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On September 02 2010 10:08 Grachuus wrote:
Hi folks short time viewer first time poster :-)

I've watched quite a few (20 or so) of the dailies now and a question popped up. I just saw the episode in the late 140s huk vs hybrid(?) on scrap station where huk basically wrecks things with four little phoenix and the zerg is chasing his tail half the game trying to get them while they demolish his workers and overlords all over the place.

He says that static defense is disadvantageous because army units are a better monetary investment.

Here's the issue I'm having with the idea. The zerg player had to invest in overseers anyway which are considerably more expensive and he got multiples to cover his base. DayNine also says the larger the base the harder to defend the phoenix as well as if you go phoenix early you HAVE to do considerable damage just to come out even.

With all of these things in mind I strongly question why he didn't just get a couple spore colonies in the back of each mineral line. The intention is not to have a perfect defense for air. It's merely a small investment to make harassment less beneficial and make defending a three base zerg easier.

The zerg player lost almost 30 units by mid game so I don't understand how sacrificing a couple larvae to save at least 10 of the ones he lost wouldn't make sense? It would have all together prevented the DT rush and unless I'm missing something it would have basically eliminated the probe harass. The hydras could have easily covered the interior spaces like they already were.

On September 02 2010 11:09 Snuggles wrote:
Day9 u should make some science vessels and a handful of SCVs and have em try to fix this problem