Corruptor

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The Corruptor is the primary air-air assault unit of the Zerg, especially strong against massive targets.

Contents 1 Background 2 StarCraft II Unit 2.1 Abilities 2.1.1 Upgrades 3 Development 4 Media

Background

Corruptor (SC2) [e]
Unit Attributes
Race:	Zerg, Tier 2.5
Role:	Anti-air
Type:	Armored Biological Flying
Movement:	Normal
Combat
Armament:	Spores
Attack:	12 (air)
Range:	6 (air)
Bonus:	10 to massive
HP:	160
Armor:	0 ( Armored )
Special Abilities
Corrupt The Corruptor disables a building, which becomes covered in slime. Evolve to Brood Lord
Production
Built by:	Larva
Hotkey:	C
Cost:	150 100
Build Time:	40
Requires:	Spire

Little is known about this flying, squid-like breed of the Zerg. It is clear that the creature is able to use its infesting spores to disable and take over flying units, and that they are susceptible to damage, even if they reside in a thicker carapace than most Zerg breeds.

StarCraft II Unit

The Corruptor can attack units counted as air targets only, even if that included Terran buildings in Lift Off, or units/buildings caught in a Anti-Gravity field.

Abilities

• Corrupt - Can corrupt a building to prevent production for 30 seconds.
• Brood Lord mutation - Turns Corruptor into a Brood Lord, if Greater Spire is built.

Upgrades

Evolve Corruptor (at Spire)

• Tier 1: 100 100 80
• Tier 2: 125 125 120
• Tier 3: 150 150 160 - Requires Hive

Development

The Corruptor was originally the first unit made from the Spire together with the Mutalisk, but has since moved around a bit. For a while, an upgraded Hatchery could make Corruptors, when used as the primary air defence in the time periods where Hydralisks were in Tier 2. They later moved back to the Spire, made there, and is in beta now made by a larva, as long as you have a Spire.

The Corruptor originally also had a "Corrupting" ability, where ships killed by Corruptors turned into infested ships that started shooting their former allies. The effect was temporary, and after the infestation the infested ship was destroyed. However, this ability did not make it into the beta.

Instead the Corruptor got an ability previously used by the Overseer, where it can corrupt a production facility, to stop it from producing for 30 seconds.

Media

• General StarCraft II Shots
  • In-game Shots
  • Concept Art
  • Unit Models
  • Unit Portraits
• Corruptor images

Corruptor, partly facing the camera.

Profile picture of a Corruptor ingame model.

Corruptors attacking Terran Battlecruisers.

Concept art.

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Zerg Units (StarCraft II) [e]
(i) = Infested (z) = Zerg-evolution (g) = Swarm Guardian spawn
Ground Units:	Hive Queen | Larva | Drone | Zergling | Baneling (z) | Roach | Hydralisk | Lurker (z) | Nydus Worm | Infestor | Ultralisk
Air Units:	Overlord | Overseer (z) | Mutalisk | Swarm Guardian (z) | Corruptor |
Additional Units:	Broodling (g) | Infested Terran (i) | Infested Protoss (i) | Egg (z) | Lurker egg (z) | Cocoon (z)
Basic Buildings:	Hatchery | Extractor | Creep Tumor | Spawning Pool | Spine Crawler | Roach Den | Baneling Nest | Evolution Chamber | Spore Crawler
Advanced Buildings:	Lair | Hydralisk Den | Deep Warren | Spire | Nydus Network | Hive | Greater Spire | Infestor Pit | Ultralisk Cavern
Cancelled Units:	Shrieker (z)
Cancelled Buildings:	Sunken Colony | Spore Colony | Swarm Clutch

Zerg Units (StarCraft I & Brood War) [e]
(q) = Queen-infested (z) = Zerg-evolution
Ground Units:	Larva | Drone | Zergling | Hydralisk | Lurker | Defiler | Ultralisk
Air Units:	Overlord | Scourge | Mutalisk | Guardian | Devourer | Queen
Additional Units:	Broodling (q) | Infested Terran (q) | Egg (z) | Lurker egg (z) | Cocoon (z)
Basic Buildings:	Hatchery | Extractor | Evolution Chamber | Spawning Pool | Creep Colony | Spore Colony | Sunken Colony | Hydralisk Den
Advanced Buildings:	Lair | Hive | Spire | Greater Spire | Queen's Nest | Nydus Canal | Defiler Mound | Ultralisk Cavern | Infested Command Center (q)
Hero ground units:	Torrasque (ult) | Matriarch (qu) | Infested Kerrigan (it) | Unclean One (def) | Hunter Killer (hyd) | Devouring One (zlng) | Infested Duran (unk)
Hero air units:	Kukulza (mut, grd) | Yggdrasill (ovl)
(ult) = Ultralisk -- (qu) = Queen -- (it) = Infested Terran -- (def) = Defiler -- (hyd) = Hydralisk -- (zlng) = Zergling -- (unk) = Unknown -- (mut) = Mutalisk -- (grd) = Guardian -- (ovl) = Overlord