StarCraft® II

During the first Zerg invasion, Queens were able to spawn a variety of parasites that infested Terran structures to create suicide troops under the Overmind’s control. In the aftermath of the Brood War, the new Queens are tougher creatures who now play a limited command role nurturing Zerg nest sites. Their new morphology hints at the incorporation of Terran or Protoss DNA, or perhaps even the Zerg-altered genes of the Queen of Blades herself. This evolution implies that a widespread change is taking place within the Zerg hierarchy, a redistribution of power that will make the Zerg even more difficult to combat.

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Unit Statistics

3D Model

Basic information

Race:	Zerg
Life:	175 Regeneration: 0.273
Energy:	200 Starting: 25 Regeneration: 0.562
Armor:	1 (4)
Movement:	Very Slow Acceleration: 1000 Turn Rate: 999.844
Cargo Size:	2
Attributes:	Biological - Psionic

Production

Producer:	Hatchery
Hotkey:	Q
Requires:	Spawning Pool
Cost:	150 -
Supply:	2
Build time:	50

Combat

Upgrades:	Zerg Ground Carapace Level 1 Upgrades the armor of all Zerg ground units. Hotkey: C Cost: 150 150 Build time: 160 Zerg Ground Carapace Level 2 Further upgrades the armor of all Zerg ground units. Hotkey: C Cost: 225 225 Build time: 190 Zerg Ground Carapace Level 3 Maximizes the armor of all Zerg ground units. Hotkey: C Cost: 300 300 Build time: 220 Zerg Missile Attacks Level 1 Upgrades the attacks of all Zerg ground ranged units. Hotkey: A Cost: 100 100 Build time: 160 Zerg Missile Attacks Level 2 Further upgrades the attacks of all Zerg ground ranged units. Hotkey: A Cost: 150 150 Build time: 190 Zerg Missile Attacks Level 3 Maximizes the attacks of all Zerg ground ranged units. Hotkey: A Cost: 200 200 Build time: 220 Burrow Enables all Zerg ground units to use the Burrow ability. Burrow allows a unit to take cover underground, rendering it unable to attack. A burrowed unit is invisible unless revealed by detectors or effects. Hotkey: B Cost: 100 100 Build time: 100
Weapon:	Acid Spines Target: Air Range: 7 Speed: Normal Type: Normal (Ranged) Damage: 9 (12) Talons Target: Ground Range: 5 Speed: Normal Type: Normal (Ranged) Damage: 4 (7)
Ability:	Burrow Buries the unit underground. Burrowed units are unable to move or attack, but they cannot be seen without detection. Hotkey: R Requires: Burrow Duration: 1 Spawn Larvae Target Hatchery, Lair, or Hive spawns 4 Larvae in 40 seconds. If Hatchery, Lair, or Hive has more than 3 Larvae at one time, regular Larva production will stop until there are fewer than 3 Larvae. Hotkey: V Energy: 25 Transfusion Instantly restores 125 life to target biological unit or structure. Hotkey: T Energy: 50 Cooldown: 1 Duration: 0

3D Model

Basic information

Race:	Zerg
Life:	175 Regeneration: 0.273
Energy:	200 Starting: 25 Regeneration: 0.562
Armor:	1 (4)
Movement:	Very Slow Acceleration: 1000 Turn Rate: 999.844
Cargo Size:	2
Attributes:	Biological - Psionic

Production

Producer:	Hatchery
Hotkey:	Q
Requires:	Spawning Pool
Cost:	150 -
Supply:	2
Build time:	50

Combat

Upgrades:	Zerg Ground Carapace Level 1 Upgrades the armor of all Zerg ground units. Hotkey: C Cost: 150 150 Build time: 160 Zerg Ground Carapace Level 2 Further upgrades the armor of all Zerg ground units. Hotkey: C Cost: 225 225 Build time: 190 Zerg Ground Carapace Level 3 Maximizes the armor of all Zerg ground units. Hotkey: C Cost: 300 300 Build time: 220 Zerg Missile Attacks Level 1 Upgrades the attacks of all Zerg ground ranged units. Hotkey: A Cost: 100 100 Build time: 160 Zerg Missile Attacks Level 2 Further upgrades the attacks of all Zerg ground ranged units. Hotkey: A Cost: 150 150 Build time: 190 Zerg Missile Attacks Level 3 Maximizes the attacks of all Zerg ground ranged units. Hotkey: A Cost: 200 200 Build time: 220 Burrow Enables all Zerg ground units to use the Burrow ability. Burrow allows a unit to take cover underground, rendering it unable to attack. A burrowed unit is invisible unless revealed by detectors or effects. Hotkey: B Cost: 100 100 Build time: 100
Weapon:	Acid Spines Target: Air Range: 7 Speed: Normal Type: Normal (Ranged) Damage: 9 (12) Acid Spines Target: Ground Range: 5 Speed: Normal Type: Normal (Ranged) Damage: 4 (7)
Ability:	Burrow Buries the unit underground. Burrowed units are unable to move or attack, but they cannot be seen without detection. Hotkey: R Requires: Burrow Duration: 1 Spawn Larvae Target Hatchery, Lair, or Hive spawns 4 Larvae in 40 seconds. If Hatchery, Lair, or Hive has more than 3 Larvae at one time, regular Larva production will stop until there are fewer than 3 Larvae. Hotkey: V Energy: 25 Transfusion Instantly restores 125 life to target biological unit or structure. Hotkey: T Energy: 50 Cooldown: 1 Duration: 0

General Strategy

Support unit.
Early-game anti-air; valuable for base defense.
Can improve production speed with Spawn Larva ability.
Can improve mobility by spawning Creep Tumors, which spread Zerg creep. Creep allows structures to be built farther away and makes Zerg move faster while standing on top of it.
Can also use Creep Tumors to slow enemy expansion, as non-Zerg races can’t build on creep.
Can heal units or buildings with the Transfusion ability.
Can burrow with the Burrow upgrade.

Strong Against

Weak Against

Evolutions

Burrow: Allows the unit to take cover underground, rendering it unable to attack. A burrowed unit is invisible unless revealed by detectors or effects.

Countermeasures

VS Terran

Use high damage ground units, like Ghosts and Marauders, to quickly overwhelm a queen.

VS Zerg

Quick, inexpensive, high-damage attackers like Zerglings can swiftly cut a Queen down if they are able to break through base defenses.
Thanks to their resilience, Roaches can outlast Queens’ base defenses to reach and defeat them.

VS Protoss

Phoenixes, particularly in groups, can harass and slay Queens functioning as base defenders with their Graviton Beam attack.
Dark Templar can sneak into bases and quickly dispatch Queens provided they have no detection units (such as Overseers).

Terran
Zerg
Protoss

* Requires Heart of the Swarm expansion pack

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