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Extractor Trick - When you have 9 drones and you can't build any more, you can build an extractor. Then, you will be able to build another drone. Cancel the extractor and you will have 10 drones. Use the extractor trick where ever you think will work. While you wait for the 300 minerals in the 9 hatch, it is a good idea to use this trick. You will lose a little money for canceling the extractor but it's less than 50 minerals.

9-Hatch - one of the most commonly used orders.
1)get 9 drones and wait for 300 minerals
2)get your 2nd hatch
3)get a drone and build a spawning pool or build spawning pool and then get a drone
4)get overlord
5)make drone, extractor, drone
From here everything diverges. If you want advanced units fast, put 4 drones on gas. If you want to stabilize your economy first, have 1 or 2 on gas and keep mining and building hatcheries.

Hive Rush - This is really a crackling rush.
1)9 drones and get extractor
2)spawning pool then a drone
3)overlord then a drone
4)when extractor done, put one drone on gas. When spawning pool halfway done, put another on gas. You should have 150 min and 100 gas when the pool done
5)evolve lair
6)keep building drones. When lair done, make a queen's nest
7)get a 2nd hatch when you can but get the hive first
Now, beef up on drones and hatches. You should get the defiler mound and whatever else you need.

Muta Rush - if done correctly, you should have too much gas and not enough minerals
1)9 drones and get extractor
2)spawning pool then a drone
3)overlord then a drone
4)when extractor done, put one drone on gas. When spawning pool halfway done, put another on gas. You should have 150 min and 100 gas When the pool done
5)evolve lair
6)get 2nd extractor and put a few more drones on gas. Keep building more drones
7)When lair done, get your spire and build up more gas. Make a 2nd hatch and get overlords When needed
When playing against zerg, the best thing to do is Make scourges. You will have too much gas and not enough minerals to build overlords. Keep making scourges until You have enough minerals to build mutas. Start building mutas after You have a 3rd hatch building.

3-Hatch - get 3 hatches very fast and have tons of drones. Minerals come very quickly
1)get 8 drones, then overlord
2)Keep building drones until You can Make 2nd hatch.
3)Keep building drones and mining until You can Make 3rd hatch
4)Make a spawning pool and You should put up 2 colonies to prepare to Make sunkens.
5)get 2 extractors and start getting gas.
6)Evolve to lair, build den or whatever
The best part of this one is You have 3 hatches early to pump out drones. This means minerals and gas becomes very abundant. Evolve to hive fast and get a lot of zerglings. You will have a whole lot of minerals. Build more hatches too.

Tri-Hatch - 3 hatches very quick. (Slight variation of 3 hatch. Personally, I like this better.)
1)9 drones, use extractor trick
2)2nd hatch
3)overlord
4)spawning pool
5)extractor trick again
6)keep building as many drones as you can and keep mining until you can get 3rd hatch. Build an extractor, 2 colonies if you run out of larva to build drones from.

40 ling rush - extremely powerful rush if done correctly. If victim did not mass on a single unit or protect their entrance with a smaller choke, they most likely lost.
1)9 drones, use extractor trick
2)2nd hatch
3)overlord
4)spawning pool
5)get until 13 drones
6)now you have some choices. You can wait till you get money for your 3rd hatch, build 2 colonies (unmorphed), build 2 sunkens, or build until 18 drones. You can do whatever you want first but consider the consequences. A hatch first will let you pump units faster but leave you vulnerable to attack. Sunkens first will slow down your economy. Building until 18 drones is not really recommended because it leaves you vulnerable AND holds off production of lings. Whatever you do, you should have all these anyway so use your best judgment depending on what your enemy is doing.

7)at 18 drones, build an extractor, 2 overlords, another drone. (In this order)
8)put 3 drones on gas and start pumping lings the overlord increases your supply.
9)you will be pumping lings from 15 drones, no more. (3 drones on gas) upgrade speed when you get 100 gas.
10)build overlords until your supply limit reaches 43. Your 3 hatches will give 3 supply.
11)build lings until you max out of supply. If you're really good, you should have a lot of extra money for a lair. You should scout your enemy again before you build all your lings to make sure you can do a successful attack.
12)rally your lings outside their base and attack when you're ready. Continue building drones and overlords now. Get either a spire or a den depending on whichever is better. You should have a lot of gas from not using any.
The 40 ling rush is extremely effective if done correctly. Zerg simply cannot defend against this unless they do the same thing. Protoss can defend if they have about 15 zealots or 10 zealots microed very carefully along with probes. If terran has a patch of marines, try to lure some away and spread them out. Mutas are usually the way to go after such a rush. Against protoss, they will have spent too much money on zealots. If your rush is unsuccessful, you probably forgot to upgrade speed.

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