[SLCN.NXZ]

Hey guys,

So recently in zvz a lot of zergs have been favouring 14/14 baneling aggression on Daedalus. The reason for this being is that the ramp is so far from from the natural that queens aren't very helpful in the defence. The rush distance on the map is also very small making 9 pool ridiculously effective vs hatchery first. So we arrive at an interesting crossroad, hatch gas pool with ling bane pressure will demolish any other macro build but struggles a lot vs the 9 pool and has to either sacrifice the natural or just straight out lose vs 14/14. And then most zergs come out of it saying, well 14/14 obviously beats 9 pool, and has an advantage on the map vs hatch first so it's our best option.

However, I'd like to offer a slight moderation on the 14/14 which makes it much more effective against another 14/14 and I think in general. So here it is,

Drone to 10
Extractor trick up to 11
11 overlord
11 spawning pool
11 gas (this goes down about 5 seconds after a regular 14/14, get it straight after the drone otherwise his speed timing will be too much quicker)
14 queen
16 drone
17 overlord
Speed at 100 gas
Build zerglings
Baneling nest at 50 gas, pull 1 drone off gas if you want a more ling heavy army
Lings till 26 where you will make your next overlord

The strength here is that you rotate around the priorities of what you want with your attack. You get a quicker inject which means you'll have more lings out on the field as you morph your banes. This makes it very difficult for him to cancel the banes should he attempt it. Against another 14/14 he will have around 8-10 lings on the map when you already have your first inject of lings out which means you can take the initiative and fight him on your terms with the larger army. His speed will finish slightly earlier than yours but you will have the extra lings to survive those few seconds safely.

Obviously this build won't just win you the game but it puts you in a better situation than a 14/14 could. We're pretty much just trying to adjust our build to give us what we want, which in this case, is more lings quicker. Only do this build if you are going to do one base ling bane. If you intend to take an expand off speedlings you will not be able to afford it and 14/14 is the better option.

So this is how I like to play on Daedalus Point in ZvZ to get myself the advantage in ling bane wars, hope you enjoyed.