Zerg: The Baneling Bust!!!!

Ever had a Terran player start by walling off with nothing but Supply Depots?

Ever wondered how you could break it in without going in with roaches and having to upgrade the speed before the enemy could muster enough Marauders to slaughter you?

Well FEAR NOT! FOR NOW WE HAVE THE BANELING BUST!

As much as the Baneling Bust is not new but neither is it a commonly used technique.

As most walls now will have Barracks or Factories to help add on to the defense of the wall to prevent the bust from happening.

However fret not. As long as there is more than 1 Supply Depot, your bust will have a really really good result.

A good Baneling Bust is knowing when to use it and whether you should use it.

A good tip would be to actually start by scouting out by using a drone and placing an Overlord near your opponents ramp.

If you see your opponent building a Barracks and a Supply Depot, feel free to start preparing for your baneling bust.

However if you see after the barracks that the opponent builds a bunker, DO NOT USE A BANELING BUST!

List of things to watch out in if you're using the Baneling Bust
- Supply Depots
- Barracks
- Bunkers
- Factories

Here's in more detail why the Baneling Bust works and how it can be used.

4 Banelings are needed to take down Supply Depots.
As long as there are many supply depots feel free to use the Baneling Bust!

Here's a Video Courtesy of HDStarcraft


Interesting right?

If you didn't feel like watching the video here's a written build order for the build which was drawn from the Team Liquid Forum.

Baneling Bust build:

Scout early to see the wallin (I scout at 9)

14 spawning pool
16 build extractor and put 3 drones on it
16 then build queen
until ~30 spam zerglings, keep a few on the ramp to prevent scout
@100 gas zergling speed
@50 gas baneling nest, move lings to outside his main. Hide them if possible, try to time the movement with the completion of the nest.
@200min 200 gas Morph 8 banelings (how many is good for toss/terran?)
Move banelings in front to bust
Spam lings while doing this
profit

Some numbers to keep in mind
4 banelings > 1 supply depot
5 banelings > 1 pylon
4 banelings > 1 zealot
2 banelings > 1 marine

Source: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=126961

Here's are some points for the Baneling Bust.

- Scout Early
- Ensure that your larvae are always injected
- Don't Supply Cap
- If you don't see the supply depots don't use it

Hope this was helpful :)

Here are a short list of replays which can be downloaded for baneling busts :)

http://www.sc2replayed.com/replays/55347-1v1-terran-zerg-lost-temple
http://www.sc2replayed.com/replays/51946-1v1-terran-zerg-steppes-of-war