Hellbat Liberator Opening (Semper) (TvZ Economic)
Description
In HotS, Terran players often opened with Hellion Banshee to keep pressure on Zerg players. In LotV, Terran has the Liberator to harass early on. Although the Liberator might seem like a siege unit, it is also very effective early game as a replacement for the Banshee. It can
- poke at Overlords like Vikings (albeit slowly)
- harass mineral lines from far away
- poke at Queens that could fend off Banshees to some degree
Semper opens with 1 Rax Expand and gets up to Starport as quickly as possible. At that point, he is making Liberators and Hellions (to convert into Hellbats) continuously.
Key steps are noted in the build below.
Build Order
| 12 | 0:01 | SCV | |
| 13 | 0:13 | SCV | |
| 14 | 0:18 | Supply Depot | |
| 14 | 0:25 | SCV | |
| 15 | 0:40 | SCV | |
| 15 | 0:41 | Barracks | <--- |
| 16 | 0:45 | Refinery | <--- |
| 16 | 0:52 | SCV | |
| 17 | 1:04 | SCV | |
| 18 | 1:17 | SCV | |
| 19 | 1:29 | Orbital Command | <--- |
| 19 | 1:30 | Barracks Reactor | <--- this will get swapped onto the Factory |
| 19 | 1:43 | Command Center | <--- |
| 19 | 1:52 | Supply Depot | |
| 19 | 1:56 | SCV | |
| 20 | 2:07 | Marine x2 | |
| 20 | 2:09 | SCV | |
| 23 | 2:15 | Factory | <--- |
| 23 | 2:21 | SCV | |
| 24 | 2:27 | Marine x2 | |
| 24 | 2:32 | Refinery | <--- |
| 26 | 2:33 | SCV | |
| 27 | 2:46 | Marine x2, Bunker | |
| 29 | 2:48 | SCV | |
| 30 | 3:01 | Orbital Command | |
| 30 | 3:06 | SCV | |
| 31 | 3:11 | Starport | <--- |
| 31 | 3:18 | SCV | |
| 31 | 3:19 | Hellion x2 | |
| 36 | 3:27 | SCV | |
| 38 | 3:31 | SCV | |
| 38 | 3:33 | Supply Depot | |
| 38 | 3:37 | Liberator | <--- |
| 38 | 3:39 | SCV | |
| 38 | 3:41 | Hellion x2 | |
| 38 | 3:44 | SCV | |
| 40 | 3:54 | SCV | |
| 40 | 3:56 | Armory | <--- |
| 40 | 3:57 | SCV | |
| 40 | 3:59 | Supply Depot | |
| 45 | 4:04 | SCV, Hellion x2 | |
| 48 | 4:09 | Liberator | |
| 48 | 4:13 | SCV | |
| 51 | 4:18 | SCV | |
| 52 | 4:28 | Supply Depot, SCV, Hellion x2 | |
| 57 | 4:36 | Barracks Tech Lab | |
| 57 | 4:39 | Barracks x2, Liberator | |
| 60 | 4:47 | SCV | |
| 61 | 4:56 | Hellion x2 | |
| 61 | 4:57 | Marine | |
| 66 | 4:59 | Stimpack | |
| 66 | 5:01 | Supply Depot | |
| 66 | 5:05 | SCV x2 | |
| 68 | 5:17 | SCV, Liberator | |
| 68 | 5:19 | SCV, Hellion x2 | |
| 59 | 5:33 | SCV | |
| 60 | 5:35 | Barracks Tech Lab, Barracks Reactor | |
| 60 | 5:36 | Marine | |
| 60 | 5:38 | Command Center, SCV | <--- |
| 60 | 5:39 | Engineering Bay |
Analysis
A few things to note
- in LotV, Zerg also has Ravagers as anti-air, which is particular dangerous to immobile Liberators. Be quick and careful with your micro
- you can transition into any of your favorite compositions out of this opening: Bio Tank, Bio Mine, Mech, etc.
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Details
- Created by: StoicLoofah
- Published on: Sep 15, 2015
- Modified on: Sep 15, 2015
- Patch: Pre-3.8.0