[G/D] Baneling bust 2.0

I don't know. I gave up normal baneling busts for a reason a long time ago.

I agree there are many larvae that gets wasted at the nat, maybe 2-3? (note that 1 ling should be built at nat). But there is something about a delayed hatch that doesn't feel as good to me. I dont know where it is where it messes up and doesn't seem to fit. As I said in OP or in later posts I very much want help refining the BO. But going one base and exp at 30 supply is just so different compared to this build I'm not considering it

There might be a better timing for the FE and the BO as a whole. But I can't figure it out myself. I tested MANY different approaches. And this one is the best I managed.

If I go something like 13 pool, 14 ext 14 hatch. For some reason I can't afford the queen in this BO at all I also do not find room for the 4 lings as easily (which I really want do scout and deny scout) as I do not get the 2 food from hatch until its to late. It is slightly faster then the other BO. Maybe some 5-10sec, it feels like it should be quicker then that but I have to wait for minerals for warren. But without the queen and them extra larvae it feels weird.

You can also go smth like (can't remember exactly) 12 pool, 14 ext. drone/ling/queen to about 19. warren when pool pops. Move out after first cycle of larvae with 5 roaches, 4 lings and banelings nest on its way. When you move out you have 300mins and can make expo while attacking.
This happens at about ~5:05 so the bust has way more potential. But you do not have your expo up until way later to make static D, gas, use its larvae or make queen for potential air threats and even more larvae. You do have better eco with smth like 16 drones If I remember correctly and the potential to get more at main at next larvae cycle. But you still do not have that FE up in a while.
Compare to 13p14e14h at ~5:15 I can't make this work so I get a queen before moving out (I have to build it after roaches and banelings nest) so it means I have less larvae stored at main I can kick start eco with
and the BO I suggest at 13h14p14e ~5:25. Has a queen and an OL on its way and when it pops you make a load of drones to get going again.

TBH I do not really know what is best under what circumstances =) I have NO IDEA

But I know that the BO I suggest works and it does what it is supposed to do while offering a lot of flexibility. For instance I find it awesome to make a few drones after I move out - then IF I see that he has suddenly a marauder/marine ball I have loads of larvae for making lings. I would be concerned about keeping ling production up of one base (having to wait for 2nd hatch to come up seems so risky).
Now the above example of suddenly seeing a marine marauder ball means fail scout but if you do scout properly and I see rax heavy play I skip warren and go for more drones this allows me to use both hatches, get queens early at both and ling spam from both of them. Then add baneling nest and you have a ling/bling ball able to handle any kind of rax play. Watch the rax play replays! (some of them has more roach then ideal but some illustrate the flexibility here really nicely)

If you have other suggestions or think one of the builds I mentioned above has more potential at the hands of someone with better mechanics then me then go ahead and make replay of how to do it.

I think this is the game I am most happy with yet vs a 550 rated T player. My micro gets off at times but all in all a good hectic game. Shows exactly how the rush punishes those fast teching terrans. Now I screwed up my timings on the drones which ended in my having only 4 roach and slightly delayed banes. But bust succeeded and getting it slightly more on time maybe, maybe I could have taken out something more before retreating. The BIG thing for me here though is that I saw exactly what he was gonna do. So I quickly laired for hydras and I proceeded to make as much defense as I could muster.

I forget gas at pool. As you can see that gives me way more minerals then I would need and the lack of gas really delays my attack. You can also see the importance of making those first roaches at you main and not at the nat as I did here. You can see the time where the first roaches reach his base. If my timing was spot on I would have busted supply depot with banes and had roaches in the base before the tank was finished. 5 roaches vs 1 tank and 2 marines - I would have done a lot of dmg. and it also shows that minerals is of no concern what so ever for this build if you do not opt to go so gas heavy.

With a wall off I wouldn't have done nearly as much dmg as the marines would still be there vs the roaches but it would still be game and I get to see his tech. It would be a macro game from here. If you watch closely you see that I bust at about the same time as he gets a tank out. I'm already in when its finished. And keep in mind this is furthest positions on meta. If it was another map the bust could happen even earlier.

And another where the T goes 2 barracks with techlabs and masses maruaders and marines. The bust is totally fail, I see he has a bunch of marines and marauders so I make spines and blings + roach for defense and I hold him off fine. This is a 450 rated terran.
Hopefully better reps to come

Turns out it was a marauder and another rax so a bust wouldn't have been optimal anyway. Or it might have as he had all he depos there. oh well. Shows that its easy to transition depending on scout and get a good eco going. Rest of the game I play horrificly and loose. But this is about the opening so it doesnt matter what happens after 10-15min or so. If I had seen an early factory I would go for the bust. So with a scout at 12 you still have room to change strategy.

Bust didn't to that much dmg but I could easily make a army to defend his attack. At around 12-14min I start having 5sec lagg spikes where I can't do anything and maybe 2 sec where I can do something. It gets worse and worse so in the end I 1a2a3a my army and hope it will win me the game which it does. I think this rep shows that even with a failed bust it is possible to get defenses up and hold of a Ts attack while getting a good eco advantage then transition into mutas to further add to that advantage when he takes a 2nd and finally come out on top.

Now imagine IF I had been able to stick to the BO and not get thrown off and gotten 3 banes made, I would seriously cripple him

Clearly you do not need to be afraid that a badly carried out marine attack will kill you. No banelings nest here but shows that early aggression played of early rax happens way to late to threaten you. It can be interesting to watch if you feel like "but what if he goes early marine push" well he wont get to you in time. And I think its something to keep in mind cause you do feel really naked before the first roaches pop out

(a 500+ rated terran can you believe that by the way he plays?). He could have killed my whole mineral line if he was any good. But if it wasn't proxy I DO think lings and queen would have come out in time to hold of until roaches came out. As you see roaches pop in time to save FE from reapers. looking at timings it might actually be safe from non proxy reaper?