Mothership core/Development

The mothership core is a unit in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm which has undergone much development.

Heart of the Swarm beta files indicate that the mothership core was called the "warp ship" during development.

Prior to the beta test, the mothership core was immobile, remaining atop the nexus.

Prior to beta patch 4 the mothership core could fire its weapon on the move; after patch 4, the mothership core could attach itself to a nexus, and only then was it able to fire a weapon. In patch 5 this ability became a simple nexus buff.



The Energize ability was removed during the beta.