Starcraft 2 Zerg Guide - Using Roaches Effectively

One of the most powerful units in Starcraft 2 playing Zerg is the roach but if you want to have effective result from it then you should use them correctly. If you don’t use them correctly then it will turn to be a wrong selection against some selected units. However, if you are an experienced Zerg player then you may know that when and how to utilize the roach to stay away from your enemy. So, to help you here is a guide that will help you to know when and how to use the roach when playing against Protoss and Terran.
  
There are few unique things that you have to know in prior about roach. The first thing that you have to know about roach is that it is not an armored unit like the Zergling and Hydralisk. But they have the capability to make damages in high level. Moreover, their speed of attacking enemy is very slow. This is very important as both the Terran marauders and the Protoss stalkers do additional damage to armored units. So, in such situation roach will be beneficial for a Zerg player because this unit will help to stay away from marauders or stalkers. So, if you want to damage the units of your enemy then you should always try to go with this unit. But one drawback of roach is that they perform very poorly against an immortal. 
     
Moreover, if you don’t notice any of the initial units playing in the game then in such situation mass roach army will be a perfect option to attack your enemy at early stage. In most of cases if you use the roach army in the early stage to attack your enemy then there is a possibility to win the game very early. It is effective and the best part is that to build this unit you don’t have to spend lots of gas so due to this reason you will be able to pump them out very quickly in comparison to Hydralisks. But if you utilize the speed upgrade then they will move pretty quickly and the best part is that if you use speed upgrade then they will hit and runs very quickly. So, if you desire to win the game then you should use these strategies. If you use these starcraft 2 strategies then for sure you will win any game where you don't see a marauder or stalker.

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