New Zerg Unit (Unofficial)

The DONGLING!
Alias: Flyling, Wingling, Airling, Smallwing, Cutewing

At the last remaining days of the bloody and savage Brood Wars, the swarm, although triumphant, was almost annihilated. Body after body lie to waste as far as the eye can see, dismembered, dishevelled, dead. Crimson blood which once run fiercely in the veins of every proud creature to answer the call of the Queen of Death now creep slowly all throughout the colony. It was victory only as much as it was defeat.

Among the first to fall are the frail Scourge. The absence of the scourge was felt immediately as Mutalisks were no match against the raiding specialized air units of the Terran and Protoss scavenging the land for loot. Pushed once again to the extreme limits of physical possibilities, the swarm did what it does best – evolve.

It was in the planet of Mar Sara that the new trait first manifested. It must have been the radiation from the nukes. Or it must have been there all this time, dormant and just bidding its time. It doesn’t matter. A cold vicious chill crawled up the spine of every zergling. They didn’t understand what it was. They were restless, but it felt good. Fuelled by primordial drive and a renewed hunger for violence and destruction, the zergling took to flight, and became the Dongling!

Why?
Why not!

Is this for real? What patch?
Like I said, the purpose of this post is only for enjoyment. Don’t take this post, or yourself, too seriously. :D

Why "Dongling"?
In honor of the Greatest BW player and more importantly the best Hive Mind ever!

Will Sarah and Jim ever reunite
Err…

So zerglings can evolve to Donglings, and devolve back as zerglings?
In essence that’s correct. They evolve by growing Dongwings, so they can either go air (as Donglings) or ground (as Zerglings). They do not really need complete metamorphosis as butterflies do, after all, they are not pollinators but warriors. It is simply and instrument of war. Think of it as a switch between two aspects of this unit.

What is Growth Time?
Once the Dongwing Growth evolution is completed in the Spawning Pool, all zerglings will morph into a cocoon for 5 game seconds and emerge with their newly grown Dongwings.

Are minerals, gas, or energy required to morph between aspects?
No. They only things you need to get Donglings are a Spawning Pool, a zergling, a Spire, a Hive, the Dongwing Growth evolution. Morphing is free and can be done endlessly. However, morphing, like most things in Starcraft, follows certain physical limitation. For example, a Dongling cannot morph back to zergling above a body of water, a void, or any other terrain on which a zergling cannot plant its feet on. Also, morphing between aspects require 2 game seconds, during which the unit morphs into an egg.

How does the DOngling attack?
The Dongling, being winged zerglings, retain their combat attributes. They attack on air as melee units with a range of 1. Moreover, Donglings are also affected by Adrenal Glands and Metabolic Boost.

IMBA!!! OP!!!
That is partially true. But with the cost of 500/1000, it’s pretty hard to acquire, given how gas hungry zerg is.

What is Blizzard actually uses this?
I’m only a fan and a player of the game. I may cheer, QQ, rant, suggest, pretend I know better, but in the end it’s their game. But if this really happens, please please please name it Dongling!

“Before you can fly, first you must crawl.”
- Friedrwarrsch Nietzsschh, Zerg Cerebrate

“The scan told us there only lings, so we pushed. We were ready for their every attack – from the front, from behind, from below our feet… but from above?!?”
- Jim Raynor, post-evolution zergling survivor

“I believe I can fly!”
- Mook, the happy ling

Nahh. Seriously. :d But before anything, let’s give credit where credit is due. This post is inspired by the works of Christopher Notbusch who was recently featured on TL.. This post is intended solely for entertainment purposes, so have fun. :D