Edit: added an alternative way to wall off on Arid Plateau
Arid Plateau:
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The basic wall-off looks like this:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/UUwWE.png)
The cannon covers all buildings, and the only way for lings to run into the main is to go around the nexus, and through the small area between the vespene geyser and the mineral patch. This area is easily blocked with probes, or a pylon, as seen here:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/rpp4g.png)
An additional building can be placed to reinforce your pylon and cannon from banelings:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Dvx7Z.png)
What i find most promising about an FFE on this map shown below:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/J7OZ1.png)
These three pylons form a complete wall off. Its certainly not an impenetrable wall off, but it can serve to buy time and protect cannons placed behind the pylons. This feature will help immensely for dealing with roach-ling allins.
Finally, one more building is enough to completely wall off the mineral line if this is deemed necessary:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ziv5s.png)
Here's an alternative way to wall-off taken from the thread.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/UUwWE.png)
The cannon covers all buildings, and the only way for lings to run into the main is to go around the nexus, and through the small area between the vespene geyser and the mineral patch. This area is easily blocked with probes, or a pylon, as seen here:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/rpp4g.png)
An additional building can be placed to reinforce your pylon and cannon from banelings:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Dvx7Z.png)
What i find most promising about an FFE on this map shown below:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/J7OZ1.png)
These three pylons form a complete wall off. Its certainly not an impenetrable wall off, but it can serve to buy time and protect cannons placed behind the pylons. This feature will help immensely for dealing with roach-ling allins.
Finally, one more building is enough to completely wall off the mineral line if this is deemed necessary:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ziv5s.png)
Here's an alternative way to wall-off taken from the thread.
On December 15 2011 18:19 Wookyman wrote:
Is it just me or is this one more viable?
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/a9Fgw.jpg)
The cannon completely defends both nexus and forge from lings.
Like Tekakan says you can still place a cannon on the ledge to defend you from roaches.
You almost can't see it but there's a pylon in the top of the picture obstructing ling runby's avoiding the cannon completely whilst making good room for a second cannon in that area.
These placements are not well thought through I only tried twice.
Is it just me or is this one more viable?
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/a9Fgw.jpg)
The cannon completely defends both nexus and forge from lings.
Like Tekakan says you can still place a cannon on the ledge to defend you from roaches.
You almost can't see it but there's a pylon in the top of the picture obstructing ling runby's avoiding the cannon completely whilst making good room for a second cannon in that area.
These placements are not well thought through I only tried twice.
Entombed Valley:
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There are a few ways to go about walling off, but this is the way i found to be most effective.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/dWviS.png)
The purpose of the second pylon is to both wall off, and give the power radius required for your second cannon. This cannon covers the rocks from zergling attacks, and also covers most of the ramp for additional defense. Note that like on Nazarim Crypt this cannon does not need to be built right away, or even at all if zerg chooses not to try to kill the rocks with lings. However, unlike on Nazarim Crypt it is hard to use a zealot to defend this kind of harass.
In case of an all in a gateway and a cannon can wall off your side entrance, and cannons can be positioned to defend both entrances:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ljI3C.png)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/dWviS.png)
The purpose of the second pylon is to both wall off, and give the power radius required for your second cannon. This cannon covers the rocks from zergling attacks, and also covers most of the ramp for additional defense. Note that like on Nazarim Crypt this cannon does not need to be built right away, or even at all if zerg chooses not to try to kill the rocks with lings. However, unlike on Nazarim Crypt it is hard to use a zealot to defend this kind of harass.
In case of an all in a gateway and a cannon can wall off your side entrance, and cannons can be positioned to defend both entrances:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ljI3C.png)