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The scourge is an aerial zerg kamikaze strain.

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OverviewEdit

A scourge during the Great War
A scourge during the Second Great War
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Scourges are blind, suicidal fliers of unknown origin, seeking out enemy starships and diving into them. Catalytic agents within the Scourge allow it to undergo a form of plasma metamorphosis, causing it to explode like a living bomb.[1] A single scourge is capable of destroying a terran starfighter or shuttle and a handful can breach the hull of a starship.[2] They are able to engage these targets in both air[2] and the vacuum of space.[3]

The primary drawback of the scourge is its limited ability to store energy, able to fly for barely a few hours without requiring additional substance. To conserve energy, they often perch on the backs of overlords. However, this presents a hazard, as the scourge's explosive nature can damage friendly zerg at this proximity.[2]

Scourges possess a simple genetic makeup, allowing them to spawn in pairs from a single larva similar to that of zerglings.[1] By the Second Great War, scourges could be spawned from leviathans.[4]

Game UnitEdit

StarCraftEdit

Scourge
Scourge SC1 Game1.gif
Unit
Race

Zerg

Role

Biological missile

Armament

Plasma metamorphosis

Properties
Size

Small

Sight range

5

Production
Minerals

12.5 Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

37.5 Vespene gas

Control

0.5 Control

Build time

30 seconds

Evolves from

Larva

Requires

Spire

Hotkey

S

Protection
Hit points

25

Armor

0

Combat
Air attack

110

Attack range

1

Scourges spawn in pairs. Patrolling scourges may help deter low intensity enemy drops. Without supervision groups of scourges tend to lock onto and attack the first target that comes into range which may be overkill against low-HP targets (causing scourges to sacrifice themselves needlessly). Using other units to draw enemy fire may allow scourge to hit.

Corsairs may be micromanaged to negate attacking scourge. If the corsairs are not managed so expertly, armor upgrades may be beneficial for scourges.

If a scourge egg is hatched after the controlling player is eliminated, one will spawn normally but the other will become blue and neutral.

UpgradesEdit

FlyArmor Zerg Icon SC1.PNG Flyer Carapace
Evolved at
Hotkey

C

Properties
Level

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Minerals

150 Minerals Terran SC1.png

225 Minerals Terran SC1.png

300 Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

150 Vespene gas

225 Vespene gas

300 Vespene gas

Evolution time

266 seconds

298 seconds

330 seconds

Required

Lair

Hive

Notes

+1 bonus to armor per level for overlords, mutalisks, guardians, devourers, scourge and queen.

DevelopmentEdit

Originally, scourges were called "avengers." Instead of being produced at a hatchery, they spawned from destroyed guardians.[5]


StarCraft IIEdit

Scourge
Scourge SC2 Head1.jpg
Scourge SC2 Rend1.JPEG
Unit
Race

Zerg

Affiliation

Zerg Swarm

Campaign

Wings of Liberty

Armament

Plasma metamorphosis

Production
Control

0.5 Control

Movement
Speed

3.75

Protection
Hit points

25

Hit point
regen/second

0.2734

Armor

0

Plasma metamorphosis
Damage

110

Targets
  • Air
Cooldown

0.86 (used once)

Range

1

Although absent from multiplayer, scourges are present in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, though mainly to provide ambience.[6] They are seen as early as the protoss mini-campaign,[7] and a number appear on Char in its defense.[8][4] They are last seen as a special form of attack by leviathans, dealing 500 damage each.[4]

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rosenberg, Aaron (June 1, 2006). StarCraft: Queen of Blades. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-7434-7133-4.
  3. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft. Vivendi Games. Cinematic: The Downing of Norad II. (in English). 1998.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Wings of Liberty, Shatter the Sky (in English). 2010-07-27.
  5. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft Map Editor. (Blizzard Entertainment) (in English). March 31, 1998
  6. 2010, Starcraft 2: Zerg Scourge. Deviantart, accessed on 2011-07-20
  7. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Wings of Liberty, Whispers of Doom (in English). 2010-07-27.
  8. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Wings of Liberty, Gates of Hell (in English). 2010-07-27.


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