Starcraft Report: October 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Zerg Vs Terran â€“ Infestor Domination Strategy http://ping.fm/QYI9d

HuK vs Artosis â€“ PvZ â€“ Lost Temple â€“ StarCraft 2 http://ping.fm/6Wvzv

Starcraft II Strategy http://ping.fm/d42ee

Zerg Vs Protoss â€“ Beating Colossus and Immortals http://ping.fm/mWfHn

Starcraft 2 Strategyâ€“ Zerg Build Orders http://ping.fm/56wFX

Starcraft 2 Strategyâ€“ Basic Build Order For Zerg http://ping.fm/hOK9N

Starcraft 2 â€“ Zerg Vs Protoss Basic Strategy http://ping.fm/gFN4V

Zerg Vs Protoss â€“ Winning by Starving Strategy http://ping.fm/trjyV

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Starcraft 2 - Zerg Build Orders

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Zerg has a number of different options at the start of a game depending on what you want to do. First though I want to talk for a second about rushing because it is a favorite of the Zerg player for good reason. A good Zerg player can do a very effective late rush but I would recommend staying away from the very early rushes that we are seeing all over battlenet right now. A diamond level player will not fall to an early rush and in fact, in most cases it will leave you in a worse position after the failed rush then your opponent.

I would recommend a late rush though and the build order for that goes like this. When you hit 10 drones build an overlord and then pump out 3 more drones when the overlord finishes. Build a spawning pool after the 3 drones and then make 1 extractor and throw 3 drones on it. Continue to build drones until the pool finishes then make a queen. At this point you should have around 15 drones so I would build 3 or 4 more drones. As soon as you get 100 gas start the speed upgrade in the spawning pool. Now all you need to do is make zerglings and overlords when you need to. Make sure you always have "spawn larva" on the hatchery. When the speed upgrade finishes take all your zerglings and head for your opponent's expansion, take out the workers and then head straight into his main base and also take out as many workers as you can. I would ignore their army and simply run right by them to the workers. By doing this you cripple his economy and your second attack will end the game because he will focus on getting his workers back while you can focus on building up your army to end the game. This is a much more effective strategy then the early rush with only 6 or 8 zerglings.

You may not be a huge fan of rushing like that, in which case you would build a mixture or drones and zerglings/roaches until you hit 30 drones instead of only building zerglings after the first 18 or so drones. Then focus on hydralisks or what ever is needed to counter your opponent. But always remember to expand pretty early because out expanding our opponent is the only way we stay ahead of Terran and Protoss in the end game.

Becoming an advanced Starcraft 2 player is very challenging and confusing. I purchased the Starcraft 2 Advanced Strategy Guide from Star2Pros.com and I have been very impressed with the strategies they teach. I would highly recommend it to any Starcraft 2 player who wants to get to the top of the Diamond Ladders, I think this guide might be the only one of its kind.

Anyways, good luck to all of you and I hope to see you on BattleNet!

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Starcraft 2 - Zerg Vs Protoss Basic Strategy

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When playing against a Protoss player the first thing you need to look out for is a proxy. Make sure to scout around your base and just outside of your base. After you have established that the Protoss player is not going to proxy you will need to focus and countering the strategy your opponent decides to go with.

The most common Protoss strategy is to use zealots/sentries/stalkers. If you see this coming you will need to mainly focus on getting roaches and hydralisks. I would not recommend using very many zerglings because the sentries can use force fields to keep them away from melee range while they and the stalkers take them out with ranged attacks. I would also stay away from mutalisks because they take a 100 gas to make and you will simply not be able to keep up with the stalkers that do good damage to air and only take 50 gas to make.

Use your roach/hyrdalisk army to keep the Protoss player from expanding while you expand. After this it's a simple matter of producing units faster then the Protoss player can. A smart Protoss player will switch to colossus because they are very good against roaches and hydralisks. If you see this coming then you should pump out a few corruptors as they do very good damage to air units and colossus can be attacked by air and ground.

Instead of going zealots/sentries/stalkers he may go for dark templars and try to surprise attack you before you have any overseers, so be sure to grab an overseer as soon as you can. And of course one of the favorite early attacks for Protoss is to cannon in and go for quick void rays, this is being used a lot right now because Zerg is weak against air in the early game. So make sure you scout them and build spore crawlers around your drones if you see this coming.

Becoming an advanced Starcraft 2 player is very challenging and confusing. I purchased the Starcraft 2 Advanced Strategy Guide from http://www.Star2Pros.com and I have been very impressed with the strategies they teach. I would highly recommend it to any Starcraft 2 player who wants to get to the top of the Diamond Ladders, I think this guide might be the only one of its kind.

Anyways, good luck to all of you and I hope to see you on BattleNet!

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Starcraft 2 - Basic Build Order For Zerg

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This is the standard build order for Zerg players; don't use this build order if you intend to rush. This build will allow for a very early expansion and relies on speedlings and banelings for most of the early game.

First, get 10 drones and then build on overlord. When the overlord finishes pump 3 more drones and wait until you get 200 minerals so you can build the spawning pool. After you start the spawning pool make one extractor and put 3 drones on it, then just make drones until the spawning pool finishes. After this you should build a queen and alternate making zerglings and drones, also start the speed upgrade in the spawning pool as soon as you have 100 gas and make a baneling nest after that so you can build a few banelings for defense.

When you get up to around 25 or so drones you should make your expansion and defend it with your zerglings and a few banelings. Make sure you scout so you can see an attack coming and be ready for it. After you get the expansion up and running move into making roaches and hydralisks. After this, winning is a simple matter of keeping your opponent from expanding and then just out producing him. Stay away from building mutalisks as they take way to much gas and are not strong enough to make it worth while. Also keep checking all the possible expansion spots and attack any new base he tries to build.

The key to winning as a Zerg player is controlling the mineral gathering of your opponent, while you expand. We can't compete with a Terran or Protoss player if we let them expand and tech. Plus air defense is our weakness so make sure you scout and if you see him going air then make corruptors as fast as possible.

Anyways, good luck to all of you and I hope to see you on BattleNet!

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Starcraft 2 - Zerg End Game - Ultralisks Or Brood Lords?

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So far, Zerg games have been (let's ignore Zerg vs Zerg for this guide) relatively straight forward. Defend from any harassment the Terran or Protoss might throw at you (vikings, phoenix, reapers, immortal pushes), expand and macro up your hydralisk/roach army and try to out expand your opponent. Throw in banelings and sneaky nydus networks plus speedlings and you've got your opponent throwing all their resources into their ground army, trying to wipe out your main army as well as your expansions.

But so far, that hydra/roach combo has been working really well for the Zerg. I'm going to go ahead into the future, a time when Starcraft 2 is so evolved that hydra/roach won't be sufficient enough to hold out against the Protoss colossus and Terran tanks. A time when Zerg neeed to use Tier 3 units! So which direction should we go? The greatest meat shields ever, the ultralisks? Or the ranged destroyers, the brood lords?

Both units take tons of time and resources to get to and both are very expensive. But we have to do something to deal that final death blow to our opponent. Lets look at Terran first, if they are using a lot of tanks and thors then the choice is simple, you go for brood lords. If the Terran player is heavy on marines and marauders or lots of vikings then you should go ultralisks.

When facing Protoss you should watch for immortals and/or air power such as phoenix or void rays in which case you should go brood lords. Immortals are designed for taking down big ground units such as ultralisks and the void rays will pick apart your ultralisks from the safety of air. If you see the Protoss player using a lot of zealots and colosuss then the ultralisks are the perfect unit because they do splash damage so the zealots will drop fast and colossus will not be able to do enough damage to stop your ultras.

Anyways, good luck to all of you and I hope to see you on BattleNet!

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Starcraft 2 - Why You Should Rush As Zerg

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Rushing is a great tactic if used right but it can also be a really bad decision if you do it wrong. If you do an effective rush it will cripple your opponent's economy or maybe even win the game if you are lucky. However, your goal should be to cripple and then destroy later in the game when you have a stronger army then your opponent.

The first thing I would say is stay away from early rushes. We have all seen the Zerg player who gets 8 zerglings really fast and then throws them at the enemy thinking he will somehow take out all the workers with them, of course a good player will never lose to that rush and will kill the zerglings without much trouble or losses. In the meantime the Zerg player has crippled himself by making the spawning pool so early and not building up his drones.

I do recommend doing a late rush with Zerg though as it can be very effective. Start off by building up your drones and make one extractor. As soon as you get 100 gas start the speed upgrade in the spawning pool. After you get up to about 25 drones then just pump zerglings and if you want you can also build a baneling nest and make a few of those as well. When the speed upgrade finishes you should have 20 or so zerglings. Take the zerglings and run into your opponents base straight to the workers, ignore the army and take out as many workers as you can. This will halt the production of your opponent and at the same time he is focusing on building back up his workers you can build up your roach/hydra army and finish him off. In this way you still have a rush but also you don't hurt your own economy to do it.

Anyways, good luck to all of you and I hope to see you on BattleNet!

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Starcraft 2 - Zerg Versus Terran Basic Strategy

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When playing against a Terran player you must always keep an eye out for reaper rushes early on, to counter this make sure you keep a few zerglings close to your drones. After this you must focus on a few different Terran strategies, which we will cover below.

The most common Terran strategy is to use the marine/marauder with either dropships or tanks or in some cases both. The best way for Zerg to counter this is to stay away from roaches and go zerglings with the speed upgrade (speedlings) and hydralisks. Roaches do very poorly against marauders, because marauders do extra damage against armored units and roaches are armored. The key here is to expand early and keep Terran from expanding with your speedlings. After you have established your second base just keep building up your army and starve out the Terran player. Be sure to keep an eye on all of the extra possible base locations and if Terran tries to expand take it out quickly. After the Terran's main base runs out of minerals he will have no choice but to attack you in which case you should have no trouble winning.

A few other things you need to watch for when playing Terran are the dropship attacks and the cloaked banshee attacks on your main base. To defend against this just make sure you get an overseer and keep him around you base and keep scouts around the map so you will see the dropships coming and be ready for them. But ultimately the key to beating Terran is to starve them; if you let a good Terran player expand they are very hard to kill as they have a very good combination of units to handle anything that Zerg players can throw at them. We have a harder time beating Terran then we do beating a Protoss player.

Anyways, good luck to all of you and I hope to see you on BattleNet!

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Starcraft 2 - Zerg Versus Zerg Basic Strategy

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So you are playing another Zerg? Well this will be a true test of your skills. You have a few choices in the this game and you also need to watch out for a few different kinds of attacks. The first attack you should watch out for is the speedling/baneling attack. You need to scout often to make sure our opponent isn't building banelings. If you are not ready for this attack it can cripple your drones and effectively end the game very quickly. I would recommend also getting a few banelings and speedlings to counter this but I would not recommend getting a ton of banelings, just enough to take out his. Another thing you need to keep on eye on is a fast tech to mutalisks. This is easy to counter if you see it coming (the key in this type of game is to always know what your opponent is building). To counter mutalisks get hydralisks and you shouldn't have any trouble taking him out.

Of course the main attack choice of a Zerg player is to go roaches/hydralisks so most of the games you play vs Zerg will go this way. The best way to win against this is to also go roaches/hydralisks but also grab a few banelings and if you use them correctly it will turn the game in your favor. In a Zerg vs Zerg game I would always grab a few banelings as they are the one unit that can get you the edge in a large battle.

Going back to the mutalisks for a second I would strong recommend staying away from them yourself. The reason is simple, they take 100 gas to make and they get beat pretty easily by hydralisks which only take 75 gas to make. So you can see that going for mutalisks in this type of game is often a death wish for a Zerg player.

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Starcraft 2 - Mastering the Art of Zergling Harassment

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As a Zerg player we have the ability and need to harass our opponent. We must use this every chance we get. The main advantage with Zerg is our quick expansions; our weakness is that we do not tech as well as Terran or Protoss. So to win in the top levels against good diamond players we must out produce them. We can't compete with units like the colossus or thor unless we simply overwhelm them with hydralisks or roaches. We could use investors but they can be taken down pretty easily so they need a lot of backup. Harassment is a major way for us to keep our enemy from expanding.

The best way to harass is by using speed upgraded zerglings and maybe a few banelings as well. I generally build up an army of zerglings while I wait for the speed upgrade and then send them to harass while I expand. This way I keep them on the defense while at the same time expanding.

The best thing to do is take your zerglings and run right by their army to the workers. Kill as many workers as you can and then try to run back out without losing too many zerglings, you should focus on crippling their economy and not worry about hurting his army. You can do this fairly easily because the speed upgrade makes your zerglings much faster then anything they have.

While you are doing this harassment you should build up your second base and move into making hydralisks. Continue using the zerglings to keep your opponent on the defense until you have a good-sized hydralisk army. You should be able to win the game with the hydralisk attack but in case you can't then you should focus on keeping your opponent from expanding and then you can just starve him out.

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Starcraft 2 - Guide For Mastering the Zerg's Baneling

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Banelings are a must for a Zerg player, if you aren't using banelings then you are missing out on a major part of the Zerg attack. They are excellent for taking down groups of marines and marauders if you playing against Terran. If you playing against Protoss they are great against zealots. Banelings are also perfect for destroying builds or breaking through defensive walls like the supply depots the Terran players love to block off their base with. They are also very useful for killing off most of your opponent's workers in a single attack. So why aren't more Zerg players using them? I don't know but I'm going to explain how to use them effectively.

When going with an early baneling attack I always use zerglings with the speed upgrade from the spawning pool, also if you can, upgrade the baneling's speed as well. If you are playing against Terran they will must likely wall off their base, which is ok because you can use a few banelings to break though a supply depot without much trouble. Once you are through just use your zerglings to keep their army busy while you send your banelings straight for the SUVs. One good hit and you should take most of them out, you will lose your zergling army but that is ok because you basically halted his economy and while he is rebuilding his SUVs you are building up your zergling/baneling army for the game ending attack.

Of course this same type of attack can be used against Protoss players as well just go for the drones with your banelings while your zerglings keep the zealots and stalkers busy. You can also choose to just send your banelings after their army as well if for some reason you can't get to the workers. Make sure you target either the zealots or if you are playing Terran the marines and marauders, also try to hit a group of them and not just 1 or 2 standing off on their own.

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Starcraft 2 - Effectively Using Creep

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The Zerg's creep is one of the most underrated parts of the Zerg game. And yet it creates a huge advantage for the Zerg player that can't be overlooked, especially in the higher-level diamond ladders. Creep gives the Zerg player the following advantages. First, it gives a 30% movement bonus to the Zerg's units. Second, it will stop your opponent from expanding by not being able to build on the creep. Third, you can use the creep to build your spore and spine crawlers anywhere you want. Forth, you will have vision wherever you have creep so you will have a much better idea of what your opponent is doing because you can see most of the map.

So lets talk about the ways to spread creep, if you have ever watched a replay of a high level Zerg player you may have noticed that by the end of the game most of the map is covered in creep. How does he do this while of the same type keeping up with everything else he has to do during the game? Well Starcraft 2 makes it easy for us to spread creep by using our overlords. You first must upgrade to a Lair and then every overlord has the ability to spread creep. You can then turn it on so the overlords will spread creep automatically whenever they come to a stop somewhere. This makes it very easy for us to spread creep and the best part is that it is free.

I tend to send the overlords to the empty bases and wait for my opponent to try expanding. When they come to the empty base they may be able to kill the overlord but the creep will still stay on the ground for 30 seconds or so and they will have to just wait until it is gone to build.

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Starcraft 2 - Zerg's Nydus Network Guide

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In this guide I will show you how to effectively use the Zerg's nydus network. The nydus network is not being used very much on battlenet right now and the main reason is because most Zerg players don't really know how to use it. The nydus network is an attack tool but I recommend using it to harass our opponent and not for a full out attack. It only costs 150 minerals and is quick to build. The key to deploying the network is the overlord's ability to generate creep.

In short you will get a group of speed upgraded zerglings and/or banelings and then send an overlord to drop some creep in the enemy's base. Make sure you do it in a spot where they can't see you. As soon as the creep is down build the worm and send all your zerglings and banelings through. Go straight for the workers and ignore any attack units they have. You will end up losing all your zerglings and banelings but just take out as many workers as you can. The point of this attack is to cripple the economy of your opponent so that you will be able to overwhelm him with hydralisks and roaches while he is trying to build his workers back up.

A few things to watch out for, first, make sure the enemy doesn't see you as they can attack the worm and kill it before you get any units through. Second, don't use this strategy if he has his whole army sitting in his base or has a lot of base defense such as cannons or bunkers. Third, I would not recommend using this against Zerg players as it would be just as easy and cheaper to run the zerglings right in the front door of the base. That's about it, have fun!

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Starcraft 2 Zerg Guide - How to Stop the Cannon Rush

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We've all been there, staring out the game and just trying to get our build order going correctly but then we realize all too late that the Protoss player has cannons inside our base and his building them closer and closer to our main. What should we do to avoid the inevitable? This guide will show you how to easily beat a Protoss cannon rush but it would also apply to a bunker rush from a Terran player.

The first thing that you need to do is build a few spine crawlers around your base to keep the cannons from getting any closer. After that you should focus on getting the cannons killers...banelings! Build a baneling nest and start pumping out zerglings to turn into banelings. After you have a bunch send them at either the cannons or the pylons if you think you can get them all. The cannons you fall pretty fast to a few banelings so it won't take too much minerals. Make sure you are alert to a possible void ray attack or some other cheese attack like that because the Protoss players like to distract you by building some cannons while they tech up to void rays.

The best thing to do is after you have the cannons under control send all your zerglings and banelings at their main base. They will most likely have a few cannons gaurding the front but you should be able to handle that with your banelings. Go straight in, ignore his army and take out the probes, if he is making void rays try to halt them by taking out the pylons for the stargates. After this you pretty much have the game won, just build up some roaches and send them to finish off the foolish Protoss player, nice job!

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Starcraft 2 Zerg Vs Protoss - Beating Immortals

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One of the favorite units of a Protoss player is the immortal. Most Zerg players are cluelesss about how to take these guys down since they do such huge damage. The immortal has a few unique things about it that we need to talk about so we can understand how to beat it. First, the immortal has a special shield that will only let it take 10 damage per hit and anything over 10 damage is deflected. What does this mean to us? We can't use high damge units to fight an immortal. Second, the immortal does huge bonus damage to armored units so we must not send out armored units to fight it either.

Not understanding these things about the immortal has caused most Zerg players to just make a bunch of roaches and send them to their dealth against the immortal. Little do these Zerg players know that the roach is the worst possible unit to go up against the immortal because the roaches damage will be capped at 10 and the roach is armored so it will take massive hits from the immortals. So now that we know not to use roaches, what should we use? I would recommend staying away from hydralisks as well because some of the hydralisks damge will be deflected. Instead go back to the basics, speed upgraded zerglings are the perfect unit for crushing the immortals. Starcraft 2 has a funny way of bringing back the starting units and making them useful again later in the game and this is an example of that.

So when you see immortals coming toward you, pop out some zerglings and you should have no trouble handling them, plus if the Protoss player uses zealots to back up the immortals you get a double bonus because zerglings also do very well against zealots.

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Starcraft 2 - Zerg Infestor Guide

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If used right the infestor can be the Zerg's most powerful unit. Of course most Zerg players have no idea how to correctly use the infestor so they just don't make any. Infestors are the Zerg's perfect weapon for taking down big unit such as the thor or the colossus but they are also very effective at destroying groups of small units such as marines or zealots.

The infestor has two abilities that I want to focus on. The first is the neural parasite ability, which allows you to take control of an opponent's unit for a few seconds. This ability will completely annihilate a group of thors or tanks if you are playing against Terran and colossus and immortals if you are playing against Protoss. You will lose control of the unit in a few seconds but in most cases that is all the time you will need to destroy the enemy's army. The second ability is fungal growth and it is awesome against groups of small units, it will do 36 damage to an area of units, which will take a marine's health down to 4 with just one fungal growth. So as you can see the infestor is a huge weapon we have against Terran and Protoss.

However the Infestor can be very fragile and they die easy when under attack so you will need to protect them. I recommend using speed upgraded zerglings and hydralisks in case of an air attack. Make sure you keep the infestors at the back of your army and out of harms way but not to far back so they can use their abilities. It takes a little practice to use them correctly but when you have it down glory and power are sure to follow soon. Good luck and I hope to see you on battlenet soon!

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Starcraft 2 Zerg Guide - How to Stop the Reaper Rush

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Every time you play against Terran you must be ready for the dreaded reaper rush. The reaper rush is being used like crazy on battlenet right and for good reason because most Zerg players have no idea how to defend against it. This guide will show you how to beat a reaper rush without any trouble.

The worst thing you can do is build some spine crawlers as the Terran player will just have his reapers run just out of range and pick off your drones and buildings. The key to beating a reaper rush is the speed upgrade for zerglings. The first thing you should do when you get 100 gas is start the speed upgrade at the spawning pool and then pump out a few zerglings. The reapers will come just in time to get run over by your speed upgraded zerglings. Make sure you chase the reapers until you kill them all as you will be faster and able to run them all down. You can also go straight to roaches but they are not as effective because they are slower then zerglings and roaches are very bad against marauders so that will not be good for you as the game progresses.

I would also recommend getting anti air as soon as you can because many Terran players like you harass you with reapers while they are teching to banshees and will attack your workers as soon as they get one. Get a few corruptors and stay away from mutalisks as marines make short work of a group of mutalisks. Take your corruptors and scout the Terran base to see if he is getting air or going ground. If you use these tactics you will no longer have to fear the dreaded reaper rush but instead invite it.

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Starcraft 2 Zerg Guide - How to Stop the Zealot Rush

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Every time you play against Protoss you must be ready for the dreaded zealot rush. The zealot rush is being used like crazy on battlenet right and for good reason because most Zerg players have no idea how to defend against it. This guide will show you how to beat a zealot rush without any trouble.

The worst thing you can do is build some spine crawlers as the Protoss player will just run right by them and kill as many drones as he can. The key to beating a zealot rush is a lot of roaches. The first thing you should do after you build the spawning pool is build a roach warren and start pumping out roaches. The zealots will come just in time to get run over by your roach army. Make sure you chase the zealots until you kill them all as you will be faster and able to run them all down. Roaches are a good unit to use when playing against protoss because they do high damage and they are very cheap. However, they do very poorly against immortals because they are armored and the immortal does huge bonus damage against armored units. So if you see the Protoss player making immortals start pumping out some zerglings to handle them.

I would also recommend getting anti air as soon as you can because many Protoss players like you harass you with zealots while they are teching to void rays and will attack your base as soon as they get a few. Get a few corruptors and stay away from mutalisks as salkers make short work of a group of mutalisks. Take your corruptors and scout the Protoss base to see if he is getting air or going ground. If you use these tactics you will no longer have to fear the dreaded zealot rush but instead invite it.

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Starcraft 2 - Zerg Roach Rush

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So you want to win the game in the first 8 minutes? Well I would suggest a roach rush but you must know a few things first. This guide will show you how and when to rush with roaches and when you stay away from making roaches.

The roach rush can be very powerful and effective if used right but it can also cost you the game if you use it wrong. Right the bat lets talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the roach unit, the roach does very high damage and is also a armored unit, so what does that mean? It means the roach will do very poorly against a marauder because the marauder does extra damage to armored units. The immortal also does extra damage to armored units so the roach is very weak against it as well. The roach is very strong against a zealot, stalker, or marine. So as you can see I wouldn't normally recommend doing a roach rush against a Terran player simply because the marauders will rip you apart. However, I would use a roach rush against a Protoss player who will not have immortals by the time you hit him.

I would normally skip right over zerglings and build a roach warren as soon as the spawning pool is done. Only make one extractor because you will not need a ton of gas. After the roach warren is done just start pumping roaches and when you get about 15 or 20 of them and send them all at your opponent. You must either win the game with the rush or takeout most of the workers, if you are unable to do either of these then you will most likely lose the game due to crippling your economy in order to get the roaches so fast.

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Starcraft 2 Zerg Vs Terran - Beating Marines and Marauders

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We Zerg players hate going up against a good Terran player who uses marines, marauders, and medivacs. Our army of roaches and hydralisks get ripped apart by the marauders getting constantly healing by the medivacs. So how do we defeat this seemingly unstoppable force? This guide will show you how to take out the famed marine, marauder, medivac army that most Terran players are using on battlenet right now.

The key to winning this type of game is going back to the basics and by basics I mean the basic unit, zerglings and their cousins the baneling. Banelings will make very short work of marines and marauders and the speed zerglings will get upclose and personal with the marauders who like to stay at range. When you start a game against Terran I would recommed going striaght to speed zerglings and not even mess with going for roaches or hydralisks yet. This way you will be ready with your speed zerglings in case the Terran player decides to use a few reapers to harass you. After the reaper rush fails the Terran player will swtich over to his main army and you will start building some banelings. When you meet his army send your banelings after the biggest group of marines or marauders standing together, this way you can take as many out as you can with your banelings. Then just use your zerglings to clean up the rest. It takes a little practice but after you get the hang of it the Terran's army will fall everytime. The only thing you need to watchout for is if the Terran player techs to banshees. If you see this coming upgrade your base as fast as you can and make hydralisks and corrupters to counter. You should have no trouble taking on a good Terran player using these tactics.

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Starcraft 2 - Standard Zerg Build

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This guide will teach you the standard Zerg build used of the top Zerg players on battlenet right now. This build will change depending on how the game is going and what your opponent is doing but it will give you a great starting point.

The build is called a 14 pool build. First off you build up your drones to 10 and the then make an overlord. After the overlord finishes build 4 more drones and then start your spawning pool. While the pool is building make 1 or 2 extractors depending on if you are going for a heavy gas build or not, also continue building drones until the pool finishes. Start a queen when the pool finishes and you should be at 18 supply so you will need to start another overlord.

From this point it depends on what you are going for. If you want to go zerglings I would start the speed upgrade in the spawning pool and build 4 or 5 more drones then just pump out zerglings. If you are wanting to go for roaches or hydralisks I would build the roach warren and build 6 or 7 more drones then start pumping roaches while I upgrade to a lair for hydralisks. The other option is a quick expand and I would normally chose this one. Send a drone to start a new base while you alternate building zerglings and drones until the new base is finished. Watch out for cheese attacks such as reaper rushes or zealot rushes. Protoss and Terran players love to go straight for air and try to takeout our base before we can get some anti air up so make sure you keep an eye out for that. Just make sure you scout as much as you can and get a good idea of what your opponent is doing, the key to winning is knowledge and countering your enemy.

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Starcraft 2 - Zerg's Best Counter Units

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So what are Zerg's the best units for taking out marines or marauders, how about stalkers or zealots or even the immortal. This guide will show you which Zerg units to build in order to counter anything that your opponent can throw at you.

Playing against Terran: When playing against a good Terran player you must be ready to change which unit you are using at a second's notice. The key to beating a good Terran player is having the right units at the right time. Below I have included the main units that a Terran player will use and which Zerg unit is the best to taking it out.

Marines and Marauders - build speed upgraded zerglings and banelings
Tanks and Thors - Why just build some infestors of course and turn those tanks back on the Terran player
Banshees and Vikings - Build hydralisks and corruptors and you will not have any trouble controlling the air

Playing against Protoss: When playing against a Protoss player it is important to see the colossus coming and be ready when it shows up. The colossus can wreak havoc on a Zerg player if he is not ready. Below I have included the main units that a Protoss player will use and which Zerg unit is the best to taking it out.

Zealots and Stalkers - Again just build speed upgraded zerglings and banelings, roaches and hydralisks will also do the trick
Immortals - The key to beating an immortal is without question a speed upgraded zergling attack
Colossus - Either get infestors or corruptors but do not attack this unit with zerglings roaches or hydralisks, as the colossus will make short work of them

If you follow these guidelines you will have no trouble taking out a good Protoss or Terran player and you will always be a step ahead of them. Good luck and I hope to see you on battlenet soon!

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Starcraft 2 Terran Vs Zerg - Beating Zerg Early Expansion

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A simple fact of this game is that more and more Zerg players are grabbing their expansions right off the bat. As the game progresses this can put a Terran player at quite a disadvantage. If you're playing against a Zerg player who you think is going to expand quickly the following strategy can be used to deflect the expansion and get that "gg" from your opponent within minutes.

Note: It is extremely important to wall off your ramp in order to avoid any Zergling counter-attack.

You'll want to start with a Supply Depot at 9 followed by a Barracks at 12. When your Barracks goes down go ahead and send out your scout SCV to check your opponents expo. As soon as you can confirm that he is moving for a fast expansion move your SCV out of visibility for a second. Back at your base go ahead and grab a refinery at 14. When your Barracks finishes pump out a couple of Marines immediately and set their rally point for your opponents expo. Forgo a second Barracks in order to get a quick Factory. (You can use the Factory to finish walling off your ramp). As your first Marine is reaching your opponents expo move your SCV, which is still hanging around there, up next to your opponents Hatchery and construct a Bunker. Make sure that the Bunker is in firing range of the Hatchery. At this point it is unlike that your opponent will have many Zergling's, if any, so he may try to send a Drone to stop your Bunker. You can use your incoming Marines to ward this off, as well as any Spine Crawlers he may try to sneak in. Once your Bunker finishes send your marines in and start working on Hatchery while your SCV goes for another Bunker. At your base have a couple of Hellions ready for any Zergling attack that your opponent may counter with. When your Marines finish off the Hatchery this will put you at quite an advantage over your partner. A quick and smart way to finish the game would be to Tech immediately to Banshee. You should be constructing a Starport and an extra refinery. Your opponent will be likely to have no anti-air units except for the queen. Once you have a couple of Banshee's you are in a prime position to Harass him until he "gg's" out.

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Starcraft 2 - General Terran Build Order

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One thing you need to always keep in mind about Terran is that their economy is more complicated than the other races. You face a drop in mineral collection when you steal SCV's from your minerals to mine gas, and also when you need SCV's for building. To counter this Starcraft 2 introduces the MULE. It is an integral part of the Terran economy and I would recommend getting it as quickly as you can.

Initially I recommend starting with nine SCV's. When you hit 9 on your supply go ahead and build your first supply. Your depot will just finishing up when you're 11th SCV pops out so you can go ahead and make another one immediately. Use the same SCV that you built the supply depot with to build your barracks. Make sure to place it strategically in order to block your ramp. Always keep an SCV building at your command center. When the barracks finishes use the same SCV to finish blocking your wall by building another supply depot right there. On your 14th SCV you can go ahead with refinery. IF you stop building SCV's at 14 supply then you will have enough minerals to upgrade to orbital command as soon as your barracks finishes. I recommend this because the faster you can get your mule the better. Once your refinery finishes make sure you snag two more SCV's to mine gas. You will want to make a couple marines as well in order to counter a zergling rush or terran reapers. Next you probably want to build another barracks unless your tanking straight to banshees or siege tanks. At this point you should also have 50 Vespene gas to attach a tech lab to your first barracks. Once your orbital command is finished upgrading call down a mule and continue making SCV's. When you have come to this point you have a standard terran setup. When your tech lab completes you want to produce mauraders and marines (don't forget to add a Fusion Reactor to your other barracks to make two marines at a time). The sooner you upgrade Concussion Shells and Stim Pack at the tech lab the better the edge you will have on your opponent. This initial build is enough to give you the edge either to strike fast or it will give you sufficient defense to quickly tech to siege tanks and air units.

Simply for Marines and Mauraders it is not necessary to immediately get a second refinery but I would recommend you build one as soon as possible. Gas is hard to come by and you want to start collecting as much as possible as soon as possible.

Terran are the most well rounded race in terms of an early game strategy and countering opposing units. They're very hard to get intel on since they can block their ramp very quickly. That being said try to not to use the Comsat too often since the MULE is more important for mineral collection. However against Protoss it is useful to scout for a Dark Shrine in order to prepare for Dark Templars.

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Starcraft 2 - Terran Vs Terran Basic Strategy

Your ranking relative to your opponent's (who is favored to win?)

The reason that you want to take note of who is favored is that generally the favored player will feel more confident and thus play more aggressive often leading to a quicker attack on his part. You can take advantage of this. In this guide we will explore two different strategies against your Terran opponent.

First consider an aggressive move to Siege Tanks. After completing your first barracks move straight to building a factory. You'll want to get a couple marines to ward off harassing reapers. Also throw down a second refinery. As soon as your factory is complete move into building a Starport. While your Starport is being constructed attach a Fusion Reactor to your Factory. This will finish before your Starport does so go ahead and lift off your Factory and relocate it within your base. At this point I would construct another Factory and add a tech lab onto your existing Factory. Next lift your completed Starport onto the Fusion Reactor and quickly make two Vikings to counter enemy banshees. When your Tech Lab on your Factory finishes begin building tanks quickly, also you'll want to research siege mode for your tanks as soon as you can. Tanks and Mauraders can make a deadly combination. However you'll want to have a formidable amount of Vikings present to counter air attacks. Once you have enough tanks build you can expand to another mine or, if you feel you would be favored in a fight, launch an assault. However effective this method is, its limiting factor is most definitely the amount of Vespene Gas you have available so the quicker you move to your refineries the better. Remember to upgrade to Stim Packs for your Mauraders.

Another effective method is to harass your enemy while solidly expanding. After your fist Barracks is completely its usually a good idea to make a couple of marines to counter a quick rush or ward off reapers. After that quickly move to build a second refinery and start your Factory as well. Once your Factory finishes start making Hellions and Mauraders. When you have completed about 4 Mauraders and 6 Hellions you should move into harassing mode. If your enemy is playing towards and early expansion your Hellions will be effective at countering that with their speed. With your own base you're left with several options. If you feel like playing for an end game then expanding to a second mine is a must. You can throw down another Barracks and mass some Marines and Mauraders to cover you while you expand. If your harassing is successful at retreating your enemy then I would recommend an aggressive build with another Barracks and Factory along with a Starport for Dropships and anti-air support.

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Terran Vs Protoss Basic Strategy

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As it stands, Terran is at a definite disadvantage to Protoss. The standard Marines, Mauraders, and dropships are simply not enough to stand against the Protoss, Zealot, Sentry, and Stalker combination. So in case your tired of losing to Protoss using the same old Terran build, the following is a very effective strategy for Terran against Protoss. And, you will notice that Mauraders aren't used at all! This strategy implements a combination of Siege Tanks, Ghosts, and marines for anti-air. Of course you don't want to limit yourself to just those units but they will be the main components of your army. Ghosts have become used increasingly more against Protoss because of their EMP ability to drain the shields of Protoss units, shifting the battle heavily in favor of Terran.

To begin You'll start off with the illusion of a standard Terran build. A supply depot at 9 supply, then straight into a barracks at 11. A scouting probe will think that you are going to mass Marines and Mauraders. However you're gonna change things up a bit. At 13 supply throw down your first refinery. Then upgrade to your orbital command at 15 supply. You're gonna want to pump marines to ward off any zealot rush while you build. At 16 supply grab your second refinery. This strategy requires quite a bit of gas. Next you'll want to tech on a reactor to your barracks to double your Marine building. Now instead of building a second Barracks were going to move straight for a Factory. You will want to pump a few Hellions when your Factory finishes. Following your factory immediately move into a Starport. You will want a Tech Lab on your Factory for Siege Tanks. Once your Starport finishes go ahead and tech to a Tech Lab as well. Now I heavily recommend getting a Raven as soon as your Tech Lab finishes for a couple reasons. One, you will want to ward off any nosy Observers. Also your Raven will come in very handy later.

After this initial build, Siege Tanks are going to be your main priority. You should have a decent army of Marines and Hellions to deflect any incoming attack. Usually the next move would be to begin your first expansion. Once Siege Tanks start coming out you should have plenty of base defense to defend your expansion. The next priority is your Ghosts. This is a must. Their EMP's can change the momentum of a battle with Protoss in a hurry. A second Factory is in order as well to increase tank production.

Something else I would recommend with this strategy is to build a couple of Banshee's in order to harass as well as scout. Once your opponent realizes that he can't beat your ground game he's almost certain to go air if he hasn't already. In this case you'll want to keep your marine production up as well as build a few Vikings. The last thing you want is to have a mass of Tanks and no defense against Void Rays or worse, Carriers.

This strategy has proven to be very effective against the Protoss ground game. Don't be discouraged if it doesn't work immediately. As with all things it will take practice. However if you devote the time it will definitely pay off.

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Starcraft 2 - Zerg's Hydralisk and Infestor Strategy

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The hydralisk and infestor combo is being used more and more on battlenet right now because of the power of these two combined units. This strategy should not be overlooked for a less effective army such as roaches and hydralisks. This guide will show you why to consider using this combo and how use it the right way.

The infestor and hydralisk combo is very effective against an army of small units such as marines and marauders or zealots and stalkers. The infestor can use fungal growth to weaken the units and the hydralisks will finish them off quickly with their ranged attacks. This combo is also perfect for taking on larger units such as thors and tanks or colossus and immortals. The infestor can use neural parasite to take control of the large units and turn them against the enemy while the hydralisks will provide protection for the infestors. This combo is also good against an air attack because of the hydralisk's ability to hit air. However, it will not be able to take on a larger air attack such as mass carriers so make sure you keep an eye out for that and get some corruptors if you see it coming.

You must upgrade to a lair pretty early on so you well be able to build both the infestors and hydralisks. You will need to delay your first expansion until you have the lair upgrade started and build zerglings for protection while you wait. You will be a little weak early on in the game but you will catch up fast when you start pumping out the infestors and hydras. It will take some practice to be able to use the infestors perfectly in the battles but after you have it down there will be few opponents that will be able to put up a real fight.

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Starcraft 2 Zerg Guide - The Mutalisk Rush

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This guide will show you how to perform a mutalisk rush with the intent of taking out your opponent's workers before they have any decent anti air. This strategy will work best against a Zerg player but it is also possible against Protoss. However, I would not recommend using it against a Terran player because marines do very well against mutalisks.

The key to this strategy is only building zerglings while you save all the gas you mine for the mutas. You will need to use the zerglings for early protection and to keep the enemy busy while you tech up to mutas. Try to keep your opponent from scouting your base so he doesn't know you are fast teching.

Start the game off with a normal 14 pool build but upgrade to a lair as soon as you have the gas. Make sure you are running both the extractors, as you will need a lot of gas. Pump out zerglings while you wait for the upgrade to finish and send them to harass the enemy. As soon as the lair finishes build a spire and try to build it behind your minerals so the enemy will not see it. When the spire finishes make as many mutalisks as you can and send them to the back of your opponents base where the workers are. Take out as many workers as you can. If all goes well you should be able to cripple his economy and then you can switch to either roaches or hydralisks to finish him off. Just make sure you don't let him expand. If your mutalisk attack fails then you must switch to roaches or hydralisks right away as mutas do very poorly as a main fighting unit. This strategy will not always work but when it does you will win the game pretty quickly and easily.

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Starcraft 2 - Terran Unit Counter Guide

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So you're playing Terran, in the middle of a 1v1 game. You've scouted your opponent pretty well and you have a decent idea of what kind of strategy he's using. Then you suddenly draw a blank. You realize you have no idea how to win this game. You're not sure what units to build or how many, or when you should expand or when to attack... We've all been there. This kind of situation familiar to everyone. One thing that will make you a successful Starcraft 2 player is your ability to counter your opponents units. I've put together a list of my favorite Terran counters.

Let's say your opponent is Zerg: If he Techs to Mutalisks I almost always go straight Vikings and Marines. This combination has no problem with Mutalisks. If he uses Speedlings, counter with Hellions and Banshee's. Against Hydralisks you'll probably want to stay away from air. Hellions, Siege Tanks, and even Mauraders will be much more effective.

Now against a Protoss Opponent: If they use a Zealot, Sentry, Stalker combo, I usually counter with Mauraders, Hellions and Tanks. Against Immortals it's best to go back to more basic units. I would recommend Stimmed Mauaraders and even Marines considering how cheap they are. Finally against an army of Colossus, Vikings will be the most effective, accompanied by Siege Tanks.

As far as Terran V Terran goes you generally have two options. You can either make the same units your opponent is making but just make more of them and do upgrades, or you can try to strategically use counters. I've used both ways and seen several different results. Generally though I'll try and counter my opponents units. If I see him going Bionic (Marines, Mauraders, Ghosts) I love to counter with Hellions and Tanks. In the same way if he uses Tank and Hellions, I'll try to get some Banshees and Vikings.

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Starcraft 2 - Terran Micro Guide

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OK so one of the big things that helped me improve my game was learning to micro efficiently. It gave me a huge advantage in battles over opponents who hadn't quite figured out how to command their units correctly. For example I still see way too many players simply setting all their attack units too ONE single hotkey and sending them all out a battle at the same time. This is not good! And I can promise you that you'll never become a good Starcraft 2 player doing this. You want to organize your units in combat so as to give yourself an edge. So I've written down a few things about microing that I've learned over the past couple months of playing beta. Note: I pretty much exclusively play Terran so this is kinda geared for them more so.

Alright so for starters I always hot key my Command Center(s). This way you can make SCV's without being at your base. But almost more importantly so many times in a game you need a quick scan and having CC on hotkey really makes it easy. I usally set my Command Center at Hot Key (4). This way I can leave keys 1,2, and 3 for specific unit groups. This generally is enough for me but sometimes if I use more units I have to readjust. Hot Key (5) I use for my Barracks. 6, and 7 I set for my Factories. Yes I set one for my Factories with Reactors and the other for the Tech Labs. This leaves me with 8,9. Usually I designate these for my Starports. But so many games I don't even go Starport so it really leaves it open for my choosing.

When I play Protoss I love to have a specific hot key just for my ghosts since their emp is so valuable against the protoss shields. It's important to memorize every single hot key for each units function. For example know which key it takes to siege your tanks or to Stim your Mauraders without even looking.

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StarCraft 2 Zerg Guide - Mastering the Zerg Economy

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The Zerg economy is pretty different then the Terran and Protoss economies and a good Zerg player will use this to his advantage. Terran and Protoss are generally a little stronger at teching up then we are so we have to find another way to get the advantage. This guide will show you the basics of mastering the Zerg economy.

The first thing we need to realize is that the only way to keep up with a strong Protoss or Terran player is to have a larger mineral and gas intake then they do because our units will not be able to stand toe to toe with them so we must out produce our opponents. StarCraft 2 gives us some advantages in this area and makes it easier for us to expand. The hatchery only costs 300 minerals where with Protoss and Terran it costs 400 minerals to expand. Also, we make all our units at the hatchery so there is no need to build a bunch of new barracks or gateways like our enemy will have to when they expand.

I recommend expanding very early on in the game when you are just starting to build a few zerglings. You should have some extra minerals at this point and you can either use them to upgrade to a lair or expand. In some cases it would be wiser to upgrade to a lair if you need to get some anti air quickly or you are doing a muta rush but most of the time I would not recommend a fast upgrade. Again the key to winning as a Zerg player is out producing our enemy, which means we must expand fast and often while at the same time keeping our opponent from expanding. If you can master this part of the Zerg game then the rest is easy.

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Starcraft 2 Zerg Guide - Ultralisk Strategy

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Ultralisks are the ultimate unit a Zerg player can get in a game. They are very time consuming to tech up to and build but once you have them the game will turn in your favor. This guide will show you how to use them correctly and when it is a bad idea to build them.

Ultralisks cost 300 minerals and 200 gas so they are not cheap and of course they take forever to tech up to because you must be upgraded to a hive before you can build the ultralisk cavern. They can also burrow which is very cool and they have a speed upgrade so they can run pretty quickly with that. Their attacks are area of effect attacks, which just means that they hit a lot of targets at the same time.

Now lets talk about when to get ultralisks and when to stay away from building them. Ultralisks only hit ground targets and do very well against groups of small units so naturally they are very good against groups of marines and marauders or zealots and stalkers but all in all they do pretty well against any ground unit the enemy will through at you. So it's a good idea to build them if your opponent doesn't have any air units. Of course on the flip side don't build them if you are being attacked from the air, unless you have a lot of corruptors to handle the air.

I would also recommend getting the armor and attack upgrades for the ultralisk as they are definitely worth spending the minerals and gas on. A group of upgraded ultralisk is a sight that will make your enemy tremble in fear, unless of course he has air units in which case he would probably just smile. Good luck and I hope to see you on battlenet!

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Starcraft 2 - The Strengths and Weaknesses of Zerg

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So you are thinking about playing Zerg in Starcraft 2? Well there are a few things you should know first, each race has it's strengths and weaknesses and I'm going to show you what is good and what is not so good about playing Zerg so you can make an educated choice when choosing your race.

Zerg is a very fun race to play because they are designed to be a mass-producing type of race. Unlike Protoss and Terran a Zerg player needs to have a constant stream of units being produced and sent into battle. The Terran and Protoss races are all about making the best units to counter whatever they are fighting. Zerg is like this as well but not to the degree that Terran and Protoss are. We have fewer choices when it comes to units but we are setup to pump out units much faster. Of course this requires more minerals and gas then the other races so a Zerg player must be expand early and often in a game which makes it more complicated and chaotic then with the other races.

Zerg has a weakness defending against an air attack early on in the game so this has caused us problems on battlenet recently but there are things we can do to help with this. We also have weaker air attack units then the other races. Mutalisks are good at scouting but do poorly in battles against good anti air units so we mainly use ground units for the large attacks.

Overall I love playing Zerg but they are hard to learn and you must good at managing the chaos which is just part of playing the Zerg. However, if you get the hang of playing them is very rewarding as there is no better feeling the sending your mass hydralisks and roaches to dominate your opponent!

Becoming an advanced Starcraft 2 player is very challenging and confusing. I purchased the Starcraft 2 Advanced Strategy Guide from http://Star2Pros.com and I have been very impressed with the strategies they teach. I would highly recommend it to any Starcraft 2 player who wants to get to the top of the Diamond Ladders, I think this guide might be the only one of its kind.

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Starcraft 2 - Protoss Vs Protoss Basic Strategy

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Protoss vs Protoss is a classic battle of wits. Playing as the Protoss race is all about countering your opponent's attacks with the perfect units. Of course when you are playing against another Protoss player you must always be one step ahead of him to win. This guide will give you the basics of beating a Protoss player in a 1v1 game.

Your base unit is going to be the zealot and you will build from there depending on which units your enemy throws at you. Make sure you scout as much as you can and check to see if he is building air such as void rays. If he is then you should build a bunch of stalkers and you will have no trouble taking them down. If he is using a lot of zealots and stalkers then pump out a few colossus to handle that, just make sure you keep a few zealots to shield the colossus from attacks. If he decided to use some colossus himself you should build a few immortals as they will make short work of the colossus. Always try to scout him and see what is coming. If you see dark templars coming then you will need to make an observer as fast as you can to detect them. If he is dumb enough to try and make carriers then just build up your army and attack his base while is low on defense because all the minerals are going toward building the carriers.

Defeating Protoss is pretty straightforward, as you just need to build the correct counters to handle what he is doing. If you follow this guide and learn the strengths of your units, you will have no trouble beating a good Protoss player. Good luck and I hope to see you on battlenet soon!

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StarCraft 2 - Protoss Basic Build Order

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Playing as Protoss is a lot of fun but it can be very frustrating if you don't know the correct starting build order. This guide will show you how to start the game off with the perfect build order for Protoss.

You start with 6 probes so get them to work mining the minerals right away. Build probes until the 9th one pops out. Take the 9th probe and start a pylon then send him to mine the minerals. Continue making probes until you hit 12 and then start a gateway. You may also start an extractor now if you want. You should have about 16 probes when the gateway finishes so start making a zealot and build another pylon.

You will also want to start a cybernetics core so you can make stalkers. After this a continue making probes and then build a second extractor and gateway. From this point it is up to you what you want to do. When I play against Zerg I would make build a few sentries so I can block the zerglings from running into my base and killing the probes. If I'm playing against Terran I would expand and try to harass them a little with my zealots and stalkers.

I would recommend getting a robotics facility as soon as you can though for a couple of reasons. First, I like to get an observer so I can see what my enemy is doing and second you will most likely need to build either colossus or immortals depending on what your opponent is building. Build a colossus if he is massing smaller units, build an immortal if he is using bigger units such as thors and tanks or hydralisks and roaches. If follow this guild then you should have a great start to any game and be ready for just about anything.

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Starcraft 2 - Protoss Vs Terran Basic Strategy

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Playing as Protoss against Terran can be a very difficult game as Terran is so unpredictable and hard to scout. Protoss must know what the enemy is doing so they can build the correct counter units but this is a challenge against good Terran players. This guide will show you how to beat a Terran player 1v1.

The first thing we need to talk about is scouting, the key to winning the game as a Protoss player is using the correct units to counter what your opponent is making. So I recommend building an observer as soon as you can and getting it into the Terran base to see what he is doing.

If the Terran player is using a lot of marines and marauders then build a few colossus, as they will make short work of them, just make sure you also have a bunch of zealots to shield the colossus from too many attacks. If the Terran playing is using thors or tanks then build some immortals as they will dominate the thors and tanks without even taking that much damage. The Terran player might make an air attack with vikings and banshees. When you see this coming just build a bunch of stalkers and they shouldn't have much trouble taking down the banshees. I wouldn't recommend building air units when playing against Terran because marines do decent damage to air units and that alone will be enough to defend against your void ray attack or even a few carriers.

Another thing to watch out for at the start of the game is the reaper attack. To defend against this just make sure you get a few stalkers as soon as you can. If you follow this guide and learn the strengths and weaknesses of your units then you should have not trouble beating a good Terran player.

Anyways, good luck to all of you and I hope to see you on BattleNet!

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Protoss Vs Zerg Basic Strategy

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Playing against a good Zerg player can be challenging but with the right units a Protoss player can dominate. This guide will show you how to beat a Zerg player 1v1 by using the right unit counters and scouting techniques.

The key to winning this type of game is scouting, you need to know what units they are going to send at you, so I would recommend getting an observer pretty early on in the game. If he is making a lot of zerglings you need to build a colossus or 2 really fast and they will make short work of the zerglings, just make sure you have a few zealots and stalkers to defend the colossus from attacks. If he is using a lot of roaches and hydralisks then you should build immortals as they do very well against roaches and hydras. If he is dumb enough to try and attack you with mutalisks then just build up a bunch of stalkers and you should have no trouble taking them out. Those 3 are the main attacks that a Zerg player with through at you so winning this type of game is pretty straightforward.

Of course there is one other major option that a Zerg player can use and that is building infestors. A good Zerg player with infestors can be a big problem for us so keep an eye out for these and if you see them coming the smartest thing to do is build some air units such as void rays or phoenix to handle the infestors from the air. If you follow this guide and learn the strenghts and weaknesses of your units then beating even a very good Zerg player can be a breeze. Good luck and I hope to see you on battlenet soon!

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Starcraft 2 Protoss Guide - The Power of Immortals

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The key to winning as a Protoss player is our ability to counter the units that the enemy throws at us. In this article we will look at the immortal and discover just how powerful they can be in the right situations. I will show you when to use immortals and when to stay away from them.

Immortals have two unique things about them that we need to understand before we go any further. The first is that the immortal has a special shield that will only allow it to take 10 damage and anything over 10 will be deflected. The second is the immortal's huge bonus damage to armored units. When you combine these two things together you get a unit that is perfect for killing large units such as thors or ultralisks. However the immortal will die quickly to groups of smaller units such as marines or zerglings.

So when you playing against a Terran player you would use immortals if you see a lot of thors or tanks. But don't make any immortals if the Terran player is using a lot of marines and marauders. Now when you are playing Zerg there is something that most Zerg players don't realize but roaches are an armored unit and they do a slow attack of 16 damage, which means they take massive damage from immortals and 6 points of their attacks on immortals will be deflected. So to sum it up, immortals will simply dominate roaches and do very well against hydralisks as well as ultralisks. However, zerglings take immortals out pretty fast so watch out for that and use colossus to handle the zerglings instead of immortals. So now you can see and understand why the immortal is such a useful unit in certain situations and should never be left out of your build order.

Anyways, good luck to all of you and I hope to see you on BattleNet!

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Starcraft 2 Terran Guide - How to Counter Terran Units

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So as a Terran I have to admit that the race I least like playing is, in fact, Terran! The reason being is that sometimes it's so difficult to figure out how to counter Terran units when you are playing the same race. And since countering is so so important in Starcraft 2 this can lead to a frustrating predicament! But believe it or not there is a way to counter your Terran opponent other than simply making the same units as him and trying too win through superior numbers. Lets take a look at the best counters out there.

How to Counter Marines

1. Siege Tanks- They deal a ridiculous amount of damages.

2. Hellions- They deal

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Starcraft 2 - Terran Harassment Strategy

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In Starcraft 2 harassment is the name of the game. If you can keep yourself one step ahead of your opponent by using harassment techniques, chances are you'll pull out a win in the end. This is especially true when playing as Terran. In this guide I will show you the basics of effective Terran harassment.

Vikings are possibly my favorite Terran unit. A lot of newer players will easily dismiss them as "useless" since they don't attack ground units unless in assault mode. But once you start seeing their usefulness you'll soon change your mind.

One of the best maps for viking harassment is kulas ravine. A 1v1 map that has of lot of high ground overlooking mineral expansion points. This can be especially effective against Zerg since they have very little anti-air in the early game. If the Zerg player expands early get a starport and build a few vikings. You can drop them on the high ground right overlooking the expansion. This gives them a perfect opportunity to pick off drones like flies and the best part is that your opponent will not be able to see them since they are up high. Then once your opponent has brought his forces up you can lift off your Vikings and drop them behind his mineral line in his main base. This tactic is very simple but can become a nightmare for your opponent.

Tactics like this are also useful when playing against a Protoss player as well. The vikings however should not be used as a main attack unit as they do poorly in most ground battles. You should use the vikings to harass and distract while you build up enough marines and marauders to finish them off. This is a simple yet effective strategy for Terran harassments that will work surprisingly well.

Anyways, good luck to all of you and I hope to see you on BattleNet!

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Starcraft 2 - Terran Counter Unit Strategy

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So you want to learn the correct Terran counter units? In this guide I will show you the basics of countering as a Terran player when playing against Zerg and Protoss. This a general guide and is meant as an overview of the Terran counter units.

First we will talk about playing against a Zerg player. The Zerg could throw a few different units at you and one of them is the early zerglings attack. The correct Terran counter unit for this attack is the hellion as it will do very good damage to groups of ground units like the zergling. Another attack the Zerg likes to use is the roach and hydro combo. The best Terran counter unit for this is the tank and thor combo as they will simply destroy the Zerg attack. The last thing a Zerg player might try is the mutalisk attack in which case you should just make marines and if you have a starport build some vikings.

When playing against a Protoss player the first thing you should look for the is zealot and stalker combo. A good Terran unit counter for this is again the tank and thor combo, just make sure you have a few marines in front to protect the tanks. The Protoss player may try using colossus or immortals. To take out colossus just use thors as the colossus is not good at doing damage to large units. To destroy the immortals you will need to use marines and maybe some hellions, keep your tanks and thors away from the immortal as it is desgined to take down large units. Lastly he may try to use void rays and the perfect Terran counter unit for that is your vikings. Just build a few and you should have no trouble taking the void rays out.

If you learn these Terran counter units you should have no trouble beating even a diamond ladder Protoss or Zerg player!

Anyways, good luck to all of you and I hope to see you on BattleNet!

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Starcraft 2 - Zerg Counter Unit Strategy

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When you play Starcraft 2 as Zerg it is very important to know which units you should build in order to counter your opponent's attacks. This guide will show you how to build the right units at the right time in order to defeat your enemy. The is a general guide and is not for advanced players.

When you play against Terran there are you a few units you have to watch out for and correctly counter in order to win. The first is the dreaded marine marauder combo that most Terran players love to use these days. The Zerg counter to this is simple, banelings and zerglings. The banelings will take out entire groups of marines and marauders without much trouble and the zerglings will clean up the leftovers. Another unit you need to watchout for is the thor. The Zerg counter to this is an infestor, use the infestor to take control of the thor and turn it against the Terran player. You will also need to watchout for the early reaper attack. The Zerg counter for this is to make zerglings early and get them speed upgrade in the spawning pool going as soon as you can. Your zerglings will be faster then the reaper so you can just chase them down and kill them all before they get back to their base.

Now lets talk about playing against Protoss. The Protoss may use a zealot and stalker combo in which case you should again build an army of banelings and zerglings to take them out. If he makes colossus you should build infestors and take control of it. He may make immportals in which case you should stay away from making roaches and hydros and build speed upgraded zerglings as they make short work of the immortals. He may go air with the void rays and if he does this the perfect Zerg counter is corruptors. Don't make mutalisks as they fall way to quickly to stalkers and are a waste of gas.

Learn these Zerg counters and you should have no trouble beating even a diamond ladder Protoss or Terran player!

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Terran Vs Zerg - Stopping the Zergling Rush

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Every time we start a game against a Zerg player the first thing we need to be ready for is the nasty speed upgraded zergling rush. A good Zerg player can win the game by just using zerglings and banelings. This guide will show you how to be ready for and defeat this type of attack.

Good Zerg players on bnet right now have learned how to effectively use zerglings to harass us and run by our army to take out our suvs. This can be a devistating blow to our economy which will in turn cause us to fall behind in mineral gathering and cost us the game. The first thing we can do of course is use supply depots to block off the entrance to our base but this will not stop a good Zerg player as they can use banelings to blow through the supply depots very quickly and run in with the speedlings.

The answer is to use hellions. Hellions are excellent at taking out groups of zerglings and they move just as fast as the zerglings do so you will be able to keep up with them. Of course to get hellions so early in the game you will need to build a factory pretty quickly and start pumping them out as soon as you know the Zerg player is using a lot of zerglings and banelings. If you use this method against a zergling attack you will have no problem taking out even a really good Zerg player.

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Zerg Vs Terran - Breaking the Tank Push

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The tank push is being using more and more in Zerg vs Terran games on bnet right now. The tanks are very effective at killing groups of roaches or hydralisks so what do we have to do in order to counter this strategy? This guide will show you how to easily beat a Terran tank push.

Most Zerg players would start making mutalisks to counter because the tanks can't hit air but this is a really bad idea and the Terran player will certainly be ready for it with a bunch of marines or vikings which will make short work of your mutalisks. So what does a Zerg player do to beat the tanks?

The answer is infesters with zergling support. Infestors are simply amazing against large units like the tank and thor. Use the infestor's neural parasite ability on the tanks to take control of them and turn them around to attack the Terran's own units. While you are doing this make sure you use your zerglings to kill the tanks before the neural parasite ability wares off. This strategy will work great as long as you can use the zerglings to protect the infestors from attacks. Also you will need to make sure the Terran player doesn't have and air units because neither the zerglings or infestors can attack air. If you use this strategy it can be very effective even against a good Terran player. It does take some practice using the infestors before you get it down but once you do its game over for the tanks.

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