Subject: From: KTBN Thanks for coming. This page is for anyone that needs help or is willing to give help regarding the zerg. First I will deal with helping people and dealing with any of the problems that other people have. Look below and see if you have any of the problems that I have listed. If so, scroll down to that part of the page and see some hints which I think in my opinion will help. If not, it would help if you gave me some advice. Later on, I have a few questions of my own which I need help with, so see if you can help. If you think something is wrong, please feel free to make any criticism. I will always appreciate the comments that people have. I am going to update this page with the questions and suggestions I get so look for new versions of this page. I dont recommend you read all of this (unless you want to of course) so just go through a and b, and if you are not interested after that, it may be best to leave. I am not a beginner so I do have quite some experience with my ideas. a. the problems-1: other person rushes me-2: opponent is outnumbering my units -3: several players are attacking me -4: my high tech units get killed and so do I-5: Carriers are annoying -6: I just cant win b. Then i have my build order which i dont exactly recommend for you to follow, but i think you should take a look. I have also included any other suggested orders. The building orders are stopped after a period of time because the build order depends on the opponent and map, but these are the basic beginnings.THE PROBLEMS: Problem #1: I am on a small map and I try to rush but the other person beats me in the rush so I have nothing i can do. Solution: If you really want to rush, what you should do is have a constant building of zerglings as fast as you can but when the other zerglings rush you, try to fend them off with sunken colonies, then attack with your stockpile of zerglings. If they send zerglings before you can finish your sunken colonies, you can try a 4 drone rush where you build no drones until right before you get the spawning pool. Problem #2: The opponent just outnumbers me in units and he slowly kills me. Solution: The best thing to do is build many quick hatchery's with lots of drones mining minerals, and enough gas so there is a steady flow. Build a hydralisk den and make hydralisks and zerglings at a 1:1 ratio. Don't wait for a horde of units. Attack once in a while with many units and your many hatcheries should keep them quite occupied. If you send this many creatures, the opponent should have a rough time. In the mean while, you should be building many expansion bases because you are using a lot of your resources. Your attacks will keep them mostly occupied so you should have much trouble with defending but you should start building more units from th expansion bases to join your many attacks. Problem #3: I'm getting concentrated attack from several enemies. Solution: Several enemies are hard to get rid of but your best chances of survival are buildings (colonies), because they do a lot of damage, and have many hit points. If you defend yourself, your allies should attack the opponents and the pain should gradually lessen. If this is a 1v many game, I cant give you much advice but to play equal games until you get better. Problem #4: I have just got a high tech unit (ultralisk, defiler, guardian), but then the opponent swarms me with a countless amount of units. Solution: chances are, you tried to climb up the tech tree too fast, you should always build many units for defense while attacking also, and then gradually move up the tech tree for better units. Problem #5: I cannot stop the protoss carriers. My spore colonies easy fall, and my units are no match for the carriers. Solution: If you are sure that your opponent has many air units, make a horde of scourage to take out air units. They are really good anti air for a pretty cheap price. Keep in mind that you should make a little extra than what you want to kill because scourage have little hit points and are easily killed. Problem #6: I just cant seem to win (this is a problem that many people have). Solution: First thing to do is to skim the previous parts and make sure you are following the basic guidlines of how to play. If you're talking about not being able to win against the top latter players, I cannot help you. But if you are a beginner, and you just cant beat anybody, you should follow my previous thoughts. If you have something in particular, respond to this, and i will make sure to have it in my next version. Any kind of questions regarding strategy, or statistics or where to find something, tell me so I can find out along with you about the question.B. BUILDING ORDERS My beginning build order: spawning poolsunken colonysunken colonyvespene extractorhydra denhatchery hatcheryupg. lair(then expansion base and so on) Person #1's building order: 2nd Hatcheryspawning poolvespene extractorsunken colonysunken colonyhydra den upg. lair(then expansion base and so on) Any suggestions? Again, any help is received thankfully, and remember that this page is going to be renewed and re posted. If you find me on b-net, say hi. My names are KTBN and TGKN. Thanks. Subject: From: Smurfboy Host: Date: addition Smurfboy gimlet.hunterlink.net.au Wed Jan 6 03:06:54 B. BUILDING ORDERS > My beginning build order: > spawning pool > sunken colony > sunken colony > vespene extractor > hydra den > hatchery > hatchery > upg. lair > (then expansion base and so on) > > Person #1's building order: > 2nd Hatchery > spawning pool > vespene extractor > sunken colony > sunken colony > hydra den > upg. lair > (then expansion base and so on) The starting build order for this is exactly what I do from there on in it sometimes gets varied 1st phase - Smurfboy's build order + small explanation Spawning pool - get about 4-6 zerglings then, 2nd hatchery - start pumping out zerglings up to abotout 2-3 groups of 12 on a 1:1 ratio with drones until you have enough drones. start scouting with 'lings extractor - with 4 drones mining hydralisk den - build up to 3 groups of hydras for defence and attack with zeglings 2nd phase - upgrade to lair - research fast and range increased overlords expansion - get some more defence spire - get 1 grop of mutas and harass enemy peon lines for annoyance/disruption to enemy build up to 2-3 groups of mutalisks and start combined strikes w/hydras zerglings. expansion wherever possible 3rd phase - upgrade to hive nudus canal all expansions ultralisk cavern/defiler mound................