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Mutalisk
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Medium attack flyer
Armament	Glaive wurm
Properties
Size	Small
Sight range	7
Production
Minerals	100
Gas	100
Control	2
Build time	40
Evolves from	Larva
Requires	Spire
Hotkey	M
Protection
Hit points	120
Armor	0
Combat
Ground attack	9 (3 on 1st bounce, 1 on 2nd bounce)
Air attack	9 (3 on 1st bounce, 1 on 2nd bounce)
Cooldown	30
Attack range	3
Function
Evolves to	Guardian Devourer (BW Only)

Contents 1 Overview 2 Abilities 3 Upgrades 4 Pre-Release 5 Images 6 Notes 7 References

OverviewEdit

The mutalisk's attack strikes three targets in succession, dealing 9 damage to the first, 3 to the second, and 1 to the last. Unlike many other air units, the mutalisk is small, making it more resistant to explosive damage, a common damage type found on anti-air units like dragoons and goliath. The mutalisk deals normal damage and is only affected by the armor of the target. Compared to the Wraith and scout, the mutalisk's attack is weaker and more easily affected by armor.

Large groups of mutalisks tend to clump together making them ideal targets for attacks or abilities dealing area of effect or splash damage. Mutalisks are fast, but accelerate slowly making it harder to escape; this improves the effectiveness of the high templar's Psionic Storm against mutalisks.

AbilitiesEdit

Guardian Morph
Acquisition Requires Greater Spire	Usage Minerals 50 Gas 100 Units 1 mutalisk Hotkey G
Notes
Causes mutalisk to morph into a guardian.

Devourer Morph
Acquisition Requires Greater Spire	Usage Minerals 150 Gas 50 Units 1 mutalisk Hotkey D
Notes
Causes mutalisk to morph into a devourer.

UpgradesEdit

Flyer Attacks Evolved at Spire Greater spire Hotkey A Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 175 250 Gas 100 175 250 Evolution time 266 298 330 Required Lair Hive Notes +1 bonus to attack per level for mutalisks +2 bonus to attack per level for guardians and devourers.

Flyer Carapace Evolved at Spire Greater spire 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 overlords, mutalisks, guardians, devourers, scourge and queen.

Pre-ReleaseEdit

Originally the mutalisk was armed with an "acid spray" attack rather than glaive wurms. References to the acid spray may be found in the StarCraft manual. It can also be seen in The Death of the Overmind, the final cinematic for StarCraft Episode III where mutalisks attack the Gantrithor.^[1]

ImagesEdit

NotesEdit

The unit portrait of the mutalisk is not the face of the mutalisk, but rather the tail, which fires the glaive wurm.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ StarCraft. Vivendi Games. Cinematic: The Death of the Overmind (in English). 1998.

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