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I disagree that any race is harder to use than another race. If it were then the whole game would not be balanced as it is. The reason that some people think that some races are harder than other races is that in my opinion, people have different skills and abilitys than other people.

zerg are definitely different but not hard to use. to start off and protect against those rushes all you need are some sunkens. They also get the fairly versatile hydralisk really quickly. When you get a swarm of guardians, devourers, and scourges up it's almost unbeatable. Of course a lot of skill was taken out of the game when people started making fastest maps... So it's basically just turtle and mass now.

I guess my key point here is that I feel Zerg is the hardest to manage while in a huge battle, simply because you have more units and they're weaker. Lurkers also add the whole burrowing issue.

Yeah, there's situations when it's not that bad, but somehow on average it just feels that way.

That's why I think in Starcraft, you try not to get into the big battles. if they're massing your base then you probably have an expo somewhere else so instead of trying to defend your base, attack your opponent's if they come with all their units you can leave and attack another expo. If they don't then cripple their tech tree. Zerg are very good for this. If they mass lots of units to defend their base then you can use the resources to make lots of expos to eventually mass and destroy their one and only well defended base. Which though well defended, won't stand against a huge army of 100 supply. BTW although I think that I'm a good strategist, I suck at actually playing Starcraft. Please don't stone me.

Annoy like crazy like making cheap buildings everywhere and hide your own army for hit and run attacks.

Actually a good Zerg player should have at least 5-10 hatcheries about mid game. Early game just keep sending out zerglings. If the enemy is smart enough to get firebats get hydras/lurkers.

In a big battle, the zerg usually lose if you get no casters.

All you have an army that can stall/damage the other army enough for you to rebuild a new one.

Then throw that army at them.

To defeat a terran defense. If they have tanks, send in big units, Ultralisks, Unborrowed lurkers to draw away the fire, then send in zerglings. Or just drop zerglings upon the tanks.

If they have air, take a balanced force of Devourers/mutas to take out the air. If they have Goliaths, take guardians. The airforce should be about 1/8 Devs 1/4 Guards 5/8 Mutas.

If they take a group of Carriers on you, your screwed unless you were smart enough to get spore colonies/defilers.

Ultralisks are tanks, and thats what you should use them as. or use them to stop your friend whose decided to mass marines late game.

Zerg ground defenses are only meant to stall ground units while you go on an all out strike.

If you want to tech early game, make a group of zerglings and scatter them burrowed around your base. Make a small group of hydras, and use guerrilla tactics. Ambush and flank your foes.

Lurkers should be used as a distraction, to mow down infantry, or to take down buildings. always use them with hydras/zerglings. They provide easy support, and mid game use mutas with them. Have offensive units soak the damage while your lurkers get into position. or let them attack the lurkers while your other units get into position.

Zerg is all about mobility and massing. Each hatchery can spawn three or units simultaneously.

no thats not true tarren is the hardest race to manage online because the zerg can rush with zerglings.