The ultralisk remains the heavy assault beast for zerg forces. The ultralisk may now burrow, although it takes longer to burrow than smaller zerg units. It is voiced by Glenn Stafford.
Ultralisks deal splash damage which makes them effective against groups of low HP units, such as terran infantry, zerglings and zealots. They are vulnerable to immortals, siege tanks, tempests, void rays, banshees, cyclones that hit and run on ultralisks, brood lords, and the Steady Targeting ability of ghosts. They are immune to stun and mind control effects. The ultralisk is the only zerg unit that can withstand a nuclear missile strike.
Ultralisks are fast and deal high damage to armored units. Captive ultralisks are featured as a number of destructible doodads. "Piercing the Shroud" has a captive ultralisk: when killed it releases broodlings. A similar unselectable ultralisk is found in a hidden place in "Ghost of a Chance." Though it maintains its frenzied attribute it can still be captured via the hive mind emulator.
Heart of the Swarm[]
In the Heart of the Swarm campaign, ultralisks are unlocked upon playing the mission "Phantoms of the Void." The ultralisk can be evolved into either the Noxious or Torrasque strain after the necessary evolution mission is completed.
It is also significantly less powerful offensively compared to the multiplayer version, doing only 25 damage per attack against its main target and 5 damage to secondary targets.
Upgrades and Abilities[]
The ultralisk upgrade screen
Burrow Charge
Ultralisk burrows and charges towards target point. On eruption, knocks enemies back and stuns them for 2 seconds. Can be autocast.
Ultralisk, large muscular surface area. Able to vibrate billions of subdermal muscles, break apart terrain, burrow into ground. Possible to mutate muscular system, amplify vibration resonance. Allow ultralisk to dive into ground, charge enemy. Exploit misconceptions of solid terrain.
Ultralisk recovers 40% of damage inflicted to enemies.
Kaiser blades extremely effective. Monofilament edge tears through materials. Flesh, bone, armor. Significant carnage. Can utilize, turn into asset. Can alter carapace surface. Allow assimilation of usable matter from fluids, wreckage. Will become fuel for immediate tissue regeneration.
Significant alteration, monarch blades. Tissues of kaiser blades reconfigured on microscopic scale. New structure prevents momentum loss. Blades cleave multiple enemies with same strength as striking single foe.
Emits Noxious Cloud that deals 5 damage per second to enemy ground units.
Toxic Blast deals 20 damage to enemy ground units and structures.
Toxic Blast cooldown: 10 seconds.
Dominion's compound, interesting. Scientists desired to pacify the Swarm, inadvertently create potent toxin. Deadly to any non-zerg entity. Noxious strain bonded permanently to toxins. Emits as poisonous vapor. Capable of channelling toxins and releasing in controlled blasts through vents in carapace.
Enters a Chrysalis when killed. After a short period, is reborn as a new Ultralisk.
Rebirth cooldown: 60 seconds.
Assimilation of infectious compound provided key to evolution of torrasque strain. Process requires exorbitant energy. Once, provided by Overmind. Now, energy result of tissues being devoured by compound. Upon death, torrasque strain enters cocoon. Uses energy to resuscitate tissues. Extremely resilient.
The ultralisk and ultralisk cavern are exclusive to Kerrigan in Co-op Missions. Additional upgrades for the ultralisk become available when Kerrigan reaches Level 13. Kerrigan's ultralisks automatically upgrade into Torrasque when she reaches Level 14.[1]
In the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Campaign first cinematic, the Ultralisks have the same front foot as the back but the in-game model the Ultralisks have spiky front foot instead.
Images[]
Skins
An early render of an ultralisk
Ultralisk variants in in Heart of the Swarm: noxious (right) and torrasque variant (left)
