Locust
Unit
Race	Zerg
Properties
Life span	15 (25 with Enduring Locusts upgrade)
Production
Produced from	Swarm host
Hotkey	C
Protection
Hit points	65
Armor	0
Type	Biological
Armor type	Light
Acid Spit
Damage	12
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	0.8
Range	3
Upgrade/level	+1

The locust is a unit spawned by the swarm host while it is burrowed. They can be produced in large waves to besiege enemy bases. Locusts have ranged attacks but can only target ground units.

The swarm host creates 2 locusts every 25 seconds.

Upgrades

Enduring Locusts
Evolved at	Infestation pit
Hotkey	L
Properties
Minerals 200 Gas 200 Evolution time 120
Notes
Increases the lifespan of locusts by 10 seconds (to 25 seconds).
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Heart of the Swarm Campaign

In the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm campaign, locusts are only generated when enemies are nearby.

Portrait

A variant locust portrait is available to zerg players via Heart of the Swarm's leveling system.^[1]

Special Locust Strains

• Flying locust

Development

Locusts used to be able to target air units.^[2]

References