Railgan ZvZ - 3 Hatch Ling Bane into Roach Opener (ZvZ Economic)
Description
ZvZ has the hardest early game off any Matchups for Zerg. Dealing with constant Baneling Aggression, scouting for 2 Base Cheese and trying to not lose all your Drones or 3rd to quick Attacks is difficult. This Build tries to slowly take a 3rd and then Transition into either Roaches or Mutas!
I took this Build off a Game I played against Snute. He went for 3 Fast Queens to kill my OL into slow Ling Bane Defense into a 3:30 3rd Base. He then finished me off with a 4 Gas ~50 Drone Roach Ravager Timing. I thought the Build was really cool because it looked so Safe so I adopted it and here is my take on it.
Rough BO:
- 17 Hatch 17 Gas 17 Pool
- Drone to 19 then Overlord
- Start 2 Queens + 6 Lings immediatly
- Use Lings for Scouting / Defending
- @100 Gas Ling Speed -> Mine Gas with 2 Drones only
- @Queen in Main done move it to Natural to kill OL's and build a 3rd Queens in Main
- @2:45-3:00 Bane Nest --> 1 more drone in Gas --> Always have Lings at home ready to morph into Banes!!
- @3:30 3rd Base (can be build quicker if you feel safe)
- @4:00 (or 35 Drones) take 2-3 additional Gasses and start a Lair + Roach Warren and Evo Chamber
- @Evo get + 1 Missile
- @41 Drones take your last Gas
- Then either Spam Roaches or Drone up your 3rd and transition to Roach Ravager / Roach Muta / Ling Muta / Roach Hydra as you feel.
VOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPKAoffCb-sReplay - A.I. 1 (Very Easy) v Railgan - Ascension to Aiur LE
Build Order
| 12 | 0:00 | | |
| 13 | 0:12 | | |
| 13 | 0:17 | | |
| 14 | 0:30 | | |
| 17 | 0:52 | | |
| 17 | 0:55 | | |
| 18 | 1:10 | | |
| 17 | 1:13 | | |
| 17 | 1:16 | | |
| 18 | 1:29 | | |
| 19 | 1:40 | | |
| 19 | 2:00 | | |
| 21 | 2:02 | | |
| 26 | 2:11 | | |
| 32 | 2:43 | | |
| 34 | 2:44 | | |
| 36 | 2:58 | | |
| 44 | 3:20 | | |
| 44 | 3:28 | | |
| 44 | 3:31 | | |
| 44 | 3:39 | | |
| 54 | 3:56 | | |
| 54 | 3:58 | | |
| 51 | 4:04 | | |
| 51 | 4:05 | | |
| 58 | 4:28 | | |
| 58 | 4:31 | | |
| 59 | 4:48 | | |
| 67 | 4:53 | | |
| 67 | 4:58 | | |
| 73 | 5:03 | | |
| 73 | 5:06 | | |
| 123 | 6:29 | | |
| 153 | 7:23 | |
Analysis
You can Skip the +1 Missile Upgrade on the Evolution Chamber if you don't want to go for Roaches but only if your opponent isn't going Mass Lings as Roaches need an additional Shot versus Lings without the +1.
If you want to go for Mutas off 3 Hatcheries try to Build a Low Number of Roaches but enough so you can survive if your opponent attacks. Also get at least 5 Gas!
If you go for Mutas transitioning to Baneling Play versus Hydras can be very Good. A quick 3 Base Roach Ravager Push as a follow up can also work wonders!
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Details
- Created by: railgan
- Published on: Sep 11, 2017
- Patch: 3.8.0