StarCraft 2: ZERG PRIORITIES! (Strategy Analysis)

[@sfukuda512]

Lowko coaching: you may wish to prioritize larva injects over creep spread. The early game depends on higher larva count. Winter coaching: Quit #!@% spreading creep with your #!%& queens and keep them near their hatcheries!!!

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

Winter is obviously more efficient, he says the same with less text.

[@hunterkiller7314]

fgregerfeaxcwfeffece But a bit less polite might I add.

[@rogerroca2803]

Winter is just cold.... Sorry

[@paulsernine5302]

winter is right

[@CanisoGaming]

I'd say keep 1 queen per hatchery and 2 queens to help creep spread ?

[@justinbrown4562]

Stopping both replay's at 4:20. damn lowko goes hard

[@krupam0]

[insert a joke about the Dutch here]

[@ahumblemerchant241]

DUTCH WEED

[@zannall2699]

now ya gotta take a hit

[@zan831]

lowko is a *high* templar confirmed

[@DanielFenandes]

8:23 his little smile ;)

[@seadub9571]

Really liked this style of video/coaching tips

[@stevenb7128]

Hey Lowko, Really enjoyed the video! I've been applying your tips one by one over the course of a year and have improved from low bronze to low gold. Platinum here I come! Keep up the videos; really liked this one!

[@electronic-t473]

This is the exact point I’m stuck at! Thank you!!!

[@TheIndignation]

This really makes me want to hop back on the ladder and give it a try :) One quick aside that is another good tip (even though it was already too late for him by then) is that near the end of that second game, he started lv3 melee and missile weapons while under a lot of pressure from the Protoss army. It may not seem significant, but these upgrades are a fairly big investment, and when you're fighting for survival like that, it's crucial to delay those upgrades a little and squeeze out every last bit of army that you can. Then you can start them back up once you've stabilized a little. Of course, that's a much easier call to make when you're a viewer and you can see both sides!

[@estellebright2579]

The lowko casting ranked game replays is the best lowko. Love it.

[@JustDisc]

Never thought of zerglings being costly to larva. Great tip to pick up 👍

[@henryhobo7650]

This is my fav video so far lowko. My favorite video was when you taught me about ravangers when they were new and how to use them

[@RRo31n]

That is a really helpfull video Lowko, keeping this one! I really like how you focus here on what youb should be doing here a certain points in the game. They compare you with Winter, I like Winter, but Winter has less patience pointing all thing out he is more freestyle, have fun. We need something of you both.

[@patrickp4571]

Great tips as always! Havent tried macro hatcheries outside of campaign, didnt think the resource investment would be viable with consistent queen injects but i'll give it a go

[@mercedescolomar1]

Prime Lowko material as always. avid and loyal follower! Please upload one for protoss too :)

[@jesterhat]

I love the in depth analysis. Most of us in the same high plat low diamond level make similar mistakes!

[@kataonly9233]

Good quality content as always @Lowko ! Keep up the good work! Sincerely your fan from Malaysia. Cheers

[@istiyarvievich4649]

it was a pleasure to see this guide

[@xitaris5981]

While I like the concept of this video, watching it 5 years later is amazing to see the quality difference in Lowko's videos

[@arturrocci8338]

Miss this kind of videos lowko! (:

[@zealot87]

Hi lowko, this is one of the most helpful video you've ever done. I'd like to have more of that, it would be great to do the same in the other 2 match ups (zvt and zvz). Thank you for your work, I'm following you form Italy!

[@TheVision_13]

Great video lowko I'm sure one day I'll be able to afford replay analysis and maybe even coaching

[@pavlik786]

Great comment!! High plat zerg here (Europe). Vs Protoss I play almost only roach + hydra now.. Sit back, defend early agression, I build upgraded roaches and hydras as fast as I can with +1 +1 upgrade and with better macro than your oponent this is very probable win.. Only cases when I start build bane nest and produce mass lings and try to beat him as quickly as possible is when I see fast third and/or tendency to build skytoss army.

[@polimorph2023]

Thanks for the few "little" tips LowkoTV. My MMR is getting seriously large since I begun applying them. I make tons of stuff based on your prioritizing list.

[@MugenYomi]

The macro hatcheries was the only option in SC1, so I am curious of how many of the higher levels have experience playing SC1, falling back to the older method.

[@yorkiepud5111]

Good job Browko! :D

[@fellipessf4]

Awesome video! I was really trying to improve, but it's really hard when you don't have a lot of time to play like 10 or more games and I am random player, so... You know, it's tuff xD

[@sander1isde]

very cool video man!

[@RustyRedRhombus]

You can check how many workers you have by mousing over your supply icon? WHAT? OMG

[@erikattrell1852]

Hi there Lowko! Great concept. I'm travelling to Amsterdam in two weeks from monday to thursday. Any chance of a meetup if you were to live there? Cheers!

[@83738572239]

you rock, Lowko :D

[@Gear317]

Queen inject > scouting > droning. Got that right?

[@LordBaktor]

Larva production through Queen inject and/or macro hatcheries > Appropriate droning according to the scouting information you've got > Resource spending > Creep Spread and other stuff

[@maximilianworth7185]

I personally would advise Winning > Draw > Losing.

[@LordBaktor]

Winning > Ragequitting and doing something else instead.

[@Fallen924]

Amazing Video

[@blebgoegbleb]

Old video but if you're really struggling, make double the amount of queens you think you need. This tip alone got me up a rank.

[@ethrean9367]

Awesome video. I love that. Even if it's not quite my level of play right now. I'm a bronze protoss guy, mostly playing Coop, but I love your strategic explainations. I'm also highly using macro hatcheries (mostly in coop. U can't do shit without 4 hatcheries with Zagara for example)

[@Groundrival]

that was a great video!

[@slimpwarrior]

Guys, how many queens is the best for creep spread in each match up? 1, 2, 4?

[@felipepechmann2608]

COOL video!!

[@bagpuss121]

My Macro Is So Bad Im Going To Have To Put 5 Hatcheries Per Base , I Never Thought This Game Would Be So Hard To Learn However Considering My Age I Suppose Im Doing Ok .. I Believe That The Zerg Is The Hardest Race To Play In SC2 .....

[@SwissSareth]

What's the easiest way to keep track of and execute the Queen injects across multiple bases?

[@arthopodarena6062]

It's best to learn to keep track of it in your head. Queen should inject every ~40 seconds. But just cycling through the bases with whatever hotkey you have that set with every minute or so should be enough for a developing player. If you do this enough, eventually you'll just gain the ability to know when an inject is needed. It's important to have your queens in a control group too. I do my injects through the minimap so I can focus more on micro/harassment, but it's not best practice.

[@hristotodorov2151]

Hey lowko,i have an interesting question.3 years ago when the expansion is heart of the swarm and sc2 was huge i watched almost every pro match and was really passionate about the game.With a lot of grinding i managed to finally get to plat and was proud.Then i stopped the game and the scandals happened so i didnt touch starcraft for a long time.then a friend suggested we play 1v1s while waiting for someone and it was really fun so we played for a few days and i decided to buy the game and play my placements,after quitting the game for 3 years and got p1:Do you think the average skill of the player base has gone down from 3 years ago?Not the pros,just the average players.You've coached people so i think your opinion is valid here.

[@hristotodorov2151]

By the way hope u read this it took me a lot of time :D

[@Foxmizou]

how to know exactly the position of the expansion ? i want to send a drone and put it fast

[@Celdaric]

0:16 "help him become a better Zerg-player" ey? Hmm, I thought you just A-move up to Grandmaster 1 as Zerg xD (top-quality-joke right there)

[@pavlik786]

Is it necessary to have 70 workers in lower leagues? To drone to 70 drones before creating bigger army? I play mid/high plat now and vs protoss, I drone to 55-60 workers (max) and then I stat to upgrade roaches and hydras (+1 +1 and roach and hydra upgrades) and produce roaches and hydras (it also depends on oponentn's army composition) and while upgrades are finishing try to go to kill him... If I have solid macro, I am able to produce more army than my oponent at this point.. When he tries to kill me before it, I try to defend, but if I try to build more drones and play to hive tech - he tends to build bigger and stronger toss army (with templars and storm) and this is easier for him then (usually he has then stronger army, while I dont have for example broodies yet). So to my opinion the best way in plat is try to kill him in mid game before he gets strong and maxed out army.. Additionally vs.too greedy oponents like in 2nd replayed game here, I add 2nd gas and start to +1 ling upgrade, mass lings + banes and try deny his 3rd or to kill him, when he has weak defense (this is usually win, because he does not have usually army at this point, droplords are usefull too to haras in his main).

[@isolator86]

Thank you for spanish subtitles!

[@guusgeluk7733]

Hi what is a queen inject?

[@dab_yeetus]

All your Zerg videos really help me a lot... As protoss! Muahahaha

[@isaklefevre5070]

How do I counter a proxy zealot rush?

[@CanisoGaming]

Hmmmm, hello, i'm new to the game & trying to play zerg. What do the creep tumors do ? i'm kinda never using those :x

[@CanisoGaming]

ok i got the response during the video ^^ sorry for asking before ! :D

[@hvazi8710]

Is the razer naga (the mouse with 12 numbers) good for sc2?

[@MareHazyDawn]

Just depends what you're comfortable with.

[@zanus286]

I would like to see more of these videos but I would like to see more ZvT videos because I'm pretty bad in this matchup :P

[@loltroll7746]

In my games I always hit my queeninjekts but I had no creepspread...

[@afzofa107]

LOL TROLL get 2 or 3 queens only for creep spread

[@loltroll7746]

Trainer Your procrastinating aren't you I don't wanna saw I didn't dat, well only after some Lowko tutorials and builds but, still O hit all the Queeninjekts, but therefore did not focus on creepspread at all..... But dat was in HotS times, so… I haven't really played since then, because I did not like the ravager, the adept, the cyclone… The original one was so different, weaker...

[@ahumblemerchant241]

Lowko Please Stop Telling People How To Counter The Most *Glorious Race* In Sc2.

[@blebgoegbleb]

He's not telling how to counter Zerg though?

[@zeil2ify]

like the video but i guess even the last bronze noob worldwide understood the larva/scut/drone/money spend thingy, but could you now start teaching us how to fight with these weak zerg units? :D

[@jfogg61]

This is great Lowko!! Also for those looking for general coaching advice, PiG (Jared Krensel, I'm 100% positive Lowko knows about him too) is a SC2 pro, streamer, announcer, caster, and youtuber who does tons of coaching and advice videos. I really hate suggesting a different youtube channel than Lowko's on his videos, but check out PiG if you want some more SC2 content. kzbin.info/door/9OluGthYmZo0vsF9IjicFg Again, I'm not trying to drive traffic and views away from my boy Lowko, but PiG is pretty awesome to watch. Great guy, great casts, great vod's, and great tips/coaching. Definitely check him out.

[@confusedfox7062]

Is it weird that I play Protoss like a Zerg player? Cause I'm Diamond 1..........

[@CanisoGaming]

Oh god no ! Dva announcer ? No wonder why he's struggling to rank up ;o;

[@hmr9096]

ily

[@ergeorgiev]

Lowko, I think you should first play the whole replay, maybe speed up some parts, talk about it without any pauses. And then go back and talk about specific moments. Otherwise the viewer cannot see the bigger picture like you can.

[@estellebright2579]

Eduard Georgiev the thing is, when early game is bad, it is very rough for a player to gain any advantage later on or even winning the game if the opponent is doing a great job on keeping everything on point.

[@victorhugoguillenlopez4821]

Strif

[@muhdismahanifismailzaki7437]

I can practice.....

[@snnik6039]

Wtf is macro is it larva or

[@ringo1m]

He should've switch tech after he sees high templars and archons ... you don't go zergling baneling hydras into that, unless you have a maxed out army and a sizable resources behind it. I do think that the ideas of "meta" is a bit too strong with him and he should produce a more variety of units in this case. maybe lurker bait ? maybe ultralisks ? and with that much minerals with no larvas, even roaches would be good in this composition. idk ... game 2 when i saw the Toss go 3 base start (and he scouted it), "greedy protoss" comes into my mind and he should focus on pure harassment while building up his base (dropperlords, roach burrows, quick mutas) and not to try to fight the 3 base Protoss with 3.5 base Zerg.

[@lhvinny]

ringo1m I was thinking along the same lines. Seeing those gateways and the early robot tells me, "okay, I am going to see some stalker/immortal action." This makes me want to switch to roaches and counter push with roach/muta or roach/hydra.

[@ringo1m]

but .. if you see immortals ... you don't go roaches though D: ... (usually early robo means warp gate push and not immortals)

[@ensshok]

Professional Starcraft coach? #dreamjob

[@frogsama666]

27:00 "Aim to become the best in the long term not short term"? But Starcraft 2 is already 7 yrs old.. Dunno how long its gonna last -__-

[@mwperk02]

Well it hasn't died out yet and is still one of the most popular competitive games out there. Though league of legends and Dota have taken the crown from the sc franchise it is still a very popular E sport especially in Korea.

[@kalmecavia7736]

less is sometimes more useful. he's not a caster hopefully.

[@brucewyane3183]

im not batman

[@mwperk02]

Well since Bruce Wayne is batman I suppose your right.

[@tourstarproductions2150]

Why the voice dog? Lol its "pro-toss" no R rolling or drown bubbles lol "IF" your below master league? Lol

[@Ionicbug]

Wasssappp

[@loltroll7746]

FIRST LIKE FIRST VIEWER FIRST COMMENT; YEY!

[@loltroll7746]

FIRST!

[@quintaldemonstros]

17 seconds

[@loltroll7746]

maycon douglas Well FIRST IS FIRST

[@korncows1]

Stop telling us how they each could have win tje game. Its pointless. Think about it. You can say anything. Protoss could have won at 2 minutes of he would have cannon rushed. Zwrg cpuld have won if he 12 spawnpooled and the protoss didnt build zealots in time. Zerg could win of he had ultralisks right now and prottoss easnt ready.

[@Cmusko427]

Your not south Korean I don't think I should listen to you

[@gestucvolonor5069]

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