Zerg Basics

Zerg specific acts

Zerg specific tactics

Use ZergUnit to produce all new units and it will also morph units automatically if the desired unit is a unit that should be morphed. It is recommended to use ZergUnit for all units for zerg, but MorphRavager morphs Roaches to Ravagers and other morph classes are also available.

SpreadCreep for a simple creep spread, requires enough queens for them to have energy

InjectLarva For injecting larva. Requires free Queens.

Vs Terran flying buildings

Use CounterTerranTie as buildorder wrapper to prevent Terran bots from flying away with their buildings and stalling the game.

final_build_order = CounterTerranTie([build_order])
plan = BuildOrder(
    CounterTerranTie([build_order])
    tactics
)

Common Upgrades

Tech(UpgradeId.ZERGLINGMOVEMENTSPEED)  # Zergling speed
Tech(UpgradeId.ZERGLINGATTACKSPEED)  # Zergling attack speed
Tech(UpgradeId.GLIALRECONSTITUTION)  # Roach speed

Tech(UpgradeId.ZERGMISSILEWEAPONSLEVEL1)
Tech(UpgradeId.ZERGMISSILEWEAPONSLEVEL2)
Tech(UpgradeId.ZERGMISSILEWEAPONSLEVEL3)

Tech(UpgradeId.ZERGGROUNDARMORSLEVEL1)
Tech(UpgradeId.ZERGGROUNDARMORSLEVEL2)
Tech(UpgradeId.ZERGGROUNDARMORSLEVEL3)

Tech(UpgradeId.ZERGMELEEWEAPONSLEVEL1)
Tech(UpgradeId.ZERGMELEEWEAPONSLEVEL2)
Tech(UpgradeId.ZERGMELEEWEAPONSLEVEL3)

# Hydralisk upgrades
Tech(UpgradeId.EVOLVEGROOVEDSPINES)  # Hydralisk range
Tech(UpgradeId.EVOLVEMUSCULARAUGMENTS)  # Hydralisk speed

Tech(UpgradeId.CHITINOUSPLATING)  # Ultralisk armor
Tech(UpgradeId.ANABOLICSYNTHESIS)  # Ultralisk speed

Extractor Trick (at 14 supply)

extractor_trick = SequentialList(
    Step(
        Supply(14),
        BuildGas(1),
        skip=UnitExists(
            UnitTypeId.EXTRACTOR, include_killed=True, include_pending=True
        ),
    ),
    Step(
        UnitExists(
            UnitTypeId.EXTRACTOR,
            1,
            include_pending=True,
            include_not_ready=True,
        ),
        ZergUnit(UnitTypeId.DRONE, to_count=14),
    ),
    # SequentialList will take care of making sure the drone was made
    Step(
        UnitExists(UnitTypeId.EXTRACTOR),
        CancelBuilding(UnitTypeId.EXTRACTOR, to_count=0),
        skip=UnitExists(
            UnitTypeId.EXTRACTOR,
            1,
            include_killed=True,
            include_not_ready=False,
        ),
    ),
)

Example usage:

opening = SequentialList(
    Step(None, ZergUnit(UnitTypeId.DRONE, to_count=14, only_once=True)),
    Step(
        Supply(14),
        extractor_trick,
        skip=UnitExists(
            UnitTypeId.EXTRACTOR,
            1,
            include_killed=True,
            include_not_ready=False,
        ),
    ),
    Expand(2),
)