Hunter Killer

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"Cerebrate, take these, the deadliest of my minions. They shall aid you in your search."

―Daggoth sends Hunter Killers to aid Infested Kerrigan^[src]

Hunter Killer
Unit
Race	Zerg, Genetically Enhanced Zerg
Affiliation	Tiamat Brood, Zerg Swarm, Renegade Zerg, Ulrezaj's Slave Brood, Crazy Bob's Bazaar and its customers.
Base unit	Hydralisk
Properties
Hit points	160 (200 hp in StarCraft Fortress)[1]
Size	Medium
Production
Minerals	150[2]
Gas	75[2]
Combat
Ground attack	20e (25e in StarCraft Fortress)[1]
Air attack	20e (25e in StarCraft Fortress)[1]
Cooldown	15
Armor	2 (1 Crazy Bob's Bazaar version)[2]
Attack range	5
Sight range	6

Hunter Killers are a special hydralisk strain. They are essentially double-powered hydralisks, doing double damage and enjoying double the hit points, as well as having all hydralisk upgrades by default. They are usually tinted red in campaign missions.

Contents 1 History 1.1 The Brood War 1.1.1 Dark Vengeance 1.1.2 The Queen of Blades 2 Scenario Maps 2.1 StarCraft Fortress 2.2 Bunker Command II 2.3 Crazy Bob's Bazaar 2.4 Twilight Struggle 3 Background 4 References

[edit] History

Originally created and used exclusively by Daggoth of the Tiamat Brood, they protected Infested Kerrigan's chrysalis.^[3] Daggoth sent a pair of Hunter Killers to escort Kerrigan when she invaded the Amerigo.^[4]

[edit] The Brood War

[edit] Dark Vengeance

The dark archon Ulrezaj intended to use Hunter Killers in his attack on Shakuras. Using a technique to combine Dark Templar and zerg energy to create false, warped khaydarin crystals, he would control and summon hydralisks and zerglings from his base on Char and, using genetic stations on a space platform over Shakuras transform them into enhanced zerg with the false crystals. The technique rendered the Hunter Killers immune to the effects of the xel'naga temple.^[5]

The plot was foiled by heroes dispatched by Zeratul's forces.^[6][7]

[edit] The Queen of Blades

During the Brood War, Daggoth was a rival to Infested Kerrigan. However, Hunter Killers fell under Kerrigan's control on at least a few occasions.^[8][9] Kerrigan used Arcturus Mengsk's psi emitters to control nearby directionless zerg, including the Hunter Killers, special Devouring One zerglings, and even a Torrasque ultralisk.^[9]

[edit] Scenario Maps

[edit] StarCraft Fortress

Main article: StarCraft Fortress

Powerful hunter killers can be found in the RPG map StarCraft Fortress.^[1]

[edit] Bunker Command II

Hunter Killers could be used as reinforcements by the terrans in Bunker Command II.^[10]

[edit] Crazy Bob's Bazaar

Crazy Bob's Bazaar sells a slightly weaker version of the Hunter Killer to interested buyers. These Hunter Killers have slightly less armor, but are otherwise as dangerous as regular Hunter Killers.^[2]

[edit] Twilight Struggle

Main article: Twilight Struggle

Hunter Killers appear in Twilight Struggle. The yellow brood defends each cerebrate with four of them.^[11]

[edit] Background

Unlike Devouring Ones and other specialized units, Hunter Killers have a portrait different from that of their base unit.

[edit] References

Zerg Breeds
Common breeds	Larva · Drone · Zergling · Hydralisk · Lurker · Ultralisk · Overlord · Mutalisk
Great War	Defiler · Ultralisk · Guardian · Devourer · Scourge · Queen
StarCraft II	Baneling · Roach · Infestor · Queen Brood lord · Corruptor · Overseer
Pupal Forms	Baneling egg · Chrysalis · Cocoon · Egg · Guardian egg · Lurker egg · Overlord cocoon
Rare breeds	Behemoth · Cerebrate · Eye · Overmind · Probe
Special Strains	Powerful strains	Devouring One · Hunter Killer · Torrasque · Brutalisk
	Infested Terrans	Centaur · Infested marine · Infested SCV pilot · Infested scientist · Mutate
	Spawned Strains	Changeling · Sac
	Experimental Strains	Brain spectre · Genetically enhanced zerg · Roverlisk

Crazy Bob's Bazaar
Terrans	War Goliath (Goliath) · Starcruiser (Battlecruiser)
Protoss	Elite Dragoon (Dragoon) · Fleet Carrier (Carrier)
Zerg	Hunter Killer (Hydralisk) · Evolved Mutalisk (Mutalisk)