DT into Archon Drop Opening- PiG Daily #162 (PvZ Economic)

Description

Build Order

• 16 gate
• 16 gas
• 19 nexus
• 20 core
• 21 2nd gas
• 22 2nd pylon
• @100%Core - Adept + WG Research
• @100%Adept - Stalker + MSC
• With your next 100 gas - Twilight
• @100-gas - Robo
• 40 pylon
• @150-gas DT shrine
• 3xgates
• Warp prism
• 3rd-4th gas
• 50 pylon
• Pause Robo production after prism
• 54 3rd nexus + pylon
• 4xDTs warp in
• Then restart robo production - observer then immortals

Transition:

• The Standard transition is to add a forge and 4x gates whilst constantly building immortals and adding charge or blink

• You can add storm and a 2nd robo for later macro play,

• or do the “Stats Timing” where you cut probes around 50 (only a handful of probes on the 3rd), skip the forge, go up to 10-gates and with 5 sentries and 2-3 immortals you push out. Meet up with the prism, warp in more chargelot-archon and hit a strong attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3qY6uBmPE0 (example where the prism gets shot down so he has to back off with no reinforceme)

  • This usually hits before the zerg has both enough ravagers to deal with the force-fields AND enough banelings to deal with the zealots.
  • Most important micro is:
  • Force-field to trap/separate the roaches/ravagers
  • Pulling zealots away from banes

VOD

Replay - Cham v Probe: Game 2 - Abyssal Reef LE

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Analysis

Notes:

• Usually you try to go in with the 4 dts- it’s important to have the prism just behind them so you can pick them up and save them if detection is present
• Make sure you drop and morph into archons in a safe spot - not with lings under you - you can’t pick up archons whilst they merge!
• Harass as much as you can with the prism-archon
• D + left click on the prism to drop whilst moving
• Move prism towards archon and select archon and click it on prism for smoothest pickup
• Or just hover in range and click archon into prism whenever you want to lift it
• Always wait for shields to fully recharge on prism before re-engaging
• Try to only engage favourably - don’t waste all your shields trying to fight 10 roaches or your archons will take forever to recharge

Patience Double Archon Drop into super aggressive blink-immortal play: https://youtu.be/O8Lb3FwRfDM?t=510

“This build is so common now all the zergs just have their queens in position, I don’t think it’s good anymore”

Be creative, come from a slightly different angle with your first prism Remember you don’t need to do direct damage, just forcing lots of units is fine. You have a strong economic followup behind it, and will have plenty more opportunities to find damage as you rotate between drop angles

“How do I react if I’m getting all-ind?”

https://twitter.com/SC2ShoWTimE/status/861200928342454272

• You count the drones + check for 3rd base with first adept/probe
• Low drones = all-in
• Chrono units
• MSC scout ahead to see whats coming?
• Banes = super thick walloff
• More gates to walloff
• Immortals out of robo
• Can still get DT shrine but not the priority

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• Created by: PiG      
• Published on: May 08, 2017
• Modified on: May 08, 2017
• Patch: 3.8.0

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