Races

Zerg

Led by the cunning Queen of Blades, the zerg are set to unleash their alien horrors on the galaxy, threatening to consume all who stand in their way.

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When the zerg first arrived in the Koprulu sector, they were unified by their absolute obedience to the zerg collective sentience known as the Overmind. The Overmind directed the actions of every zerg creature in the Swarm, functioning through a hierarchy of lesser sentients. Although the Overmind was primarily driven by its desire to consume and assimilate the advanced protoss race, it found useful but undeveloped material in humanity. By taking a powerful terran psionic, Sarah Kerrigan, the Overmind evolved a new and unique creature: the Queen of Blades. After the protoss destroyed the Overmind during the invasion of Aiur, the Queen of Blades eventually came to dominate the Swarm.

The zerg are entirely unlike the terrans and the protoss. They are composed of many different species that were integrated into the Swarm via zerg infestation. Such creatures are rapidly and selectively evolved into ruthless killing machines to further the driving zerg imperative of achieving absolute domination. The zerg make no use of technology to create their weapons, armor, or starships. Instead, these functions are efficiently fulfilled through biological adaptation and planned mutation of zerg strains. Even zerg structures are in fact specialized organs within the living, growing organism of a zerg nest.

Zerg Characteristics
Strength in Numbers

Left unchecked, the zerg multiply at an alarming rate and spawn large armies quickly. Individual zerg units may not be as strong or as hardy as the other races’ forces, but that doesn’t matter when you’re facing an endless stream of them.

Creep

Zerg bases spread creep, a biological substance that nourishes and sustains the Swarm’s colonies. Creep nourishes zerg units and provides them with a movement speed bonus.

Burrow

All zerg ground units can gain the ability to burrow underground. Burrowed units lurk unseen, anticipating the right moment to strike. Some zerg units can even move underground while burrowed.

We Have Worm Sign

One of the Swarm’s particularly devious developments are Nydus worms. These burrowing horrors can form interconnected networks, allowing zerg units to quickly travel vast distances through their intestinal tunnels. Gross.

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Olajjii #664
Olajjii
9/17/2012
Aiur isn't a Zerg planet! It's the Protoss's plantet!
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Olajjii #664
Olajjii
9/17/2012
@XxKatooluxX: *planet
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Phacepalm #261
Phacepalm
9/17/2012
@XxKatooluxX: but zerg over ran it
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Ricochet #263
Ricochet
9/24/2012
@XxKatooluxX: WAS the Protoss's planet.
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BIGWILL #938
BIGWILL
9/4/2012
I have played 4 of the campain..how do you play the other 20 games
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ZardBrood #249
ZardBrood
9/29/2012
@BIGWILL: If you have the full edition code on that account,the mission select will be on the Starmap next to Horner, if you don't, get full game to.
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Nate #1222
Nate
8/25/2012
haw do you play as the zerg
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Disconnect #218
Disconnect
9/6/2012
@Nate: When you enter a match there's a button that has a hydralisk or something and it says zerg click on it to play.
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helios #395
helios
8/20/2012
But Zerg is the most hard to handle but by far the best race of the 3
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ZERGASSASIN #108
ZERGASSASIN
9/23/2012
@helios: dude... Zerg are the easiest to use, and by far the best. i mean literally all you have to do is turtle and inject larvae... not that hard to use, then A move
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Morte #814
Morte
10/15/2012
@ZERGASSASIN: ----___---- im only gold and i know better... tsk tsk poor qq'r. i havent been able to play in a month (besides testing games to see if my lag is still substaintial)..

zerglings = not a move
Banelings = NEVER a-move
roaches = Not a-moved (they are treated like awful marines)
Queens= not a-move (backspace inject can be difficult)
Infestors= If you a-move this im dissapointed
Hydralisks = I mean kinda more than the rest as stutter stepping reduces their dps they are really to slow to make kiting worth the limited apm i have. and u can really only concave flank target fire, and run back with em
mutalisk- so fragile. less health than half a roach i think? point is they require a lot of micro
Corruptor- limited uses, mainly target fire with em, run them, corrupt with em, then morph em follows their life but upper players still do kool things with em
Broodlord = Not a-move, (and they can kite AMAZINGLY) get nice spread with em
Ultra = despite his insane health he is a pacifist at heart. and a good friend of the mutaand infestor.. all so squishy. Micro him like a boss or dont get him
also we are by far the least turtly of the races. also if you have lag dont be zerg. be friends with zealots archons and collosi. Cuz trust me.... if you lag... you CANNOT play zerg. sigh its such a hard life being the prince of the lair....
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Espionage #831
Espionage
11/15/2012
@Morte: So what move would you recomend? what i do is make roaches within 5 mins against terran and if it dont work i spam mutas. also wtf should i do about mass medivacs?
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Chaotic #627
Chaotic
11/23/2012
@Espionage: Infesters, lings (both kinds if you want) and broodlords :)
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ZergUnicorn #943
ZergUnicorn
12/18/2012
@Espionage: basically what you do is you go ling, bling against terran, roach ling against toss, and just roach for zerg and you can adjust from therealso dont forget to scout
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helios #395
helios
8/20/2012
What use is this
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zergup #300
zergup
8/18/2012
all hell the zergg all the way.lol
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Disconnect #218
Disconnect
9/6/2012
@GhostToo: You make the swarm proud!
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defeatable #134
defeatable
8/18/2012
they should include the hybrid in the overview
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Destroyboy #993
Destroyboy
8/17/2012
im not that big of a zerg fan
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Infection #407
Infection
8/15/2012
zerg is best
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Talion #110
Talion
8/9/2012
im a zerg toss player and zerg is a relitivly the better race
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defeatable #134
defeatable
8/8/2012
TOSS IZ BEST!!!
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DarthLeader #315
DarthLeader
7/18/2012
zerg has become by far the best race. I am considering switching, as I can *#!* T and P all the time, but Z keeps playing their opness... incredible. Can't wait for the next b.net stats of win/loss.... they might have to cheat them MASSIVELY in order not to show how op Zerg has become.
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Aladril #534
Aladril
7/18/2012
Did anyone notice that the overview ideo and the hydra picture at the top look exactly the same, only in different places?
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Kyle #3632
Kyle
7/12/2012
lol marines always kill my blings before they can reach em....
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Thunderwing #487
Thunderwing
10/14/2012
@Kyle: Creep spread/Centrifugal hooks.
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LtAdmiral #766
LtAdmiral
7/12/2012
zerg are beter than last time!
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ironted #929
ironted
7/2/2012
no there not im a zerg toss player and there easy to beat if u know what there capable of. well unless ur in gold or above
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TerranRuler #873
TerranRuler
7/1/2012
i know they so for ever to load!!!!
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ZERGASSASIN #108
ZERGASSASIN
6/29/2012
the zerg are so OP, every MLG pro except for the zerg ones say that zerg are OP, and even then, the zergs know that they are
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xSPHxImagin #333
xSPHxImagin
7/1/2012
@ZERGASSASIN: Now please explain how zerg is OP?
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PeaceMaker #502
PeaceMaker
6/23/2012
The zerg campain will be opened when the HoTs expantion comes out. its all about zerg campain I think.
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Darkrai #978
Darkrai
6/18/2012
where is hybrid?
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metoos #222
metoos
6/17/2012
is there a campain to do for the zerg? if yes how do i get there
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blazer #922
blazer
6/18/2012
@metoos: Yes, heart of the swarm a expansion coming out at some point... Hopefully soon
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Tsukune #241
Tsukune
7/11/2012
@blazer: Its in like October or December, I already pre-ordered it.
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azwii #983
azwii
7/22/2012
@Tsukune: how much doe it cost to pre-order?
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Darkrai #978
Darkrai
6/17/2012
where is hunter killer from mission where u has 2 destroy data buildings?
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ReNeGaDe #1368
ReNeGaDe
6/15/2012
Don't care what anyone says ZeRg RoCk
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xXDemons #662
xXDemons
6/10/2012
No races are over powered, its just some people know how to use certain races better than others.