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Complete Build Order

  13  0:12  Overlord  
  16  0:50  Hatchery  
  18  1:10  Extractor  
  17  1:15  Spawning Pool  
  20  1:50  Overlord  
  20  2:02  Zergling x2  @pool: make 4 lings and 2 queens
  22  2:04  Queen x2  
  26  2:15  Metabolic Boost  @100 gas: pull 2 drones from gas
  30  2:40  Hatchery  should have 24 drones / 2 queens / 4 lings
  32  2:50  Overlord  Overlord as needed (reduce spawningtool noise)
  32  3:00  Queen  
  34  3:05  Queen  Build queens (from 2nd and 3rd) until 7 (3 inject, 4 creep)
  34  3:10  Overlord  
  36  3:12  Zergling  spam lings/overlords as required (usually ling to 46)
  200  4:00  Baneling Nest  or Roach Warren
  200  4:01  Spore Crawler x3  4:00 for lib, 4:30 banshee and 5:20 for BC
  200  4:30  Evolution Chamber x2  
  200  4:31  Lair  2 drones back on gas; should have 40-45 drones
  200  11:00  Hive