Thats what I meant is guard the ore houses from his engys.
I like the tesla mod though, I've been lucky and gotten them before they noticed I was there.
On the 1v1 map with the third ore behind the base, if you spawn on the right side you can built out with crane and power and be able to set down a refinery at it by the 5th build. Doesn't work on the left because of the footprint, I havent tried moving the MCV a few feet though because I'm usually on the right on that map.