proper zerg expo

[iikagen]

i'm having a little trouble with expoing as zerg. I've watched replays and keep missing when they expo and they endup with like 5 or 6 expos.

anyway, I was wondering if you guys could tell me what the typical head counts are everytime i need to expand?

[Ahzz]

depending of the matchup and race. I'll give you a quick explanation.
ZvZ: expo when you got the advantage or when he does
ZvT: try to keep ATLEAST 1 expo more than your opponent. expand alot and often as well as trying to keep them while preventing his expoes is quite important
ZvP: Here I recommend having twice the expoes he does. (he got 1 expo, you got atleast 2-3, also if you got advantage still expo. keeping expoes very important)
PvZ: expand very often, they will prolly try to prevent most expoes, so try many places at the same time and take expoes when possible. if possible, outexpand the zerg while keeping your own expoes
PvT: about 2 times more expoes than T should be enough to fight equal terms but still expo if you got advantage or can
PvP: atleast as many expoes as opponent, you still should somehow try to outexpo him. Not too forcefully tho, unless you cant prevent his expoes
TvZ: over here the main idea is keeping your expoes while preventing his expoes. still you should try to expand so that you got atleast 2-3 expoes running at the same time (ofcourse, 2-3 expoes goes over there if its kinda late middle game or late game)
TvT: try to absolutley expand huge amount. outexpo your opponent, and take his expoes with dropships etc when its possible. dont overdo it, expand alot, but so that you still have good amount of units
TvP: Later on try to have atleast 3 expoes with alot of workers running all the time. Keeping the expansions is important while preveting his expoing. I usually make first expo kind of fast, make some units so that I can secure another expo with them. then I wait a bit, build army, and move out. I might now do another expo while attacking, and I should do it if I win the battle. if I totally lose, tho, I just try to prevent him taking more expoes while I keep my 2-3 expoes, and attack again and expand if possible. bah. hard explaining.

[U-238]

Yet again ahzzy swoops in and saves the day.

As he said in ZvZ you need to expo when either a) you have the advantage or b) you see him expanding.

ZvT you want to expand early (around 12 drones) and then expand at least once more (preferably twice but 3+ times would be great) after you move out with your initial wave. ZvP is where it changes. You can expand early and have delayed tech or you can tech quickly and have a resource dip later in the game.

[iikagen]

thanks 4 the help!:D