Infestor spell re-work

[TunaFish]

You know what SC2 needs more of? Stuff from StarCraft 1!

The last thing Blizzard should do is declare further intellectual bankruptcy.

Even better, they could just add more old units cleverly disguised as "new" units.

[SoFool]

Oh for the love of pete, bring back the defiler already.

Yay! Another returning zerg unit! *sarcasm*

Even better, they could just add more old units cleverly disguised as "new" units.

Brood Lord - Checked

[Aldrius]

Oh for the love of pete, bring back the defiler already. I'm shocked that the Thor has found its place faster than the infester has!

The infestor hasn't actually been... looking for a place in the zerg army...

It has the same role it had before they patched it... now it's just... better at it.

[Jabber Wookie]

On a very slightly related note, and I am sure this has been talked about before, but does "Fungal Growth" affect all ground units (i.e. every type, variation, bio, mech, etc...) in the area of effect?

Because if it does, why is that not used more in the zerg replays i've seen?!

I mean, are you kidding me, a spell that immobolizes an area of units much like vortex, yet deals damage while they are immobolized, and (hopefully someone can confirm whether or not this is the case) allows your units to attack them while they're immobolized? If that IS the case, then i want to see this ability used way more.... but I may be wayy outta the loop on this and i apologize if i am completely incorrect on how this spell works...

[RamiZ]

On a very slightly related note, and I am sure this has been talked about before, but does "Fungal Growth" affect all ground units (i.e. every type, variation, bio, mech, etc...) in the area of effect?

It also affects air too... Spell is good, but it is more like you have to invest a lot to just infestor that is useful for only one spell that is good vs. Zerg, and it is far better and more cost-effective to go for Mutas instead of Infestors.

[Operatoring]

I like Infestors. Throwing three of them into your army can turn the tides of battle. Neural Parasite works on everything, you can even parasite a Probe and make a Nexus like DA's in SC1. Infested Terrans are fun but not that useful. And Fungal Growth or w/e is great at stopping fast units in there tracks, or the retreat of an army.

[DemolitionSquid]

Step 1: make Fungal Growth and Neural Parasite reasonable and useful/balanced.
Step 2: give the Infestor the Corruptor's Corruption and rename it Infestation.
Step 3: Find a balance between the power of Scourge and the support of Devourers for the Corruptor
Step 4: Make the Brood Lord the Mutalisk evo or change its goddamn model!

[Kimera757]

Fungal Growth doesn't seem to affect air. I threw it on medivac dropships, so I could lure terran units away from them. It didn't work. Unless there's a bug, in which case I'd better report it.

Fungal Growth does low damage (it can't even kill an uninjured marine or reaper), and freezing units that have ranged attacks has limited useability. It works better against zerg, decently against protoss, and not very well against terrans.

[Aldrius]

Fungal Growth doesn't seem to affect air. I threw it on medivac dropships, so I could lure terran units away from them. It didn't work. Unless there's a bug, in which case I'd better report it.

You missed most likely. You need to hit the ground BELOW the medivac to hit it.

It takes some getting used to. But it should show up red when it's targeted. Anyway, I'm pretty sure it works on air units. Lemme test it out.

Fungal Growth does low damage (it can't even kill an uninjured marine or reaper), and freezing units that have ranged attacks has limited useability. It works better against zerg, decently against protoss, and not very well against terrans.

It's freaking awesome against terran. Fungal Growth groups of marines and they can't kite you. Plus they'll be weakened, so your units will just gobble them up. Even if they have a medivac, that'll be eating up A LOT of medivac energy.

[Todie]

even if it cant target air it has great potential in its current form.. its just not teh click-and-kill ability that some might expect it to be; you need to use the units you ahve around to explit the enemys immobility.

for example, how about growing some fungi on 'em when they'er movign across the map in tight formation, while your man force is ready to bypass them to hit the main &/or expos to cripple econ and/or tech ....

i feel zerg can be very much about controling the map & the enemy organicly; scout & exptend creep wtih overlords & burrowed units - but a strain on eenmys detection abilities to preserve the use you get from burrow ... and finally, exploit the superior recon tactically - combined with the ability to burrow-ambush... etc