Banshee Rush

IntermediateTvZTiming Attack

Play Style

Fast cloaked Banshees to harass Zerg mineral lines. Aims to kill drones and delay Zerg economy while expanding.

Strategic Goals

  • → Get cloaked Banshees quickly
  • → Kill drones in mineral lines
  • → Delay Zerg tech
  • → Expand behind harassment

Counters

  • • Greedy Zerg
  • • Delayed Spores

Weaknesses

  • • Early Spore Crawlers
  • • Queen defense

Build Order Steps

SupplyTimeActionNotes
14-
Supply Depot
Supply Depot
Provides supply required for additional terran units and can submerge, enabling troops to walk over it. It is smaller than in StarCraft I and can be made into an important part of terran base defenses, preventing enemy units from walking past them. This ability is called Lower/Raise.
Supply Depot 		—
16-
Barracks
Barracks
Produces terran infantry units.
Barracks 		—
16-
Refinery
Refinery
Refines vespene gas for collection by SCVs.
Refinery 		—
19-
Orbital Command
Orbital Command
This upgrade to the command center provides scanner sweeps to reveal troop movements through the fog of war and detect cloaked or burrowed units, summons MULEs, and can increase the supply generated by supply depots.
Orbital Command 		—
19-
Reaper
Reaper
Exceptionally fast infantry that uses dual pistols, can jet pack up and down ledges and uses explosives against buildings.
Reaper 		—
20-
Factory
Factory
Produces terran vehicle units.
Factory 		—
22-
Refinery
Refinery
Refines vespene gas for collection by SCVs.
Refinery 		—
24-
Starport
Starport
Produces terran air units.
Starport 		—
26-
Siege Tank
Siege Tank
A powerful tank that can switch between mobile Tank Mode and stationary Siege Mode for long-range artillery.
Siege Tank 		—
28-
Banshee
Banshee
A tactical strike aircraft that can cloak.
Banshee 		—
28ImmediatelyCloak —
30-
Command Center
Command Center
Produces SCVs and serves as a drop off point for processing of minerals and gas. Has the ability to carry up to five SCVs and can upgrade to the powerfully armed planetary fortress or the ability oriented orbital command.
Command Center (Natural) 		—
32-
Banshee
Banshee
A tactical strike aircraft that can cloak.
Banshee x2 		—
36-
Banshee
Banshee
A tactical strike aircraft that can cloak.
Harass with Banshees 		Target drones, avoid Queens

Transitions

Transition to bio or continue mech production