Race:
Infester
Role:
- Type:
Ground, Biological Requires:
Nydus Warrens Mutates From:
Larva Supply:
2 Cost:
100 Minerals, 100 Gas Build Time:
33 Health:
- Attack:
- Range:
- Targets:
- Speed:
- Size:
- Morphs Into:
- Abilities:
Burrow, Dark Swarm, Disease, Infest
Description
The Zerg are a unique race in that they become stronger by infesting other races and assimilating the attributes of these other races. The Infester is one unit that certainly demonstrates this power. The Infester replaces the role of the Defiler from the original Starcraft, in that it cannot attach units out straight, but rather has a myriad of various abilities.
As all Zerg units, the Infester can burrow, however, it has the unique ability to move while under ground. If, for instance, a Terran player has a nice group of Marines guarding the front of their base, the Infester can burrow underneath the ground and jump up on the other side.
When on the other side the Infester can use another one of its abilities – infest. This ability allows a Zerg player to take over a Terran Command Center or Barracks and thus subsequently produce Infested Marines. This can make for a nasty little surprise for any Terran player. The final two abilities the Infester has is the traditional Dark Swarm, and a new disease. Disease seems to play a similar role to plague from the original Starcraft, in that it damages enemy units it is cased on. Dark Swarm also remains unchanged – providing a bit of cover for melee units underneath its toxic clouds.
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