Terran vs Zerg wtf? :)

[kontrol]

As the title say, having trouble with zerg. Playing Platinum around rank 50.

They always fast expo at the begining and whatever I do, I cannot beat them. I usually go 2 rax and Factory at start. I try to attack early but they still kick my butt. Once I have a decent army to kill them I'm surrounded because they can build alot faster than I can with their higher economy.

Any tips?

[Nigma]

Im by no means a pro but the way i usually try to beat a zerg player is by attacking them super early and make them over commit on units early that way they are making less drones. basically i lose the early game to win the late game resource race.

[AKcam7]

I first build 1 barracks, 2 refineries. 1 bunker by my geyser closest to the entrance to my base. (always keep scv's building) create 2 marines, put them in bunker... then add a reactor( the one that creates 2 units at once). build another barracks, load up the bunker.. by that time they will probably rush to your scv's, but you have a bunker there so grab a few scv'd and repair you bunker while they attack.. you might lost a few scv's but hey, you beat the rush... and by that time you should have 2 barracks with reactors, each pumping out marines.. and a factory on the way... if they attack again you should be able to easily defend... then counter imediatly. i am only 5-0 with
1v1, but 4 of my enemies were zerg, and all tried to rush me. works everytime :)

Key points... at least one bunker by you scv's early. then after 2 attacks, counter attack. always keep 1 scv building, dont queue up multiple scv's you are wasting money that could be spent if you do that

[rock]

I've found terran factories to be indespensible on the zerg.

Whereas with Toss you try to take them out as early as possible, I've found the combo of blue flame hellions and thors will trouce zerg oh so sweetly, so a bit of tech is needed.

The idea is to reaper harrass their expos almost immediately, and if you want to straight tech to the thors you can avoid too much MM action. A few sieges can keep your base safe and sound.

The blue flame hellions can shred small zerg units and the Thors (accompanied by a few SCV's) just absolutely mash zerg defenses, larger ground, and air units.

Adding a few marines as a meat shield for the thors never hurts, and a few siege tanks never hurt either.