Corruptor

A corruptor

The corruptor is a squid-like zerg flying unit.

Overview

A corruptor

Designed solely for use against aerial targets, corruptors are used against capital ships and are deeply feared by both terrans and protoss. Fortunately for the Swarm's enemies, these giant brain-like creatures, with their snapping beaks and dangling tentacles, are usually found near only the most advanced hive clusters. The corruptor is a genetic marvel that can cover targets in acid, causing them to take additional damage from attacks.

The corruptor's genetic template was lost during the Second Great War when the Swarm fragmented after the Battle of Char. The brood lord, an evolution of the corruptor, was nearly lost with it; when the brood lord's template was recovered it was rebased on the mutalisk.

Game Unit

Corruptor
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Heavy Assault Flyer
Armament	Parasite Spores
Properties
Sight	10
Production
Minerals	150
Gas	100
Control	2
Build time	40
Evolves from	Larva
Requires	Spire/Greater spire
Hotkey	C
Movement
Speed	2.9531
Acceleration	2.625
Lateral acceleration	0
Deceleration	0
Collision radius	0.625
Protection
Hit points	200
Hit pointregen/second	0.2734
Armor	2
Type	Air Biological
Armor type	Armored
Parasite Spores
Damage	14 (+6 vs massive)
Targets	Air
Cooldown	1.9
Range	6
Upgrade/level	+1/+2 vs massive
Function
Evolves to	Brood lord
Meta
Targetpriority	20
Kill score	0
Productionscore	0

The corruptor attacks air units and aerial structures, including units lifted by Anti-Gravity and even colossi. Corruptors are strong against battlecruisers, phoenixes, and mutalisks, but are weak against vikings and void rays. Corruption isn't used in the campaign.

Abilities

Brood Lord Morph

The corruptor can morph into a brood lord.
Requires Greater spire.

Usage
Hotkey B Cost 150 150 24

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Corruption

The corruptor covers a single unit in slime. For the duration, that unit suffers an extra 20% damage.

When researched, the ability starts within cooldown (so the ability cannot immediately be used).

This ability is removed in Legacy of the Void, though still present in co-op and the campaign.

Usage
Hotkey C Duration 30 Cooldown 45

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Upgrades

Flyer Attacks

• +1 damage for mutalisks
• +1 base damage and +1 bonus damage for corruptors
• +2 damage for brood lords

Acquisition
Purchased from Spire Greater spire Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Lair Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Hive

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Flyer Carapace

Increases armor of zerg air units.

Acquisition
Purchased from Spire Greater spire Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect +1 armor Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Required Lair Effect +1 armor Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Required Hive Effect +1 armor

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Strategies

Corruptor closeup

Corruptors have a weak attack but high health. They may outlast low armor and low damage unit like the mutalisk and phoenix. They are also effective against massive air units and colossi due to bonus damage and Corruption.

Corruptors should avoid void rays which have fully-charged attacks or have activated Prismatic Alignment, since void rays deal extra damage to armored units. Vikings should also be avoided for the same reason.

Heart of the Swarm Campaign

The corruptor is not in the zerg tech tree in the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm campaign. The brood lord, in competition with the viper, may become a mutalisk evolution following the Mutalisk Evolution mission.

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