Taking a 3rd and Defending Zerg BS PiG Daily #114 (PvZ Economic)

Description

This is a textbook replay and build order of a simple gladept opening that does a sharp pressure whilst securing a very early 3rd. This is one of the safest and most solid build orders in the book. The Daily attached goes over the many details that go into making you solid defensively vs the huge range of attacks zerg can throw at you.

Build Summary

• 15 pylon (wall -off at natural - refer to this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WbIhB2hryU
• 16 Gate
• 17 Gas
• 19 Nexus
• 20 Core
• 21 2nd gas
• 22 2nd pylon
• Adept (chrono) + warpgate research
• Nonstop adept production until you have 4
• @100 gas Twilight council
• @twilight council start resonating glaives and swap chronoboost onto glaives and warpgate research
• @300minerals Start 2nd + 3rd gate
• 3:40 - 2 pylons at 3rd
• @400 minerals - 3rd base (~3:50-4:00) THEN start mocore
• @100% Warpgate, turn all gates into warpgates and warp in 3 adepts
• Go pressure with 6-7 adepts whilst mocore goes to defend 3rd base
• Drop tech structure (SG, Robo, double robo/sg, whatever you like, followed by 4 more gates for safety. This is just an opening guide and is flexible past the adept pressure, up to you what transition you go for.

P.S. The only thing missing is my 2nd adept checking for an overlord preparing to drop.

VOD

Replay - pvz gladept 3rd opening

Build Order

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Analysis

Details of Defending the Bullshit

• Wedge Units in between minerals and chokes, 2 adepts in between minerals at the 3rd base as you’re taking it.
• Always keep a unit in your choke once ling speed is done. You might choose to bring all 7 adepts for your pressure when glaives finishing if you want to take the risk and know you have more warpins soon.
• Extra pylons at your 3rd/natural wherever they’re attacking - they’ll be the first things targetted down and you’ll need more options for overcharge as well as more supply so you can keep producing
• Hold position your guy in your wall
• Always send 2nd/3rd adept or a probe to check for a ling drop - don’t rely on a pylon to cover an entire side of your base
• Keep warping in during the action
• Steadily fall back and use choke points/mineral line area to avoid being surrounded by lings
• As you pull back it buys you apm to focus on warping in, dropping pylons/extra gates etc.
• Stutter step if your adepts are ever focusing on roaches - this way they will “re-target” more effectively on the lings - lings are the big damage dealers
• Add extra gates as soon as the zerg shows an aggressive stance - and normally go up to 7 gates soon after dropping your 2nd tech structure (TC is your first).
• “Sim City” Wall off your natural if they’re trying to break you there.
• Also if they ever move between your 3rd/natural, don’t get lured into the open, just build gateways to fully wall off your natural and stay in the tight chokes around your 3rd mineral line
• Remember all you need to do is buy time! Your units are so much more valuable and as your numbers grow the zerg units will be ineffective
• Never give up! Even losing a 3rd isn’t a death sentence - you usually still have a bigger economy and can retake it
• Shading adepts out front to get forward warning of attacks is a nice way to use bonus APM
• MSC should float out front a bit for forward warning of incoming attacks - every extra second to react is vital

  - As soon as you stabilise drop a templar archives. You will have banked gas from building so many adepts and focusing on defence so archons are a perfect way to spend your cash and give you a bit of beef to counter push with

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• Created by: PiG      
• Published on: Feb 06, 2017
• Patch: 3.8.0

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