Infested terran (StarCraft II)

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Infested Terran
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Infested Trooper
Properties
Hit points	80[1]
Type	Ground, biological[2]
Armor type	Light[2]
Production
Control	0[2]
Produced from	Infestor[3]
Hot key	I[1]
Combat
Ground attack	6[1][2]
Air attack	6[1][2]
Armor	0[1][2]
Attack range	5[1]

In StarCraft II, the infested terran is produced in batches of five by the infestor,^[3] after having "swallowed" them.^[4]

Infested terrans don't do much damage, but make good distractions against an enemy.^[5]

The infested terran only has a limited lifespan.^[2][1]

[edit] Development

The infested terran, also known as the infested marine, could be quickly produced in large numbers (the exact speed is varying due to balance issues)^[6] from Infested Terran Buildings. The infestor, a zerg ground unit, could infest these buildings, which then disgorged infested marines.^[7] Upon infestation of structures, they were set to pop out automatically, with no build cost associated with them.^[6]

The infested marine was replaced by the broodling as the product of the infestor's special abilities in May 2008.^[8] However, they were returned to their original role.^[9]

[edit] References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-04. Zerg Unit Stats. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-05-09. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 StarCraft Legacy staff. 2008-03-11. Zerg - Units. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-06-23. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Zetaras Xal'Kurat. 2008-10-17. BlizzCon 2008: Changes to StarCraft 2. SC2 Blog. Accessed 2008-10-17. ↑ Dustin Browder. 2009-06-30. Wywiad z Dustinem Browderem dla StarCraft2.net.pl StarCraft2.net.pl Accessed 2009-07-01. ↑ Gamespot: Starcraft II Hands-On - Zerg Rush. Accessed on 2008-12-03 ↑ 6.0 6.1 Karune. 2008-04-08. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 34. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-04-08 ↑ Onyett, Charles. 2008-03-10. StarCraft II Zerg Unit List: All the monsters in the game so far. IGN. Accessed 2008-03-11. ↑ Mielke, James. 2008-05-08. The Dangerous Book for Zerglings: The latest intel on Zerg units and structures (page 2). 1up.com Accessed 2008-05-08. ↑ 2008-24-06. Fansite Q & A With Dustin Browder, p5. StarCraft Wire. Accessed on 2008-24-06

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Land units	Larva · Drone · Zergling · Baneling · Roach · Hydralisk · Lurker · Infestor · Ultralisk · Queen
Air units	Overlord · Overseer · Mutalisk · Brood lord · Corruptor
Spawned units	Broodling · Changeling · Infested terran
Basic buildings	Hatchery · Creep tumor · Extractor · Evolution chamber · Spawning pool · Baneling nest · Hydralisk den
Combat Buildings	Spine crawler · Spore crawler
Advanced buildings	Lair · Hive · Infestation pit · Spire · Greater spire · Roach warren · Nydus network · Nydus worm · Ultralisk cavern · Lurker den
Transition units	Egg · Baneling egg · Overlord cocoon · Lurker egg
Others	Creep
Campaign-Exclusive Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II	Special Zerg Breeds	Brutalisk · Centaur · Sac
Scrapped	Removed Units	Infested protoss · Large Queen · Huge Queen · Morphalisk · Swarm · Swarm guardian
	Removed Buildings	Infested protoss buildings · Infested terran buildings · Shrieker · Spore colony · Sunken colony · Swarm clutch · Swarm infestation