Omegalisk

Omegalisk
Unit
Race	Zerg
Affiliation	Zerg Swarm Claw Brood
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Base unit	Ultralisk
Role	Monstrosity
Armament	Kaiser blades Head Charge
Properties
Sight	8
Movement
Speed	2.94
Collision radius	0.875
Protection
Hit points	1500 (generally) 1000 (Belly of the Beast) (Casual) 1250 (Normal) 1500 (Hard) 1750 (Brutal)
Armor	3
Type	Biological Massive
Armor type	Armored
Kaiser blades
Damage	60
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	1.2
Range	1.5
Head Charge
Damage	120
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	1.67
Range	1

The omegalisk is a zerg heavy assault strain in the same vein as the ultralisk but substantially larger. It was the ultralisk concept for StarCraft II but ended up as a special campaign unit.

History

An omegalisk was used to defend the tunnels beneath Char which housed Sarah Kerrigan's nydus network.

Dark Prelate Zeratul observed omegalisks in an apocalyptic vision of the future. The creatures were part of Amon-controlled Swarm that annihilated the protoss during their last stand.

Game Unit

In the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty mission, "In Utter Darkness", an omegalisk is located in each of the three zerg bases. No research points are awarded for killing them, but they are counted towards the kill score.

One appears in "Belly of the Beast", attacking destructible rocks which General Horace Warfield's marines hide behind.

It uses the ultralisk portrait and model, albeit a larger one. If Zeratul casts Void Prison on one, the sphere will be abnormally large.

Development

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.

The omegalisk

The omegalisk was a concept for the ultralisk in StarCraft II. It had spiked tentacles in addition to kaiser blades. The tentacles could attack multiple opponents.

The ultralisk tentacles were reverted because the skewering was too "random".

Additional abilities in the map editor indicate that the omegalisk was intended to function as a cross between the torrasque and noxious ultralisk strains in the Heart of the Swarm campaign. The unit has a chrysalis ability similar to the torrasque along with the damaging cloud of the noxius, though both are represented by buttons or are incomplete.

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