Scourge (StarCraft II)

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Scourge
Unit
Race	Zerg
Affiliation	Zerg Swarm
Campaign	Wings of Liberty Heart of the Swarm Legacy of the Void Nova Covert Ops
Role	Biological air-to-air missile
Armament	Plasma metamorphosis
Properties
Sight	11
Production
Minerals	25 (for 2) 23 (for 2) (Co-op Missions)
Gas	75 (for 2) 68 (18 with Simplified Genome) (for 2) (Co-op Missions)
Control	0.5
Build time	12 (Co-op Missions)
Movement
Speed	3.75
Protection
Hit points	25
Hit pointregen/second	0.2734
Armor	0
Type	Air Biological
Armor type	Light
Suicide
Damage	110
Targets	Air
Cooldown	0.86 (used once) (campaign) 0.83 (used once) (Co-op)
Range	0.1
Upgrade/level	+11

Scourges appear in StarCraft II outside multiplayer.

Game Unit

Wings of Liberty

Scourges appear in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty as environmental ambiance in missions; they appear in the protoss mini-campaign and in the Char missions. They are last seen as a special form of attack by leviathans, dealing 500 damage each.

Heart of the Swarm

In StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, scourge are launched from scourge nests as part of scripted events in "Fire in the Sky".

A "scourge spore" exists in Heart of the Swarm beta files.

Co-op Missions

The scourge is exclusive to Zagara in Co-op Missions, and require a scourge nest to mutate. Upgrades for the scourge are unlocked when Zagara reaches Level 4. As in the original StarCraft, scourges mutate in pairs.

Upgrades and Abilities

Simplified Genome

Scourges cost 50 less vespene gas to mutate.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Zagara Level 4.

Acquisition
Purchased from Scourge nest Hotkey G Cost 150 150 90 Required Hive

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Virulent Spores

Scourge attacks deal 50% splash damage.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Zagara Level 4.

Acquisition
Purchased from Scourge nest Hotkey D Cost 100 100 60 Required Lair/Hive

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Enable Structure Attack

Allows Scourge to automatically target structures.

Usage
Hotkey C

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Detonate

The Scourge detonates at its current location and damages all nearby enemy air units.

Usage
Hotkey X

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Zerg Flyer Attacks

Increases the attack damage of zerg air units

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Scourge nest Hotkey M Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Damage: 121 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Lair/Hive Effect Damage: 132 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Hive Effect Damage: 143

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Zerg Flyer Carapace

Increases the armor of zerg air units.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

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

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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