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Overlord

Overview
This multi-purpose, all-important Zerg flying monstrosity is defenseless but excels at its function as farm, scout, detector, and transport.

How It Has Changed
The Pneumatized Carapace speed upgrade makes Overlords significantly faster than before, and the Ventral Sacs transport research is completed more quickly. However, with the advent of Terran Valkyries, Protoss Corsairs, and Zerg Devourers, in addition to improvements to Terran Goliaths and Wraiths, and Protoss Dragoons and Scouts, Overlords now have many more dangerous enemies.

Overlord

Recommended Uses
Scouting, cloak detection. Transporting troops to remote regions.

Further Detail
It is more important than ever to keep your Overlords well protected. Keeping all of them cluttered together can be disastrous thanks to the new air units for each race, which are designed to kill groups of flying units quickly. Fortunately, Overlords have at least some chance of escaping airborne enemies now, thanks to the dramatic speed increase from the Pneumatized Carapace upgrade. This upgrade also makes Overlords the single best transport unit around, better even than speed-upgraded Protoss Shuttles whose poor acceleration tends to downplay their high top speed. And because you'll always have plenty of Overlords around, tactics like massed Hydralisk drops are now much more effective. Also try delivering the new Zerg Lurker behind enemy lines, because it can wreak havoc in those regions where the opponent cannot detect its presence.

hit points (size)	200 (large)
build time	40
vision	9 (+2)
cost (minerals / vespene gas / control)	100 / 0 / +8
armor / bonus	0 / +1

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