Infestor

The infestor is a zerg unit set to appear in StarCraft II.

Overview
The infestor is a ground support unit which is capable of moving while burrowed and even using abilities from underground.

Game Unit
The infestor does not have a standard attack.

When one moves, it leaves behind a trail of slime. Blizzard is considering making the burrowed movement somewhat visible (similar to the distortion effect created by a cloaked unit).

Researched Abilities
These abilities and upgrades are researched at the infestation pit.

Campaign and Map Editor
Blizzard has devised a new infestor model. The old model will still be available in the map editor and campaign.

Development
The infestor used to be able to infest protoss structures, which would spawn infested protoss, but that ability has been removed from the latest build of StarCraft II.

The infestor later lost its ability to infest terran structures as well.


 * Dark Swarm
 * This ability was removed by October 2008.
 * This ability was automatically researched.
 * Dark Swarm worked similarly to the defiler's version, creating a smokescreen for units to hide under, protecting them from ranged attacks.
 * Dark Swarm protected units from a ghost's Snipe attack as well.
 * A roach's attacks were unaffected by Dark Swarm.

The infestor used to have these abilities as well.