Overseer

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The overseer is a zerg unit evolved from the overlord.

1 Overview
2 Game Unit
3 Special Overseer Strains
4 Notes
5 References

OverviewEdit

Overseers are genetically altered overlords that have a mass of additional sockets filled with highly evolved optical receptors with hypersensitive retinas. These “eyes” have been through much iteration, each developmental cycle improving upon the preceding one’s optical evolution. The zerg are obsessed with detecting subtler motions and more advanced camouflage techniques, and this latest evolution allows the overseer to detect any hidden enemy units, including those that are burrowed underground or cloaked. Overseers can also carry or give birth to changelings.^[1]

Game UnitEdit

Overseer


Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Advanced aerial observer
Properties
Maximum energy	200 (init. 50)
Energy regen/second	0.5625
Sight range	11
Detection range	11
Production
Minerals	50
Gas	50
Control	Provides 8
Build time	17
Evolves from	Overlord
Requires	Lair/Hive
Hotkey	V
Movement
Speed	1.875 (2.75 with Pneumatized Carapace)
Acceleration	2.125
Lateral acceleration	46.0625
Deceleration	0
Collision radius	1
Protection
Hit points	200
Hit point regen/second	0.2734
Armor	0
Type	Air Biological
Armor type	Armored
Meta
Target priority	20
Kill score	400
Production score	200

The overseer loses the ability to excrete creep or transport units, but gains the ability to create changelings. It continues to provide control and has faster movement.

AbilitiesEdit

Detector
Notes
This unit can detect cloaked and burrowed enemies.
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Contaminate

Usage
Energy	125
Duration	30
Hotkey	E

Notes

The overseer disables a building, which becomes covered in slime. It cannot produce units, larva or research upgrades while contaminated.

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Spawn Changeling

Usage
Energy	50
Activation/ Build Time	Almost immediate
Hotkey	C

Notes

The overseer can create a changeling, which can spy on enemy forces.

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UpgradesEdit

Flyer Carapace

Evolved at

Properties

Level	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Minerals	150	225	300
Gas	150	225	300
Evolution time	160	190	220
Required		Lair	Hive

Notes

+1 bonus to armor per level for zerg air units.

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Pneumatized Carapace

Evolved at

Hatchery (with at least 1 other lair or hive)/Lair/Hive

Hotkey

Properties

Minerals	100
Gas	100
Evolution time	60

Notes

Increase speed of the overlord by 1.29 to 1.88 and the overseer by 0.875 to 2.75.

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Heart of the SwarmEdit

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm which is no longer valid.

Overseers were to be removed from Heart of the Swarm multiplayer,^[2] due to their very limited role and lack of artistic distinction from the overlord.^[3] Its role would have been taken by the viper.^[4] However, the overseer has returned, and the viper made into a pure spellcaster while Blizzard examines how to make the overseer's abilities more interesting.^[5]

DevelopmentEdit

Main article: Overseer/Development

Special Overseer StrainsEdit

Spotter

NotesEdit

The overseer was developed as the universal overlord detection in StarCraft I made the zerg "detectorific". As such, the overlord/overseer split makes cloaking more useful to a zerg's opponent.^[6]