Defiler
Overview
A specialized Zerg strain that, while fairly expensive, physically weak, and difficult to maintain, nonetheless commands powerful special abilities that can either devastate the enemy outright or facilitate the destructive powers of the Defiler's more aggressive brethren.
How It Has Changed
The Defiler is more expensive to produce than before, although late in a battle its cost is still relatively small considering its potential for destruction. Because Zerglings are much more deadly with the newly improved Adrenal Gland upgrade, the Defiler's Dark Swarm ability is now even more valuable.
Defiler |
Recommended Uses
Screening Zerglings and Hydralisks from ranged attacks with Dark Swarm. Causing chaos and destruction to enemy garrisons and clustered attacks with Plague.
Further Detail
The widely neglected Defiler remains one of the more powerful Zerg units in the right hands. The improved Zerglings and Ultralisks become all the more powerful when shielded from ranged attacks within the confines of a Dark Swarm, and neither Terran nor Protoss are well-equipped to deal with the devastating Plague ability.
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hit points (size) |
80 (medium) |
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build time |
50 |
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vision |
10 |
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cost (minerals / vespene gas / control) |
50 / 150 / 2 |
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armor / bonus |
1 / +1 |
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special options |
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dark swarm |
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100 energy per use, range 9 |
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plague |
200 / 200 to research |
150 energy per use, range 9 |
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consume |
100 / 100 to research |
+50 energy per use |
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