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Originally Posted by goofyballer
Given that the most popular TvZ build atm (at least, that I've seen) is reaper opening into fast 3 CCs into biomine - how do I exploit this to my maximum benefit since I can usually tell pretty fast that a Terran is going into a defensive + economical turtling mode for awhile in the midgame? Fast 4 bases? Superfast lair? (if the latter, then what tech? I'm more hesitant to go mutas vs bio since you can never engage their army or pick stuff off really with marines everywhere)
I've been opening with gas before pool for early speed and pressuring with 20ish lings. The build looks like:
15 hatch
17 gas
16 pool
17 ovie
queens
start speed @ 100 gas, pull two out
injects with both queens
drone till 30ish
ovie
pure lings up to and including your first injects
take a 3rd behind + drones
I've had a lot of success so far doing this. People usually have a widow mine out, I think, so watch for that. Otherwise, unless it's a map like Derelict Watcher where they can wall super easily, it's pretty easy to get damage done. A lot of the time the game is just over after I attack, whether or not they leave. If they don't, I drone up to full 3 base saturation + gasses for free and kill them with large amounts of muta/ling/bling
I think this is the best option. I guess the quick muta build I was doing at the end of WoL might do okay too, but mines make that more difficult I think.
I've only been doing this vs gas openings, though. Against gasless builds (so basically 1rax expo), I just do the same thing without the ling pressure and use the speed to defend hellions instead of relying on queens, since that's more my style.
I suppose you could also try the Life 1/1 baneling bust, but I think you can get to that from my build anyway as a follow-up. Basically just watch Life play and do that. That's what I do.