• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 04:08
CET 10:08
KST 18:08
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info3herO wins SC2 All-Star Invitational14SC2 All-Star Invitational: Tournament Preview5RSL Revival - 2025 Season Finals Preview8RSL Season 3 - Playoffs Preview0
Community News
Weekly Cups (Jan 19-25): Bunny, Trigger, MaxPax win3Weekly Cups (Jan 12-18): herO, MaxPax, Solar win0BSL Season 2025 - Full Overview and Conclusion8Weekly Cups (Jan 5-11): Clem wins big offline, Trigger upsets4$21,000 Rongyi Cup Season 3 announced (Jan 22-Feb 7)35
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (Jan 19-25): Bunny, Trigger, MaxPax win StarCraft 2 not at the Esports World Cup 2026 Oliveira Would Have Returned If EWC Continued herO wins SC2 All-Star Invitational PhD study /w SC2 - help with a survey!
Tourneys
$21,000 Rongyi Cup Season 3 announced (Jan 22-Feb 7) OSC Season 13 World Championship $70 Prize Pool Ladder Legends Academy Weekly Open! SC2 All-Star Invitational: Jan 17-18 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament
Strategy
Simple Questions Simple Answers
Custom Maps
[A] Starcraft Sound Mod
External Content
Mutation # 510 Safety Violation Mutation # 509 Doomsday Report Mutation # 508 Violent Night Mutation # 507 Well Trained
Brood War
General
[ASL21] Potential Map Candidates BW General Discussion BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Which foreign pros are considered the best? Gypsy to Korea
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues Small VOD Thread 2.0 Azhi's Colosseum - Season 2 [BSL21] Non-Korean Championship - Starts Jan 10
Strategy
Current Meta Simple Questions, Simple Answers Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2 Game Theory for Starcraft
Other Games
General Games
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Nintendo Switch Thread Beyond All Reason Battle Aces/David Kim RTS Megathread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas
Community
General
+27678947095 Abortion clinic Fereej Al Soudan US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread YouTube Thread
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club! The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
How Esports Advertising Shap…
TrAiDoS
My 2025 Magic: The Gathering…
DARKING
Life Update and thoughts.
FuDDx
How do archons sleep?
8882
James Bond movies ranking - pa…
Topin
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1094 users

[Poll] How Infestor could be changed? - Page 5

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 34 35 36 Next All
n0ise
Profile Joined April 2010
3452 Posts
November 08 2012 11:39 GMT
#81
why are people so adamant on nerfing the infestor? only problem with the actual unit is it's kinda easier to use than to play against.

I'm much more worried about the fact that I get 'all-ined' at 8:00 then 2 minutes earlier zerg is 4 bases with 80 drones, much more worried that if I want to be equal in economy there's creep spread in my mineral line.

My problem is how easy/fast it is to get a SHITTON of infestors, NOT that I have to split/scan vs it Oo

How about instead of infestor nerfing they chill on the queen buffs, on the ferrari overlords and so on?
Hiea
Profile Joined March 2012
Denmark1538 Posts
November 08 2012 11:41 GMT
#82
On November 08 2012 20:36 Roko wrote:
I personally think that the Infestor doesn't need a nerf/buff w/e but I do think that other races need something that does properly counter them like the Oracles phase shield f.ex. (although it was removed ._.)


Changes need to be made pre HotS

For terran it could be either -
A) EMPs radius is bigger, allowing it to hit 4-6 infestors, instead of 1-3
B) Make infestors smaller so EMPs are more effective.


The problems with ghosts for terrans is they would only be there to EMP, they suck versus broodlord/ultralisk and are just a waste of supply, the difference between ghosts meant to counter HT vs protoss is that even without the EMP, the ghost is really good versus zealots.
Valikyr
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden2653 Posts
November 08 2012 11:42 GMT
#83
On November 08 2012 20:39 n0ise wrote:
why are people so adamant on nerfing the infestor? only problem with the actual unit is it's kinda easier to use than to play against.

I'm much more worried about the fact that I get 'all-ined' at 8:00 then 2 minutes earlier zerg is 4 bases with 80 drones, much more worried that if I want to be equal in economy there's creep spread in my mineral line.

My problem is how easy/fast it is to get a SHITTON of infestors, NOT that I have to split/scan vs it Oo

How about instead of infestor nerfing they chill on the queen buffs, on the ferrari overlords and so on?

1. As you say it's much easier to use than defend against.
2. It prevents micro during a battle (yes this is not the only ability that does this, but the worst of them all.
3. It's NEVER a bad idea to get infestors. The more infestors you have the better off you are. Always. No other race works like that with any unit.
4. Fungal is not exciting to watch. Infested terrans are better but also way too good.
Insoleet
Profile Joined May 2012
France1806 Posts
November 08 2012 11:44 GMT
#84
On November 08 2012 20:37 Jimbo77 wrote:
1. FG must not affect Air (indisputable)
2. FG must only slow units by 100% 75% 50% 25% every next second.
3. FG must affect friendly units (storm like)
4. NP must not affect Air (indisputable)
5. IT must cost 50 energy
6. IT can not be spawned while burrowed.
7. Burrowed move must be researched.


1. FG need to affect air if we dont want to see only muta vs muta games in ZvZ.
2. Slow is necessary because root is boring. Dunno the numbers.
3. FG no, definetally not. Zergs is a melee oriented race. Fungling is own units would be retarded.
4. And how could zerg NP ravens ?
5. Only 4 IT / infestors ? Are you serious ?
6. How can infestors harass now ?
7. Maybe. Why not.
Severedevil
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4839 Posts
November 08 2012 11:46 GMT
#85
1) Make Neural Parasite researched by default. Require Zerg to research Spawn Infested Terran and/or Fungal Growth.

2) Disallow Neural Parasite on massive units.

3) Cheapen Neural Parasite to 75 or 50 mana. Give it 9 range again, and/or allow it to be used from underground. (If the latter, disallow spawning infested terrans from underground.)

4) Consider weakening the worst abuses -- chain fungals, and dumping of your entire mana pool on eggs. I want an Infestor to be able to spawn more than one egg at a time, but not eight. Perhaps increase the mana cost to 40, or set a cooldown that triggers after the third IT you throw. (For Fungal, allow fungal'd units to spread out, or perhaps have fungal force units to spread. Suppose it's a projectile that explodes at the target, pushing units away from the blast in addition to its normal effect.)

Really, I wanna see more mind control tentacles and less chain-fungals/egg swarms.
My strategy is to fork people.
Insoleet
Profile Joined May 2012
France1806 Posts
November 08 2012 11:47 GMT
#86
On November 08 2012 20:42 Valikyr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 08 2012 20:39 n0ise wrote:
why are people so adamant on nerfing the infestor? only problem with the actual unit is it's kinda easier to use than to play against.

I'm much more worried about the fact that I get 'all-ined' at 8:00 then 2 minutes earlier zerg is 4 bases with 80 drones, much more worried that if I want to be equal in economy there's creep spread in my mineral line.

My problem is how easy/fast it is to get a SHITTON of infestors, NOT that I have to split/scan vs it Oo

How about instead of infestor nerfing they chill on the queen buffs, on the ferrari overlords and so on?

3. It's NEVER a bad idea to get infestors. The more infestors you have the better off you are. Always. No other race works like that with any unit. .


In which case is it a bad idea to build marines ?
In which case is it a bad idea to build high templars ?

So biased...
n0ise
Profile Joined April 2010
3452 Posts
November 08 2012 12:02 GMT
#87
On November 08 2012 20:42 Valikyr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 08 2012 20:39 n0ise wrote:
why are people so adamant on nerfing the infestor? only problem with the actual unit is it's kinda easier to use than to play against.

I'm much more worried about the fact that I get 'all-ined' at 8:00 then 2 minutes earlier zerg is 4 bases with 80 drones, much more worried that if I want to be equal in economy there's creep spread in my mineral line.

My problem is how easy/fast it is to get a SHITTON of infestors, NOT that I have to split/scan vs it Oo

How about instead of infestor nerfing they chill on the queen buffs, on the ferrari overlords and so on?

1. As you say it's much easier to use than defend against.
2. It prevents micro during a battle (yes this is not the only ability that does this, but the worst of them all.
3. It's NEVER a bad idea to get infestors. The more infestors you have the better off you are. Always. No other race works like that with any unit.
4. Fungal is not exciting to watch. Infested terrans are better but also way too good.


You're P so I can't really disagree with your pov. I have tanks + splits to kinda even it out vs infestors. About you're 3rd point, my original post was related to that... I don't think they're a problem per se, but rather they shouldn't be able to get that many infestors, so easily.

About 4, it could be changed, say give it a projectile (and +radius to balance it?) - it'd be tougher to use, more fun to watch etc.
k0pf
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany180 Posts
November 08 2012 12:02 GMT
#88
On November 08 2012 20:47 Insoleet wrote:

In which case is it a bad idea to build high templars ?

So biased...


Really? You ever tried HT against mass roach with burrow or mech? This question is pathetic ...
Severedevil
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4839 Posts
November 08 2012 12:03 GMT
#89
On November 08 2012 20:47 Insoleet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 08 2012 20:42 Valikyr wrote:
On November 08 2012 20:39 n0ise wrote:
why are people so adamant on nerfing the infestor? only problem with the actual unit is it's kinda easier to use than to play against.

I'm much more worried about the fact that I get 'all-ined' at 8:00 then 2 minutes earlier zerg is 4 bases with 80 drones, much more worried that if I want to be equal in economy there's creep spread in my mineral line.

My problem is how easy/fast it is to get a SHITTON of infestors, NOT that I have to split/scan vs it Oo

How about instead of infestor nerfing they chill on the queen buffs, on the ferrari overlords and so on?

3. It's NEVER a bad idea to get infestors. The more infestors you have the better off you are. Always. No other race works like that with any unit. .


In which case is it a bad idea to build marines ?
In which case is it a bad idea to build high templars ?

So biased...

Additional Psi storm or Feedback carries diminishing returns. Infested Terrans and Fungal synergize nicely, by creating a nigh-on unbeatable army and forcing your opponent to engage instead of run.

Marine are usually very strong, but weak at high supply.
My strategy is to fork people.
Mandalor
Profile Blog Joined February 2003
Germany2362 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-08 12:11:31
November 08 2012 12:06 GMT
#90
On November 08 2012 20:47 Insoleet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 08 2012 20:42 Valikyr wrote:
On November 08 2012 20:39 n0ise wrote:
why are people so adamant on nerfing the infestor? only problem with the actual unit is it's kinda easier to use than to play against.

I'm much more worried about the fact that I get 'all-ined' at 8:00 then 2 minutes earlier zerg is 4 bases with 80 drones, much more worried that if I want to be equal in economy there's creep spread in my mineral line.

My problem is how easy/fast it is to get a SHITTON of infestors, NOT that I have to split/scan vs it Oo

How about instead of infestor nerfing they chill on the queen buffs, on the ferrari overlords and so on?

3. It's NEVER a bad idea to get infestors. The more infestors you have the better off you are. Always. No other race works like that with any unit. .


In which case is it a bad idea to build marines ?
In which case is it a bad idea to build high templars ?

So biased...


It's not a good idea to go for mostly marines in a looooot of scenarios. Also, it's really not fair to compare the stereotypic terran unit with a spellcaster.
For templars, again, there's a ton of situations where basing your army off of mostly templars is a really bad idea (the entire PvP matchup, really the entire PvZ matchup (templars really don't do too well in terms of cost efficiency against any armored zerg unit), terran mech and terran bio armies that consist of mostly marauder/ghost). I can not think of a zerg or terran unit combination that would make me want to have more than, say, 10 templars. Can you say the same about infestors? I don't think so.
Solarist
Profile Joined September 2011
291 Posts
November 08 2012 12:09 GMT
#91
On November 08 2012 20:47 Insoleet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 08 2012 20:42 Valikyr wrote:
On November 08 2012 20:39 n0ise wrote:
why are people so adamant on nerfing the infestor? only problem with the actual unit is it's kinda easier to use than to play against.

I'm much more worried about the fact that I get 'all-ined' at 8:00 then 2 minutes earlier zerg is 4 bases with 80 drones, much more worried that if I want to be equal in economy there's creep spread in my mineral line.

My problem is how easy/fast it is to get a SHITTON of infestors, NOT that I have to split/scan vs it Oo

How about instead of infestor nerfing they chill on the queen buffs, on the ferrari overlords and so on?

3. It's NEVER a bad idea to get infestors. The more infestors you have the better off you are. Always. No other race works like that with any unit. .


In which case is it a bad idea to build marines ?
In which case is it a bad idea to build high templars ?

So biased...


Not really the same at all in the case of marines. Not only are there situations where you dont want marines, but most importantly marines are a core unit. Infestors are a SUPPORT unit thats being build 20+ off in the majority of games.

So stupid...
LOLingBuddha
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands697 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-08 12:13:34
November 08 2012 12:09 GMT
#92
Id like to add one suggestion..

Make it so that the infested terran eggs are not a priority target until they are hatched.
edit: and make the time to hatch slightly longer
aka_star
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United Kingdom1546 Posts
November 08 2012 12:15 GMT
#93
I voted, I feel our decisions will successful nerf the shit out of the infestor so we can focus on the next imbalanced unit.
FlashDave.999 aka Star
Loffeman
Profile Joined June 2007
Sweden105 Posts
November 08 2012 12:16 GMT
#94
How about that it takes longer for the infested terrans to spawn from the eggs? Then they could mostly be used in a defensive position and you have to plan more ahead when to throw them instead of just adding a ton of dps in a big fight
CyDe
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States1010 Posts
November 08 2012 12:18 GMT
#95
On November 08 2012 21:09 LOLingBuddha wrote:
Id like to add one suggestion..

Make it so that the infested terran eggs are not a priority target until they are hatched.
edit: and make the time to hatch slightly longer

Definitely this. Unless you are going mass 3/3 thors, you don't have a chance of destroying the eggs, and all the shots on them are wasted. It is too much damage reduction for zero micro, and if the other player wants to avoid they have to do a lot of focus firing which might reduce their army's overall DPS.
youtube.com/GamingCyDe-- My totally abandoned youtube channel that I might revisit at some point
NesquiKGG
Profile Joined February 2012
100 Posts
November 08 2012 12:19 GMT
#96
If you nerf Infestor then nerf Blinkstalkers, Marines & tanks too
I cheated on my fears, broke up with my doubts, got engaged to my faith and now I'm marrying my dreams.
Kakaru2
Profile Joined March 2011
198 Posts
November 08 2012 12:19 GMT
#97
On November 08 2012 20:47 Insoleet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 08 2012 20:42 Valikyr wrote:
On November 08 2012 20:39 n0ise wrote:
why are people so adamant on nerfing the infestor? only problem with the actual unit is it's kinda easier to use than to play against.

I'm much more worried about the fact that I get 'all-ined' at 8:00 then 2 minutes earlier zerg is 4 bases with 80 drones, much more worried that if I want to be equal in economy there's creep spread in my mineral line.

My problem is how easy/fast it is to get a SHITTON of infestors, NOT that I have to split/scan vs it Oo

How about instead of infestor nerfing they chill on the queen buffs, on the ferrari overlords and so on?

3. It's NEVER a bad idea to get infestors. The more infestors you have the better off you are. Always. No other race works like that with any unit. .


In which case is it a bad idea to build marines ?
In which case is it a bad idea to build high templars ?

So biased...


marines vs. colosssi. or versus high templars.
high templar versus roaches.

And these are just quick examples.
SlixSC
Profile Joined October 2012
666 Posts
November 08 2012 12:20 GMT
#98
On November 08 2012 20:47 Insoleet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 08 2012 20:42 Valikyr wrote:
On November 08 2012 20:39 n0ise wrote:
why are people so adamant on nerfing the infestor? only problem with the actual unit is it's kinda easier to use than to play against.

I'm much more worried about the fact that I get 'all-ined' at 8:00 then 2 minutes earlier zerg is 4 bases with 80 drones, much more worried that if I want to be equal in economy there's creep spread in my mineral line.

My problem is how easy/fast it is to get a SHITTON of infestors, NOT that I have to split/scan vs it Oo

How about instead of infestor nerfing they chill on the queen buffs, on the ferrari overlords and so on?

3. It's NEVER a bad idea to get infestors. The more infestors you have the better off you are. Always. No other race works like that with any unit. .


In which case is it a bad idea to build marines ?
In which case is it a bad idea to build high templars ?

So biased...


Try making a mass marine army vs a collossus heavy protoss army, or even better don't go 3 fac tank vs a 3 fac tank player in TvT lategame and see how well your marines do vs 20 tanks...
HonorZ
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
France858 Posts
November 08 2012 12:20 GMT
#99
A projectile that can be avoided and slow down instead of imobilizing is a cool idea imo .
"If you don't drop sweat today you'll drop tears tomorrow"
ToKoreaWithLove
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Norway10161 Posts
November 08 2012 12:22 GMT
#100
On November 08 2012 20:41 Hiea wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 08 2012 20:36 Roko wrote:
I personally think that the Infestor doesn't need a nerf/buff w/e but I do think that other races need something that does properly counter them like the Oracles phase shield f.ex. (although it was removed ._.)


Changes need to be made pre HotS

For terran it could be either -
A) EMPs radius is bigger, allowing it to hit 4-6 infestors, instead of 1-3
B) Make infestors smaller so EMPs are more effective.


The problems with ghosts for terrans is they would only be there to EMP, they suck versus broodlord/ultralisk and are just a waste of supply, the difference between ghosts meant to counter HT vs protoss is that even without the EMP, the ghost is really good versus zealots.


Ah but if you make EMP radius bigger then TvP is kinda screwed.

I personally believe a change in fungal vs vikings/flying is good for TvZ, and in general perhaps remove the energy upgrade for infestors so they don't pop out ready to fight. A small change but it did a lot to ht.
ModeratorFather of bunnies
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 34 35 36 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
09:00
Rongyi Cup S3 - Playoffs Day 2
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
SortOf 173
StarCraft: Brood War
Hyuk 533
Flash 509
Mong 276
BeSt 103
Hm[arnc] 82
Shuttle 61
Pusan 55
hero 44
Dewaltoss 34
NotJumperer 28
[ Show more ]
Yoon 26
Shinee 20
Free 19
Noble 16
GoRush 11
910 10
Soulkey 9
Dota 2
XaKoH 493
febbydoto35
League of Legends
JimRising 640
C9.Mang0385
Counter-Strike
allub257
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor110
Other Games
Liquid`RaSZi780
ceh9464
Mew2King127
KnowMe25
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick868
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• iopq 1
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Lourlo1201
• Jankos939
• Stunt800
Upcoming Events
RongYI Cup
1h 52m
herO vs Solar
TriGGeR vs Maru
The PondCast
23h 52m
HomeStory Cup
2 days
Korean StarCraft League
2 days
HomeStory Cup
3 days
Replay Cast
3 days
HomeStory Cup
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Wardi Open
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-01-26
OSC Championship Season 13
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

CSL 2025 WINTER (S19)
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
Acropolis #4 - TS4
Rongyi Cup S3
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual
eXTREMESLAND 2025
SL Budapest Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S1: W6
Escore Tournament S1: W7
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
LiuLi Cup: 2025 Grand Finals
HSC XXVIII
Nations Cup 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League Season 23
ESL Pro League Season 23
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.