Units

Larva

The creatures most similar to the original Zerg insectoids are the Zerg Larvae. Each Larva contains within it the genetic makeup of every other Zerg strain available to the Hive. A young Hive will have only the genetic codes for the most basic of Zerg strains, such as the Drone, but as the Hive grows and develops new structures, the Larvae can expand its library of genetic strains. With a command from the Overlords, Larvae will enter a pupal state and begin the metamorphosis into whichever strains the Hive requires.
Unit Statistics

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Basic information

Race: Zerg
Life: 25
Armor: 10 (10)
Movement: Very Slow
Attributes: Light - Biological

Production

Producer: None
Hotkey: None
Cost: - -
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Combat

General Strategy

  • Morphs into all available types of Zerg units.
  • Automatically spawned from a Hatchery (Lair and Hive) as well as being manually spawned by a Queen.
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CdrEo #636
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CdrEo
4/29/2012
Saying it shouldn't have ten armor is ridiculous. It only has 25 hp that be like me saying barracks are op because they have a few hundred hp.
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Mappy #580
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Mappy
5/7/2012
@CdrEo: 10 armor so reapers can't kill them (gosh who will ever listen)
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TheAvoider #767
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TheAvoider
3/25/2012
10 armour? why
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Templarfreak #173
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Templarfreak
3/25/2012
@boom: Larva have always had 10 armor, I never really understood that. o.o
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Mappy #580
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Mappy
3/28/2012
@boom: so reapers can't go waltzing in killing all of zerg's larrvee... imagine THAT all your larvee and drones killed because of good for nothing reapers
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bayviewnc #496
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bayviewnc
3/17/2012
more armor than a battlecrusier...
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Crazyperson #721
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Crazyperson
3/17/2012
@bayviewnc: haha
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ThePraetor #477
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ThePraetor
4/21/2012
@bayviewnc: something is wrong with this
but it is makes sense
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Charnuz #373
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Charnuz
3/7/2012
Next thing we know... Patch 2.0
Larva can morph into Queen of Blades -_-
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Mappy #580
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Mappy
2/28/2012
10 armor only because so reapers can not just go jumping in and kill all of your larvee leaving zerg cripled for the entire game
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Crazyperson #721
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Crazyperson
3/17/2012
@Mappy: should have 100 armour
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Mappy #580
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Mappy
3/28/2012
@Crazyperson: u r a crazy person.
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TheInfestor #432
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TheInfestor
2/27/2012
these things are buff, c'mon really? TEN ARMOR?? Way OP.
Haha! Jk!
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Vladamere #327
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Vladamere
2/15/2012
I'm so annoyed that this even counts as a unit -.-
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jcarsonw #983
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jcarsonw
2/6/2012
Fine, I will do it.
Larvae in real life is heavily protected by some things until they hatch, thats why bugs die from boiling but their larvae doesnt.

Happy?
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Raivax #907
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1/8/2012
I'LL answer the general question... why larva have 10 armor, its simple, i'll gave you a little exercice, take an ak-47, go out and try to kill a single ant... Then you'll understand what marine feel when they need to kill larvae... I know marine could just jump on them... but i guess rine armor is to heavy... so they could walk on them... NEVER WALK ON A LARVAE! You have no idea what is inside...
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Mappy #580
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Mappy
2/12/2012
@Raivax: thats why you drop your U.S. history text book on them. they won't know what hit them
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GhostSpectre #601
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GhostSpectre
2/21/2012
@Mappy: Lol
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noah #208
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noah
3/1/2012
@Mappy: yes you do
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InkWizard #366
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InkWizard
12/30/2011
Btw. This unit is the entire reason that the zerg have purity of essence. Everything come from one unit. And if they are not a unit, what should they be? Also, this unit needs to be nerfed.
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Kolle #638
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Kolle
12/27/2011
i want to have a larva portrait for my ingame thingy, but for now im content with the stank
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ryan #3268
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ryan
11/27/2011
zerg dont die of age becouse the cells just keep reprodusing in the organs
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Mappy #580
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Mappy
3/6/2012
@ryan: no the DNA refreshes itself. humans also reproduce cells in our own body too. we die of old age because of our DNA "time bomb"
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Templarfreak #173
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Templarfreak
3/25/2012
@Mappy: Your both...Completely wrong. Zerg life-span is like a couple weeks.
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Mappy #580
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Mappy
3/31/2012
@Templarfreak: we are talking about death of old age not guass rifles. plus u got your facts messed up. zerg dosent have a life span, they never age and larvee dies by defalt because there is no creep to sustain it or there is too much larvee on the hatchery that there is not enough food for all of them. buildings also slowly die only because it got no creep for norishment. not because of old age.
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EugeneTwo #804
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EugeneTwo
11/22/2011
I once tossed a yamato at an egg in SC1. The egg lived.
Not sure if it will survive in SC2
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liquidTMO #479
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liquidTMO
11/16/2011
zerg units dont die from old age
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MaFiiA #748
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MaFiiA
2/17/2012
@liquidTMO: Instead they just die from bullets and laser beams
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Crazyperson #721
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Crazyperson
3/17/2012
@liquidTMO: cause there already dead
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Doominator #799
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Doominator
11/2/2011
it takes a marine
24327397394094523993420394090000009123749278349130128947000 rounds to kill a larva
(That's only because it dies of old age)
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mowlord #711
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mowlord
11/5/2011
@Doominator: lol
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ThePraetor #477
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ThePraetor
12/3/2011
@Doominator: that Is why you normally have 50 or so marines :P
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Fate #912
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Fate
10/30/2011
ya know... this unit counts for 100% for all zerg victories in SC2
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Templarfreak #173
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Templarfreak
3/25/2012
@Cubesquares: That is...Veeery true. xD
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Marcas #766
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Marcas
10/25/2011
Wait, Larva have more armor than the Ultralisk!?
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mowlord #711
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mowlord
11/1/2011
@Marcas: I know its crazy. little larva have more armor than massive ultras.
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TheInfestor #432
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TheInfestor
2/27/2012
@Marcas: Ha! Yup. This thing is pretty beast.
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Tiberium #947
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Tiberium
3/18/2012
@mowlord: i the things could attack they would be unstopable
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Vladamere #327
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Vladamere
10/24/2011
Larva and Nydus Worms should not be considered units.
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phantomshado #338
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phantomshado
10/26/2011
@Vladamere: i vtotally agree
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