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Heart of the Swarm
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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Game Information
Developer:
Release Date(s):
2013-03-12 (World)
2013-07-17 (China)
2013-07-17 (China)
Platforms:
Microsoft Windows
Apple Mac OS X
Apple Mac OS X
Heart of the Swarm is the expansion for StarCraft II announced as part of the Starcraft II trilogy of games along with Wings of Liberty and Legacy of the Void. It features an all new Zerg focused campaign, new multiplayer units, tweaks to existing units, new multiplayer maps and improvements to the Battle.net online service. The expansion was released on March 12, 2013.[1] The expansion went live at midnight in their respective regions.[2] It was released in China on July 17th, 2013, without global play available.[3]
Campaign[edit]
The Campaign takes a more RPG approach in this expansion with Kerrigan being a controllable character throughout the vast majority of the missions and persistent upgrades for both the Queen of Blades and her brood.
New Multiplayer Units[edit]
Protoss units[edit]
Zerg Units[edit]
Terran Units[edit]
What Was Changed[edit]
Protoss[edit]
Units[edit]
- Sentry
- Hallucination upgrade removed
- Stalker
- Blink research time increased from 140 to 170 seconds
- Phoenix
- Range increased from 4(+2) to 5(+2)
- Warp Prism
- speed increased from 2.5(+0.875) to 2.953(+0.422)
- Void Ray
- Prismatic Beams ability replaced with Prismatic Alignment ability
- supply increased from 3 to 4
- Carrier
- Interceptors can change targets
- Mothership
- Vortex spell replaced with Time Warp spell
- spell Mass Recall changed - instead of teleporting targeted units to the Mothership, the Mothership itself and units surrounding it are teleported to targeted Nexus
Buildings[edit]
- Nexus
- builds Mothership Core instead of Mothership
- could get attack ability via Photon Overcharge
- Cybernetics Core
- unlocks Mothership Core
- Hallucination upgrade removed
- Stargate
- Fleet Beacon
- unlocks Tempests
- Dark Shrine
- cost changed from 100 minerals 250 gas to 150 minerals 150 gas
Terran[edit]
Units[edit]
- Reaper
- does not require Tech Lab
- speed increased from 2.95 to 3.75
- health increased from 50 to 60
- damage decreased from 4(+5 vs Light) to 4
- Nitro Packs upgrade removed
- special building attack removed
- new ability Combat Drugs
- Ghost
- Moebius Reactor upgrade removed, Ghosts start with 75 energy
- Siege Tank
- Siege Tech upgrade removed
- Siege Mode DPS increased from 11.7(+1) to 12.5(+1.1) (cooldown decreased from 3 seconds to 2.8 seconds)
- Thor
- energy removed
- spell 250mm Strike Cannons replaced with two new abilities: High Impact Payload and Explosive Payload
- Medivac
- new ability: Ignite Afterburners
- Raven
- Seeker Missile spell improved: energy cost down from 125 to 75, range up from 6 to 10, plus mechanic changes
- Point Defense Drone duration decreased from 180(+60) to 20(+10) seconds
- Banshee
- Cloaking Field (Banshee) upgrade cost decreased from 200/200 to 100/100
- Battlecruiser
- Yamato Cannon energy cost decreased from 125 to 100
Buildings[edit]
- Barracks
- Factory
- builds Hellbats and Widow Mines
- Armory
- unlocks Hellbats
- Vehicle Plating and Ship Plating upgrades replaced with Vehicle and Ship Plating upgrade
- Vehicle Weapons and Ship Weapons upgrades replaced with Vehicle and Ship Weapons upgrade
- Tech Lab (attached to Barracks)
- Nitro Packs upgrade removed
- Tech Lab (attached to Factory)
- Siege Tech and 250mm Strike Cannons upgrades removed
- new upgrade: Drilling Claws
Zerg[edit]
Units[edit]
- Roach
- burrowed move speed available via Tunneling Claws increased from 1.41 to 2
- Overseer
- speed increased from 1.88(+0.87) to 1.88(+1.5) (Pneumatized Carapace bonus increased)
- Hydralisk
- DPS increased from 14.5(+1.2) to 16(+1.3)
- new upgrade: Muscular Augments
- Infestor
- Fungal Growth range increased from 8 to 10, damage decreased from 30(+10 vs Armored) to 30
- Infested Terran
- does not gain weapon and armor upgrades
- Ultralisk
- damage increased from 15(+2)(+20(+2) vs Armored) to 35(+3)
- Mutalisk
- speed increased from 3.75 to 4
- new ability: Tissue Regeneration
- Brood Lord
- new ability: Frenzied
Buildings[edit]
- Hatchery
- Pneumatized Carapace, Ventral Sacs and Burrow upgrades available
- Spore Crawler
- requires Spawning Pool instead of Evolution Chamber
- damage increased from 15 to 15(+30 vs Biological)
- Hydralisk Den
- new upgrade: Muscular Augments
- Infestation Pit
- unlocks Swarm Hosts
- new upgrade: Enduring Locusts
- Hive
- unlocks Vipers
Multiplayer Maps[edit]
1v1[edit]
2v2[edit]
New Battle.net Features[edit]
Several highly requested Battle.net features were made available shortly before Heart of the Swarm and were added to Wings of Liberty as well as the expansion:
- Unranked Matchmaking
- Resume Game from Replay
- Groups and Clans
- Global Play
- Multiplayer replay viewing
Global Invasion Launch Events[edit]
As part of the final hours leading up to the official release, Blizzard hosted official launch events in Seoul, Melbourne and Irvine in addition to the palace of Versailles just outside Paris - all with the help of famous players and casters. All videos are available here: Heart of the Swarm Worldwide Launch Events
Seoul[edit]
GOMTV hosted the Seoul event at UNIQLO-AX in Gwangjin-gu, which included casting in Korean (including by Min) and English (by Wolf and Khaldor). It featured interviews with Korean stars such as BoxeR and DongRaeGu, plus show matches featuring Bisu, Flash, Jaedong, Creator, Life and Mvp.
- AI Showcase Match - Jaedong & an elite Terran AI Vs. Creator & an elite Zerg AI (Team Jaedong wins)
- Singles Match - Flash vs. Life (2 matches, tied 1-1)
- Fan Participation Match - Bisu & a fan Vs. Mvp & a fan (Team Mvp wins)
- Featured Mvp picking a fan - Ji Min-Su - who wore his own LG-IM jersey to the event.
Versailles (Paris)[edit]
ESL hosted the European event at the Palais des Congrès de Versailles, in the famous and traditional home of French royalty. The talent on hand included Artosis and Tasteless as casters, ReDeYe as host, Apollo as game analyst and multiplayer coach for incoming players, and four of Europe's top players - Stephano, Grubby, White-Ra and LucifroN - in a show match single-elimination tournament.
Bracket[edit]
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Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Finals
