Creep tumor

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Creep Tumor

Structure
Race	Zerg
Role	Expansion building
Production
Energy cost	25 (queen only)
Build time	15 seconds
Produced from	Queen, creep tumor
Hotkey	C
Protection
Hit points	100

The creep tumor is a structure which extends the creep. It resembles a cluster of boils protruding from the creep.

1 Game Structure
- 1.1 Abilities
- 1.2 Strategies
2 Development
3 References

Game StructureEdit

Creep tumors are created by queens or by other creep tumors and must be built on creep.

The creep tumor is burrowed, rendering it stealthy. The stealth enables "offensive" creeping. In the single-player campaign however, creep tumors are always able to be seen even without detector units. Many missions feature the zerg dropping sacs on the player's base, spawning a creep tumor in addition to the occasional zergling or two.

AbilitiesEdit

Create Creep Tumor

Usage
Energy	25
Activation/ Build Time	15 seconds
Cooldown	15 seconds (can only be used once by a creep tumor)
Hotkey	C

Notes

The queen forces a creep tumor out of her bowels.^[1]

Alternatively, each creep tumor may create a single additional creep tumor, using the same build time but no energy cost. This changes the tumor's appearance.

Creep tumors can only be created upon the creep, and within a range.

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A creep tumor after producing another one

StrategiesEdit

Creep tumors could play a role with players making "creep highways".

DevelopmentEdit

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.

In older versions of StarCraft II the creep tumor could evolve into a shrieker.^[2] Shriekers extended the range of swarm clutches to anywhere within its own detection radius, and through careful positioning could effectively double their attack range in some cases.^[3]

Creep tumors used to be produced from hatcheries within a given range of the producing building.^[4]