Thanks BSOS for this: This works 75% of the time: even better if they wall off 15 pool 14 extractor (3 on gas) 16 overlord 16 queen first 100 gas spend on ling speed next 50 gas spend on baneling nest then just pump lings till you have about 200 gas and tech when you have about 20-24 lings, push out, and in his natural morph about 6 banelings send the banelings in first to bre... more.

This one's pretty simple.  Rush out two marines keep them at your mineral line and it's GG. Scout out your opponent and figure out they are reaper rushing (early refineries tech lab barracks) if you are protoss get out a cannon or a stalker, zerg well... You should be able to out rush him. Reapers are the most useless unit in the Terrans arsenal past 10 minutes. They are easily killed. We h... more.

A few folks have asked about the best way to do a 1v1 compstomp.  Here's a few thoughts.  Feel free to comment with any others. If you're on a map like steppes of war, just use a cannon rush. At the beginning send a probe to their base, build in fog get forge then cannon, then gateway for a couple zealots and bunny hop cannons to their mineral line. Otherwise, there's this strat which work... more.

Here's one for beating the level on hard: I had the siege tanks upgraded all the way, and killed off the air units. I found that, if you got rid of the AIR, then you can use TONS of siege tanks...and just use bunkers mostly as walls....constantly have 4-5 SCV's repairing the bunkers, a couple medics if you desire to heal them, and just constantly keep pumping siege tanks. Make sure you upgrade... more.

Usually an easy MU. Get two raxes with the tech upgrade and mass produce Marauders. Once you start pumping Marauders do the dual medivac tech. If the toss has tried to contain or push you then defend and/or push out. If the toss is turtling then load up your medivacs and drop behind the mineral line while sending any extra units to the enemy base. Marauders are strong against any early toss army s... more.

One should always upgrade to orbital command when they hit 16 SCVs. The economy recovers really fast with the MULE and begins to exceed a pure SCV econ.  This is a popular strat among many b.net players. Unit production upgrades like tech upg and reactor upg can be shared by different buildings. I learned from a match against David Kim that building a quick reactor on a factory will lead to a... more.

Protoss - Dark templar rushing is the most versatile and effective strategy to date for the smart protoss player. Build a pylon with your second probe to be produced at the nexus. Use that same probe to scout the enemy/harass workers. Chrono boost immediately on the nexus and micro your harass probe to a. prevent zerg early expo by running it in circles or building a pylon at their natural ex... more.

If you've never played SC1, chances are SC2 seems like a totally new gaming world.  Dumbocow has provided the following strategies for new players to the game: I will be discussing the most basic builds in melee maps(Python, Destination, etc.). A melee map places a CC/Nexus/or Hatchery at 10 mineral patches w/ 1 vespene geyser along with four worker units (SCV/Probe/Drone). I will be using a s... more.

Many wonder if the extra clicking involved in moving scvs to different mineral patches is worth it.  The answer? The most minerals per worker is around 2 per mineral patch. Your income maxes out at around 2.5 workers per mineral patch, more then that and you are just wasting supply.  So if you have more then 2 workers per mineral patch you should move some to your expansion. For additional... more.

Fallen's 3 Rax and timing push is a push based around the +1 Weapons Upgrade for infantry and the Combat Shields upgrade. The push is designed to attack the Zerg opponent with a superior force and either win outright, or heavily contain the Zerg while you expand and transition into later tech. It begins with an Orbital Command opening and is dependant on a completed wall to keep the early lings ou... more.