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Units
Infestor
Basic information
| Race: | Zerg |
| Life: | 90 |
| Energy: | 200 |
| Armor: | 0 (3) |
| Movement: | Normal |
| Cargo Size: | 2 |
| Attributes: | Armored - Biological - Psionic |
Production
| Producer: | Larva |
| Hotkey: | F |
| Requires: | Infestation Pit |
| Cost: |  100  150 |
| Supply: |  2 |
| Build time: |  50 |
Combat
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160General Strategy
- Ground support unit.
- Can burrow with Burrow upgrade.
- Can move while burrowed, but cannot use Fungal Growth or Neural Parasite while burrowed. Infested Terran can be used while burrowed to launch surprise attacks against enemy workers or structures.
- Neural Parasite ability allows the Zerg player to steal and use enemy units. This even affects enemy workers, allowing the Zerg to build other races’ buildings.
- The Pathogen Glands upgrade allows Infestors to be spawned with more energy for activating abilities.
- Effective at stopping fast-moving units by snaring them in place and dealing damage with their Fungal Growth ability.
Evolutions
- Burrow: Allows the unit to take cover underground, rendering it unable to attack. A burrowed unit is invisible unless revealed by detectors or effects.
- Pathogen Glands: Increases infestor starting energy by 25.
- Neural Parasite: The infestor can take control of enemy units.
Countermeasures
VS Terran
- Use Ghosts’ EMP Round ability to drain Infestors’ energy.
- Detect and destroy Infestors quickly with Ravens using the Seeker Missile upgrade.
- Use long range weapons such as Siege Tanks to focus-fire Infestors down.
- Use the Orbital Command upgrade to scan for and reveal burrowed Infestors.
VS Zerg
- Infestors can be defeated by ranged anti-ground units like Hydralisks and Roaches that can continue attacking while affected by the Fungal Growth ability.
- Use Overseers to detect Infestors for your army to kill.
- Bring enemy Infestors under your control by employing your own Infestors with the Neural Parasite upgrade.
VS Protoss
- The High Templar’s ’Feedback’ ability does immense, instantaneous damage to Infestors.
- Use siege range weapons such as Colossi to focus-fire Infestors down.
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[Close]Comments (430)
And now they can. (Campaign that is, not to mention Challenge mode in the middle row)
You know fungal used to last longer, but still dealt the same amount of damage as it does now? Blizz buffed it so medivacs couldn't outheal it.
Me now: "SENTRIES, HIGH TEMPLAR, INFESTORS (and technically Corruptors and Phoenixes, despite having only 1 spell each) FTW! *happy music*" (I don't really like playing as Terran, so Ravens and Ghosts can drown in a puddle.)