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Burrow is an ability used by ground-based zerg to temporarily conceal themselves underground.
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Many zerg ground units may burrow, rendering themselves invisible but incapable of moving or attacking.
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Lurkers in
Brood War can only attack when burrowed.
It is important to note that burrowing does not need to be researched/evolved for a lurker to be able to burrow and thus attack.
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Many zerg ground units may burrow, rendering themselves invisible but incapable of moving or attacking.
The ability is not smartcast.[5]
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When zerg units burrow in StarCraft II, the player controlling them can see part of them "sticking out of the ground", making it easier to identify them. However, they remain invisible to enemy units without detection.[6] Burrowed units have a limited line of sight. However, if the enemy walks over them, a zerg player will be able to see them clearly.[7]
Burrowed units are treated as a different unit type for UI tab selection purposes, unlike some other status effects such as burrowing.[8]
The ultralisk gained the ability to burrow in StarCraft II.[9]
Some units, such as infestors, can move while burrowed.[6]
Critters can also burrow too, like the lava crab.[10]
[edit] Supply Depot
In StarCraft II, the Supply Depot has a similar burrowing ability to sink into the ground. However, this ability does not prevent it from being seen.[11]
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-04. Zerg & Protoss Upgrades. SCLegacy. Accessed 2009-06-18
- ↑ Zerg Drone. StarCraft II Armory. Accessed 2009-09-27.
- ↑ StarCraftZine. 2008-10-18. StarCraftZine.com. StarCraft Zine. Accessed 2008-12-08.
- ↑ Dustin Browder, Robert Simpson, Matt Cooper, David Kim. 2008-12-19. Battle Report (2). Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2009-04-16.
- ↑ As already mentioned in this thread, you’ll have to press the key only once and all the siege tanks will go in siege mode.
Some other examples, just to clarify things up:
Stalker’s Blink, Zerg’s Burrow, Battle cruiser’s Defensive Matrix, Baneling’s Explode, Viking’s switching from air-mode to ground-mode: you’ll only have to press the key once to trigger the ability for all the selected units at once (be careful with those Banelings!)
High Templar’s Psi Storm, Disruptor’s Force Field, Zerg’s mutations (Zerglings to Banelings, etc.): smart casting will kick in here and you’ll have to press the key for every selected unit. Zhydaris. 2009-12-15. Siege mode. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2009-12-15.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Zero. 2008-03-15. My Day at Blizzard. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2008-03-18.
- ↑ I <3 SC Contest : Blizzard Interview. Judge Hype StarCraft II. Accessed on 2008-03-10
- ↑ Let's say you have Zerglings in one group and some of Zerglings in a group are burrowed and the others are not. You can switch your selection of Zerglings burrowed or unburrowed in a group by hitting Tab key and also UI color is different for the units of which the ability is on with some more darked green color.
And you can use Tab key as well for Siege Tank's Siege Mode, Spine Crawler's Root.
However, for unit's cloaking ability like Ghost and Banshee, I couldn't swith off the selection of Cloaked/Decloaked units in one group by Tab key.
And one more thing, when you double click on a unit, you can select all of the same units even though some of the same units' ability is on and other's off like Siege Mode or Cloak. But you can select only burrowed or rooted units by double clicking on burrowed or rooted units.
I will check this more with Development team and if I have additional information on this, I will share it with you. Cydra. 2008-01-07. Burrowed units hotkeys. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-01-09.
- ↑ Rise. 2008-03-10. Behold The Culmination Of Your History. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2008-03-10.
- ↑ StarCraftLegacy. 09/08/12. (HD) StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty Single Player Gameplay Demo. Youtube.com Last Accessed: 09/08/18.
- ↑ Karune. 2007-08-31. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 11. StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2007-08-31.
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