Zerg Rush/Video Games: Difference between revisions

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* Named for the Zerg in ''[[StarCraft]]'', whose main tactic is pretty much this in a nutshell -- overwhelming numbers of cheap, disposable troops. ([[Memetic Mutation]] follows usage of this term with "Kekeke", the Korean equivalent of "hahaha.") Though as mentioned above, the meaning of the name in [[StarCraft]] multiplayer is rather different than the above description. In single player, the trope holds true for the Zerg.

** Also present in the game are the Chinese race, whose main bonus is instant villagers. Depending on Age, villagers can be upgraded to simple military units. This makes for a semi-effective ''anti'' Zerg Rush tactic, as a Chinese player with adequate resources can spam their city with villagers up to their population cap. Which can mean several ''hundred'' instant soldiers.

** There is also the upgrade "Artificial Intelligence": All units are created instantaneosly, regardless of power or cost in resources. (Assuming you can pay, otherwise it doesn't work at all)

** This very much applies to the armies of Mordor (and to a ''slightly'' lesser extent Isengard) in the original novels as well. Sauron is practically the poster boy (poster-Eye?) for the 'plenty more where they came from' school of evil strategy. His Orcs are clumsy, cowardly fighters and only effective in huge numbers, especially against skilled warriors like (most of) the Fellowship.

* Scout rushes are a frequently-suggested (if rarely-executed with more than 3 Scouts) strategy in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''--Scouts can reach the objective before any other class and have twice the capturing power at the cost of lower firepower and health.

 

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