How to beat Speedling Flood
Detected when three bases pump 20+ Zerglings on a low drone count -- the ZvP ling-flood timing against a greedy third.
Protoss win rate against it: 57.0% over 142 games
n = 142 games from 6 players · Stats updated Sep 28, 2026
Against Speedling Flood, Protoss players win 57.0% of decided games across 142 PvZ ladder games from 6 players. The most reliable answer so far is Stargate Opener: 48.5% over 33 games (likely range 32.5–64.8%). This is still a small sample (n = 142), so treat it as a directional read.
Best Protoss openers against Speedling Flood
Stargate Opener
48.5%likely range 32.5–64.8%n = 33 games from 5 players
Catch-all for any Stargate-first opener (Stargate built BEFORE any Twilight Council / Dark Shrine / Robotics Facility) that didn't match a more specific Stargate-prefixed PvZ rule -- Carrier Rush, Tempest Rush, 2/3 Stargate Phoenix, 2 Stargate Void Ray, AlphaStar Style, Stargate into Robo, Stargate into Glaives, Standard Blink Macro, Standard charge Macro, Archon Drop. Examples that land here: a Stargate that got harassed off before producing a real unit, a Stargate-into-Templar build without 2 Archons by 9:00, or any Stargate opener with an unusual midgame composition the analyzer doesn't have a named bucket for. Mirror of PvT - Stargate Opener.