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Complete Build Order

  12  0:18  Spawning Pool  
  11  0:23  Drone x2  
  13  0:32  Drone  
  14  0:41  Overlord  
  14  1:07  Zergling x6  Send 12 lings to opponent natural, look for economic damage to gain a lead.
  17  1:18  Zergling x2  
  18  1:24  Hatchery  
  17  1:29  Zergling x2  
  18  1:39  Zergling x2  
  19  1:47  Queen  
  19  1:51  Drone  
  22  1:56  Extractor  
  21  2:01  Overlord  
  21  2:11  Drone  
  22  2:23  Queen  Send first Queen down to natural to be ready to inject
  22  2:24  Drone  
  25  2:33  Drone x2  
  27  2:44  Queen  On maps with large entry points, need 1 tumor to properly wall-off.
  27  2:50  Drone  
  30  2:55  Drone  
  34  3:15  Overlord x2  
  38  3:45  Lair  Lair can be taken as late as 4:00 to be ready for roach speed
  40  4:00  Evolution Chamber  
  39  4:01  Evolution Chamber  
  40  4:10  Extractor x2  Take both natural gases, saturate one immediately and the other with new drones.
  42  4:15  Roach Warren  
  44  4:26  Zerg Missile Weapons Level 1  
  50  4:55  Overlord x2  
  50  5:00  Glial Reconstitution  
  50  5:08  Roach  Roaches up to 80+ supply, push with speed and +1
  52  5:19  Roach x6  
  64  5:25  Hatchery  
  64  5:27  Roach x2  
  68  5:41  Roach  
  81  6:00  Queen  For your third expansion