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Revision as of 22:46, 2 May 2012
The creep tumor is a structure which extends the creep. It resembles a cluster of boils protruding from the creep.
Game Structure
Creep tumors are created by queens or by other creep tumors and must be built on creep.
The creep tumor is burrowed, rendering it stealthy. The stealth enables "offensive" creeping. In the single-player campaign however, creep tumors are always able to be seen even without detector units. Many missions feature the zerg dropping sacs on the player's base, spawning a creep tumor in addition to the occasional zergling or two.
Abilities
The queen forces a creep tumor out of her bowels.[1]
Alternatively, each creep tumor may create a single additional creep tumor, using the same build time but no energy cost. This changes the tumor's appearance.
Creep tumors can only be created upon the creep, and within a range.
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A creep tumor after producing another one
Strategies
Creep tumors could play a role with players making "creep highways".
Development
The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.
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In older versions of StarCraft II the creep tumor could evolve into a shrieker.[2] Shriekers extended the range of swarm clutches to anywhere within its own detection radius, and through careful positioning could effectively double their attack range in some cases.[3]
Creep tumors used to be produced from hatcheries within a given range of the producing building.[4]
References
- ↑ Karune. 2009-02-18. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 49. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2009-02-18.
- ↑ Mielke, James. 2008-05-08. The Dangerous Book for Zerglings: The latest intel on Zerg units and structures (page 2). 1up.com Accessed 2008-05-08.
- ↑ AGMLauncher. 2008-03-12. Starcraft 2 Zerg Details & Trailer. GameReplays. Accessed 2008-03-20.
- ↑ Leord. 2008-06-30. List of New Zerg Changes. StarCraft Wire. Accessed 2008-06-30.
StarCraft Legacy staff. 2008-03-11. Zerg - Units. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2008-03-14.