Order
First SCV pops - supply
Rax-Gas (both on 16)
Do not stop producing workers as you add on a 2nd and 3rd rax asap.
Right after your 3rd rax, get up a 2nd Gas.
When 1st rax finishes, get reaper, make supply depot,
when you get 3 reapers (including ones in production), go Orbital Command.
Keep on building Reapers until you have a healthy count (6-9) and when you have 400 minerals while doing so go take your natural.


If zerg is coming across the field with slow lings, almost auto win. With no econ and your first lings compromised, gg.
If zerg went hatch first, zerg will probably get 4-6 lings and a queen when the reaper comes in. If they don't notice that you are pumping reapers out from 3 rax, their next larvae will probably be drones. Too late since your 1 reaper will turn to 3, then 6, 9, and Queens and lings will be decimated by the reaper bombs.
If zerg notices you are getting more reapers, they will probably go for ling speed, get more queens and try to minimize ling and drone damage until speed is complete.
Now, what you as the Terran must do, is to not get greedy and dive in creep. Do not make a lot of reapers but transition into tech Keep your reapers in a tight choke point(ramp) and just control creep spread from coming too close to the reapers. The key is to make sure zerg does not take a third base, as you tech up to medivacs and a third base back home.
The Zerg is forced to macro off from a heavy back foot, or go for a slipshod all in (roach/ravager or ling bane roach) that you should be able to defend back at your base with a few bunkers and a tank. Remember not to overcommit to Reapers and macro up behind this.


Tip:
Note how zerg is dealing with your reaper "harass", whether they are getting a roach warren, or a baneling nest. If they are getting out roaches, add on double tech labs and get out a marauders and a tank. If Zerg decides to go for a third, then hit them with a double medivac timing like Byun does in the linked game. The Zerg will not have much money and will probably have to tap out.

Never lose your reapers. If you see speedlings, do not go in too aggressively. Reaper bombs are the key to making this all possible.


If you are a Zerg, you can probably feel this build incoming when there is a second reaper coming toward you. Get speed and a spine crawler up immediately since there is no such thing as a 3 reaper expansion in LOTV (idk if it happens in lower leagues atm but...) if it is indeed the 3 rax reaper build, there should only be around 5 reapers by the time your spine is finished. You have to hold on with only lings and queens until then(would like to add that it definitely is possible). Now, get half lings and half drones. Don't commit too much to either side or you will result in getting crushed one way or another. If the map does have a back door expansion, send more drones to that natural to keep them from getting sniped.
I am drone! My dream is Hatchery!
Lobotomist
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1541 Posts
November 19 2015 02:35 GMT
#2
Reminds me of wol beta 5 rax reaper era. Looks very, very annoying to play against, with the bombs being so good against creep tumors
Teching to hive too quickly isn't just a risk: it's an ultrarisk
ThorPool
Profile Joined February 2014
Panama145 Posts
November 19 2015 03:05 GMT
#3
That is so disgusting..... I have to try it out !! Nice post and thank you for that :D
RuFF! Let the cheese rain !
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
OSC
11:00
Mid Season Playoffs
WardiTV363
Liquipedia
The PondCast
10:00
Episode 93
CranKy Ducklings42
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Lowko160
BRAT_OK 47
Ryung 22
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 32624
Calm 2202
Sea 2126
Bisu 1060
Horang2 729
BeSt 700
EffOrt 349
Light 288
Mini 269
Hyuk 223
[ Show more ]
Soma 213
Larva 168
actioN 162
Rush 144
Last 141
ggaemo 91
Mind 76
hero 74
ToSsGirL 72
Pusan 72
Backho 43
ZerO 38
Sharp 34
sSak 28
Mong 24
NaDa 21
Terrorterran 20
Bale 13
Shinee 12
Sacsri 11
Noble 11
GoRush 11
Movie 10
soO 9
Barracks 8
Dota 2
Gorgc4447
XcaliburYe58
League of Legends
JimRising 328
Counter-Strike
olofmeister3281
x6flipin255
edward202
byalli0
Other Games
singsing1555
B2W.Neo454
crisheroes281
Mew2King133
monkeys_forever99
Beastyqt65
QueenE42
elazer33
ZerO(Twitch)9
Organizations
StarCraft: Brood War
Kim Chul Min (afreeca) 1562
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 17 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• StrangeGG 69
• iHatsuTV 21
• CranKy Ducklings SOOP11
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• FirePhoenix4
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota239
League of Legends
• Jankos1311
• Stunt1158
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
12h 22m
RSL Revival
22h 22m
Classic vs Solar
herO vs SHIN
OSC
1d 1h
Korean StarCraft League
1d 15h
RSL Revival
1d 22h
Clem vs Rogue
Bunny vs Lambo
IPSL
2 days
Dewalt vs nOmaD
Ret vs Cross
BSL
2 days
Bonyth vs Doodle
Dewalt vs TerrOr
GSL
2 days
Cure vs herO
SHIN vs Maru
IPSL
3 days
Bonyth vs Napoleon
G5 vs JDConan
BSL
3 days
OyAji vs JDConan
DragOn vs TBD
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
3 days
Monday Night Weeklies
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
The PondCast
4 days
GSL
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
GSL
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-05-13
WardiTV TLMC #16
Nations Cup 2026

Ongoing

BSL Season 22
ASL Season 21
IPSL Spring 2026
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 2
Acropolis #4
KK 2v2 League Season 1
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
SCTL 2026 Spring
RSL Revival: Season 5
2026 GSL S1
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S2: W7
YSL S3
Escore Tournament S2: W8
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Maestros of the Game 2
WardiTV Spring 2026
2026 GSL S2
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026: Closed Qualifier
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.