Infested terran (StarCraft II)

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"Might have to call in sick today. Feeling a little touch of something."

- Infested terran^(src)

Infested Terran
Unit
Race	Zerg
Affiliation	Zerg Swarm
Armament	Infested gauss rifle Infested rockets
Properties
Life span	22 90 (Co-op Missions) Mastery: +1 per Infested Infantry Duration mastery point. Up to a maximum 120
Transportcapacity	1
Sight	9
Production
Minerals	15 (Co-op Missions)
Energy cost	25
Control	0 1 (Co-op Missions)
Build time	3 10 (5 charge cooldown) (Co-op) 5 (5 charge cooldown, at level 6) (Co-op)
Produced from	Infestor Infested barracks (Co-op Missions)
Hotkey	T
Movement
Speed	1.31 1.25 (Co-op Missions)
Acceleration	1000
Lateral acceleration	46.0625
Deceleration	0
Creepbonus	+0.39 +0.38 (Co-op)
Creepmultiplier	x1.3
Collision radius	0.375
Protection
Hit points	50
Hit pointregen/second	0.2734
Armor	0 0 (Co-op only)
Type	Biological Ground
Armor type	Light
Infested Gauss Rifle (Versus only)
Damage	6
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	0.61
Range	5
Upgrade/level	+1
Infested Rockets (Versus only)
Damage	14
Targets	Air
Cooldown	1.14
Range	6
Upgrade/level	+1
Infested Gause Rifle (Campaign and Co-op only)
Damage	6 (Co-op) 5 (Campaign)
Targets	Ground Air
Cooldown	0.86
Range	5 (Co-op) 4 (Campaign) 6 (With Retinal Augmentation) (Stukov Co-op)
Upgrade/level	+1
Meta
Targetpriority	20
Kill score	125
Productionscore	75

The infested terran is a unit in StarCraft II created by an infestor. It is often referred to as the infested marine. It was removed from Versus in Patch 4.11.

A similarly-themed melee weaker with lower stats, the infested terran or "infested colonist" appears in campaigns and Co-op Missions.

Game Unit

An infestor uses 25 energy to deploy an infested swarm egg a short distance away; the infested terran hatches five seconds afterwards. An infestor may deploy as many infested terrans as energy allows.

Infested terrans have short lifespans and move slowly, but have slightly better health and attack power than marines. Infestors may spawn infested marines while burrowed, enhancing surprise and utility for economy raiding. Infested terrans provide on-demand firepower against ground and air targets.

Versus

In Patch 4.0, the infested terran's gauss rifle was made to only target ground units, and they were given the infested rocket ability, doing heavy damage to air from a longer range. Infested marines were also made to benefit from ranged and carapace upgrades.

Infested terrans were removed from Versus mode in Patch 4.11, in favor of the infestor gaining the Microbial Shroud ability.

Upgrades

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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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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Wings of Liberty

In the campaign of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, infested terrans are referred to as "infested marines", distinguished from their unarmed infested colonist counterparts.

Heart of the Swarm

The infestor does not have the ability to create infested terrans in the campaign. Instead, these are produced from garrisons infested by virophages.

Co-op Missions

Alexei Stukov is able to construct infested marines from his infested barracks. These marines have a timed life, but deal high damage and are rallied alongside infested colonists with his psi emitter ability. Stukov also gets infested troopers, which are identical to infested marines, but are spawned for free from the infested bunker and have a shorter timed life.

Infested terrans serve as enemies on the Dead of Night, Miner Evacuation and Scythe of Amon maps, and are spawned during the Outbreak mutator.

Upgrades and Abilities

Retinal Augmentation

Infested Marines and Infested Troopers gain +1 attack range.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Infested tech lab attached to infested barracks Hotkey E Cost 100 100 60

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Plagued Munitions

Infested Marines and Infested Troopers deal an additional 50 damage over 15 seconds to units they attack.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Stukov Level 7.

Acquisition
Purchased from Infested tech lab attached to infested barracks Hotkey D Cost 150 150 90 Required Infested engineering bay

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Corrupted Conscription

Spawn Infested Marine can now store additional charges and spawn faster. (Stores 10 charges and spawns in 5 seconds.)

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Stukov Level 6

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Infested Terran Infantry Weapons

Increases the attack damage of infested terran infantry.

(Also affect Broodlings)

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Infested engineering bay Hotkey E Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Damage: 7 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Infested armory Effect Damage: 8 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Infested armory Effect Damage: 9

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Infested Terran Infantry Armor

Increases the armor of Infested terran infantry.

(Also affect Broodlings)

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Infested engineering bay Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Armor: 1 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Infested armory Effect Armor: 2 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Infested armory Effect Armor: 3

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Achievements

Infested Terror
Points	10
Criteria	Destroy 30 units with Infested Terrans in a single Unranked or Ranked game.
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Short Term Infestment
Points	10
Criteria	Spawn 5,000 Infested Marines in Co-op Missions.
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Trivia

The infested marine portrait can be earned with the Team Zerg 50 achievement.

At the end of their limited duration, the infested terran death animation depicts them committing suicide with their gauss rifle.

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