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¥Zerg Build Orders Continued¥

Power Expansion

• Build drones Untill 9/9
• Build Two extractors
• Build two drones
• Cancel Two extractors
• Mine untill 300 minerals, then build a hatchery
• Build spawing pool
• Build overlord
• Build One ore Two Sunkens
• Build drones
• Build 2 more hatcheries
• Get Extractor
• Put four drones on extractor
• Build overlord
• Build 8 lings
• Build two more overlords
• Build one or two more sunkens
• Build more drones
• Advance up the tech tree

Building order:

• Spawn 9 Drones
• Do the Extractor trick, in order to get 10 Drones
• Spawn Overlord
• At 180 minerals, sent a Drone to expansion slot, to make a Hatchery (300 minerals gathered when you arrive...like on rivalry, winter conquest or temple)
• Spawn 2 Drones (If you are both on Lost Temple's close spots ...then you need to skip these 2 drones, because they can whip out their first couple zealot's and crush you!) Otherwise go ahead make those 2 drones: P
• Mutate a Drone into Spawning Pool
• Make Drones till pool is 1/2 done.This is done to save some larvae.
• When your expansion is almost complete, take a few drones from your main and have them start mining the expansion. Time it so that they return with minerals to the expansion Hatchery.
• Your next few Drones (in the future) should go to the expansion, also.
• Make about 6 Zerglings, overlord, drone, 2 zerglings. If you feel the protoss isn't strong on the offense go ahead and make a 3rd hatch (recommended), if they are stronger, make some more Zerglings and delay that 3rd Hatchery.
• It is important to add a 4th Hatchery in the near future. Get extractor when you see Protoss start a Citadel of Adun. Until then you will have no need for any gas.
• If they stargate or robo bay, of course get Extractor and go to mad Hydralisks and Mutalisks. Watch out for Archons and that 1+ Zealot attack upgrade, just rally outside their base and keep pumping Hydralisks and Zerglings and expanding!
• The only thing that I want to say at this building order, is that you have to be careful, and spy all the time the Protoss. Watch out if he is going to offensive cannons, that can kill you, since you are getting your Spawning Pool somewhat late.
  Build orders D8-pool early expansion

  Make drones up to #8. Make spawning pool, then overlord, then more drones. Make a creep colony when the pool is about half finished. When the pool finishes, morph the colony into a sunken. Send a drone out scouting. Keep pumping drones and a few zerglings (6 or 8) until you have 300 minerals saved up. Make a second hatchery at a nearby mineral location; send the zerglings to protect the new hatchery. While the new hatch is building, make an extractor, drones and a few more zerglings. When the hatch is about to finish, send one or two drones toward it. Use the drones to make sunken colonies as soon as the hatch finishes; you can use the "leftover" zerglings to attack an enemy or defend a teammate. Pump drones from both hatcheries and send a few from your main town, to get the expansion running as quickly as possible. You will need a third hatchery after the expansion is rolling; place it at either of your towns.

  Varients:

  if your expansion site blocks the entrance to your main base, omit the first sunken at the main base; use the expansion's sunkens to protect the main vice versa if the main protects the expansion put hatch 4 in either main or expansion, go hard zerglings use hatch 4 as a second expansion, power up with more drones and pump hydras from 6 hatches Double hatch Make drones to #8. Make spawning pool, then drones #8 and #9. Make a creep colony. Rebuild drone #9. When the pool finishes, make the colony into a sunken. When you get 300, make a second hatchery in your main town. Then build an overlord, drone #9, an extractor, and drone #9 again. When the overlord finishes, make drones and zerglings.

  The double hatch build order is the solution to the perennial early-game Zerg problem: not enough larva. The double hatch order delays the overlord until after the second hatch, but it also makes a sunken colony for rush defense. Once the second hatch pops, you should have more than enough larva to build lings and drones (whatever your preference). You will be slightly behind on minerals, but you can actually catch up (if you want) because you have twice as many larva to make into power drones.

  Varients:

  you may omit the sunken colony to get the second hatch faster -- if you do this and you get scouted, make a colony and lings immediately if you are very sure that you won't get found, make the second hatch at a new mineral location D9-pool sunken powerup Make drones up to #9. Make overlord, then spawning pool, then more drones. Before pool is done, make a creep colony in a strategic location. As soon as pool finishes, morph the colony into a sunken. Send a drone or two out scouting. Keep pumping drones until you have 300; make a second hatchery. While the hatch is building, make a second sunken colony and an extractor. Make a few zerglings for mobile defense, but concentrate on drones. Expand when you have another 300 and protect the expansion with sunken colonies. Make a hydra den and pump hydras.

  This build order uses the power of the 1.04 sunkens to protect your base long enough to power up with loads of drones and explode with hydras. This build makes fewer early zerglings in favor of more drones; with no early expansion to protect, you can get away with fewer troops. If you are attacked before your hydras are ready, use the zerglings to fend off the attack; stay under cover of the sunkens and don't be drawn out. In building your base, position the buildings around the sunkens to wall them in.

  Varients:

  make more sunkens, if you are found early or expect a double-team make more zerglings, if you think your partner will need a hand skimp on sunkens and zerglings and go for more drones if you find your opponent(s) are turtling in Early lair Make drones up to #9. Make extractor, then spawning pool. Then rebuild drone numbers 8 and 9, and make an overlord. Put one or two drones on gas when the extractor finishes. Build drones when the overlord finishes. Adjust your mix of mineral/gas drones such that when the pool finishes you can go immediately to lair (150/100 minerals/gas).

  This strategy skips early ground troops and goes for lair immediately. As such it is generally only useful on island maps, unless you have a teammate to protect you or you like taking big risks. After the lair finishes there are several possible routes. You can go for a spire and mutalisks, or you can get the ventral sacs upgrade to turn your overlords into transports, or you can do both.

  Varients:

  make ground troops for defense from rushes (land) and early drops (islands), or to make a drop yourself queen's nest, then hive for the tech rush (queens, defilers, guardians and nydus canals) expand to another island with ventral sacs hard mutalisks for blockading the enemy's coast

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