New Infestor ability.

[RamiZ]

http://www.sc2armory.com/game/zerg
You can see all units, some of them Changed.
I just saw that Infestor got new ability which I like very very much, but I think that Zerg lacks now of some AoE damage ability

Also they said that Overseer got some kind of irradiation ability, but only thing I see here is Spore Cloud ability from Build before this.

Any thoughts about this?

[GRUNT]

Wow, Fungal Growth sounds wicked! It's like a better version of Ensnare. It isn't strictly better because it doesn't slow down attack speed as well, but I reckon that it'd be more effective nonetheless.

Also, if you want a Zerg damage ability, the Overseer apparently has an AoE spell which increases the damage taken by enemy units who are affected by the spell.

I think that combined with the Infestor, the Zerg are set in terms of support spells .

I know that I'm not the only one who feels that a characteristic of Zerg spells shouldn't be direct damage like what the Protoss and Terrans can deal out, but something which requires at least some units to follow it up.

[Crota]

I don't remember Terran having a good AOE ability in the original SC and Plague was hardly used if I remember correctly. An AOE ability for a race that likes to swarm and have the feeling that it simply over runs its opponents doesn't quite feel right.

Still waiting to get my hands on the game though.
I am tired of reading everything, I just want to play the game!!!

[Goss]

Strengths

* Units heal automatically upon creep
* The Zerg creep damages enemy units that cross it

They didn't have this in the Blizzcon 2009 build.

[Kraziliak]

Ignore those. GeavOsh has confirmed that this ability existed at blizzcon and a few other websites have mentioned an ensnare ability. Gear may be slow at updating his site but hes reliable.

[Grrblt]

I don't remember Terran having a good AOE ability[/quote in the original SC

Nuke, Irradiate, EMP

[Hammy]

You could at least say what fungal growth does in the OP...

SC2A says: "Fungal growth: Ensnares the enemies that slow down their movement speed. After 6 seconds the enemy is rendered immobile for a duration."
Thanks for the info though.

This description doesn't tell us much about how it'll be used though... It all depends on how large the AoE is, and how long it lasts : ).
I really hope the area is relatively large but it only immobilizes for a second or two at most. Immobilisation seems pretty awesome but I hate stuff that incapacitates units in an area for a long time. I think it's just a boring mechanism and slightly uninteresting to strip the opponent from his unit's control...

[Kraziliak]

This ability would work very well with banelings. Use fungal growth on a group of 35 workers and follow with a bunch of banelings.

[Amph]

like the stupid stasis, i hate this ability so much

[PsiWarp]

Silly Amph, Fungal Growth does not make its victims invulnerable, that's the Mothership's Vortex ability.

I like this ability, nothing can escape the Swarm!!


-Psi