Broodling

A broodling is a short-lived zerg creature spawned from queens and later, brood lords.

Overview
Broodlings are small but vicious and upon hatching, will attack any nearby enemies, attacking them until either they or the broodlings are destroyed. In the event that there are no nearby enemies, they await for a command from a higher strain. Their effectiveness is primarily compromised, however, by their very limited lifespans.

History
Broodlings were originally grown from globs of spores launched from s. These spores attempted to 'fertilize' any organic matter they come into contact with and were capable of eating through even the armored hulls of vehicles to reach the occupants within. If these spores made contact with an organic being, they forced the organism to metabolize, serving as the breeding ground for a near instantaneous metabolization and birth of a pair of broodlings. The explosive birth was fatal to the host.

The newest generation of broodlings are spawned from the brood lord and destroyed zerg structures.

StarCraft
Two broodlings are created using a queen's Spawn Broodling ability and last a maximum of 180 seconds. Broodlings can wreak havoc in a artillery line. The initial spawning destroys one tank, while the other closely packed tanks damage each other via splash damage as they fire on the broodlings.

It is even possible to spawn broodlings from a broodling.

"Permanent" Broodling
In Dark Origin, slaying all the ursadons creates a broodling from one of their stomachs that does not have a 'countdown' life span. Aside from that it behaves like any other broodling and may be mind-controlled by a dark archon.

StarCraft II
The broodling is a StarCraft II unit.

Spawning
Broodlings are created from brood lord attacks.

Broodlings are created when some zerg structures are destroyed.

Development
The broodling used to be known as the mantaling.

Broodling Types

 * Swarmling