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Winter Zerg Beginner Build Order Guide 2020

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Complete Build Order

  13  0:14  Overlord  Send near enemy 3rd base location to see move out paths
  17  0:58  Hatchery  
  17  1:02  Drone  
  17  1:08  Extractor  
  17  1:12  Drone  
  17  1:18  Spawning Pool  
  16  1:23  Drone  
  17  1:26  Drone  
  18  1:30  Drone  
  19  1:32  Action  3 Drones on Gas
  19  1:48  Overlord  Send to front of your bases to watch for enemies
  20  2:06  Queen  1 At each base
  23  2:11  Queen  
  25  2:13  Zergling x2  
  27  2:15  Metabolic Boost  
  27  2:17  Action  After speed 2 drones off of gas and onto minerals at natural
  29  2:41  Overlord  
  29  2:59  Queen x2  
  34  3:05  Overlord  kinda
  37  3:14  Hatchery  If Protoss/Terran expanding, can be made earlier
  44  3:27  Action  Metabolic Boost complete put 2 drones back into gas
  44  3:53  Queen  
  52  4:00  Spore Crawler x2  Against Terran/Protoss, 1 in each mineral line
  50  4:08  Evolution Chamber  Half-wall at natural (37 drones and around 4min)
  50  4:10  Roach Warren  Half-wall at natural
  50  4:15  Lair  
  51  4:20  Extractor  Around 30-40 workers get gas 2 & 3
  53  4:41  Zerg Missile Weapons Level 1  as soon as Evo chamber completes
  53  4:45  Queen  At 3rd base
  64  5:03  Evolution Chamber  
  67  5:06  Extractor  ~50 drones
  69  5:27  Glial Reconstitution  *ROACH SPEED
  70  5:44  Roach  5 (more if not supply blocked)
  80  5:54  Hydralisk Den  
  80  6:00  Extractor  5 and 6 - at full 3rd base saturation
  78  6:10  Zerg Ground Armor Level 1  
  86  6:20  Action  Should be reaching the limit of 62-66 drones for full 3 base saturation; can to to 75 if expecting late game
  86  6:31  Grooved Spines  
  97  6:40  Hatchery  Get 4th at 60 drones or earlier if can't spend enough minerals
  97  6:51  Zerg Missile Weapons Level 2  
  100  7:00  Action  Ovies, Injects, Roach & Hydra to 200 supply and A-move the third or any open space
  200  9:10  Infestation Pit  To prepare for Hive if needed before moving out
  200  10:00  Spire, Hive  If turtling on 2 bases, start simultaneously spire and hive
  200  11:11  Greater Spire  Spire and Hive finish together, prepare the GGlords and win