ZvP vs Stargate
IntermediateZvPEconomic
Play Style
Defensive build designed to counter Protoss Stargate openings. Gets Queens and Spores for air defense while building economy.
Strategic Goals
- → Defend against Oracle/Phoenix
- → Get extra Queens for defense
- → Build Spore Crawlers
- → Transition to Roach/Hydra
Counters
- • Oracle harassment
- • Phoenix openings
Weaknesses
- • Ground all-ins
- • Immortal pushes
Transition Plan
Continue Roach/Hydra, add Lurkers or Vipers
Build Order Steps
| Supply | Time | Action | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 0:01 |  Drone 50  Harvests resources and spawns structures. Is sacrificed when creating new structures. | 100 | — |
| 14 | 0:17 |  Overlord 100 Produces control and is no longer a detector like the StarCraft I version. | 100 | — |
| 14 | 0:23 | Drone 50 Harvests resources and spawns structures. Is sacrificed when creating new structures. | 75 | — |
| 15 | 0:35 | Drone 50 Harvests resources and spawns structures. Is sacrificed when creating new structures. | 50 | — |
| 16 | 0:42 |  Spawning Pool 200 Required for production of zerglings and queens and researches zergling upgrades. | 200 | — |
| 15 | 0:44 | Drone 50 Harvests resources and spawns structures. Is sacrificed when creating new structures. | 100 | — |
| 17 | 1:08 |  Hatchery 275 Spawns larvae to be morphed into other zerg strains, generates creep and digests minerals and gas into a usable form. The queen is spawned directly from the hatchery. | 275 | — |
| 17 | 1:10 | Drone 50 Harvests resources and spawns structures. Is sacrificed when creating new structures. | 50 | — |
| 17 | 1:25 |  Extractor 25 Allows drones to extract vespene gas. | 25 | — |
| 16 | 1:29 |  Zergling 50 Fast but weak melee attacker ideal for swarming attacks in large numbers. | 300 | — |
| 16 | 1:32 |  Queen 175 The new queen is very different than its StarCraft I counterpart, being a powerful attacking ground dwelling support unit ideal for zerg defense. | 175 | — |
| 21 | 1:40 | Overlord 100 Produces control and is no longer a detector like the StarCraft I version. | 100 | — |
| 21 | 1:59 | Drone 50 Harvests resources and spawns structures. Is sacrificed when creating new structures. | 100 | — |
| 22 | 2:08 | Queen 175 The new queen is very different than its StarCraft I counterpart, being a powerful attacking ground dwelling support unit ideal for zerg defense. | 175 | — |
| 25 | 2:13 | Drone 50 Harvests resources and spawns structures. Is sacrificed when creating new structures. | 50 | — |
| 26 | 2:21 | Queen 175 The new queen is very different than its StarCraft I counterpart, being a powerful attacking ground dwelling support unit ideal for zerg defense. | 175 | — |
| 32 | 2:37 |  Metabolic Boost 100  Increases Zergling movement speed significantly. | 100 | — |
| 36 | 3:02 | Hatchery 275 Spawns larvae to be morphed into other zerg strains, generates creep and digests minerals and gas into a usable form. The queen is spawned directly from the hatchery. | 275 | — |
| 36 | 3:16 | Overlord 100 Produces control and is no longer a detector like the StarCraft I version. | 200 | — |
| 36 | 3:32 | Queen 175 The new queen is very different than its StarCraft I counterpart, being a powerful attacking ground dwelling support unit ideal for zerg defense. | 500 | — |
| 51 | 4:09 | Overlord 100 Produces control and is no longer a detector like the StarCraft I version. | 100 | — |
| 51 | 4:17 |  Spore Crawler 75 A mobile creep-bound anti-air defensive structure. | 75 | — |
| 50 | 4:23 | Queen 175 The new queen is very different than its StarCraft I counterpart, being a powerful attacking ground dwelling support unit ideal for zerg defense. | 175 | — |
| 58 | 4:33 |  Roach Warren 150 Enables production of roaches and researches roach upgrades. | 150 | — |
| 60 | 4:45 |  Lair 150 Upgrade of the hatchery giving access to more advanced buildings and providing upgrades for overlords and overseers. | 150 | — |
| 68 | 4:53 | Extractor 25 Allows drones to extract vespene gas. | 75 | — |
| 65 | 5:21 |  Roach 75 Exceptionally tough short ranged unit able to quickly regenerate and move while burrowed. | 750 | — |
| 91 | 5:43 | Glial Reconstitution | 100 | — |
| 91 | 5:47 |  Overseer 50 A spellcaster evolution of the overlord. Works as a detector and has numerous special abilities. | 50 | — |
| 122 | 6:43 | Zergling 50 Fast but weak melee attacker ideal for swarming attacks in large numbers. | 700 | — |
| 137 | 6:48 |  Ravager 25 An artillery unit that evolves from the roach. Can use corrosive bile to destroy force fields and hit clumps of units at range. | 150 | — |
Transition Plan
Continue Roach/Hydra, add Lurkers or Vipers