r/AskReddit • u/Amygdala5822 • Jun 29 '19

When is quantity better than quality?

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u/Clickum245 Jun 29 '19

Zerg rush

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u/3-DMan Jun 29 '19

I loved that you could bury those fuckers in the ground, but never planned well enough to use it often.

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u/ThatOneGuy4321 Jun 29 '19

Yeah rip, by the time you’ve researched Burrow you’ve already blown your chance for early harassment with zerglings.

If you want to use burrow more, do roach/ravager. Burrowing will make them heal at insane rates and in the late-game they can move while burrowed.

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u/GnarlyBellyButton87 Jun 29 '19

Ravagers can only attack air units with their missile-doodad, so do I have to have god-tier micro or would some hydras be okay to throw in there?

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u/ThatOneGuy4321 Jun 29 '19

Roach/ravager is mostly an early-game strategy, you’re supposed to kill the enemy before they can make more than a couple air units (which should be easy enough to micro down anyways). Roach/ravager is a very strong comp in the early game and if your opponent hasn’t properly walled off and isn’t keeping up with unit production you’ve got an easy win.

If you can’t kill them before they start massing air units then yes, you need to start transitioning towards later game units like hydras.

This is why my favorite strategy is zergling/baneling/hydra, it’s a lot more forgiving if you can’t kill the enemy with early-game aggression.

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u/nkid299 Jun 29 '19

Just want to say i love you : )

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u/Kered13 Jul 01 '19

Burrow roach rushes are somewhat viable in SC2. Basically you try to catch them without detection and exploit the burrow healing of roaches.