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Leviathan
Unit
Race	Zerg
Affiliation	Zerg Swarm
Campaign	Wings of Liberty Heart of the Swarm
Role	Massive assault bioship
Armament	Bile Swarm Tentacles
Properties
Maximum energy	500
Sight range	14
Movement
Speed	2
Collision radius	1.375
Protection
Hit points	2500
Hit point regen/second	Yes
Armor	2
Type	Air Biological Massive Heroic
Bile Swarm
Damage	10
Attacks	6
Targets	Air
Cooldown	2.5
Range	12
Tentacles
Damage	20
Attacks	4
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	2.21
Range	12
Function
Abilities	Spawns lesser airborne strains

The leviathan is a massive airborne zerg breed.

OverviewEdit

Leviathans are classified as class-10 zerg flyers and are the largest in terran records,^[1] even larger than a mothership,^[2] and have been referred to as "moon sized."^[3] They were used by the Swarm as far back as the Great War,^[4] and at least one was present at Char in the Second Great War.^[1][5] Leviathans possess interior evolution chambers, can store many zerg warriors within them, are capable of deep-space travel and can land on planets. They can operate in temperature conditions of near absolute zero.^[6]

During the Battle of Char, zerg broods in leviathans were on their way to the planet when Kerrigan was de-infested. These broods were then scattered or destroyed. Upon her return to the Swarm, Kerrigan's new base of operations was a leviathan. It would fly to different planets and land on them at her direction.^[6]

Game UnitEdit

The leviathan is a special zerg unit in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. It creates airborne eggs and cocoons to spawn mutalisks and brood lords, respectively. It attacks with the four spine crawlers on its underbelly and bile swarm projectiles, and launches scourges and bioplasmid globes dealing 500 damage. It may also put enemy units and buildings in biostasis, removing them from the fight.^[1][5] It may be confronted by the player in the mission "Shatter the Sky"^[1] or later in "All In",^[5] depending on decisions made beforehand. When it dies, it loses its coloration before it explodes.^[1][5]

AbilitiesEdit

Despite not having a detector passive icon, the leviathan is able to detect cloaked or burrowed units.

Bio-Plasmid Discharge
Usage Energy 125 Cooldown 6 Hotkey B
Notes
Fires a Bio-Plasmid Discharge at a single target unit, dealing 500 damage.
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Bio-Stasis
Usage Energy 125 Cooldown 20 Hotkey T
Notes
Takes affected units out of combat and places them in Bio-Stasis.
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Spawn Mutalisk Notes Releases a small aerial "cocoon" which shortly spawns a mutalisk. Edit

Spawn Brood Lord Usage Minerals 0 Gas 0 Notes Releases a small aerial "cocoon" which shortly spawns a brood lord. Edit

NotesEdit

• The leviathan is the level 2 boss for the Lost Viking arcade game in Hyperion's cantina. Its attacks include time-delayed explosive globules and four tentacles.^[7]

• The Leviathan is a large creature in the Bible (e.g. Job 3:18; 41:1). BDB translates leviathan as serpent or dragon. In Isaiah and the Psalms, "leviathan" can represent Egypt, the traditional nemesis of Israel.

• The description says that it can spawn scourges and mutalisks; however, the game unit spawns mutalisks and brood lords instead.

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