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Overview of the Race |
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| The Zerg are my least favorite race as you need a throw away attitude to your units to win with them. You must build up a huge force with overwhelming numbers to win. I've seen Zerg players win with a units killed\ your units killed ratio of 75/350. Building 350 units would require massive amounts of resources to build that many units for the Terrans or Protoss. First of all, use queens to parasite enemy units, especially cloaked ones or scouting units, like vultures. Beware of Valkyrie Frigates as they will decimate your overlords which is your main detectors as well as your source of control. Use defilers plague and dark swarm liberally. Build lots of scrounges to use against enemy capital ships. Build lurkers to protect your hatcheries and narrow canyons. Build a lot of guardians and then bomb the heck out of your enemies. With devourers you and guardians you will quickly win. NOTE: Guardians have a longer attack range than Photon canons! | ||
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Tactics against the Protoss |
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| Build plenty of hydralisks early as they can decimate many early in the tech tree protoss units. Watch out for cloaked units using your overlords. When on the attack attack pylons to quickly take out their defense network. | ||
| Build sunken colonies quickly and cross protect them as the much feared zealot rush always comes quickly. Build scrounges to take out carriers. If you have queens watch out for arbiters and use ensnare on them to "see" the cloaked units. |  |
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Tactics against the Terrans |
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| When there is a group of wraiths, use ensnare and then parasite them. Build hydralisks. "A zerg player without hydralisks is a zerg player that is probably losing." Use Spawn broodling on siege tanks before your ground attack force arrives. Use plagues on supply depots secretly. Find a remote command center, destroy the units protecting it, and infest it. | ||
| Burrow outside their base, wait for them to send an attack force, then spring up and take their base out. Use lurkers as mines, burrow them in an abandoned area and watch as they build a command center to blow up. Don't build a lot of air units because of Valykires. |  |
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Tactics against other Zerg |
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| Beware of queens that will spawn broodlings on your ultralisks. Beware of allies as they will crush you with a double rush. Watch out for enemy overlords that will try to hang out where you keep your overlords, it is quite easy to miss one. Watch out for burrowers as they can quickly destroy a base with no units left to defend it. Beware of the defilers plague and dark swarm, especially if you have a bunch of air units. Watch for lurkers near mineral deposits. | ||