I started off playing zerg after a long time away from starcraft. What is a good method to sink minerals into. I find near the end game I would be at 200/200 supply but still have around 4k minerals and 500~ gas.
Posted Nov 25, 2013, 12:27 PM UTC
What matchup? Against Protoss build queens and static defense, against Zerg flood lings and static defense, against Terran you should always need lings to survive, lategame I am more often than not mineral starved and float some gas.
Injects, static defense, macro hatcheries. If you hit 1000 minerals with nothing to spend it on: expand. Expand, expand, expand.
Dump dat bank - cheers <3
Expand, macro hatch, get extra overlords because your overseers will likely die.
Crawlers. Spines and spores delay your economy in the early game, but once you hit the late game, drones are easy to replace and the crawlers will help you control enemy movements.
Spore and crawlers prevent drops, allowing you to direct your attention to other things, and keep your army in favourable positions. Spines force your enemy to walk where you want them to. Nobody wants to fight into a wall of crawlers only to get flanked and trapped.
In ZvZ, spines and spores will keep your 3rd and 4th protected from lings and mutas, allowing you to continue pressure elsewhere.
I played another game against terran. I normally wouldnt use crawlers at all but i used a few this time. However in the end at 4 bases I still had a large excess (10k+) zzzz.. It really is a problem and I can't seem to sinked enough money into getting units such as lings especially when there units counter lings...
The problem may not be what you think it is.
Get more gas. When you start mining your 4th and 5th base start off mining the gas and always keep drones on those unless you're mineral starved.
I always float mins vs Terran until they start aggression and I need to be remaxing. When I start rebuilding lings and blings it all gets spent and then I'm starved again. That's against bio-mine, so ling bling muta ultra is very strong.
I'd suggest just getting more gas, hit more of your injects, and use those minerals to max out faster and hit them faster.