3 Hatch Before Pool safety roach opener (ZvP Economic)
Description
A safe 3 hatch before pool opening which makes use of a small window in the early game economy, at 28 supply, to squeeze in a safety roach warren whilst waiting for your 3rd hatch to finish, freeing up supply to drone freely once more.
In case of adepts, build roaches.
If symptoms persist, see Doctor Dario for a prescription.
Build Order
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| 14 | Overlord | Within a couple of seconds of making those 3 drones on the first ovie's completion is the perfect time to send a drone down to take the natural | |
| 17 | 0:54 | Hatchery | |
| 18 | 1:21 | Hatchery | |
| 17 | 1:35 | Spawning Pool | Drone to 24 of 28 supply and pause droning for a moment until pool completes |
| 24 | Queen x2 | ||
| 28 | Extractor | ||
| 28 | 2:40 | Roach Warren | 3rd hatch completes now, so more supply frees up for 3rd queen. |
Analysis
Transition to your preferred tech from this point on based on what you scout.
If there are signs of heavy adept harassment, make just enough roaches to hold against the level of the protoss commitment to the harass.
Otherwise, continue saturating the natural and take 2 more geysers. Saturate the 3rd, and take a 4th gas + macro hatch.
A good time for the macro hatch, if the early game has gone smoothly, is between 4-5 minutes when the economy kicks in and you start banking minerals beyond your production levels on 3 hatches alone.
Make lots of units in reaction to the protoss tech choice. Landsharks and ravagers and lurkers, oh my!
Expand to a 4th base as soon as it is safe to.
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Details
- Created by: Crescendo
- Published on: Nov 13, 2015
- Modified on: Nov 15, 2015
- Patch: Pre-3.8.0
Comments (5)
On Nov. 9, 2016, 2:59 p.m., Tilko said:
Thanks for posting this build. I like getting pool at 17 or 18 instead of 20 or higher in other 3 Hatch Before Pool builds, earlier queens are important.
On May 8, 2016, 4:42 p.m., dakota01 said:
im noob im wanna watch replay for that build?
On Jan. 2, 2016, 1:41 p.m., Dur said:
A bit of an early roach warren, I'd suggest getting it at around 3.30-4.00 mins
On Dec. 4, 2015, 2:33 p.m., rezz3t said:
good build ... zerg is very ez i am considering switcch from terran
On Nov. 15, 2015, 4:29 a.m., MorN said:
really good write up. Thanks for sharing.