just in time to get destroyed by Zerglings.
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Boxer shows some impressive micro and manages to get the Bunker up and a Reaper inside. He immediately pulls 3 Drones (1 from scouting) to take out the Bunker. Cool here is defending an early Bunker rush by Boxer. I actually saw this match live and Blizzcon and the experience was exhilarating. This third video is a little more high level. Pulling drones is fine, but don't leave them lying around This is the second key point: If you're not fighting, you need to be mining. The thing he does do well is sending his drones back to mine every time the Zealots back off. Drones are only really strong in numbers and when they can get a surround (much like Zerglings). Notice how the Zealots are forced back every time he pulls all his Dones, but when he only sends in a few (or the Queen alone) he gets eaten apart. The Zerg player here completely misses on his scouting. This next video shows a Zerg defending against a 2 Gate back in beta (when Zealots were 5 seconds faster). The key point I want you to take away here is: Drones can do Damage This delays the 10 pool long enough for his Spine Crawler to get up and really defend him well. You'll notice that by pulling drones off the mineral line he's able to get a very easy surround (which whoever this caster is doesn't seem to understand) and really take them apart with few losses (believe he loses 3 Drones). This first video is from a pair of Plat level players. However, I dislike opinions, even my own, so let's see this strategy in practice:
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Unlike Terran or Protoss, Zerg can produce a very large army very quickly so I feel using your Drones to delay is a fairly legitimate strategy. Zerg is very much a momentum race, so many top players strategy revolves around: Power drones and build units at the last possible second. Unlike a lot of people I really feel that using drones for defense as Zerg is a completely legitimate strategy. Forgive me for the quality of this answer I'm on the road.