Zerg are ****ng underpowered

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Originally Posted by Gradius

I think Zerg are actually overpowered, because I lost most of my games to them. What is a protoss supposed to do against mutalisks?!

Also, my favorite race, the protoss, need more buffs (1 step forward) instead of nerfs (1 step back).

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Mutalisks? Easy, rush him with zealots and stalkers. Wtf is he gonna do against your zealots with a few zerglings and a queen? He can't wall off so gg.

All you have to do is scout zerg and it's gg. For Toss and Terran, at least you can wall off. Early ling rush is pretty useless with a good wall off.

My last post was more or less a troll, but what the hell. I love opinion-based debates. :)

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Originally Posted by Wankey

Mutalisks? Easy, rush him with zealots and stalkers. Wtf is he gonna do against your zealots with a few zerglings and a queen? He can't wall off so gg.

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Nope. Most Zerg players these days spam a million crawlers at their choke, so you're not going to get in. You have to stay in your base to defend while the Zerg macros it up.

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Originally Posted by Wankey

All you have to do is scout zerg and it's gg. For Toss and Terran, at least you can wall off. Early ling rush is pretty useless with a good wall off.

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Protoss wall offs? You can slip Zerglings past even hold-positioned Zealots. Here's an example of it happening to a pro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxlXY8AMc04

Never mind the fact that most players just wait for you to leave before they run in. Speedlings are so fast that there's virtually no time to react. Zerg has a million ways to keep you in your base while they expand all over the map. Even if you do manage to get out, you'll just break your teeth on all the spine crawlers that they spam.

Zerg is clearly OP. Need to be nerfed asap. I recommend some sort of nerf for the roach, or maybe make zerglings cost twice the supply.

This thread makes my eyes bleed :'(

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Zerg is clearly OP. Need to be nerfed asap. I recommend some sort of nerf for the roach, or maybe make zerglings cost twice the supply.

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This would give me nightmares.

Zerg is balanced at higher levels than in lower levels. The race is extremely mechanically demanding; you have to macro properly, spread creep, choose the right units to build, scout efficiently and micro your army properly. However, once you do everything correctly, Zerg becomes a dominating force.

That's why it seems Zerg is underpowered to most new players. There is a certain level of proficiency needed to play Zerg that Terran/Protoss do not need.

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Originally Posted by Wankey

Wow, nobody found this post funny?

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I did but I didn't lol.

Balance is a really touchy subject because it is hard to prove your claims. Even if you do bring up some stats showing that, for example, zerg players are losing 65% of their matches against Protoss and Terrans, those stats can easily change within weeks because players will learn to play differently and adapt to new strategies. The only way to have a solid proof is to get a bad win rate among zerg players that has lasted for at least a month or two. There is no way to provide this now.

I suggest trying to improve your strategies as a zerg player and see what you can do to counter other races instead of complaining about balance. You won't win if you keep thinking that your race is underpowered. A nice start would be to post some replays.

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