Description

The Goal of this Build is to get Brood Lords out as quickly as possible. Further, the Build aims to be very economic by delaying all Gas mining early on and starting the Infestation Pit once 3 Hatch Saturation is reached.

For safety in the Early Game a 3:45 Roach Warren is built as well as Spores against potential Oracles. The Build Order shows a Game I played vs Mana where he went for Oracle / Adept pressure. The Notes in the Build Order should tell you when to build what.

General Build:

17 Hatch 18 pool 17 gas

@100 Gas Ling Speed -> remove drones from gas

@2:45-3:00 take 3rd

@3:30 put drones back into the gas (2 Base Mineral Sat)

@3:45 Roach Warren + (Spores) if you feel the need

@100 gas Lair + Evo

Build Safety Roaches + Lings against pressure

@Lair get Roach Speed

@3 Base Saturation (66 Workers) get a Infestation pit

@Infestation Pit --> Hive + Spire

@Hive Greater Spire

That's it mostly.

VOD

Build Order

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12 0:01 Drone 13 0:12 Overlord 13 0:18 Drone 14 0:30 Drone x3 17 0:54 Hatchery 17 0:56 Drone x2 18 1:11 Extractor 18 1:15 Spawning Pool 16 1:18 Drone x2 18 1:28 Drone 19 1:38 Overlord 20 2:02 Queen x2 20 2:03 Zergling x4 27 2:20 Metabolic Boost Remove Drones from Gas 33 2:52 Hatchery 33 2:53 Overlord 33 2:57 Zergling x2 33 3:00 Queen 36 3:08 Overlord 38 3:17 Spore Crawler x2 42 3:33 Spore Crawler x2 @3:30 put drones back into the gas 47 3:50 Roach Warren Safety RW vs Adepts 47 3:55 Zergling x4 48 3:59 Lair 4:15 is fine for the Lair... I left 1 drone in the gas to get it a bit quicker 48 4:04 Spore Crawler 48 4:05 Queen 54 4:18 Overlord 57 4:38 Roach x4 To defend pressure 65 4:49 Extractor x2 65 4:51 Roach x3 65 4:52 Evolution Chamber Can be built earlier 67 5:05 Roach 75 5:10 Zergling x8 To Catch the Adepts while the Roaches hold them back 76 5:16 Roach 83 5:39 Glial Reconstitution When your Lair is done 83 5:49 Extractor 87 5:57 Hatchery 90 6:11 Hydralisk Den Safety vs Sky / Voidray 91 6:24 Zerg Missile Weapons Level 1 Can also go Melee 95 6:27 Extractor x2 97 6:36 Roach 105 6:40 Ravager 105 6:42 Infestation Pit As soon as you have 3 Base Saturation 110 7:04 Hydralisk x3 110 7:06 Muscular Augments 124 7:19 Extractor 124 7:20 Spore Crawler 132 7:31 Hive Hive + Spire at the same time 132 7:38 Spire 135 7:51 Pneumatized Carapace 135 7:54 Hydralisk x2 142 8:01 Zergling x2 150 8:11 Hydralisk 152 8:26 Hydralisk 168 8:34 Hydralisk x3 173 9:00 Spine Crawler , Zerg Melee Weapons Level 1 For Broodlord / Ling 173 9:01 Corruptor x4 184 9:04 Evolution Chamber 183 9:22 Queen 184 9:28 Greater Spire , Corruptor x2 Once Hive is done 192 9:32 Zerg Missile Weapons Level 2 192 9:34 Adrenal Glands 170 10:27 Baneling Nest 176 10:34 Hatchery 152 10:44 Brood Lord x6 First BLords 152 10:48 Corruptor x3 152 10:49 Zerg Flyer Weapons Level 1 167 10:56 Zerg Melee Weapons Level 2 177 11:09 Hatchery 186 11:26 Ravager x5 186 11:29 Overseer 192 11:33 Corruptor 147 12:29 Lair 161 12:46 Extractor x2 169 13:00 Spine Crawler 169 13:02 Spore Crawler 169 13:04 Hatchery 173 13:05 Extractor 140 13:46 Ravager x4 147 13:50 Baneling x3 119 14:43 Baneling x7 130 14:49 Brood Lord x4

Analysis

The Early Ling Speed allows for Counter Drops, Map Presence and the shutdown of early Adepts.

The 3:45 Roach Warren allows the defense of both 6 Adept pressure as well as Archon Drop and Adept Drop.

+1 Missile in the Mid Game strengthens Roaches and Hydras

+1 Melee in the Late Game increases the Damage of Lings & Brood Lords

Roach Ravager Late Game are used to shut down Zealots / Archons / Immortals.

Brood Lords late game will get the Protoss to respond with Carriers / Tempests usually. Hydralisks and Corruptors are used to deal with these.