by Stow on Jun 28, 2010
It's one thing to expand when you're prepared to and have a nice standing army, but it's a whole new ball game when you're building an expansion with nothing but workers making up your population! An early second base can seal your opponent's demise essentially... so long as it's not quickly crushed. We give you the tips and tricks needed to survive the inevitable offense coming at your early expansion!
Build your wall at your expansion, rather than your main entrance. The one major downside to this build is that your opponent will instantly know what youre up to when youre scouted. Very few maps have a perfectly safe, narrow entrance way to your expansion, so your wall will either be wide and vulnerable from many sides, or bypassed entirely as your opponent opts to go through the destructible rocks instead. Keeping sight all around your base is key when doing an outside wall.