Units

Corruptor

Protoss and Terran forces alike deeply fear Corruptors. Fortunately these giant brain-like creatures, with their snapping beaks and dangling tentacles, are usually found near only the most advanced Hive clusters. The Corruptor is a genetic marvel that can cover targets in acid, causing them to take additional damage from attacks.
Unit Statistics

3D Model

Basic information

Race: Zerg
Life: 200
Armor: 2 (5)
Movement: Fast
Attributes: Armored - Biological

Production

Producer: Larva
Hotkey: C
Requires: Spire
Cost: 150 100
Supply: 2
Build time: 40

Combat

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General Strategy

Strong Against

Weak Against

  • Anti-air flying unit.
  • Can evolve into a Brood Lord to assault ground forces.
  • Can make enemy units take extra damage with its Corruption ability.

Countermeasures

VS Terran
  • Anti-air ground units (like Marines and Thors) can ignore Corruptor attacks while blasting them from below.
  • Vikings can deal substantial damage to the armored Corrupters and can also outrange them. Also, Vikings can transform into ground units to avoid the air-only attacks of Corrupters if they are outnumbered.
VS Zerg
  • Hydralisks provide an excellent counter to Corruptors.
  • Uprooting and grouping Spore Crawler buildings together can provide an extremely effective defense against Corruptors.
  • Use Fungal Growth to hold them in place while your Hydralisks or Spore Crawlers kill them
VS Protoss
  • Stalkers are excellent in battle against Corruptors – they can’t be hit by Corruptor attacks and deliver damage quickly thanks to their bonus damage against armored targets.
  • Targeted Void Ray attacks can decimate Corruptors, particularly with a grouping of multiple Void Rays.
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greg #1344
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greg
6 days, 9 hours ago
of course the are awesome
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NinjaNoob #597
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NinjaNoob
5/13/2012
NO! Mutas are great vs. Corruptor as long as they outnumber them, plus Mutas counter Broodlords.
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thecurrupted #246
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thecurrupted
11 hours, 1 minute ago
@NinjaNoob: just like roaches are good vs immos. if it doesnt work for you, you just didnt have enough roaches.
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tigersansan #956
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tigersansan
3/25/2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8mQ25EfXq8

corruptors > whitera
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hasaboo #374
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hasaboo
3/9/2012
This unit will be much better with the siphon ability Blizzard talked about (allows corrupter to latch on to enemy buildings and slowly give you resources)
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Malfallax #499
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Malfallax
2/28/2012
Excellent model but they need more utility.
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EthanK #423
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EthanK
1/13/2012
Ugh... when i see corruptors I hate myself. I went mass corruptor/ultralisk/ 5 battlecruisers :c
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Raivax #907
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Raivax
1/8/2012
They are nice... but too slow and seriously... whO'S USING CORRUPTION?
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Croaker #717
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Croaker
1/12/2012
@Raivax: what's funny is corrupters are faster moving than every terran air unit and every protoss air unit besides upgraded warp prisms and phoenix.
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YakZSmelk #905
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YakZSmelk
1/19/2012
@Raivax: Who doesn't you Corruption? Not my favorite ability but it deals 20% more damage.
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IWillOwn #356
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IWillOwn
2/14/2012
@Raivax: corruption is useful on capitol ships, but still not my favorite ability
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ThePraetor #477
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ThePraetor
12/3/2011
bad thing about currupters, they can't attack ground, If they could then you could Destroy almost anything
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ThePraetor #477
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ThePraetor
12/3/2011
have owned these guys with 20 voids my enimes just kept getting more and more while I just Crushed them
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thecurrupted #246
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thecurrupted
2/7/2012
@ThePraetor: toss air is unstoppible for zerg, I have had many games where my opponant had about a 100 supple army vs my 60-75 supple army of toss air, even with his perfect counters i crushed his army only losing 1 carrier and the mother ship.
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Mappy #580
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Mappy
3/8/2012
@thecurrupted: no zerg beats the cr*p out of toss... 20 mutas run in your base before you even get fleet tech yet o.O mass corupt/broods kills death balls too...
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Tiny #991
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Tiny
9/15/2011
gg
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InGeNiUs #395
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InGeNiUs
8/20/2011
Under rated
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theTIREDman #612
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theTIREDman
8/13/2011
i hate it when you do like mass coluss then there mass coruptors
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THEBUB #434
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THEBUB
10/9/2011
@theTIREDman: Corruptors r awesome sometimes:for Ex:
Corruptors vs. collosus, who win?
corruptor
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Ghost #3147
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Ghost
11/14/2011
@THEBUB: And if you mass Corruptors, and the enemy scouts you and uses Stalkers or whatever just use Broodlords.
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INFenergySkr #330
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INFenergySkr
7/5/2011
IT IS ONE OF THE COOLEST UNITS EVER! love the tentacles when they move or stop XD
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Ares #1700
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Ares
6/6/2011
These things eat battle cruisers for breakfast!
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Mappy #580
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Mappy
2/14/2012
@Aries: yamoto... shoot
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RHCP #475
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RHCP
5/30/2011
I used to avoid these units because I didn't feel that they had much to offer. But since they nerfed fungal growth snare they've become key to maintaining air dominance against z late game. Kudos to blizzard for making this unit more relevant.
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Mibblar #991
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Mibblar
5/28/2011
If your fighting protoss that have colossi these are your best way to kill them even better than mutas!
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TeTrodoToxIn #659
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TeTrodoToxIn
5/22/2011
Waste of a unit slot, sure it can become a brood lord but compared to other anti air units it is pretty much useless. I would rather just invest in mutas because they are more versatile.
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GANDREY #586
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GANDREY
5/23/2011
@TeTrodoToxIn: this unit is used against heavy air units. think of the corruption ability
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TeTrodoToxIn #659
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TeTrodoToxIn
5/25/2011
Corruption is good but their attack rate blows. Unupgraded they have a dps of 12.72 to a massive target that is corrupted. In comparison a Void Ray that will deal 16.08 dps to a massive or a viking that will deal 14 dps at a much greater range, it is an inferior unit. Corruption most is useful when used with another unit like hydras or mutas.
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Vhailor #430
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Vhailor
12/18/2011
@TeTrodoToxIn: Of course the dps will be lower - it's a Zerg unit. The damage may blow, and the attack rate will blow harder, but that's why you have a bigger fleet of these things.
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dave #2859
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1/18/2012
@TeTrodoToxIn: Corrutors OWN mutas, phoenix, battlecruiser and colosuss! Also can stand a preety good fight against vikings.
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Mappy #580
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Mappy
2/14/2012
@dave: still perfere vikings
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Milkman #256
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Milkman
3/6/2012
@dave: Corruptors are terrible. Vikings cost less, and they do corrupors jobs better than corruptors themselves. Vikings can kite battlecruisers and every other capital ship. Plus, when facing colossi, which is just about the only unit that a corruptor is made for that commonly appers, vikings kill colossi much faster. It is also much easier to keep the vikings alive against protoss because their range is better. Plus, you can even land vikings to help against ground forces or harass workers.
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IcyBear #695
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IcyBear
4/13/2012
@Milkman: us [the zerg] can produce corruptors way before terran even begin getting starports[cause of our 2-3 bases]
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Lipton #712
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Lipton
5/8/2011
Does corruption stack with fungal growth?
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Eric #1471
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Eric
5/7/2011
Corruptors are such worthless units, except when collossi are on the field and even then I want the absolute minimum number possible. I seriously cannot think of a single situation where I would want to waste a mouse click by using corruption or why I would ever build a single one of these things against terran or zerg, except when I want some broodlords.

It says something about how unbelievably crappy a unit is when its only redeeming quality is that it can morph into another unit that is useful.
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PWNDralisk #134
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PWNDralisk
5/10/2011
@Eric: Corrupters rip apart all capital ships ( battle cruiser, carrier, mothership ) and broodlords, as well as the colossi you mentioned. Corruption works great on all the units I mentioned above, and it also works great on thors. Also I don't see how using corruption is a waste of a click by any stretch, 20% more damage dealt is awesome.
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Kithkannan #983
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Kithkannan
5/14/2011
@PWNDralisk: they're one of my favurite units overall. next to mutas perhaps.
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Ming #183
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5/16/2011
@Eric: They r good when the other team massed like muta and phenoix, u can also use them to protect ur brood lords and mutas.
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TeTrodoToxIn #659
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TeTrodoToxIn
5/22/2011
@JetfirePrime: Are you kidding? Vikings outrange them massively, do two attacks per volley and deal bonus damage to them. Mutas are a bigger threat to vikings than corruptors will ever be. They are decent against massive things when using corruption, but that is about all they are good for until you morph them.
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Tactics #565
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Tactics
5/6/2011
If you want to beat rays with corruptors... USE CORRUPTION!!! They have an energy bar for a reason, and that 20% dmg bonus helps you rip apart the rays. If you brought muties with you (which you should if you have these) you can tear through rays like they were paper.
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