Defiler mound

Defiler Mound
Structure
Race	Zerg
Production
Minerals	100
Gas	100
Build time	60
Evolves from	Drone
Requires	Hive
Protection
Hit points	850
Function
Allows	Defiler
Research	Plague Consume Metasynaptic Nodes

The defiler mound is a zerg structure which provides the genetic template for the larvae to morph into defilers. The mound itself is a pool of cancerous soup strewn with a tangled mess of twisted biological rejects. The mound is so poisonous that mineral chunks around a mound are tainted with the essence of the defiler itself.

Game Structure

The defiler genetic code can also undergo evolution here to provide the defiler with abilities like Plague, Consume, and Metasynaptic Nodes (more energy).

Researched Abilities

Plague Sprays all units and buildings in a 3 x 3 target area with spores that inflicts maximum of 296.25 damage over 25 seconds. (Deals 3.95 damage in 8-frames intervals, resulting in 75 damage instances over 600 frames.) Plague will not kill or destroy affected units and buildings, and will not keep damaging unit has four or less health, leaving it at least 1 hit point. This does not end Plague; it continues to check if the unit has greater than 4 health for the duration, and deals 3.95 damage when it does. Plague does not drain shields but will affect the hit points underneath regardless of shield strength. Affected cloaked units will be revealed. Usage Hotkey G Cost 150 Range 9 Acquisition Purchased from Defiler mound Hotkey G Cost 200 200 100

Consume Kills a "friendly" zerg unit while giving the consuming defiler 50 energy points. The amount of energy gained is the same regardless of the unit 'consumed'. Therefore a cheap unit, such as a zergling, or one that is about to die, is considered the best "food". Usage Hotkey C Range 1 Acquisition Purchased from Defiler mound Hotkey C Cost 100 100 100

Researched Upgrades

Metasynaptic Node

• Increases defiler maximum energy by 50.
• Increases defiler starting energy from 50 to 62.5.

Acquisition
Purchased from Defiler mound Hotkey M Cost 150 150 166

Development

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft which is no longer valid.

An earlier version of the defiler mound's sprite was named "mutation pit."

The defiler mound shares the same wireframe with the mutation chamber.

References

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War v • e

Ground units Larva Drone Zergling Hydralisk Lurker (BW) Defiler Ultralisk Air units Overlord Mutalisk Guardian Scourge Queen Devourer (BW) Infestation units Broodling Infested terran Transition units Egg Lurker egg Cocoon Basic buildings Hatchery Extractor Evolution chamber Spawning pool Hydralisk den Advanced buildings Lair Hive Spire Greater spire Queen's nest Nydus canal Defiler mound Ultralisk cavern Infested command center Defenses Creep Creep colony Spore colony Sunken colony Scrapped Fungal colony Mutation chamber Mutation pit Nydus pit Scoria