[Hammo]

Hey Guys,

I've recently been playing quite a few ladder and custom games and one of the big things that comes up during my games is my inability to tell when my push is winding up and when I should pull back. I have looked at my replays and I can tell *when* I have stuffed up afterward, although I cannot seem to figure out a rule(-ish) that I could follow in that game that would allow me to tell.

My usual strategy, regardless of what build I'm going (unless I FE) is to timing push my opponent at around 40-45 food (usually after my first immortal builds when I go 3 gate robo OR after my first full cooldown completion after my 4 warpgates are built). Usually my pushes go well and I "win" them, pulling back with a few units while also coming back to a second nexus.

The problem though, usually comes about 1-2 minutes after where I get pushed by my opponent with quite a few units and get demolished (see attached replay for details of this). I know in the particular replay I should have had another sentry up, but I also feel that I just didn't have enough units to fend off the attack anyway.

So, my question is - should I only push once? If not, what tools could I use to effectively "tell" when would be a good time to pull out (2 units lost, 8 units left, etc).

Replay - Game Example (PvZ)

Thanks,

Hammo.