Overlord

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"Overlords provide control for your minions. As your forces grow in number, you must hatch more Overlords to control them."

―Daggoth^[src]

Overlord
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Airborne Commander Transport
Properties
Hit points	200
Size	Large
Production
Minerals	100
Control	+8
Build time	40
Produced at	Larva
Hot key	O
Combat
Sight range	9 (11 upgraded)
Detection range	9 (11 upgraded)

The overlord is a zerg flyer that provides control for lesser minions.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Game Unit 2.1 StarCraft 2.1.1 Abilities 2.1.2 Upgrades 2.2 StarCraft: Ghost 2.3 StarCraft II 2.3.1 Abilities 2.3.2 Upgrades 2.3.3 Development 3 Special Overlord Strains 4 Images 5 References

[edit] Overview

Overlords were evolved from the Gargantis proximae, a species of giant space-faring and semi-intelligent creatures. Once assimilated they were used to help cerebrates control and coordinate their broods and scout using their enhanced senses. Advanced strains may carry other zerg within hollows in their hides.^[1] Despite resembling the Portuguese man-o-war of Earth, they are fairly docile creatures that in addition to their leadership duties, tend to young larvae and transport other zerg across the depths of space by carrying them within their shelled bodies.^[2]

Overlords fly using helium-filled gas sacs combined with a weak telekinetic psi-ability for lift and motive power.^[3] They are protected by an exoskeleton, strong enough to resist a lightning strike.^[4]

[edit] Game Unit

[edit] StarCraft

The overlord is a versatile zerg flyer that provides control, detection and air transportation once upgraded. It is slower than other transport units even with Pneumatized Carapace.

StarCraft I sprite

Overlord stat profile

[edit] Abilities

Detector Notes This unit is a detector and can detect cloaked enemies.

Ventral Sacs Acquisition Minerals 200 Gas 200 Evolved at Lair/Hive Notes Allows overlords to transport units.

[edit] Upgrades

Flyer Carapace Evolved at Spire Greater spire Hotkey C Properties Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Required Lair Hive Notes +1 bonus to armor per level for overlords, mutalisks, guardians, devourers, scourge and queen.	Antennae Evolved at Lair OR Hive Properties Minerals 150 Gas 150 Notes Increases overlord sight range to 11.
Pneumatized Carapace Evolved at Lair Hive Properties Minerals 150 Gas 150 Notes Increases overlord speed.

[edit] StarCraft: Ghost

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Overlords make an appearance in StarCraft: Ghost. Some have been locked into tanks or subjected to cybernetic surgery. The latter are known as brain spectres.

[edit] StarCraft II

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Overlord
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Airborne Commander
Properties
Hit points	200[5][6]
Type	Air[5] Biological[5]
Armor type	Armored[5]
Production
Minerals	100[5]
Control	+8[5]
Build time	25[5][7]
Produced at	Larva[5]
Requires	Hatchery[8]
Hot key	O[5]

The overlord has made an appearance in StarCraft II. It functions in a manner similar to its StarCraft I predecessor (a flying control-producing unit).^[9][10] They regained the ability to transport units as of December 2008.^[11]

Overlords have lost their detection abilities.^[12] Overlords can evolve into overseers which act as detectors.^[10][13]

The reason for the changes and the split between the overlord and overseer in terms of detection was that the zerg "were somewhat 'detectorific'" in StarCraft I.^[14]

[edit] Abilities

Excrete Creep[15] Acquisition Requires Lair[16][17][18] Usage Minerals 50 Gas 50 Units Overlord[13] Duration 15[19] Notes The overlord can create a small patch of creep[13] through an activated ability,[20] the radius steadily expanding to a range slightly larger than a pylon's power radius.[19] The overlord must remain stationary.[14][21][22] A few overlords can create enough creep to cover a screen area.[23] The creep recedes in 30 seconds.[19] A zerg player will typically have many overlords, and so can create creep over much of the map.[23] Edit

An overlord excreting creep.

Overseer Morph Acquisition Requires Lair[5] Usage Minerals 50[24] Gas 100[24] Units Overlord[13] Duration 17[5] Notes The overlord can morph into an overseer, which becomes a detector.[13] Edit

Ventral Sacs Acquisition Evolved at Lair[25] Hive[26] Usage Minerals 200[24] Gas 200[24] Duration 130[24] Notes The overlord can transport units.[24] Edit

[edit] Upgrades

Flyer Carapace Evolved at Spire[27] Greater spire[27] Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150[27] 225[27] 300[27] Gas 150[27] 225[27] 300[27] Evolution time 140[27] 170[27] 200[27] Required Hatchery[27] Lair[27] Hive[27] Notes +1 bonus to armor per level for overlords, corruptors, mutalisks and brood lords.[27] Edit

Pneumatized Carapace Evolved at Lair[25] Hive[26] Properties Minerals 150[24] Gas 150[24] Evolution time 110[24] Notes Increase speed of the overlord.[24] Edit

[edit] Development

Overlords used to have a slime ability, but that has been removed from the latest build.^[8]

• Slime (also known as "Corrupt Minerals")
  • The overlord could drop a non-attacking slime creature,^[21] temporarily disabling resource nodes and xel'naga towers.^[13][28] The minerals can be covered as they're being harvested, enabling raids which slow down an enemy's economy.^[21] The creature must be killed before the minerals can be accessed.^[21][14]

This ability took some time to "cast" and had a small cooldown timer.^[21]

[edit] Special Overlord Strains

• Brain spectre
• Mastermind Overlord
• Yggdrasill

[edit] Images

StarCraft I profile.	StarCraft: Ghost concept art	StarCraft: Ghost model.	StarCraft: Ghost brain spectre
StarCraft: Ghost brain spectre	StarCraft II development.	StarCraft II portrait.

[edit] References

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
Ground units	Larva · Drone · Zergling · Hydralisk · Defiler · Ultralisk • Brood War only • Lurker
Air units	Overlord · Mutalisk · Guardian · Scourge · Queen • Brood War only • Devourer
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

Zerg Units of StarCraft: Ghost
Ground	PC	Hydralisk · Infested marine · Zergling
	Other	Drone · Infested terran · Infested SCV pilot · Infested scientist · Larva · Lurker · Ultralisk
Aerial	PC	Mutalisk
	Other	Overlord · Brain spectre
Other	Zerg Egg

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 · Mantaling · 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