StarCraft 2: ZERG MUTATIONS!
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- Опубликовано: 27 дек 2024
- It's time to upgrade our Swarm... Permanently.
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In the previous episode I unlocked the Zergling Evolution mission. Besides that however, we also have to shut down the Protoss escape once and for all...
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Since Abathur designed the Queen of Blades, is he also the one who gave her heels? I'm just picturing him right now
Heels, terran creation, increases visualized height, poor balance, bad weight distribution, must give to Queen of Blades for stronger intimidation
Duan William bruh... 😂😂😂
Maybe Abathur figured increasing the Queen's sex appeal might increase the chance of Terran defections?
Although in that regard I think putting heels on the Queen of Blades is like putting lipstick on a pig...
Imagine all infected terrain had heels
he probaly just looked at a lot of picturs of female terrans and saw these on a lot of them and thought they had a function that he missed and put them on the queen of blades just in case
@@countdeville4146 Highly doubt that. He's not one to look at something and be like "Ok, this might have a function if it's so widely used". Rather, he looks at something and is like, "What benefit does this have?"
On one hand the Frenzy ability on hydras is incredibly powerful
On the other hand Lowko used it 0 times during this mission
That's why he always choose the passive abilities...
"I'll choose this abilty because it looks cool and funny" > >> Never uses it
I fix this problem convincing myself that Frenzy Hydras are like Stim Marines.
I love how they propped up Niadra to be an antagonist in LotV, and then completely forgot about her when the third instalment launched. GJ Blizzard.
Yeah... a shame really
If you look at the comics that come with the warchests, Niadra is the main villain in them!
LotV storytelling is kinda shitty compared to Dune 2.
Me too :(
It's setup for StarCraft III, of course. Her last command is to kill all Protoss, and since Kerrigan's one after LotV...
"Just trying to be a completionist" _literally misses one biomass that's right next to you_
Clsssic Lowko.
Did you even remember to use the stim... The frenzy on the hydras? You should go range 😂
Both options are great. But I choose swarmlings, coz' it's fun to just send massive waves of zerglings to the enemy base (I know, awful stategy but it's fun).
J.F.L. Bousquet
That's what i choose at first, especially when i need mass banelings.
200 supply,
only zerglings :D
A safer way to complete the campaign without real micro and macro skills lol
and then get them back at the hatchery and send them again
jeah, its almost stupid how many you can get out
I LOVE this game. I love this game. Im drunk and I LOVE THIS GAME. Lowko ive been watching your videos for 5 years, im so happy youre going all the way through the campaign and showing the evolution missions this time. Youre probly my favorite streamer/youtuber. I LOVE THIS DAMN GAME
The Niadra plotline is actually resumed in the shadow wars comic that are apart of the Warchest thing.
I remember playing heart of the swarm. And this mission was always my favorite. Niadra is my favorite character in any campaign. Just because of the idea that she will hold her order to the end.
Hunt, grow, and evolve. Until every last Protoss is destroyed
I agree, this is one of my favorite missions!
mabe she will come back in Starcraft 3 ( haha will never happen) and is a extemist Zerg broodmother that attacks all protoss worlds to fullfill her uncotrolled mission
Actually if i am not mistaken, she appear in free comic in Blizzard website(same fasion as OW) as enemy of protagonist so...
Manaswin Pipatponglert according to the wiki page. She landed on a Terran planet and tried to escape by capturing their battle cruiser. She failed however, and the Terran were Barely able to escape
Fact:did you know tassadar was the only protoss who could ignite psi blade without a forearm unit,some protoss theorize that tassadar might be the reincarnation of adun himself.
cool
i know they are not protoss but narud did it
Tassadar was a Xel'Naga.
he was not
in legacy of the void a xelnaga pretended to be him to inspire zeratul
and artanis im the epilogue
Lowko just selected frency for the hydras, caue it is insanely good and uses it literally 0 times in thr mission, xD, he rather would have taken a passiv ability there...
I think Frenzy Auto-casts.
"I don't think I can make a WRONG mistake."
Yes Lowko, there are wrong and right mistakes, I agree.
a wrong mistake gets you killed. A right mistake is like you misclick a worker to the edge of map and he spots the drop that would kill you.
Gimmisomesoap I believe that's called an "Accidental mistake"
i'm pretty sure Accidental Mistakes can kill you so that term is kinda misplaced here,just not specific enough
@@enachematei1926 Actually, they're called "Happy accidents" coined by "the man" Bob Ross. R.I.P.
Lowko, while leading a devouring swarm:
"Why do they want to kill me? I just don't get it? Why don't they want to roll over and be eaten?"
lol never change Lowko...
28:18 normally I would "bad lowko, very bad", but u got an achievment so fair enough
MorrodertheFreakyGuy :)))
"I fear no enemy, for the Khala is my strenght" - Fenix SC 1
*dies .2 seconds later*
Unless you're going Banelings only, Raptors are by far the more efficient choice. Zergling DPS is limited by how many Zerglings can surround the target, and Raptors can squeeze out an extra 40% DPS vs Swarmlings on a full surround. They surround much faster as well thanks to their jumping ability.
With the way you are relying on tougher units throughout campaign, I think "oh shit" button factor is supposed to recommend Swarmling, but Raptor so goddamn badass with Zergling Reconstitution, I build them throughout the entire campaign.
@@gibberconfirm166 I used creeper hosts as my "oh shit" unit. They can instantly tunnel to any creep, so it's perfect for defending multiple bases. Plus, can attack air with the right upgrade.
I chose raptor first time through because it is awesome. I chose swarm second time because I filled my army with roach/hydra/ultra and never made lings except for emergency base defense.
The raptorling leap saves you the need to bother with wrap-around micro, and I just love that
Man you are playing Kerrigan, not Zagara, pick Raptors. Also if you go for Zerg reconstitution it will not revive more than 10 meaning swarmlings lose in that case also.
It would still remake all the zerglings just not as fast. It says until all are resurected.
Danyo Dark Yeah, but missions have a limited length and you can only revive so many zerglins per minute.
I agree that with reconstitution Raptors is more efficient. They revive ALL dead zerglings regardless, but it takes time. Which means it's more valuable for fewer, individually stronger units. It's probably better than Superior overlords with swarmlings too tho.
Potatoes Starch Lowko is still a pro in an RTS though, he won't need the help with keeping up with supply. Having Essentially free minerals would be better.
pfff boring
the hydra attack speed bonus is a non automated use ability....so absolutly nothing for you loko^^ range is supirior^^
When did Lowko ever get an upgrade before a campaign mission and not immediately forget about it? #JustLowkoThings
Just remembered frenzy in campaign is not automated
Zerg and Protoss are not really on the same intelligence level and sentience. It's essentially saying that there's no moral difference between killing a cockroach and killing a human. Also, the Protoss started destroying the Zerg because of their Dae'Uhl. It is their commitment to keep the sector safe, and they saw the Zerg as a threat, which they are since they destroy anything they come across, and assimilating their essence into the Swarm.
CtG bloody right
have to agree
The question is, would PETA be triggered by this comparison... humm....
apparently being turned into a super zombie bug thing apparently didn't sell well either.
I think the fact that amon designed the swarm for the one purpose of destroying the protoss may also helped them making the choice to fight the zerg
Technically the first Zerg queen to invade this moon was a act of war
I was like, NOOOOOOOO when you chose the raptor strain lmao
One more thing about raptor strain is that they also surround enemies much quicker since they don't derp around each other and just jump to the nearest available location to the target
0:10 spires.....Lowko is truly zerg player by heart :3
Swarmling. Truly instant reinforcements. And effectively immortal with the zergling reconstitution upgrade.
IDK if you noticed Lowko, but when you get a Kerrigan level from a bonus objective, it instantly adds +20 health, and sometimes adds damage/armour. The Mission Complete Kerrigan levels don't do anything until the next match, but next time you get one mid mission, keep an eye on Kerrigan's life; it should go up.
Raptor, because of Kerrigan's zergling resurrection ability. You will be resurrecting higher quality lings.
The zergling choices are actually pretty close, on second thought.
Raptor strain: +2 (+40%) dps, plus your attack speed modification thats great.
BUT, Swarmling strain: +1 unit per egg (+50% dps, 3 instead of 2), plus the same attack speed mod.
However the fact that raptors can jump, over units obstacles and terrain, makes them better imo.
Raptors can also surround units and buildings more quickly due to their jump. The dps that the lings have when successfully surrounding a unit will be higher for Raptors due to their damage increase. Swarmlings though will let you produce more banelings which is why the Violet version of the Banes are the jumping ones. So basically, it depends on your playstyle basically. Violet evolutions are perfect for Micro, defense, and more strategic gameplay. Green evolutions are perfect for macro, offense, and higher dps.
Personally I think the swarmling strain and zergling reconstitution are redundant to each other, so I think you made the right choice.
Instant Swarmlings + Reconstitution = Never ending flow of Zerglings
Reconstitution already means never ending flow of Zerglings, and when the Zerglings being reconstituted deal +40% damage compared to swarmlings, the never ending flow is 40% more lethal!
Lowko: They capture Animals ?
Me: well, that's bad.
Lowko: They even capture minerals !?
Me: Oh god ! Such evil.
Raptor strain, all day. The quick surround, and let's not forget: they're FREE with the zergling reconstruction
Missed 2 animals at around 20:30. Classic Lowko. Missed them again at 21:30. Oh, you!
That infestation mission is one of my favorites, most memorable in the campaign.
Which one?
This is my second favorite mission in the entire Heart of the Swarm campaign, with the first being With Friends Like These... (the one with the Hyperion playing a big role.)
Please don't criticise how I described the mission, I tried to put it in a way that it wouldn't give any major spoilers to Lowko.
*TRIGGERED* 21:29 you missed an animal.
Raptor strain all the way! Closing the distance by leaping means raptorlings start doing damage more quickly (especially useful if you have a big swarm, they find a free spot on their own and don't have to go around the ones already biting the target).
Also, about the protoss "high ground" - they don't consider zerg as people, they think of them as feral animals.
Awesome video mate keep up the good work xD
Yeah, Kerrigan never really had the moral high ground - but attempting it is still a step up from "I do what I want."
Jim, you have awful taste in women.
I totally agree with you, kerrigan is just a spoiled girl.
I prefer an honest evil, than a selfdeluded righteousness. She is right in saying that there is no moral highground there, and trying to claim otherwise leads solely to arrogance and unretrained hatred.
Swarmling strain cost 1.5 supply in the campaign, so it's just increasing the morphing speed, build an army faster and reduce the cost to morph overall
But raptor strain with +50% attack speed and +2 damage is just too good, followed up with that leap ability
@LowkoTV the story of niadra is continued in the comics for the War Chests I highly recommend you check them out
Wait, Blizzard put unfinished storylines into its games to sell more tie-in products? Nooo, they would never do that...
read description of the mutation in aba style
IMO, you made the right call with the zergling evolution. I've found swarmlings really useful only for two things: an Oh Shit button for when things attack your base, or making a shitload of banelings in short order. But I don't find many situations where I need more banelings than Kerrigan will be able to generate later on, and I DO use my zerglings ... quite a lot, in fact, at least until the last couple of planets, and with the same upgrades as you've chosen here. So I pretty much always go raptors for a play-through. However, the cool thing is, when you access the Master Archives, you can choose different evolutions there, to really get the feel of how things could have been different. That's where I'd recommend trying out the evolutions you normally don't pick. In general though, I just don't see the rapid spawning and "buy two get one free" of the swarmlings to be that strong. Yet another reason I prefer Kerrigan over Zagara in co-op.
So glad you got to play the evolution missions without the visual bug
Frenzy seems insane, its 'effectively' 100% of the time that you'll get that +50% attack speed boost.
Because very few engagements last over 15 seconds, and you'll only activate the ability when you're in combat.
So basically it's like Stims but with no damage to the unit. Instant take.
Raptorlings was the correct choice. Good job, Lowko.
Glad you went with Raptor. Not even a choice. They're so cool and awesome
Lowko:"I don't know why I gotta destroy all the Protoss"
*Any random Protoss on Shakuras for the last 2 missions:* "Imma call the Golden Armada on you Kerrigan!!!1one"
I love how he took frenzy then never used it just take the extra range lowko we know you want to
Oh also, don't forget with the raptor chain, your zerglings have that 50% attack speed too, so that increased damage they have will more than make up for the lack of the third one. And with zergling reconstitution you will get a 'more powerful' zerg back each time. as the respawning ones are only go by 10.
Considering reconstituting zerglings is the power you chose, I'd say the raptorlings are the best, you constantly revive 10 at a time, which has diminsihing returns for larger zergling forces, but raptorlings can really close the distance on your opponent. Just remember how good the infested civilians got with stukov co-op when they could leap at their opponent, plus you minimize funneling issues for larger swarms.
I love how he talks about not seeing things while he casually awakes an entire room of enemies then proceeds to kill em all
love the videos, idk why i love this series so much but i do, never played through the campaigns so im exited to see what happens. thanks for the great video, thumbs up from me
Two years later, this is most definitely still a comment that needs to be written:
I agree with the Raptorling decision.
1. Additional attack speed and additional damage scale with each other.
2. Since you're not running Zergling speed, this is a good option to close the gap.
3. Raptorling makes the individual ling stronger, Swarmling makes it cheaper. If you're running Zergling reconstitution, you want your individual units to be as strong as possible, since they're free anyway.
Swarmling to gather with the respawn ability, clear choice there, simply for the fact that you never will run out of Zerglings at all! You can basically waste them, send waves over waves everywhere in each corner of the map and getting complete ground control without the enemy you can do a lot against that. That is the difficulty on brutal level for the enemy 😁
My favourite character (Niadra) featured both in my favourite cutscene (Kerrigan planting Niadra in Lassara) and my favourite mission (Niadra taking over the ship) doing my favourite thing (slaughtering the obnoxious protoss). What's not to like? xD Love the video.
I go with Raptors every time. You get more out of your resources, especially if you use Zergling Reconstitution. Also, you were supposed to use that last Ursadon on the Protoss ship to help you in the final assault. Its leap ability is especially useful.
Old video, but so glad you chose raptorlings. Besides raptorlings having more damage, faster closing the distance and faster surrounds, swarmlings have a huge downside never mentioned. They take 2 supply instead of 1, so instead of 2 raptorlings for 1 supply, you have three basically regular swarmlings for 2 supply, 1.5 zerglings per supply instead of 2 zerglings per supply. Sounds small, but that is a huge difference, swarmlings are 3 regular zerglings for the supply of a roach or queen while raptorlings are 4 highly improved zerglings for the supplt of a roach or queen. With all supply, that is 400 raptorlings compared to 300 normal zerglings, a huge difference.
I just love how he never once used Hydra frenzy in that whole mission. :D
I usually go with the Raptor Strain because there are always zerglings derping around because they can't reach over their siblings when attacking, so I feel that adding more derplings doesn't improve the situation. Whereas the Raptor Strain gives more damage and a leaping strike which I find a lot more useful
There is a really cool easter egg on this map.
After you destroy the engine some of the shields to the other rooms go down.
So if you travel back and go to the furthest left but about 20% from the bottom there is a secret message about playing online :P
I've used raptors before, but but on my current playthrough I use swarmlings. Very good for home defense when your army is away when an attack happens. I also want to focus more on banelingsand swarmlings are good for churning out massive amounts of banes. I went to the baneling-planet first. I did the Niadra missions with all my Zerglings turning into hunter-banes. Very easy mission!
It's okay Lowko. Once you finished the campaign and go mastery achive hunting, you can choose which evolve you have on each mission!
Beauty of this games design is most evolution missions are pretty hard to choose
The swarm kings saved me many times when there where enemies attacking my base while the rest of my army where somewhere else, certainly the more fun choice to overwhelm the opponent
The swarmlings saved me many times when there where enemies attacking my base while the rest of my army where somewhere else, certainly the more fun choice to overwhelm the opponent
9:10 that actually gives me the creeps, with those wings the way they move reminds me of disgusting little moths xD
You missed an Easter egg Lowko ! After you shut down the power you can go back to an area that was blocked by an energy door. You will find the Protoss kitchen in there.
I think raptor is more powerful, mainly because it's easier to get some to the back and target fire tanks and collosi. I found most of the extra swarmlings died to the AoE spam. That said, it would be stupidly fun to play with spawn splitting banelings with swarmlings. FOR THE SWARM!
EDIT: also love how you made a point that you'd like the frenzy on hydras, then immediately forgot about it.
What's really the point of splitters? The mini banes do like 5 damage, 10 to structures. Get hunter banelings that also leap to their target and they won't all die to ranged blasts and aoe before connecting.
Don’t forget to search for Easter eggs Lowko. You missed quite a lot already, for exemple in the first Kaldir mission you can find the Lich King’s Armor encased in ice on the border of the map.
Yeah, I chose the other option of Zergling when playing. My thinking was that "Zergling's gotta zerg". It is, inherently, a swarm-based civilisation, so gaining more units you swarm more.
But I totally get the utility-based approach of the cliff-scaling nightmare faces.
13:47 Every time i play the heart of warm and i want to use "STRATEGY" i use the "raptor" , but when i want to DO THE THERROR TO THE ENEmy, i use the swarmling (end it is insane, combining with banneling)
Raptor, every time. Even without the damage increase, the fact they can jump over your other units and obstacles means they spend less time derping around and just attack. It's also really good in combination with large, tanky units like roaches or ultralisks. Plus it makes metabolic boost less useful, allowing you to go with either adrenaline rush or the health upgrade. With swarmlings, once you've got about ten of them surrounding an enemy, the rest of them are all swirling about, trying to get at the enemy and wasting their time. If you have zergling reconstitution, you'll never be short on zerglings anyway, so at that point you want quality over quantity, and at that point the raptorling really shines.
I always went swarmling. It means I need fewer defenses before I can push out and the extra damage is covered by the extra zergling.
As a protoss player I felt really sad for the protoss units
Lowko: I would choose Frenzy for Hydralisk .
hahaha but never been use in whole mission xD
I beat the entire HotS campaign by just using swarmlings, with the attack speed increase, with zergling reconstitution, and like 4-8 queens for AA. (Obviously that doesn't apply to the last mission where I needed a LOT of anti-air to stop the shuttles.) I got a massive and nearly unkillable army within the first 15 minutes or so of each mission.
11:50 that is my single most favorite line in all of starcraft
There's actually a Protoss kitchen on this map on the left side and once you blow up the warp drive and wait till the explosions stop you can go see it
This is my favorite mission, love your choices so far lowko raptors are better but swarmlings are more fun
Preface: both are awesome AF. Having said that, how the Zerg came to be a verb is by quickly massing an army of low cost creatures and attacking quickly. If you are talking about "zerging" anything, swarmlings are the essence of this concept. Cool as it is, how often do you need zerglings to jump cliffs? PvP? A lot and very handy. Campaign? not really much at all. Not to mention, your raptor strain gets to your objective before the rest of your army does and either has to wait or get decimated while the rest catch up.
Can you imagine the swarmling strain combined with the overlord upgrade? Zergling flood!
The ship you were on was heading to Shakura, then they went out of range of Kerrigan’s direct control
lowko my suggestion: allways have atleast 1 cast abilty so you can spend your energy as kerrigan as burst... its good idea.
ofcourse not must be and if you dont want to ever care about micro in campaign your chooice thats why passives exist :)
Lowko, Niadra is the broodmother that you can see in the comic series that are being released with the warchests!
3 instant zerglings with + life is very underestimated. First campaign playthrough I chose Raptor as well but the 2nd time, I wanted to try something different and instead of having high dps lings I chose to have meatshield lings. Works really well with hydra.
Honestly, it is a balance thing.
Raptor strain definitely synergizes with zergling reconstitution you chose better, since swarmlings have the faster build & larger numbers to compensate high death rate.
Swarmling strain's near instant build seems to be meant to work with Overlord bonus option from Kerrigan, so your supply can grow equally fast and not be your inhibiting factor
Lowko immediately disqualify himself from obtaining ursadon achievement in this play through by consuming its biomass.
Raptors, together with Hunter Banelings, terrifying combo.
I didn't assume Kerrigan abandoned Niadra, rather I assumed she just got too far away. The ship was, after all, still flying away.
Swarmlings + that upgrade you choose for kerrigan is op for me
If you like Banelings, go for Swarmlings. If you like plain assault, Raptor & Hydra work just fine. Zergling recon passive just making them op.
Hey Lowko. Absolutely mesmerizing videos. Now that you mention the eye sight thing. I use glasses to protect my sight of screen exposure. I work with a computer all day and my sight would be pretty tired otherwise. Cheers!
I was hoping you'd pick swarmlings for fun but imo Raptor is the best one. They always get efficient surrounds and the trait makes up for not having metabolic boost. The strain also synergizes the best with the adrenal gland upgrade to maximize the lings DPS.
HoTS is for sure different than WoL in that reguard. In WoL there were often correct choices where as in Hots its much more preference based and the choices are often pretty close.
Also there is an easter egg on this mission if you go back after the ship blows up. Kinda funny with you talking about what they do for fun
I tried both and I must say, both are awesome. Swarmling also reconstitute faster cause they are 3 for each egg, but raptors are VERY strong
It's late here in the Netherlands, so I'm early for Lowko videos, funny how that works out.
Nope. She just floats there forever - waiting to be let in to the nexus.
Raptor all day everyday!
Especially because I really like the Zergling reconstitution.
if i can remember the ``green`` upgrade is taken from the outside world and the ``purple`` upgrade upgrade is made withing the swarm (IMO is something like Evolution vs Adaptation)