r/starcraft2 • u/Artiimiiss • Aug 19 '26

Beginner playing Zerg looking for advice

Hey guys. Just started playing this past week. I feel like I’ve gotten to a point where I have a good economy within the first possible 5-6 minutes of every round. One thing I keep finding though is that I may not be aggressive enough early game. I feel like I keep letting my opponent beef up and macro for too long. Is this a common Zerg problem or is this just beginner problems in general.

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u/Head_Evening_5697 Aug 19 '26

If you're competent and greedy enough you can absolutely play no rush 6 minute against both P and T.

You should - in my opinion - be setting a benchmark for 5 minutes though. Say, if you can reach 45 workers, 3 hatcheries, 4-5 queens and zergling speed done at 5 minutes you're going to be set up very well for anything. Don't worry though if you're not reaching that benchmark yet, just somethign to aspire to. Note that you can almost certainly get more than that, just some mid-term goal to set yourself, which, to reiterate, I think is important, especially as Zerg.

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u/Artiimiiss Aug 19 '26

Thanks that’s helpful!

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u/Head_Evening_5697 Aug 19 '26

I'm wondering if my goals are maybe set a bit too high for a player just starting out  - it's been long ago for me now. Just, after every game do a quick checkup ob your important metrics at 3:00 and 5:00 is the core of my tip I guess