This describes a build that puts on early pressure with 7 roaches at 5 minutes. Rough build that could probably be refined a bit to sneak out some more drones or shave off a few seconds on the roach timing. If you have the timing of a god you should be able to have your roaches all pop at about 4:50. In my quick tests I've managed a best time of 5:02. Build: 9 overlord 14 pool 15 gas (pool about 50% complete) 15 overlord 16 queen (as soon as pool finishes) 18 overlord 19 roach warren (queen about 2/3's done) - vomit larvae when queen pops - stop making drones and pool larvae - make 7 roaches as soon as larvae pop off - transfer drones from gas back to minerals 33 hatch 32 overlord - drone like crazy Fed build into sc2calc: http://bit.ly/f9omhC Notes/Refinements: - Had a bit of extra gas when I made the roaches so the extractor could have been put down a bit later - There was a few second gap between when the roach warren finished and when the larvae vomit was done. So the roach warren could have been put down a few seconds later. - It may be possible to squeeze out another drone before making the roaches so you would be at 34/34 as soon as you make the roaches. Need to test the timing of larvae creation to make sure making the drone wouldn't prevent making 7 roaches right when the larvae vomit finishes. - Expanding at around 5 minutes is a bit late. Want to compare drone production and expand timing with a safe 6 speedling + expand build at 5 minutes to see how much your economy is impacted by the build. - Did the same build with a single extractor trick and ended up with roaches at exactly the same time only with more chances to mess up. - Could try a double extractor trick but don't think it would make much of a difference. - Need to check the exact timing of placing the warren and compare it to when a standard 2 rax build would place the second rax to see if it is possible to scout that build before going for this. - Based on some replays of people doing early roach builds it should be possible to shave several seconds off the build. - Seems to impact drone output by about -2 vs a 6 speedling opening. - Delays expansion by about 1 game minute. Mechanics of the build tested against easy AI: http://pub.easytospell.net/7roach.sc2replay