Map: Coda LE (Void)

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ViBE

  • Race: Zerg Zerg

Geiko - Winner!

  • Race: Protoss Protoss

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Part of learning a new meta-game is learning new cheese strategies, and the 4 Gate Adept build popularized by Geiko is a pretty strong Protoss cheese.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/legacy-of-the-void/485461-g-d-abusing-adepts

The basic gist of the strategy is to abuse the mobility and tankiness of Adepts. With the Shield Upgrade from the Twilight Council, Adepts have 90 Health and 140 Shields (and 1 armor). Although they have relatively low DPS because of a slow attack speed, their bonus damage against light units allows them to 2-shot workers, Combat Shield-less Marines, and Zerglings.

Above all that, they also have the Psionic Transfer ability to create a shade to bypass static defenses and attack in 2 locations at once. You can also cancel the shade so that Adepts can effectively threaten the main and natural bases simultaneously, forcing the defender to split up or be left completely defenseless.

The build itself is relatively straightforward, and Geiko provides a good explanation in the TL thread: open 2 Gate to harass. Get your Twilight Council for the Shield Upgrade and 2 more Gateways and place a proxy Pylon to start wailing on your opponent. With the Twilight Council, you also have the flexibility to mix in DTs, just to make their lives even more difficult.

This particular game against ViBE shows how strong this build is against Zerg. Going down the list of potential defenses,

* Zerglings die in 2 shots
* Queens aren't numerous enough
* Spine Crawlers can be bypassed
* Roaches aren't fast enough and actually have less HP/Shields than an upgraded Adept

Although ViBE defends well against the initial 2 Adept poke and even the first warp-in, the next wave of Mass Adepts (still off of 1 base) is too much to handle, even with burrowed Roaches.

-StoicLoofah

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  • Played on: May 14, 2015, 3:10 a.m.
  • Length: 13:00
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ViBE Zerg 

Build Orders: Hatch First, Roach Zergling 

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  12  0:01  Drone  
  13  0:10  Drone  
  14  0:21  Overlord  
  14  0:25  Drone, Extractor  
  15  0:39  Drone x2  
  17  0:45  Drone  
  18  0:57  Hatchery  
  18  1:01  Drone  
  18  1:14  Spawning Pool  
  17  1:19  Drone  
  17  1:22  Drone  
  19  1:37  Drone  
  19  1:38  Drone  
  21  1:41  Extractor  
  20  1:48  Overlord  
  20  2:01  Queen  
  20  2:07  Drone  
  23  2:09  Queen  
  23  2:12  Zergling x2  
  26  2:16  Drone  
  26  2:22  Drone x2  
  29  2:32  Overlord  
  29  2:37  Queen  
  29  2:42  Drone x2  
  33  2:44  Drone  
  33  2:45  Metabolic Boost  
  34  2:52  Zergling x2  
  34  2:53  Zergling x2  
  36  3:00  Roach Warren  
  36  3:03  Zergling x2  
  31  3:24  Drone  
  31  3:25  Drone x9  
  41  3:29  Spore Crawler  
  40  3:34  Spine Crawler  
  40  3:39  Drone x2  
  41  3:54  Spine Crawler  
  40  3:55  Drone  
  40  3:56  Drone x2  
  40  3:57  Overlord, Extractor  
  40  4:02  Spine Crawler  
  41  4:08  Spore Crawler  
  40  4:13  Lair  
  40  4:16  Roach x2  
  43  4:22  Roach  
  45  4:24  Zergling x4  
  45  4:25  Zergling x8  
  50  4:34  Roach  
  47  4:49  Roach x2  
  41  4:57  Zergling x4  
  41  4:58  Zergling x4  
  34  5:20  Drone x4  
  35  5:30  Drone x3  
  38  5:38  Queen  
  40  5:51  Extractor  
  40  5:54  Drone x5  
  44  6:14  Burrow  
  44  6:15  Drone x2, Overlord  
  46  6:19  Overlord x2  
  46  6:20  Roach  
  46  6:21  Roach  
  50  6:31  Roach  
  52  6:35  Overlord  
  52  6:36  Overlord  
  49  6:45  Roach x2  
  49  6:46  Roach  
  34  7:02  Roach x3  
  37  7:11  Roach x5  
  37  7:13  Roach  
  34  7:22  Roach  
  38  7:23  Roach x5  
  32  7:40  Roach x2  
  32  7:41  Roach  
  32  7:43  Roach x8  
  32  7:53  Roach x6  
  28  8:16  Drone x7  
  33  8:32  Roach x7  
  33  8:34  Drone x3  
  36  8:46  Roach  
  36  8:47  Roach  
  40  8:57  Roach x8  
  38  9:11  Roach  
  38  9:14  Roach x7  
  40  9:24  Roach x6  
  38  9:27  Roach  
  38  9:28  Roach  
  38  9:29  Roach  
  42  9:33  Roach Warren  
  35  9:51  Zergling x2  
  35  9:52  Zergling x10  
  30  10:18  Roach  
  15  10:51  Drone  
  15  10:54  Spire  
  13  11:05  Drone x7  
  12  11:33  Drone x3  
  12  12:05  Mutalisk  
  12  12:06  Mutalisk  
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Geiko Protoss - Winner!

Build Orders: 4 Gate Adept, Mass Adepts, Dark Templar Rush 

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  12  0:03  Probe  
  13  0:13  Pylon  
  13  0:18  Probe  
  14  0:32  Gateway  
  14  0:34  Probe (Chrono Boost)  
  15  0:44  Assimilator  
  15  0:45  Probe (Chrono Boost)  
  16  0:51  Probe  
  17  1:03  Probe  
  18  1:04  Gateway  
  18  1:16  Probe  
  19  1:19  Cybernetics Core  
  19  1:25  Assimilator  
  19  1:28  Probe  
  20  1:34  Pylon  
  20  1:40  Probe  
  21  1:52  Probe  
  22  1:56  Warp Gate (Chrono Boost)  
  22  1:57  Adept  
  22  1:58  Adept  
  26  2:04  Probe  
  27  2:12  Twilight Council  
  27  2:35  Gateway  
  27  2:36  Gateway  
  27  2:41  Probe  
  28  2:55  Probe  
  29  3:19  Pylon  
  27  3:22  Dark Shrine  
  27  3:23  Probe  
  28  3:33  Shield Upgrade (Chrono Boost)  
  28  3:38  Adept  
  28  3:39  Adept x3  
  36  3:48  Pylon  
  36  3:51  Pylon  
  36  4:00  Adept  
  38  4:07  Adept  
  38  4:09  Adept x2  
  44  4:45  Dark Templar  
  44  4:46  Dark Templar  
  44  4:47  Adept x2  
  34  5:23  Adept x3  
  34  5:24  Adept  
  36  5:44  Adept x4  
  44  5:55  Pylon  
  44  6:00  Adept x4  
  52  6:10  Pylon  
  52  6:18  Adept x3  
  54  6:19  Adept  
  56  7:01  Adept x4  
  60  7:22  Adept x3  
  58  7:23  Adept  
  56  7:50  Probe  
  57  7:55  Robotics Facility  
  53  8:01  Adept x4  
  55  8:21  Adept  
  55  8:22  Adept x3  
  63  8:43  Observer (Chrono Boost)  
  63  8:44  Adept x2  
  62  9:29  Adept x3  
  62  9:30  Adept  
  60  10:22  Adept x4  
  65  11:09  Observer (Chrono Boost)  
  66  11:31  Dark Templar x2  
  70  12:30  Pylon  
  69  12:49  Stalker x3  
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