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The omegalisk is a zerg heavy assault strain in the same vein as the ultralisk but substantially larger. It was the ultralisk concept for StarCraft II but ended up as a special campaign unit.

History

An omegalisk was used to defend the tunnels beneath Char which housed Infested Kerrigan's nydus network.[1]

Zeratul observed omegalisks in an apocalyptic vision of the future on the eve of the Second Great War. The creatures were part of a Dark Voice-controlled Zerg Swarm that annihilated the protoss during their last stand.[2]

Game Unit

In the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty mission, "In Utter Darkness", an omegalisk is located in each of the three zerg bases. No research points are awarded for killing them (but are counted in the kill score).[2]

One appears in "Belly of the Beast", attacking destructible rocks which Dominion marines hide behind.[1]

Development

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.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

The omegalisk was a concept for the ultralisk in StarCraft II. It had spiked tentacles in addition to kaiser blades. The tentacles could attack multiple opponents. [3]

The ultralisk tentacles were reverted because the skewering was too "random".[4]

Notes

It uses the ultralisk potrait.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Wings of Liberty, Belly of the Beast (in English). 2010-07-27.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Wings of Liberty, In Utter Darkness (in English). 2010-07-27.
  3. Samwise Didier, Dave Berggren. WWI SC2 Art Panel. Brightcove. Accessed 2008-08-01.
  4. This is the original concept piece for the 'new' Ultralisk in StarCraft II. The tentacles were fun to watch while skewing marines, but in multiplayer, the 'random' factor of that skewing did not fit into the competitive gameplay nature of StarCraft as well. Karune. 2008-08-06. Official Omegalisk concept art. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-08-06.


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