Infested protoss


 * This article is about the protoss temporarily infested by the zerg. For the protoss/zerg hybrid, see hybrid.

Infested protoss were special spawned StarCraft II units, consisting of protoss infested by the zerg. They have been removed from the last build of StarCraft II.

Canceled Game Unit
Infested protoss were produced from infested protoss buildings, courtesy of the infestor. Before their removal, they were subject to balancing as while the infested marine could (and still can) inflict damage instantly due to its ranged attack, infested protoss had to move in to close range to deal damage, similar in principle to an "infested zealot". They were removed from the game due to lore reasons; Chris Metzen has said "there are no infested protoss, period" and Dustin Browder has said "based on the lore, the Protoss do not become infested. The combination of the two result in a hybrid race". However, Blizzard has also contradicted this statement.

Possible Infested Protoss Characters

 * Ruom