Narks
Vastly intelligent whale-like being from the stars
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Okay, I usually play team games with fellow zerg players. One thing I've noticed, when matched against a Protoss player, they often employ [del]faggotry[/del] a phoenix rush strategy, where they focus on getting phoenixes to pick up queens and kill overlords, while their ally protects their base, sometimes through turtling with bunkers. Usually by the time we scout this, it's already too late, and even when scouted, the phoenixes are still really annoying.
Hydralisks are one solution, but they are really slow. Mutalisk is obviously not so great against Phoenix, Corruptors are pretty lame, Infestors are okay if you know when they are coming in advance (otherwise, they just get picked up), and making more Queens just means more get picked up.
Spore Crawlers are good, but the problem is they are expensive (75 + drone! :x) and require an Evolution Chamber (I don't always build one), and most importantly, quite immobile and don't contribute to defending against a ground push. Sticking four or five of them near a base is a huge investment...
Normally in 2v2 games, we both go for an expansion at 18 supply if we don't see anything cheesy, then decide what to go from there.
Any ideas how to stop lame phoenix harass?
Hydralisks are one solution, but they are really slow. Mutalisk is obviously not so great against Phoenix, Corruptors are pretty lame, Infestors are okay if you know when they are coming in advance (otherwise, they just get picked up), and making more Queens just means more get picked up.
Spore Crawlers are good, but the problem is they are expensive (75 + drone! :x) and require an Evolution Chamber (I don't always build one), and most importantly, quite immobile and don't contribute to defending against a ground push. Sticking four or five of them near a base is a huge investment...
Normally in 2v2 games, we both go for an expansion at 18 supply if we don't see anything cheesy, then decide what to go from there.
Any ideas how to stop lame phoenix harass?