T v Z early starport builds
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:00 pm
on a lot of streams , i see ( in grandmasters league ) many Zerg fast expanding into muta spam with a bit of zergling harass.
in response , the Terrans ( who scouted properly ) almost always either bioball push with tank supprt usually a couple medivacs - the usual , or bunker down and attempt to tech into starport for a quick banshee harass while massing turrets ( almost none of those Terran players will attempt Vikings for obvious reasons )
my question is that i have been favoring the idea of following the standard Terran counter build to the Zerg FE into muta with the bunker/starport build - but with instead of an early banshee which often proves futile and a massive waste of early gas and tech time - open with an initial viking for overlord haras , scouting main , and easier transition into viking spam vs. a muta spammathon
i have been out of the loop of SC strategy for a while , and instead of trying my luck with strat attempts in ladder games (was silver league last year lol go figure ) i thought it'd be easier and a safer bet to ask opinions here from people from EU and NA...
if nothing else , it would save wasting 300 sum odd gas and tech time for a single unit that often goes unusable for various reasons , and enable overlord hunting depriving Zerg of LoS as well as supply - sees more beneficial against early and midgame than suiciding banshee to kill small handfulls of drones
what are your guy's thoughts?
- Dan
in response , the Terrans ( who scouted properly ) almost always either bioball push with tank supprt usually a couple medivacs - the usual , or bunker down and attempt to tech into starport for a quick banshee harass while massing turrets ( almost none of those Terran players will attempt Vikings for obvious reasons )
my question is that i have been favoring the idea of following the standard Terran counter build to the Zerg FE into muta with the bunker/starport build - but with instead of an early banshee which often proves futile and a massive waste of early gas and tech time - open with an initial viking for overlord haras , scouting main , and easier transition into viking spam vs. a muta spammathon
i have been out of the loop of SC strategy for a while , and instead of trying my luck with strat attempts in ladder games (was silver league last year lol go figure ) i thought it'd be easier and a safer bet to ask opinions here from people from EU and NA...
if nothing else , it would save wasting 300 sum odd gas and tech time for a single unit that often goes unusable for various reasons , and enable overlord hunting depriving Zerg of LoS as well as supply - sees more beneficial against early and midgame than suiciding banshee to kill small handfulls of drones
what are your guy's thoughts?
- Dan