Questions tagged [starcraft-zerg]
One of the three factions in the popular Starcraft series, the Zerg only use biological units. They are best known for their cheap and quickly-produced units which allow them to attack in large numbers.
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Which upgrade do hydralisks/roaches use when meleeing?
In similar vein to this and this:
Hydralisks and roaches have a special melee animation when the enemy is within melee-range. I thought this was just for show, and I've actually heard speculation ...
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Zerg late-game strategies [closed]
I am a Zerg, and after a lot of sweating on battle.net I managed to get to the point where I survive with minimal losses to a number of rush waves.
My problem is that once I have enough resources to ...
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Can non-Zerg races build on friendly creep?
If I'm in a team SC2 game, can my non-Zerg allies build on top of my creep?
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Does creep or do creep tumors give vision?
In reference to this question, which gives vision, the creep or the tumors? Also what about dealing with elevation and creep?
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What does creep affect?
I'm fairly new to the game and am trying to get better as Zerg. From watching some replays of higher level players, I often see Zerg players spreading creep like crazy as fast as they can.
My ...
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How do I Macro effectively as Zerg?
Someone emailed me a question recently indicating that they'd come here and seen what I've written and wanted to know something about Starcraft 2 strategy building.
While I did email him back, I ...
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How many drones to transfer to expansion(s)?
Specifically, I'm a Zerg player learning to fast expand and trying to play a more macro game. How many drones do I take off my main and put at my expo? Is this number consistent with future expos as ...
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What attack upgrade do banelings use?
Seeing this question reminded me of the only time it wasn't obvious to me which upgrade a certain unit used - the baneling. Since it is an area attack that is acid, it could have go either way in my ...
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What attack upgrade do StarCraft 2's roaches use?
The Evolution Chamber allows for 2 different attack upgrades: melee and missile. It's obvious zerglings benefit from the melee upgrade and hydralisks benefit from the missile upgrade, but which do ...
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Are there any websites that list common build orders?
I'm trying to compile a list of common (or at least good) build orders across all three races. Does anyone know of some websites where I can collect this data from? Thanks.
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What do carapace upgrades do for damage in Starcraft 2
How does a zerg carapace upgrade change inflicted damage on a unit? Is it worth purchasing?
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How do I stop 5 rax reaper into MM as Zerg?
This build was used by Morrow in the finale of biggest SC2 contest to date - IEM. How do I stop it? Do I use some all-in counter?
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How do I learn to effectively transfer to 2v2 hard AI as Zerg?
I've played quite a few 2v2 games now and started moving up to the Hard AI in 2v2. I do fine as long as I go Terran, but as Zerg I'm having real trouble. I find that I have 2 weaknesses in my ...
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(When) do people use Nydus worm?
I'm not a Zerg player, but I've never seen Nydus worm used against me either. When do people actually use it?
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How do I deal with early Reapers as Zerg?
I have mixed results when dealing with reapers. What do you guys do to handle them?
I almost always scout them, that is not a problem. My problem is I just don't know how much static defense I ...
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Fast Expanding with Zerg
I understang the Fast Expand concept and have employed it. However, I find myself to nervous to FE and end up doing 1 base. The problem is that I get stuck in one base and to focused on offense, ...
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Is it better to spawn your first overlord at 9 or 10 supply? [duplicate]
Assuming you're not doing some early cheese build, I'd think this would be something you could just do some math on to figure out which is better. Has this problem been solved? Which is better, and ...
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What's the best counter to marine spam?
I've seen this cheesy strategy a few times now - loads of marines with all the upgrades and medivacs. This wasn't a rush but still wasn't able to counter playing as zerg.
What's the most effective (...
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Dealing with supply block as zerg
So pretty basic question but how do you guys avoid getting supply blocked? Do you have a rule of thumb where you build X overlords at a time or something?
I don't get supply blocked too regularly but ...
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how effective is zergling micro, and if it is effective what should I be doing?
I am on the border of bronze/silver. Whenever I am in a zerg vs. zerg situation, there is always at least one battle between groups of zerglings. often, this will happen at the beginning, with small ...
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Can I select the target for my spawn larvae with a hotkey and no mouse clicks?
I have my queens hotkeyed so I can double tap the key, hit V for spawn larvae, then click my hatchery. However, I would like to get rid of the need for the mouse click. Can I somehow select the ...
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Does the corruption ability of Corrupters stack?
Does the corruption ability of Corrupters stack? In other words, if I corrupt a battlecruiser once, it takes an extra 20% damage. If i corrupt it again,does it then take 20% more damage? I can't ...
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How do I effectively counter a cannon rush with Zerg?
I was a victim of a cannon rush in my last Starcraft 2 game. I was playing Zerg and my opponent was playing Protoss. About four minutes into the match, cannons and pylons started going up in front ...
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What's the Zerg answer for Protoss Canons + Phoenixes?
When I play a 1v1 match against Zerg as Protoss, I'm happy. So far (in about 5 matches), I found the following strategy undefeatable:
Quickly build a Forge (before Gateway), then 2-3 cannons at your ...
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How to use the Queen in the StarCraft 1 single player campaign
I am playing the single player campaign of StarCraft (StarCraft 1) on a Windows PC. I am about midway through the Zerg campaign where the game allows you to morph Queens. I don't understand how to use ...
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How long does it take for zerglings to spawn during 6-pool and 7-pool in StarCraft 2?
I'm interested in the time from start to when the first 6 zerglings spawn for the 6 and 7 pool rush. Is the 6-pool significantly faster?
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What are the best counters for Zerg air units in Starcraft 2?
What's the best counter for mass Mutalisks and Corruptors?
I'm playing Terran at the moment, but I guess this question should concentrate the answers for Protoss and Zerg as well.
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StarCraft 2 keyboard shortcut to select hatchery
Is there a keyboard shortcut to select and center view to the Command Center/Hatchery/Nexus? Playing as Zerg, I tried pressing H but it doesn't select the hatchery.
I'm looking for a keyboard ...
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How does build-order naming work for Zerg?
For example, does "13-pool" mean "spawn 13 drones, and turn the 13th into a pool" (so that now you are at 12 supply)? Or does it mean "spawn 13 drones, then turn the 14th into a pool" (so that now you ...
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How do I zergling rush in SC1?
I don't know if I am doing it wrong or if my opponent is countering. How do I do a 'ling rush properly?
The first thing I build is another worker. IIRC only one egg is available for little, but ...
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Zergling late-game strategies and uses
I am not an advanced Starcraft player. Basically, are there any late-game strategies that use zerglings? My first impression would have been that they are too weak to be useful at all against a mature ...
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How do I get the "Zergling Rush" achievement in StarCraft 2?
I'm trying to get a lot of the battle.net achievements, but some of them seem quite difficult.
Specifically, "Zergling Rush" the 20 zerglings in 255 seconds achievement
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What builds are the pro Zerg players using in StarCraft?
I'm trying to be a better Zerg player. What are the pros doing for openings?
(this is specifically for the original StarCraft)
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