Creep Tumor!

[moosh]

I don't know if what I saw was an old replay. But did you know that when a queen makes a creep tumor, when you click on the creep tumor, it has an ablility to make another?

I thought that was really cool.

[screw_ball69]

Yep, I have messed with peoples expansions using that ability.

[protoswarrior]

Yeah

That ability as present since day 1 of beta ^^ I've seen it used quite a lot in 2v2's. Theyre pretty nifty, and from what I heard, they're "cloaked"; you need detectors to kill them (?) Can anyone confirm?

[moosh]

Yeah

That ability as present since day 1 of beta ^^ I've seen it used quite a lot in 2v2's. Theyre pretty nifty, and from what I heard, they're "cloaked"; you need detectors to kill them (?) Can anyone confirm?

Holy crap really? So you could just have a mound of creep at an expansion and they couldn't do anything about it without detection? Awesome.

[PsiWarp]

I love it as well, it makes it very convenient for your ground units to move about at top speed (notably Zerglings and Hydralisks ).

Though, I don't find myself using it often in a ZvZ...


-Psi

[TheJet]

Yes, you can potentially spawn an infinite number of creep tumors from a single creep tumor, but there are some limitations:

-after you build the tumor, there is a cooldown before it can build another (30 seconds i think)
-The tumor has a limited radius in which it can build another tumor (approx. pylon power area)
-You must have sight to where you are placing down a new tumor.

[MiniMaster184]

Theyre pretty nifty, and from what I heard, they're "cloaked"; you need detectors to kill them (?) Can anyone confirm?

They are "burrowed buildings." So, yes, a detector would be required to find and destroy them.

[moosh]

wow they're so much cooler than i had originally anticipated

[PsiWarp]

Also, on the technical side, a Creep Tumor requires 1 square placement and allows any ground unit to walk through it (like Larva and Egg) once it completes.

Therefore, you'll find it better to use Crawlers to wall instead of a Tumor wall :P (yes you, KDraconis!!)


-Psi

[Xyvik]

You gotta be kidding me...you mean I've wasted all that Queen energy making new tumors when the tumors themselves could have made new ones?!?!


....well no wonder I always lose as Zerg