GREEDY [Astrea] - 3 Nexus before core (PvZ Cheese)
Description
Very greedy build that focuses on building a massive early economy that can withstand most of anything if it is allowed to be completed unimpeded.
Falls short on very fast-timing attacks if you did not manage to get your infrastructure up and running (proxy 2 racks, pulls, etc). Scouting may give you the time to prepare for these but sometimes builds just don't work out :) This one is very satisfying if it does tho eheh.
Replay - Astrea v Reynor: Game 1 - [ESL] NeoHumanity
Build Order
| 12 | 0:00 | | |
| 13 | 0:12 | | |
| 14 | 0:17 | | |
| 14 | 0:24 | | |
| 15 | 0:36 | | |
| 16 | 0:48 | | |
| 17 | 0:57 | | |
| 17 | 1:07 | | |
| 17 | 1:10 | | |
| 18 | 1:15 | | |
| 18 | 1:22 | | |
| 19 | 1:34 | | |
| 20 | 1:46 | | Now the fun begins |
| 20 | 1:55 | | |
| 20 | 1:59 | | |
| 21 | 2:05 | | |
| 23 | 2:08 | | |
| 27 | 2:28 | | |
| 29 | 2:30 | | |
| 36 | 2:59 | | For a [h] phoenix scout if you skip the probe scout |
| 40 | 3:05 | | |
| 42 | 3:18 | | |
| 43 | 3:22 | | |
| 47 | 3:32 | | [hallucination] |
| 47 | 3:33 | | |
| 48 | 3:37 | | If necessary |
| 51 | 3:43 | | |
| 51 | 3:44 | | |
| 56 | 4:04 | | |
| 56 | 4:06 | | blink --> charge |
| 56 | 4:07 | | |
| 60 | 4:20 | | |
| 60 | 4:22 | | |
| 65 | 4:27 | | |
| 65 | 4:30 | | |
| 67 | 4:32 | | |
| 70 | 4:48 | | |
| 70 | 4:52 | | |
| 72 | 4:54 | | |
| 74 | 5:04 | | |
| 75 | 5:08 | |
Analysis
The build can be considered "done" around the 2-minute mark, as that should be the timing of your core after your third Nexus. I consider this build to require a fair amount of decision-making, as it needs you to adapt fast to what your opponent will be doing to stop your expansion. If you manage to get through the initial harshness of the situation (if it arises at all) you will find yourself in a great position tho c:
Follow-up is mainly to survive and capitalize on your booming economy, adding gates (and I have seen replays of people getting to 10+ gate counts VERY quickly, shot out to Harstem) and basing your army around Zealot, Stalkers, and Archons after you get a twilight council.
The robotics facility gives a lot of utility, use it. Immortals if needed, observers, and a Warp Prism is always nice to have to harass while defending, or to distract your opponent from your current line of attack.
Could also be developed instead as a glaive build.
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Details
- Created by: Cloonic
- Published on: Mar 19, 2023
- Modified on: Mar 19, 2023
- Patch: 5.0.11
- Difficulty: Hard
Comments (1)
On March 19, 2023, 3:52 a.m., Cloonic said:
Not sure if I would consider this a cheese all in all (as it has a strong eco focus), but it does seem to catch many people off-guard so, there is that, at least until we will learn how to deal with this :)