Queen (StarCraft II)

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Queen
Unit
Race	Zerg
Role	Hatchery Defender
Properties
Hit points	175[1]
Energy	200[2] (50 starting)[3]
Type	Ground, biological, psionic[2]
Armor type	Armored.[1]
Production
Minerals	150[4][5]
Control	2[2][6]
Build time	25[2]
Produced at	Hatchery/Lair/Hive[2]
Requires	Spawning pool[2][7]
Hot key	Q[6]
Combat
Ground attack	4 (x2)[8]
Air attack	4 (x2)[8]
Armor	0[2][7]
Attack range	3[8]

The queen is a zerg support unit that appears in StarCraft II. Despite a shared name, it is a vastly different unit from its predecessor, first notably now walking on the ground. Multiple queens could be created as of October 2008.^[9][10][11]

Contents 1 Overview 2 Game Unit 2.1 Production and Evolution 2.2 Abilities 2.3 Upgrades 2.4 Development 2.4.1 Removed abilities 2.4.2 Unique version 2.4.3 Lost Spawning Structures Abilities 2.4.4 Creep Move 3 Images 4 References

[edit] Overview

The queens of the post-Brood War era are quite different from their predecessors. The full details are currently unknown, but it is known that queens now have the advanced ability to manipulate their "offspring"; for instance, they engineered the zergling morph to the baneling, a breed that can contain its explosive energies until just the right moment.^[12]

[edit] Game Unit

The queen is now a ground unit with a powerful attack,^[13][14] consisting of spines launched by the "wings" on its back.

In a post-BlizzCon patch, the queen became a very powerful anti-air attacker.^[15]

[edit] Production and Evolution

The queen emerges directly from the hatchery (meaning it is not morphed from a larva but walks out of the hatchery)^[7] and requires a spawning pool.^[16]

[edit] Abilities

Burrow Acquisition Minerals 50[17] Gas 50[17] Evolution time 50[18] Evolved at Hatchery/Lair/Hive[6][1] Hotkey B[17] Notes Many zerg ground units may burrow, rendering themselves invisible but incapable of moving or attacking. Edit	Create Creep Tumor Usage Energy 25[19] Notes The queen forces a creep tumor out of her bowels.[20] It can only be created upon the creep.[21][22] Edit
Spawn Larva Usage Energy 25[23][24][25] Duration 25 seconds[23] Notes Queens can target a hatchery/lair/hive with Queen Ichor, causing it to swell and grow green sacs which burst, producing four larvae. These join any already-present larvae.[20] The larva-producing structure will not naturally produce any more larvae until the total falls below three.[26] Each hatchery gets an individual cooldown for this ability.[24] Edit	A hatchery spawning extra larvae
Transfusion Usage Energy 100[27] Notes The queen has adopted this healing ability. Instantly restores 200 hit points to target biological unit or structure.[27] Edit

[edit] Upgrades

Missile Attacks Evolved at Evolution chamber[17] Hotkey A[17] Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 10[17] 150[17] 200[17] Gas 100[17] 150[17] 200[17] Evolution time 140[17] 170[17] 200[17] Required Hatchery[17] Lair[17] Hive[17] Notes Attack bonus for queen, roaches, hydralisks, and lurkers.[17] Edit

Carapace Evolved at Evolution chamber[17] Hotkey C[17] Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150[17] 225[17] 300[17] Gas 150[17] 225[17] 300[17] Evolution time 140[17] 170[17] 200[17] Required Hatchery[17] Lair[17] Hive[17] Notes +1 bonus to armor per level for drones, queen, zerglings, banelings, hydralisks, lurkers, infestors, roaches and ultralisks.[17] Edit

[edit] Development

The original queen did not play the role of leader and creator of the Swarm, which is something Blizzard Entertainment changed for StarCraft II.

Blizzard worked on the queen for two years. Previous versions of the queen actually produced units, but since there could only be one queen, this left the zerg unit production system too vulnerable (as the queen could be hunted and killed).^[28]

Concept art for StarCraft II

Concept art for StarCraft II

[edit] Removed abilities

These abilities were removed in the build displayed at BlizzCon 2008.^[9]

Morph Large Queen Usage Minerals 100[29] Gas 100[29] Duration 20[29] Notes Transforms Queen into Large Queen Edit	Razor Swarm Acquisition Evolved at Lair[30][11] Notes The queen breathes out a giant cloud of dusts and insects which can be controlled. They deal damage to enemy units,[20] including air units, and extra damage to biological units, without injuring friendly units.[26] The swarm eventually exhausts itself.[20] Edit
Mutate Larva Usage Duration 50[31] Notes Queens can target a hatchery/lair/hive, instantly producing three morphalisks.[10] When morphalisks mutate into zerg units, there is a production time discount.[32] Edit

The mutate larvae ability was removed as of February 2009^[26] as the original concept proved tedious with timed life.^[33]

[edit] Unique version

Before BlizzCon 2008, only one queen could be produced at a time.^[34] It was not a super unit or hero unit, however, and required other units to help defend it against attacks.^[35]

The queen used to evolve over the course of the game, growing in size as it did so.^[36] Morphing to the Large Queen required a lair, while the Huge Queen required a hive.^[7] If the queen dies, it can be produced again at the hatchery/lair/hive with any existing upgrades.^[3] The queen no longer does this.^[9][10]

[edit] Lost Spawning Structures Abilities

The queen used to spawn numerous types of structures upon the creep. Creep does not belong to any one player, which gave the queen the ability to spawn structures upon "enemy" creep in enemy bases.^[28] This ability has since been lost.^[37][38]

When the queen created a structure, she was not required on-site like an SCV; rather, she built in much the same way that a probe creates protoss structures.^[39]

The queen had base defense duties, including laying eggs that hatched into suicide attackers.^[40]

[edit] Creep Move

Queens moved slowly when not on creep, making "queen-rushing" difficult.^[28] Queens were much more powerful in overall combat ability on the creep.^[38] They appear to have gained the standard Creep Move ability, a 30% increase in speed on creep, as of October 2008.^[41]

[edit] Images

Development render.	A queen on Char	Queen's face revealed	A queen with eggs (post-Brood War)
Portrait.

[edit] References

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