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Units
Ultralisk
Basic information
| Race: | Zerg |
| Life: | 500 |
| Armor: | 1 (6) |
| Movement: | Fast |
| Cargo Size: | 8 |
| Attributes: | Armored - Biological - Massive |
Production
| Producer: | Larva |
| Hotkey: | U |
| Requires: | Ultralisk Cavern |
| Cost: |  300  200 |
| Supply: |  6 |
| Build time: |  55 |
Combat
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160General Strategy
- Superior ground-attacking melee unit.
- Can deliver ’area of effect’ ground attacks against multiple targets.
- High armor and hit points.
- Can increase armor with Chitinous Plating upgrade.
- Can burrow with Burrow upgrade.
- Massive units such as the Ultralisk has have the ability to break Force Fields. Combo this ability with units that are normally weak vs. Force Fields such as Zerglings.
- Utralisks are immune to stuns and mind control.
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.
- Chitinous Plating: +2 bonus to Ultralisk's armor.
Countermeasures
VS Terran
- Anti-ground air units like Banshees and Battlecruisers can do immense damage to Ultralisks while completely avoiding their attacks.
- Spreading out ground infantry units can help minimize damage from Ultralisks’ “cleave” attacks
- Anti-armored ground units like Marauders can also crack through Ultralisks’ reinforced carapaces as long as they can keep the Ultralisk at range by kiting it with Stimpack’s movement speed increase.
- Siege Tanks can focus down Ultralisks while also doing damage to other Zerg units nearby.
VS Zerg
- Air-to-ground units, like Mutalisks and Brood Lords, can damage Ultralisks without risking any retribution.
- Swarm Hosts can use their Locusts against Ultralisks, and run away before the Ultralisks can close the distance.
VS Protoss
- Immortals are effective counters against Ultralisks. They deal extensive damage, and benefit from exceptional armor.
- As mentioned above, spreading out ground infantry units can help minimize damage from Ultralisks’ “cleave” attacks.
- Flying units, such as Void Rays, Carriers and even Motherships, can perform extremely effectively against Ultralisks, who won’t be able to reach them and will suffer from their attacks.
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[Close]Comments (39)
cant attack air
Assume they are in same unit number without any landform advantage......
Quote: Stalkers and Immortals are effective counters against Ultralisks. They deal extensive damage, and benefit from exceptional mobility (in the Stalkers’ case) or armor (in the Immortals’ case).
wtf? anybody else see the contradiction?
A lot better than SC1.
I remember it couldn't burrow,queen can make it into 2 breedings,12 zergling can cut it into pieces in SC1.Dark Archon can mind control it.......
But now......it's look like war elephant in AOE(Tremple attack)
(Predictor in terran campign =Byzantic Knight)
But I'm confused says these big boys can't be mind controlled, but is that different in the campaign? One of last zerg research items is mind control and the promo video shows an ultralisk being mind controlled and munching down on some zerglings