Zerg Final
When compared to terrans and protoss,
zerg don't have omnipotent units like battlecruisers or carriers. Most
of the players then rally on swarming vast amounts of units, preferably
hydralisks or mutalisks. Their late game additions are ultralisk, defiler,
guardian and devourer, although limited, they are quite useful.
Zerg Flanking/Dropping
Zerg have an edge on dropping - all overlords
you hatch are potential transporters. This makes it easy to make massive
drops. But, just go and drop a player won't always bring you the so-much-wanted
victory. Flanking must be included to do a devastating effect. Estimate
your forces and send as much as needed to break one base's defenses. After
this, if your attack gets attacked, drop! Not only your opponent will be
busy defending expansions but, his army will be split. Doing a drop like
this usualy wins you a game, but don't get carried on - your opponent just
might do the same.
Zerglings Push
Compared to the marines push, zerglings
are much less versatile units, but more powerfull. The preferable opening
for the zergling push would be 3 hatcheries. Your initial attack should
be with 12 zerglings, and any other with 24. Each attack, build 4-12 hydralisks
for defense, depending on if your opponent is getting light or heavy air
support. Your first upgrade should be the zergling speed, then, in two
evolution chambers, attack and carpace, if you get to hive, get adrenal
glands at once (faster zergling attack). If your opponent bunker up, don't
worry, you'll have the map control and the game is yours to win.
Defiler Spells
Defiler has powerful spells. The first
and "free" spell is the dark swarm, a very useful spell that prevents any
ranged weapons firing in it. A very good cominations are zeglings/swarm
and lurkers/swarm (lurker attack is not considered ranged). Second defiler
spell is the plague, with a high cost of 150 energy, it is a killer spell
against protoss and zerg, and somewhat terrans. It causes up to 300 damage
to the units or building. but it doesn't kill it. If used against protoss,
they will have no means of repairing the damage, zerg units heal quite
slow and terrans can both repair and heal the affected units. The third
spell is consume. Well, not really a spell itself, it gives a defiler ability
to consume friendly units to gain more energy.
Infested Terrans
The infested terran is unit you can produce
from the infected command center. It's power is obvious - it causes 500
explosive splash damage. To use it properly, however, it's not easy. Except
for the self-destruction, infested terran has no other weapons, therefore
it doesn't fire back. This is very usefull when attacking - say one ridge
is fortified with a bunker and 2-3 tanks, it would be possibile to kill
all of them with a single infested terran if they are close to each other
and, of course, if the infested terran could reach the given position.
A small attack with about 6 hydralisks would do nothing if it attacked
the fortified ridge but 6 hydras with just one infested terran can kill
it of completely. By sending the hydras initially they will draw the fire
from the tanks and the bunker - none of them will fire on the infested
terran because it doesn't fire back! Just watch it exploding and - voila,
all that's left are the units in the bunker.
