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The Zerg gained two new units, the Viper and the Swarm Host. Like the Oracle, the Viper is a flying spellcaster with no integral weapons. It has several abilities: "Blinding Cloud" reduces the range of enemy units to 1; "Abduct" pulls a unit to the Viper's location; "Consume" allows the Viper to steal health from a friendly structure to ...
The Zerg Swarm is the undisputed apex predators of zerg factions, an evolving swarm intelligence: a ruthless amalgamation of biologically advanced, parasitoid-arthropodal species, directed by an instinctive "adapt or die"-mentality. The volcanic world of Char serves as The Swarm's "primary hive cluster" in the Koprulu sector.
An exception to all of this would be the Primal Zerg, who inhabit the original Zerg homeworld of Zerus (as seen in Heart of the Swarm). The Zerg Hive Mind was created to control the Zerg, and eventually put them under the control of the main antagonist of the series, the fallen Xel'Naga Amon. Some Zerg, however, managed to avoid being subsumed.
Planetary Zerg Alert StarCraft ® II: Heart of the Swarm ™ global launch party details announced Day-long launch broadcast to feature "King of the Beta" matches between top pro gamers, community ...
Zerg Rush! StarCraft ® II: Heart of the Swarm ™ Now Live New expansion follows Kerrigan through vengeance-fueled campaign, adds deadly new multiplayer units, and introduces several new features ...
For units, the Swarm Host, to accommodate for the returning Brood War Lurker, no longer burrows and has its role altered to a "siege assault" unit, able to spawn its Locust while moving and unburrowed. The Corruptor has its Corruption ability removed and replaced with "Caustic Spray", with which it can target ground buildings endlessly until ...
StarCraft is a military science fiction media franchise created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney and owned by Blizzard Entertainment. [1] The series, set in the beginning of the 26th century, centers on a galactic struggle for dominance among four species—the adaptable and mobile Terrans, the ever-evolving insectoid Zerg, the powerful and enigmatic Protoss, and the godlike Xel'Naga creator ...
The second episode of the game sees the player as a cerebrate, a commander within the Zerg Swarm. The player is ruled over by the Zerg Overmind – the manifestation of the collective consciousness of the Swarm and the game's primary antagonist – and is given advice from other cerebrates of higher rank and status while accomplishing the ...