Hunter Killer (StarCraft)

Hunter Killer
Unit
Race	Zerg
Affiliation	Zerg Swarm Tiamat Brood Feral Zerg Ulrezaj's Slave Brood Crazy Bob's Bazaar and its customers
Campaign	Overmind The Queen of Blades
Base unit	Hydralisk
Role	Heavy assault support
Properties
Size	Medium
Sight	6
Production
Minerals	150
Gas	75
Protection
Hit points	160 (200 hp in StarCraft Fortress)
Armor	2 (1 Crazy Bob's Bazaar version)
Combat
Ground attack	20 (25 in StarCraft Fortress)
Air attack	20 (25 in StarCraft Fortress)
Cooldown	15
Attack range	5

Hunter Killers are essentially double-powered hydralisks, doing double damage and enjoying double the hit points, as well as having both hydralisk upgrades by default. They are usually tinted red in campaign missions. Unlike the Devouring One and other specialized units, the Hunter Killer received a custom portrait. They cannot be produced.

Hunter Killers also appear in a few scenario maps, specifically in StarCraft Fortress, as reinforcements in Bunker Command II and appear in Twilight Struggle. The yellow brood defends each cerebrate with four of them. Hunter Killers are also found on the map Bazaar, and are sold by Crazy Bob's Bazaar. They are slightly less resilient than their Swarm counterparts, but are otherwise just as deadly.

Abilities

Burrow

Many zerg ground units may burrow, rendering themselves invisible but incapable of moving or attacking.

Usage
Hotkey U

Acquisition
Purchased from Hatchery/Lair/Hive Hotkey B Cost 100 100 80

Upgrades

Missile Attacks

• +1 bonus to attack damage per level for hydralisks
• +2 bonus to attack damage per level for lurkers

Acquisition
Purchased from Evolution chamber Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 267 Required Hatchery Level 2 Cost 150 150 300 Required Lair Level 3 Cost 200 200 333 Required Hive

Carapace

• +1 bonus to armor per level for broodlings, defilers, drones, hydralisks, infested terrans, larvae, ultralisks, and zerglings.

Acquisition
Purchased from Evolution chamber Hotkey C Level 1 Cost 150 150 267 Level 2 Cost 225 225 300 Required Lair Level 3 Cost 300 300 333 Required Hive

Quotations

Quotes
Trained
Trained.
Selected	Confirming order
Selected 1. Selected 2. Selected 3.	Confirm 1. Confirm 2. Confirm 3. Confirm 4.
Repeatedly selected
Repeatedly selected 1. Repeatedly selected 2.
Other lines
Death.

Notes

• Unlike in StarCraft and StarCraft: Remastered, Hunter Killers lack a unique portrait in StarCraft: Cartooned, and use the default hydralisk portrait.