How to 4 Pool in StarCraft: 9 Steps (with Pictures)

Questions and Answers

4 Pool is a Zerg rushing technique that is extremely difficult. You need to be very good at ‘microing’ if you want to try this.

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Steps

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   Send your drones to mine minerals. Be sure to select a different mineral pile for each drone.It will be better that every drone start to mining at the same time.

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   Send your overlord to scout. Especially on a map with greater than two starting locations, it’s critical that you know where your opponent is so that your early zerglings can do a large amount of damage.

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   Do not build any new drones. Instead, wait until you have sufficient minerals for a spawning pool.

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   Build a spawning pool.

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   You may build additional drones, but 1-2 is good enough. Use the 1st or 2nd one you build to start to scout if it is a 3 or more player map.

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   By now you should have almost 150 minerals if you made 2 drones, and more than 150 if you only made 1. Build 3 sets of zerglings, and scout if needed.

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   Take your zerglings to attack the enemy base (select all of them at once).

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   Micro! If you do not micro, you are guaranteed to lose. Mainly focus on the basic military units, then the miners, and then the buildings. Note: if you do not keep sending zerglings over to the enemies’ base there is a good chance that person will overcome the technique, and win himself/herself for rushing is key.

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   Continue to pump out zerglings while your drones mine. The enemy will eventually crack and give in unless they have a good defense.