I am a new player can you give me some tips on zerg?

Zerg Discussion
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I want some tips about how to kinda maybe kill zerg as terran in 1v1 and 4v4?

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my idea was that i could learn better from zerg players on how to beat zerg in general really

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Use queens. Hit injext and creep tumors. Do the extractor trick at the beginning to get 2 more drones out, before making first ovy.

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what is an ovy?
I’m just adding filler so it can be over 20 characters.

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Overlord. Gives more supply.

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Go watch Vibe’s Bronze to GM 2021 Zerg series. In like a few hours you will have all the basics down.

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when i play terran vs zerg i just proxy rax and bunker rush. Meme drop. AFK libs. ez game.

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Don’t play Zerg, worst race. Seriously.

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Keep droning as much as possible, so you can get such strong economy that you can get a much better army quicker and great macro. After my coach teached me this, I improved my wins against each race by at least 5%, with an extra 10% with terran on average.

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As a terran you always want to have at least a small army moving around while you macro.
(build workers, depots, build marines / hellions, hit the timings for gas and upgrades)

Ideas:

  1. Hellion / Battle Cruiser (BCs)
    → Get a factory with a reactor asap (skip the reaper)
  • depot on the ramp; same SCV builds the barracks after that and then the command center (cc)
  • gas right after you started the barracks (add the 2nd gas after you started the 2nd cc
  • barracks production: 2 marines for a bunker in the natural or scout the map for overlords and proxy bases, then a reactor (for the factory), then a tech lab for the starport (BCs)
  • factory: non-stop hellions (move out with 6-8, add to your control group)
  • starport asap once the factory is done (get the tech lab from the barracks once the starport is finished and build a banshee)
    → fusion core asap (right when the starport is finished)
    → 3rd gas in the natural (not sure if that’s too early or too late so if you lack gas, take the 3rd gas a bit earlier next time and if you have too much gas, you took the gas too early)

“Baby steps”:

  • Day9 mental check list excercise (original videos from years ago)
    → practice building SCVs while you move around with your hellions (use control groups for production!!!)
    → Control groups are very important so ask a high diamond or masters player about control groups and which ones he uses BUT only use like 2-3 of those.
    Using control groups is like brushing teeth. If you try to brush your teeth with the other hand, it will be weird / slow for a long time and something small as changing how you build workers is huge, actually, because it will slow you down for weeks.
  • Don’t focus on micro - only macro, attack move or just rather move and stop instead of a-move. Retreat, when you start to take damage, repair and come back with more stuff.

If you still have problems with zerg, just listen to The Beatles:
All you need is lo… splash. Splash is all you need. :wink:

Cheers,
LazerHenry

P.S.: Feedback is appreciated: Please write about what helped you the most (or which part did not).