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TheAwesomeAll
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands1609 Posts
October 10 2011 20:13 GMT
#881
definitively a hydra mutation, the heads are identical
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Eschaton
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1245 Posts
October 10 2011 20:14 GMT
#882
Baneling/hydra "archon"-style unit?
xOff
Profile Joined October 2010
United States247 Posts
October 10 2011 20:14 GMT
#883
In my oppinion its going to attempt to fill the role that zerg lacks the most, a ground holding unit. I think it won't be that fast and will be relatively similar to a reaver in being slow and having an AoE attack.
By the looks of it you can't really imagine that thing moving too fast and it looks like an evolution of the baneling that shoots acid out of its back like a fire truck shooting water. Perhaps with a spray that is similar to a voidrays beam in doing damage over time rather than bust damage like most units?
Also for coolness it generates creep in a 6-7 range radius wherever it walks since its slow
Anything can be accomplished through sheer discipline.
Nachtwind
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany1130 Posts
October 10 2011 20:14 GMT
#884
On October 11 2011 05:08 TiTanIum_ wrote:
Looks like a turtle with a cannon on its back. Siege for ground and air, with little mobility, but still being able to move. Probably a spore turtle.


[image loading]

what a boss !
invisible tetris level master
llnoobeaterll
Profile Joined September 2010
United States24 Posts
October 10 2011 20:15 GMT
#885
lmao what if blizzard is just trolling and it's actually a bigger T3 baneling that does massive damage and slows everything down....
mec
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden192 Posts
October 10 2011 20:15 GMT
#886
Baneling riding a Hydra, I called it!
Naphal
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany2099 Posts
October 10 2011 20:16 GMT
#887
could be a t3 hydramorph that shoots air and ground... WOOT
Camail
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1030 Posts
October 10 2011 20:17 GMT
#888
I believe that its can not be a siege unit, that is fundamentally not what Zerg is. Zerg is about reaction and speed and swarm, tanks and siege are slow and methodical. There is absolutely no way they would stray that far away from race design. Balancing the other races against Terran doesn't mean we want Terran units...lol.
http://i.imgur.com/IPxgv.png
Gainer
Profile Joined October 2011
2 Posts
October 10 2011 20:17 GMT
#889
A offensive armored creep spreading unit. Burrows in and spreads creep rapidly. Advantage of faster army movement or a hasty retreat.

Excuse the poor MS Paint skills.

[image loading]

DeltruS
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada2214 Posts
October 10 2011 20:18 GMT
#890
Do you guys think that they could remove the hydra in favor of this unit and then put a new unit in tier 2? I'd love to see the hydra gone ^_^.
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Angelbelow
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3728 Posts
October 10 2011 20:18 GMT
#891
Would be pretty cool if it can shoot banelings or something. Like the meat wagon from WC3?
You may delay, but time will not. Current Music obsession: Opeth
MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
October 10 2011 20:20 GMT
#892
On October 11 2011 05:17 Gainer wrote:
A offensive armored creep spreading unit. Burrows in and spreads creep rapidly. Advantage of faster army movement or a hasty retreat.


That's actually a really cool idea. I'd imagine it would have other uses, but the idea of a unit that can quickly spread creep like an overlord, but is ground based is really cool.
VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG
Big-t
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria1350 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-10 20:23:23
October 10 2011 20:21 GMT
#893
I want a T3 unit that can attack air and ground or something that can abuse cliffs.

Edit: a baneling mine layer would be awesome too^^
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eleaf
Profile Joined September 2011
526 Posts
October 10 2011 20:21 GMT
#894
On October 11 2011 05:17 Gainer wrote:
A offensive armored creep spreading unit. Burrows in and spreads creep rapidly. Advantage of faster army movement or a hasty retreat.

Excuse the poor MS Paint skills.

[image loading]



Basically it is like transformer?
mango_destroyer
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3914 Posts
October 10 2011 20:21 GMT
#895
That thing better shoot air...
2shellbonus
Profile Joined May 2010
Russian Federation22 Posts
October 10 2011 20:21 GMT
#896
I think, as someone mentioned earlier here, there are rocks on the back.
So my guess is this unit morphs from the hydralisk and is used to place destructible rocks on any expansion, thus making it harder to for the opponent to expand.

We all do know how Blizzard loves destructible rocks. And a unit dedicated to that just seems right!

On a more serious note, i think this is an evolution of the Lurker.
Crisco
Profile Joined March 2011
1170 Posts
October 10 2011 20:22 GMT
#897
On October 11 2011 05:21 eleaf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2011 05:17 Gainer wrote:
A offensive armored creep spreading unit. Burrows in and spreads creep rapidly. Advantage of faster army movement or a hasty retreat.

Excuse the poor MS Paint skills.

[image loading]



Basically it is like transformer?


except the top is a hole not a notch.. so it can't be a shell
ShadowStar
Profile Joined February 2011
Norway11 Posts
October 10 2011 20:22 GMT
#898
My take on it is this, the legs o front wich some seem to belive is for curling up is actually "grounding". This i conclude from two tings, as one of the picures pointed out it seems the back end of the creature is a cannon of sorts. The other thing is the head, it is at least in profile the same as a hydralisk (maybe an uppgrade? Not to sure about that thou). This would bring in at least some creedebility to the swarm (evolutuion reusing good designs) seing as the hydralisk is a ranged unit with high precision and so on. This leads me back to my point

aiming head + hugeasscannon + "recoilingsafe" legs = siege unit


The interesting questions that arise based upon that is this.

1. do you need a new building or research a uppgrade to get the unit?
2. if this is a siege unit does it shoot in unsieged mode?
3. do you need burrow to siege it?
4. what unit would it be morphed from, (here i have to point out that it lore and gameplaywise would be a bit wrong to morph a beefy siege unit from the "glass cannon" hydralisk.

gogo debate!

Umm, what did the big red button do again?
ALPINA
Profile Joined May 2010
3791 Posts
October 10 2011 20:23 GMT
#899
On October 11 2011 05:17 Gainer wrote:
A offensive armored creep spreading unit. Burrows in and spreads creep rapidly. Advantage of faster army movement or a hasty retreat.

Excuse the poor MS Paint skills.
+ Show Spoiler +

[image loading]



It would be a wasted unit. You can just bring an overlord and spread creep, what's the point of having whole extra unit just to spread creep? Unless of course it spreads like 3 screens in like 5 seconds lol..
You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
Gainer
Profile Joined October 2011
2 Posts
October 10 2011 20:24 GMT
#900
On October 11 2011 05:21 eleaf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2011 05:17 Gainer wrote:
A offensive armored creep spreading unit. Burrows in and spreads creep rapidly. Advantage of faster army movement or a hasty retreat.

Excuse the poor MS Paint skills.

[image loading]



Basically it is like transformer?



The current theory on the new terran unit is very "transformerish" - so perhaps it could be a theme.
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