Hunter Killer (StarCraft II)

Hunter Killer
Unit
Race	Zerg
Affiliation	Zerg Swarm
Campaign	Wings of Liberty Co-op Missions
Base unit	Hydralisk
Role	Elite ranged creature
Armament	Needle spines, Scythe
Properties
Life span	20 (Co-op)
Sight	8
Movement
Speed	3.13
Protection
Hit points	160 150 (Co-op)
Hit pointregen/second	0.2734
Armor	2 (WoL) 1 (Co-op)
Type	Biological Heroic (Co-op) Summoned (Co-op)
Armor type	Light
Needle spines
Damage	20
Targets	Ground Air
Cooldown	0.8608 (WoL) 0.83 (Co-op)
Range	6
Upgrade/level	+2
Scythe
Damage	20
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	0.8608 (WoL) 0.83 (Co-op)
Range	0.5 (melee)
Upgrade/level	+2

Hunter Killers appear during the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty campaign, functioning as Sarah Kerrigan's elite guard. They are slightly larger than normal hydralisks and have improved statistics. Other than that, the two are indistinguishable.

Hunter Killers can be mind controlled by hive mind emulators.

In Co-op Missions, Zagara can summon Hunter Killers. They use Leviathan Brood skin.

Wings of Liberty

Abilities

Burrow

Many zerg ground units may burrow, becoming invisible and revealed primarily by detectors, and may not move or attack while burrowed.

Exceptions include:

• Roach, which may move while burrowed
  
• Lurker, which may attack while burrowed
  
• Infestor, which may move while burrowed
  
• Baneling, which can detonate while burrowed.

Some units can unburrow via autocast, causing them to emerge and attack when an enemy moves into range.

The ability is not smartcast.

Usage
Hotkey R Cost 2 seconds to burrow, 1 second to unburrow

Acquisition
Purchased from Hatchery/Lair/Hive Hotkey B Cost 100 100 71 Required Lair (WoL) Hatchery (HotS/LotV)

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Upgrades

Muscular Augments

Increases hydralisk movement speed by 0.79 on creep and 0.98 off creep.

Acquisition
Purchased from Hydralisk den Hotkey A Cost 75 75 50 Required Lair

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Missile Attacks

• +1 damage for queens，hydralisks and locusts
• +2 damage for roaches and ravagers
• +2 base damage and +1 bonus damage for lurkers

Acquisition
Purchased from Evolution chamber Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 114 Level 2 Cost 150 150 136 Required Lair Level 3 Cost 200 200 157 Required Hive

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Carapace

• +1 bonus to armor per level for zerg ground units.

Acquisition
Purchased from Evolution chamber Hotkey C Level 1 Cost 150 150 114 Level 2 Cost 200 200 136 Required Lair Level 3 Cost 250 250 157 Required Hive

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Co-op Missions

Abilities

Burrow

Buries the unit underground. Burrowed unit are unable to move or attack, but they cannot be seen without detection.

Usage
Hotkey R Cost 2 (burrow) 1 (unburrow)

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

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Upgrades

Zerg Ground Attacks

Increases the attack damage of zerg ground units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Evolution chamber Hotkey M Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Damage: 22 Level 2 Cost 150 150 190 Required Lair/Hive Effect Damage: 24 Level 3 Cost 200 200 220 Required Hive Effect Damage: 26

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Zerg Ground Carapace

Increases the armor of zerg ground units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Evolution chamber Hotkey M Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Armor: 2 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Lair/Hive Effect Armor: 3 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Hive Effect Armor: 4

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Gallery

Hydralisk (left) and Hunter Killer (right)

References

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e

Versus units and structures Terrestrial units Larva Drone Zergling Baneling Roach Ravager (LotV) Hydralisk Lurker (LotV) Infestor Ultralisk Queen Swarm host (HotS) Aerospace units Overlord Overseer Mutalisk Brood lord Corruptor Viper (HotS) Spawned units Broodling Changeling Infested terran Locust (HotS) Basic buildings Hatchery Creep tumor Extractor Evolution chamber Spawning pool Baneling nest Roach warren Automated defenses Spine crawler Spore crawler Advanced buildings Lair Hive Infestation pit Spire Greater spire Hydralisk den Lurker den Nydus network Nydus worm Ultralisk cavern Transition units Baneling cocoon Broodmother cocoon Brood lord cocoon Egg Impaler cocoon Infested swarm egg Lurker cocoon Overseer cocoon Ravager cocoon Ultralisk chrysalis Others Creep Campaign and Co-op Missions units and structures Terrestrial units Aberration Blightbringer Brutalisk Defiler Impaler cocoon Infested colonist Infested diamondback Infested marine Infested trooper Infested medic Infested SCV Infested siege tank Omegalisk Pygalisk Pygalisk cocoon Swarmling Volatile infested Aeropsace units Guardian Leviathan Sac Scourge Swarm guardian Infested banshee Infested liberator Buildings Impaler den Infested terran buildings Infested command center Toxic nest Virophage Automated defenses Bile launcher Impaler colony Scourge cannon Spore cannon Sunken colony Infested bunker Infested missile turret Variant units Zergling Strains Raptor Swarmling Baneling Strains Hunter Splitter Baneling spawn Roach Strains Corpser Roachling Vile Queen Strains Aiur queen Broodmother Swarm queen Hydralisk Strains Hunter Killer Impaler Lurker Ultralisk Strains Noxious Stank Torrasque Swarm host Strains Carrion Creeper Locust Strains Flying locust Mutalisk Strains Brood lord Viper Guardian Strains Swarm guardian Canceled Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e Scrapped Removed Units Bassalisk Behemoth chrysalis Bone wasp Cobra Dracolisk Fiend Fury Gigalisk Gorgeling Huge queen Incubus Infested protoss Klurken Large queen Larval queen Leech Lilev coccoon Magnasaur Magnathar Mantalisk Mantis Miasmalisk Morphalisk Nihilisk Primalisk Prowler Scavenger Siegeling Spore host Swarm Swarm guardian Swarm larva Terrorling Trichinella Removed Buildings Broodling nest Creep colony Creep tower Infested protoss buildings Nydus destroyer Nydus warren Shrieker Spore colony Swarm clutch Swarm infestation Underfiend