Zerg Build Order

This is basically a strategy for all those long games that involves you and one or more computers/players duke it out over a large map with plenty of expansion points. First off, have your 4 drones gather minerals. After you have sent the 4 probes to gather, make another drone at your Hatchery. Wait until you have another 50 minerals (which should be at the same time your new drone comes out) and make another drone. Have the drone you just created to gather minerals. After you get 50 more minerals make another drone ( which should be about half way through your second drone you made). On your 8th drone, make him search the map for you and find your enemy and figure out what he/she is making. On your 9th drone have him make you a spawning pool. While the spawning pool is being made, make a total of 3 overlords and wait to accumulate 150 minerals. You should have around 150 minerals when your spawning pool is finished and then make 6 zerglings(3 eggs). Everytime a new larva appears, make another set of zerglings. Keep making them until you have about 12-24. That depends on what your opponent is making(you found this out when you researched him at the start of the game with your 8th drone). I usually make 16 or so just to be safe. After you have about 12 zerglings make 3 drones. Have 1 of them make a new Hatchery and one of them an extractor. The other lone drone can be sent as another scout or to mine minerals. I usually have him mine minerals because I already know what my opponent is doing. While your second hatchery is being built make 3 more drones and have them mine gas as soon as they come out. Make 2 more drones and 1 set of Zerglings while you wait. By now you should be done your 2nd hatchery and make 2 overlords there. With the 2 drones you just made make one Hydralisk Den and have the other make a creep colony, so you'll have more room. After the 2 overlords are done, make 3 Hydralisks. Next make 3 hydralisks at your 1st hatchery and 1 drone and an overlord at your second hatchery. Have the one drone make an evolution chamber, and as that building, upgrade your Hatchery into a Lair. While these 2 buildings are being made make 5 hydralisks and 1 drone all in one wave until both buildings are done. You should have about 3-4 drones after that, send these 3-4 drones along with 12 zerglings to a nearby expansion point. Have one make a hatchery, the other a extractor and have the others gather minerals but keep them beside your developing hatchery.

Back at your main base, make 5 Hydralisks and 1 drone. Have the drone make a Spire if you got the cash. If you don't have enough have him mine minerals and then make 4 more drones and have them mine minerals. After that make the Spire if you haven't. while your spire is done make 1 drone and how ever many Hydralisks you can make between your 3 hatcheries. Save 100 minerals and gas and upgrade your missile weapons to level one. after your spire is done, make a queen's nest with the drone you made earlier. While that being made save some money and build a few Mutas and 1 drone. Have that drone make you another evaluation chamber. When that chamber is done, upgrade the carapace. After your queen's nest is built, make 1 queen and have her explore the map for you. Proceed to upgrade your Lair to a Hive. While that process is being done, upgrade your missile weapons to level 2 and make more Mutas and Hydras as your money permits. With your queen, you should be able to spot expansions by your opponent and then quickly eradicate them with your upgraded Hyrdras and Mutas. Proceed to destroy where possible. After you Hive is done, upgrade your Spire to a Greater Spire and make 4 drones. have the 4 drones make another expansion for you and have it guarded by Hydras and sunken/spore colonies. Keep making drones there till you have sufficient amount of cash flow. Your greater spire should be done and now is where you have to stop and think. If you've properly scouted your opponent you should know the following things:

1. Where his base is
2. Where his MAJOR defenses are
3. Where there is holes in his defense
4. Where his expansions are/were
5. WHAT HE IS BUILDING!!!!!!

Pay strict attention to number 5, because that where people screw up the most and end up losing a game they should win. If your enemy is making carriers and scouts. Don't keep pumping out the Ultralisks...they'll get eaten up by his air units. So, if he's concentrating on attacking you with EX: loads of Hydras and Zerglings(not the same opponent as previously mentioned) then by all means, pump out those Ultras and squish the bugs. Make the appropriate buildings and then make 24 mutas and transform them into guardiens. After you get this done, make 12 more hydralisks and gather a group of about 36-48 Hydras upgraded to at least 2-2 (preferably 3-3). Send your 24 Guardians to the back of your opponents base while attacking your opponent at the front with you Hydras. This will confuse the enemy and force him to divide his troops which means you'll be able to kill him easier and faster. If you run into trouble like...say 24 scouts run into your guardians, do what I do......MAKE MORE HYDRAS! Upgrade them to the max and send um on down until you have exterminated your enemy. Also a group of 12 mutas can do a little damage after you've killed off the defenses.

*LAST NOTE*
When you are plagued by a Terran player who insists on making billions of tanks and sticking them in siege mode, just make a group of 12 guardians and listen to him yell. Be sure make a bunch of hydras to back up your guardians on this tactic in case you run into a few Wraiths.