Ravager

"They fire bile from their backs. I say that counts as poop. Silva says it's puke. The debate rages on."

- A Dominion marine^(src)

The ravager

The ravager is a zerg artillery unit evolved from the roach, introduced in Legacy of the Void.

Overview

"Now they're sending ravagers our way. Watch out for their corrosive bile."

- Jessica Hall^(src)

The ravager

In use by 2505, the ravager is the result of years of twisting and fine-tuning the genome of the roach far beyond its biological limitations. Ravagers stand two to four times as tall as a terran wearing CMC armor, and hardened bone spikes portrude from their backs. Their eyes grant them a broad spectrum of vision. Generating ravagers require dark, humid conditions.

The ravager wields plasma fire both in close-quarters combat and as a wedge to crack open entrenched positions, something the Swarm has struggled with in the past. As an evolution of the roach, the ravager developed a larger, heavier frame to store quantities of fiery fluid in its back. The ravager can launch a gob of corrosive bile from its back in a parabolic arc. This projectile is slow, best used against stationary targets, but can destroy protoss force fields, and is effective against heavy units and structures. The Dominion has theorized that this ability was developed to boost the ravager's utility in assaulting entrenched positions. This mortar-like ability is slow moving however, and ground forces can move out of the way in time.

A ravager with a calcified exoskeleton

Occasionally the ravager's exoskeleton would calcify, allowing for more durable armor. Abathur considered the resulting intimidation factor of such armor to be an added bonus. Leviathan Brood ravagers have an even more monstrous appearance than standard ravagers, with spikes jutting out from their bodies (as is normal within the brood).

The primal zerg have adapted a species of ravager known for being brutal and bloodthirsty, known for eating their own young should they not be strong enough to fight back. This nature has put the survival of their strain into question.

Game Unit

Ravager
Unit
Race	Zerg
Campaign	Legacy of the Void (versus) Nova Covert Ops Co-op Missions
Role	Siege unit
Armament	Plasma discharge
Properties
Sight	9
Production
Minerals	25 25 (13 at Abathur level 12) (Co-op)
Gas	75 75 (38 at Abathur level 12) (Co-op)
Control	3
Build time	9 9 (5 at Abathur level 12) (Co-op)
Evolves from	Roach
Movement
Speed	3.85
Protection
Hit points	120 120 (+3.6 per biomass. Up to a maximum 360) (Co-op Abathur)
Armor	1
Type	Biological Ground
Plasma Discharge
Damage	16
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	1.6 1.6 (-0.008 per biomass. Down to a maximum 0.8) (Co-op Abathur)
Range	6
Upgrade/level	+2
Function
Evolves to	Brutalisk (Co-op Missions)

Ravagers are more durable and do more damage than roaches. However, their effectiveness heavily relies on player micro due to their corrosive bile ability. Ravager's corrosive bile hits from a long range, and impacts units in a small area around the target a few seconds after launching. Corrosive bile also destroys the Force Fields of the sentry.

Versus

Upgrades and Abilities

Corrosive Bile

Launches a glob of bile into the air that descends on target point after 2 seconds, dealing 60 damage to enemies in an area of effect. Hits both air and ground units, destroys force fields.

Usage
Hotkey C Range 9 Duration 2 Cooldown 7

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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

Abathur is able to mutate his roaches into ravagers in Co-op Missions. Additional upgrades for them unlock at the roach warren once Abathur reaches Level 4. Biomass decreases the cooldown of the ravager's corrosive bile ability, 0.5% per biomass collected up to 50% at 100 biomass.

Stetmann has access to mecha ravagers, which are temporarily spawned from mecha infestors.

Upgrades

Potent Bile

Increases the damage done by Corrosive Bile by 40.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Abathur Level 4

Acquisition
Purchased from Roach warren Hotkey E Cost 200 200 120 Mastery: -2.4 per Structure Morph and Evolution Rate mastery point. Down to a maximum 48 Required Hive

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Bloated Bile Ducts

Increases the radius of Corrosive Bile by 200%.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Roach warren Hotkey C Cost 150 150 90 Mastery: -1.8 per Structure Morph and Evolution Rate mastery point. Down to a maximum 36 Required Lair/Hive

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Development

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void beta which is no longer valid.

An upgrade existed that allowed the range of corrosive bile to be increased to 13. It cost 100 minerals and vespene gas. This required a lair.

Variants

• Mecha ravager (terran replicant)

Images

A ravager

Bone ravager

Bone ravager portrait

Leviathan Brood ravager

Leviathan Brood ravager portrait

Primal zerg ravager

Primal zerg ravager portrait

Simulant ravager

Simulant ravager portrait

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 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