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With the same strategies at hand and units and structures to be used, you can expect nothing less than a fiercely fought battle in a Zerg versus Zerg combat. In this Starcraft 2 guide, you will learn a few tricks to tip the odds of victory over to your side.

Speed and Brood Structures

Any long-time Zerg fan would know that speed is a prime factor in increasing Zerg forces’ chances of defeating opposing forces. This is just as important as the succession of units produced.

Having speed though doesn’t mean that you can exhaust all your available resources at once to create a very powerful swarm. No, that doesn’t do the trick. It means spending as much resource as needed on units that can deliver massive damage to your enemies. A classic strategy is to produce swarms of Zergling, a very effective but cost-efficient unit, to terrorize and take down the enemy’s colonies. With their low cost and high damage abilities, Zerglings can easily keep an enemy colony busy. They thrive in great numbers and a few upgrades so don’t scrimp on Zergling production and upgrading. These will prove to be a force to reckon with in any battleground, flooding the enemy colonies with a force that can tear down structures and units alike. Even Mutalisks, Hydralisks, and Ultralisks in your enemy’s base will find it impossible to repel a Zergling attack of immense magnitude.

The catch here is that your Zerg enemy is more than likely to create his own force of Zergling. If he’s not moving from his base, a constant barrage of Zergling attacks, preferably with a ratio of 5 up to 10 to 1, will give you the advantage. The best moves should be grounded on superior offensive attacks that will let lessen your enemy’s capabilities to outlast you.

If, on the other hand, the combat is close to your home, you’ll need to have your own massive force of Zerglings, about a hundred or more units, that is supported with Mutalisks and Hydralisks to fend off the same kind of attack from the enemy. Combine this with a choking tactic, a strategy that will suppress the Zerglings that are entering your camp, and you will be able to prevent the Zergling rush.

Scouting

Early reconnaissance often dictates the speed and manner by which you can cripple your enemy’s forces. With reconnaissance, you will see what your opponent is doing, what it’s preparing against you, and what you can do to counter its possible strategies. This can also help you to create your initial tactics, especially offensive attacks, as well. It may not be written in stone that the first player who attacks wins a Zerg vs. Zerg combat, but having the upper hand often does a great deal of damage on your opponent’s forces. Better keep the enemy busy with defending its camp than you deal with the same situation.

Reconnaissance with a reasonably powerful Overlord/Overseer may prove to be a very risky tactic at the beginning. This pays off really well though if you can execute the tactic right. Once your Overlord is within your enemy’s vicinity, you can begin with reconnaissance. Overlords, unlike less powerful units, have nothing to fear until your enemy’s queen starts creating Spore Colonies or producing Hydralisks. Until then, you will have the liberty to scout the area and find out as much as you can about your enemy. Once you see Hydralisks coming out from their eggs, though, you should move your Overlord to a safer distance to avoid annihilation.

Counter Attacks

If your enemy is moving fast against you, there are a few things you could do to tilt the tide of battle to your side. First, fortify your ground defenses with Zergling-Banelling combination. This could do serious damage to your enemy’s offensive forces. This also easily neutralizes any wave of Zergling or Baneling or the combination of both once it attacks your colony. You’d also do well to fast upgrade your units into Mutalisks, although keeping more Hydralisks could prove more advantageous. Rule of thumb: If you can’t afford the losses from your Mutalisks-they could be quite expensive-stick with your Hydralisks.

For your aerial defense as well as offensive aerial attacks, you can count on the mighty Mutalisks to do the work for you. Ensure that your Mutalisks are well-escorted though to avoid heavy losses at your side.

For an all-out war, Ultralisks and Nydus Worms can be your best bets, especially at the end of the game.

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Zerg is one of the specie in the world of Starcraft. They are considered to be extremely deadly. Commanded by the Zerg Overmind, they strive for perfection with their genes by assimilating other kinds species. Whenever a specie has been assimilated, it is then mutated to a different type of unit with a specific function within their hierarchy. Zerg is not like Protoss that relies on technology to be able to create weapons, ships or even armor. These are efficiently gained through mutation. Even their buildings are specialized organs of a zerg nest.

Talking about Zerg Spine Crawler, they are classified as Ground Turret. It requires a spawning pool for you to create this unit. You will need at least 100 minerals to create one Zerg Spine crawler. It uses the Impaler Tentacle attack as its weapon that does 25 damage with a range rate of 7. Since we have a short overview on Spine Crawler Units, let’s talk about strategies. How to be able to use them as a way to victory?

The most challenging thing in using Spine Crawler Rush is when you are also against your own kind. When you are up against a Zergling Opponent, you really have to double time. One important thing is, you have to have a good number of minerals and you will also need a creep to be able to execute this Spine Crawler Rush Strategy. The goal here is to be able to spoil your enemy’s creep before being able to create a Spine Crawler and then you can have a number of Zerglings as well.

At the start of the game, have all your Drones collect minerals, when you get 8/10 cap, build a Spawning Pool. You should have your Drone towards your opponent’s base. Of course, this would depend on the size of the map. After the Spawning Pool has been successfully built, have your Spine Crawlers in place at your enemy’s creep. As much as possible be on the edges of the creep, to be able to keep it from your enemy’s sight. Right after this, have 3 eggs of Zerglings as a support for your Crawlers. Another thing you need to know and to be a master of is multitasking. Through this you will be able to do more units and buildings at the same time attacking your opponent without feeling the rush on your game. Create an overlord as soon as you have created your first three Zerglings. Then train more Zerglings when you have accomplished this. All is set now, you should have a good defense and offense side at this point. Just remember to place your Crawlers at the right places. They can destroy the Hatchery fast and easy.

There are a lot of possible counters that will happen in the game. At the start of your game, when you are spotted right there and then. Cancel the Crawlers and run around. This will keep your enemy busy chasing you. Continue building your base as fast as you can. Another early attack of your enemy would be killing your Spine Crawler as soon as it finishes. Do not panic. Instead, have a number of Lings support your Crawlers. If you don’t have Lings, Drones can be considered.

The most important thing here is to be calm at all time. If your opponent does an early attack on you, use that as a strategy against him. Try to keep him busy attacking you while you build your base as fast as you can and try to build the right units that you can to keep control of the game.

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I find the Starcraft 2 Zerg vs Zerg match-up to be the most straight-forward match-up in the game and I personally look forward to it.

For me, starcraft 2 zerg vs zerg match-up is the most straight forward matchup, and I look forward to it. You need to watch out for a few different attacks, and you have a few choices.

1. Watch out for zerglings/banelings attack.
2. Scout often to see if your enemy is building banelings.
3. Watch out for fast tech to mutalisks(easy to counter if you see this coming, through hydralisks)
4. Main attack force of zerg is to go roaches/hydralisks, but also get a few banelings.
5. Most of the time, probably best not make mutalisks, since they take 100 gas and they get beaten easily by hydralisks.


Below is a starcraft 2 zerg vs zerg strategy match-up with :
1. Both players go mass zergling, but one adds banelings. Shows how this is effective against zerglings.
2. Shows the way to counter banelings, micro one zergling to each banelings to make it explode without hurting the others. Requires very fast micro.

For now, this ends here. For advanced and secret strategies & techniques, I recommend checking out the guide below:

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