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Hi experts,

For ZvP,

Should we put our Overlords scattered around the map or we put them most on our base?

Because those early phoenix rush is annoying..

well I have a question as well..

do you guys do the "Extractor trick"?

is it really worth doing?

maybe worth it, the extrator is 75 mineral, it has 2 benefit, slow down enemy making an extractor thus slow down anything that need alot of gas, and it provide vision for as long as the extractor survive, and drag some of their firepower away from entrance(incase you want to rush)

banelings cant reach them, they can kill anything within their firing distance, unless you burrow your banelings, they walk on top of them and you unburrow them. the best method to deal with them should be with ultralisk, upgraded with some armors, ultralisk comes with 1 armor, their bonus upgrade +2, can further add with normal upgrade max +3, so max can go 6, and even 4 will do good, max marine damage is ... 8 ? so minus off armor each shot takes 4hp, that need 100+ shots to take out 1 ultralisk, with few of them, should be able to push them back.

can fungal growth kills ? i know they reduce hp, but not sure it deal the killing blow or not.

fungal growth is long ranged AOE spell?

yeah.. have to agree with you Narf.. I can reach them.. but the effect is small and I didnt manage to kill a significant number of them.. I guess the Infestor solution is best.. two fungal growth can wipe them out.. then again.. i'm pretty bad with infestor.. and the only time I tried using them is the Zerg Challenge Mission

I really need to learn to use them

150 marines is a gigantic ball, and 2 fungal growth can only kill a very small portion of them, maybe 10-15 ?

do you know how many are 150 marines ? they can surround your entire base, and how much mana/infestors you have in order to non-stop casting ?

only from 1 base
ouch.. thats right in my face.. thou I did wipe his base first and win.. he would have won otherwise 
@narf03 -> yeah.. they were in a ball.. just that my 1 infestor cant fungal them in time.. cause I forgot the hotkey 

its not hard to build 150 marines, marines are basic unit, so with add-on u can build 2 of them from 1 barrack, and if you have like 5 barracks, u can build 10 at the same time, and 150 is easy, you just need alot of money, 7500mineral, that is almost all mineral from 1 mineral location.

sounds interesting Sky.. if you can upload the replay for me.. want to see how that happen too

I find it difficult to fight opponent that is aggressive and harass.. maybe because as Zerg its usually me doing the harassment.. and the other guy just turtle up.. I really got to learn and respond better I guess

@evofantasy -> ok.. watched the replay.. he did got some mineral out of his natural expansion.. before I shut that down.. so he is considered two based I guess..

ya 1 base's mineral will not be enough for 150 marines, but u just need some extra, 7500 for marines, 1000 for supply(assume use the orbital add-on for supply depot), 1000 for barracks, another 1000 for scv+refinery+upgrades, 1 base contains 9000 mineral, so if he said its all from 1 base, then it might not be 150 marines, maybe 120-130.

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Added on September 9, 2010, 11:29 amlose a game to a protoss, he go combination unit of zealots, stalkers, and colossus, even i defended with 2 spine crawlers, roaches, hydras, and the fight took place in my base's entrance(not many stalkers can stand there), i still lose the fight, he uses aura(+2 armor) and colossus dont have the+3 range. the amount of my units is almost same as his, but i lose !! What i did wrong ?

that guy is a genius haha, best cheese I have seen so far

Lost to Void Rays. Dissapointing

All race might be equal, or almost.. But somehow I think zerg requires more learning curve just to defend for the basic rush from other race such as  4gate, 2 gate, MMM etc