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Hydralisk
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Ranged Unit
Armament	Needle spines (most common attack)
Properties
Size	Medium
Transport slots	2
Sight range	6
Production
Minerals	75
Gas	25
Control	1[1]
Build time	28
Evolves from	Larva
Requires	Hydralisk den
Hotkey	H
Protection
Hit points	80
Armor	0
Combat
Ground attack	10
Air attack	10
Cooldown	15
Attack range	4 (5 with Grooved Spines)
Function
Evolves to	Lurker (BW Only)

Contents 1 Overview 2 Abilities 3 Upgrades 4 Images 5 References

OverviewEdit

Hydralisks have a single ranged attack, unlike in the cinematic where they may melee attack. They are the only zerg ground unit able to hit air targets, making them one of the most important zerg units in the whole game. Hydralisk dens are required to spawn them from larvae.

Hydralisks are cheap enough to be mass produced in a short period of time. Although hydralisks can deal huge damage in large groups, there are numerous counters; terrans benefit from large numbers of siege tanks, and marines paired with medics. Protoss can effectively counter mass hydralisks with reavers with ground support and high templar using Psionic Storm. In competitive StarCraft, hydralisks are most often used against the protoss race (e.g. the 3 hatch hydra opening) because it is an effective counter to many protoss units despite the easy counters against them. This is especially true if the zerg player is skilled at micromanaging his hydralisks. Against terrans, hydralisks do not see much usage because professional players are too skilled with their marines, medics, and siege tanks which are also natural counters to the hydralisk. In zerg vs zerg competitive play, hydralisks are virtually unseen as are most zerg units because the game is usually dominated by zerglings and mutalisks.

AbilitiesEdit

Burrow
Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Evolution time 80 Evolved at Hatchery/Lair/Hive Hotkey B	Usage Hotkey U
Notes
Many zerg ground units may burrow, rendering themselves invisible but incapable of moving or attacking.

Lurker Morph
Acquisition Minerals 200 Gas 200 Evolution time 120 Evolved at Hydralisk den Hotkey L	Usage Minerals 50 Gas 100 Units 1 hydralisk Hotkey L
Notes
Allows a hydralisk to morph into a lurker. The control cost increases to 2.

UpgradesEdit

Missile Attacks Evolved at Evolution chamber Hotkey A Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 150 200 Gas 100 150 200 Evolution time 266 298 330 Required Hatchery Lair Hive Notes +1 bonus to attack damage per level for hydralisks +2 bonus to attack damage per level for lurkers

Carapace Evolved at Evolution chamber Hotkey C Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Evolution time 266 298 330 Required Lair Hive Notes +1 bonus to armor per level for broodlings, defilers, drones, hydralisks, infested terrans, larvae, ultralisks, and zerglings.

Muscular Augments Evolved at Hydralisk den Hotkey M Properties Minerals 150 Gas 150 Evolution time 100 Notes Increases hydralisk movement speed.

Grooved Spines Evolved at Hydralisk den Hotkey G Properties Minerals 150 Gas 150 Evolution time 100 Notes Increases the attack range of hydralisks by 1 (to 5).

ImagesEdit

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Blizzard Entertainment staff. Zerg Hydralisk. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2009-12-01.

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
Ground units	Larva · Drone · Zergling · Hydralisk · Lurker(BW) · Defiler · Ultralisk
Air units	Overlord · Mutalisk · Guardian · Scourge · Queen • Devourer(BW)
Infestation units	Broodling · Infested terran
Transition units	Egg · Lurker egg · Cocoon
Basic buildings	Hatchery · Extractor · Evolution chamber · Spawning pool · Creep colony · Spore colony · Sunken colony · Hydralisk den
Advanced buildings	Lair · Hive · Spire · Greater spire · Queen's nest · Nydus canal · Defiler mound · Ultralisk cavern · Infested command center
Other	Creep
Scrapped	Mutation chamber · Nydus pit