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[🛡️ COUNTER LAB — HOW TO BEAT THESE PLAYS]
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[🟣 ZERG]
[⚔️ STARCRAFT II — BUILD ORDER ATLAS Pick a race → learn the opener → watch the guide → know the counter 🔵 Terran · 🟣 Zerg · 🟡 Protoss — follow the arrows: 🎬 video guides · ☠️ counters]
[🗺️ Legend 🟩 Green card — safe macro opener 🟧 Orange card — timing attack 🟥 Red card — cheese / all-in ☠️ Red arrow → how to counter it ▶️ Video cards are playable in-canvas]
[🟡 Stargate Oracle Opener Style: Harass into macro · Hits: ~4:20 · ★★☆ Supply Action 14 Pylon (chrono Nexus, scout) 15 Gateway 16 Assimilator 20 Nexus (natural) 20 Cybernetics Core 21 Assimilator #2 @Cyber Adept (chrono) + Warp Gate ~3:10 Stargate ~3:50 Oracle (chrono) ~4:20 ⚡ Pulsar Beam their mineral line Then 2nd Oracle / Void Ray · +2 Gates · Battery]
[🟥 Cannon Rush (Cheese) Style: All-in · Hits: ~2:00 · ★★★ Supply Action 13 Forge (hidden / low ground) Next Probe sneaks a Pylon into their base @Pylon Cannons behind buildings, creep toward minerals Follow More cannons + Gateway or fast Stargate ⚠️ Psychological warfare — half the damage is tilt.]
[🟥 Proxy 2-Rax (Cheese) Style: All-in · Hits: ~2:30 · ★★★ Supply Action 10 Supply Depot 11 SCV → build 2 hidden Barracks near their base @Rax Nonstop Marines, rally to their natural ~2:30 ⚔️ Attack — pull SCVs to tank & repair ⚠️ No expand, no economy — win here or lose the game.]
[🔵 2-1-1 Marine Drop Style: Timing attack · Hits: ~5:00 · ★★☆ Supply Action 14 Supply Depot 16 Barracks 16 Refinery 19 Reaper + Orbital Command 20 Command Center (natural) 21 2nd Barracks + Depot ~3:00 Factory · Reactor on Rax #1 ~3:40 Starport · Tech Lab Rax #2 → Stim ~4:20 Starport onto Reactor → 2 Medivacs 4:45 🚀 Drop 16 Marines in their main 💡 Nonstop Marines + SCVs. Every drop trades your attention for their whole army.]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9wfZQzXbMo]
[🛡️ vs 2-1-1 Marine Drop Tell: 2 Rax, 1 gas, fast Starport — no 3rd CC by 4:00 ✅ 4 Queens + 1 Spore per mineral line by 4:40 ✅ Ling/Bane surround the drop — Banes pay for themselves ✅ Don't chase Medivacs — defend the workers ✅ You drone while they float 2 Medivacs → hold = ahead]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj6S07Vb9dk]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gw5IVXErt0]
[🧠 Golden Rules of Not Dying Scout at 1:30 — send a worker; what's missing from their base tells you the plan Count workers, not units — fewer workers than you = an attack is coming When in doubt: make units and defend at home A defended cheese is a won game — they burned their economy trying to kill you now Practice each build 10× vs AI before taking it to ladder]
[🛡️ vs Proxy Rax Tell: Empty / late buildings in their base at 1:30 → scan YOUR side of the map ✅ T: Bunker behind minerals + SCV repair ✅ P: Shield Battery + Adepts, hold the wall ✅ Fight inside your mineral line — worker surround beats Marine count 🎬 Bonus: Defend proxy 4-Rax PvT ▼ watch below]
[🛡️ vs 12 Pool Tell: Pool before Hatchery on your 1:40 scout · no natural ✅ Wall the ramp (T: Depot+Rax · P: Gateway+Pylon) ✅ Pull 2–4 workers to surround lings that slip in ✅ P: chrono first Adept · T: first Marine + SCV repair ✅ Hold = win — they sacrificed economy. Punish at ~4:00]
[🛡️ vs Oracle Opener Tell: 1 Gate + 2 gas, nothing crosses the map by 3:00 → Stargate ✅ Z: Spore in every mineral line by 3:40 + Queens spread ✅ T: Missile Turret per line + split Marines ✅ Track Oracle energy — at 0 it must retreat: punish that window ✅ Max 2 static defense per base — don't over-build]
[🛡️ vs Cannon Rush Tell: Probe circling your base before 1:30 · hidden Pylons ✅ Pull 2–3 workers per Probe — kill Pylons , not Cannons ✅ Body-block the Cannon spots near your minerals ✅ Z: Drones out-mine it — expand elsewhere if contained 🎬 Bonus: printf explains defense ▼ watch below]
[https://starcraft.fandom.com/wiki/Cannon_rush]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evP9PBnsyEc]
[🟥 12 Pool Rush (Cheese) Style: Rush · Hits: ~2:15 · ★☆☆ Supply Action 12 Spawning Pool 12→13 Drones @Pool 6 Zerglings → run across the map ~2:15 ⚔️ Hit workers / deny the natural Behind Queen + more lings · expand if it worked]
[🟣 16 / 18 / 17 Macro Opener Style: Safe macro · Spike: 4:30+ · ★☆☆ Supply Action 13 Overlord 16 Hatchery (natural) 18 Extractor 17 Spawning Pool 19 Overlord @Pool 2 Queens + 4 Zerglings @100 gas Metabolic Boost, drones off gas 2:30 3rd Hatchery 3:00+ Queens 3 & 4 · spread creep ~4:00 Drone to 66 → pick tech (Banes / Lair) 💡 The foundation of ALL standard Zerg play.]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9m2VsBPPvQ]
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[sc2-glossary 📖 SC2 Glossary 🔗 This note is linked from ⚔️ the Build Order Atlas canvas — and links back to it. That’s the canvas ↔ note demo. Term Meaning Build order Scripted opening — what to build at which supply count / game clock Supply Population cap resource; “14 Depot” = build a Depot when at 14 supply Macro Economy + production: workers, bases, spending money Micro Controlling units in a fight: splits, focus fire, kiting Timing attack Attack launched exactly when an upgrade/unit combo spikes (e.g. 2-1-1 at 5:00) Cheese / All-in High-risk rush that sacrifices economy — wins now or loses later Proxy Production building hidden near the opponent’s base for faster reinforcement Wall-off Buildings placed to block the ramp against run-bys (lings, zealots) Tell Scouting clue that reveals the opponent’s plan (missing gas, no natural…) Creep Zerg ground cover — grants Zerg units speed, gives map vision Related: 🏋️ Training Plan · Canvases: 🌳 Tech Tree · 🔺 Matchup Map]
[sc2-training-plan 🏋️ SC2 Training Plan 🔗 Linked from ⚔️ the Build Order Atlas canvas — pick one build there, then grind it here. Week 1 — learn ONE build per race 🔵 2-1-1 Marine Drop — 10× vs Easy AI, no supply blocks before 5:00 🟣 16/18/17 Macro Opener — 10× vs Easy AI, 3rd Hatch by 2:35 🟡 Stargate Oracle — 10× vs Easy AI, Oracle out by 3:55 Week 2 — pressure-proof it Repeat each build vs Hard AI — survive its first attack Watch one guide video from the Atlas per build, note ONE fix Scout at 1:30 every single game (see tells in the Counter Lab) Week 3 — ladder 10 ladder games per race, same build every game After each loss: was it the build, the scouting, or the panic? Rule of thumb: a build is “learned” when you can execute it while chatting. Related: 📖 Glossary · Canvases: 🌳 Tech Tree · 🔺 Matchup Map]
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