Starcraft 2 Weekly Blue

Blizzard Community Manager Karune gives new information about the Zerg this week.


New changes with Zerg buildings have made them a lot stronger base defenders, more details about the Roach and its ability to regenerate health, and a new Lurker design on the horizon.

Words of Encouragement - Karune has also posted a letter of support for the Starcraft 2 Development team. Asking everyone to sign or add your own words of encouragement. So head on over and show your support!

Battle.net - Letter to the StarCraft II Development Team

New Zerg Defensive Strategies Posted by Karune (Blizzard Community Manager) The visuals for the Zerg's defense structures have not been finalized. The new defense gameplay mechanisms they are working with on the Zerg are actually introducing many new tactics in terms of how you build your base defense. In order to maximize the efficiency of your defense structures, players will have to place them very strategically. I am sure we will go into this in more detail when we chat with the devs about it in a future batch of Q&As. Link: Battle.net - Defensive gameplay mechanics for the Zerg

Roach Regenerates Like a Madman Posted by Karune (blizzard community manager) The Roach at 90 hit points and 15 hp/sec regeneration excels at small number skirmishes, but at large encounters, they are not extremely hard to fight. 1vs1 a Roach will beat a Stalker. 5vs5 a Stalker group which focus fires and a little micromanagement can beat the Roaches with little to no losses. Roaches are the best at countering units that attack a bit slower and do not do huge amounts of damage with a single attack, such as the Zealot. Link: Battle.net - Roach seems cheap..

Lurker Gets an Artistic Update Posted by Karune (blizzard community manager) There is already new Lurker art since the last time you have seen it. It is much more 'spiny' and has very brutal spikes when it attacks victims. I will try to take a Lurker shot as one of the upcoming ScreenCrafts. Link: Battle.net - The art of the Lurker

I really like the new defensive changes; mobile sunken colonies will be very interesting. I'm also very excited to see the new Lurker design, perhaps in the next Q&A Batch!