Broodling

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Broodling
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Infestation Ground Unit
Armament	Toxic spores
Properties
Hit points	30
Life span	180 seconds
Size	Small
Production
Produced at	Queen
Hot key	B
Combat
Ground attack	4
Cooldown	15
Armor	0
Attack range	1
Sight range	5

A broodling is a short-lived zerg creature spawned from queens or brood lords.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Game Unit 2.1 StarCraft 2.1.1 Upgrades 2.1.2 "Invincible" Broodling 2.2 StarCraft II 2.2.1 Spawning 2.2.2 Development 3 References

[edit] Overview

Broodlings were grown from globs of spores launched from queens. These spores attempted to 'fertilize' any organic matter they come into contact with and are capable of eating through even the armored hulls of vehicles to reach the occupants within.^[1] Should these spores make contact with an organic being, they force the organism to metabolize, serving as the breeding ground for a near instantaneous metabolization and birth of a pair of broodlings.^[2] The explosive birth is fatal to the host.^[1]

Broodlings are small but vicious and upon hatching, will attack any nearby enemies.^[1] In the event that there are no nearby enemies, they await for a command from a higher strain. Their effectiveness is primarily compromised, however, by their very limited lifespans.^[2]

The newest generation of broodlings are spawned from the brood lord^[3] and destroyed zerg structures.^[4]

[edit] Game Unit

[edit] StarCraft

Spawn Broodling
Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Evolved at Queen's nest	Usage Energy 150 Range 9
Notes
Creates two broodlings from the targeted ground mechanical or organic unit. The target is instantly destroyed in the process. Archons, dark archons, and robotic units such as probes and reavers may not be targeted. Broodlings last a maximum of 180 seconds.

Two broodlings are created using a queen's Spawn Broodling ability and last a maximum of 180 seconds. Broodlings can wreak havoc in a siege tank artillery line. The initial spawning destroys one tank, while the other closely packed tanks damage each other via splash damage as they fire on the broodlings.

It is even possible to spawn broodlings from a broodling.

[edit] Upgrades

Melee Attacks Evolved at Evolution chamber Hotkey M Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 150 200 Gas 100 150 200 Required Hatchery Lair Hive Notes +1 bonus per attack per level for broodlings and zerglings. +3 bonus per attack per level for ultralisks.

Carapace Evolved at Evolution chamber Hotkey C Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Required Lair Hive Notes +1 bonus to armor per level for broodlings, defilers, drones, hydralisks, infested terrans, larvae, ultralisks, zerglings.

[edit] "Invincible" Broodling

In Dark Origin, slaying all the ursadons creates a broodling from one of their stomachs that does not have a 'countdown' life span. Aside from that it behaves like any other broodling and may be mind-controlled by a dark archon.

[edit] StarCraft II

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Broodling
Unit
Race	Zerg
Properties
Hit points	20[5]
Life span	Yes[3]
Production
Produced at	Brood lord attacks,[3] destroyed buildings.[4][6]

The broodling is a StarCraft II unit. It is very similar to the mantaling, other than the name and model.^[7]

[edit] Spawning

Broodlings are created when some zerg structures are destroyed.^[4][6][8][7]

[edit] Development

Until April 2009 broodlings were created by swarm guardian attacks; every time the swarm guardian attacked, it spawned a pair of broodlings^[4][9] which lasted only a few seconds. The broodlings are very weak.^[10][9] They spawned when buildings were attacked as well.^[11] The ability was moved to the brood lord.^[3]

In May 2008 builds, broodlings were created from infested terran and protoss structures, which were created when an infestor infested the buildings.^[12] In these cases, the broodlings have been replaced by infested marines and before their cancellation, infested protoss respectively.^[13]

[edit] References

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
Ground units	Larva · Drone · Zergling · Hydralisk · Defiler · Ultralisk • Brood War only • Lurker
Air units	Overlord · Mutalisk · Guardian · Scourge · Queen • Brood War only • Devourer
Infestation units	Broodling · Infested terran
Transition units	Egg · Lurker egg · Cocoon
Basic buildings	Hatchery · Extractor · Evolution chamber · Spawning pool · Creep colony · Spore colony · Sunken colony · Hydralisk den
Advanced buildings	Lair · Hive · Spire · Greater spire · Queen's nest · Nydus canal · Defiler mound · Ultralisk cavern · Infested command center

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Land units	Larva · Drone · Zergling · Baneling · Roach · Hydralisk · Lurker · Infestor · Ultralisk · Queen
Air units	Overlord · Overseer · Mutalisk · Brood lord · Corruptor
Spawned units	Broodling · Mantaling · Changeling · Infested terran
Basic buildings	Hatchery · Creep tumor · Extractor · Evolution chamber · Spawning pool · Baneling nest · Hydralisk den
Combat Buildings	Spine crawler · Spore crawler
Advanced buildings	Lair · Hive · Infestation pit · Spire · Greater spire · Roach warren · Nydus network · Nydus worm · Ultralisk cavern · Lurker den
Transition units	Egg · Baneling egg · Overlord cocoon · Lurker egg
Others	Creep
Campaign-Exclusive Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II	Special Zerg Breeds	Brutalisk · Centaur · Sac
Scrapped	Removed Units	Infested protoss · Large Queen · Huge Queen · Morphalisk · Swarm · Swarm guardian
	Removed Buildings	Infested protoss buildings · Infested terran buildings · Shrieker · Spore colony · Sunken colony · Swarm clutch · Swarm infestation