StarCraft II - Zerg Overview

An overview of the Zerg narrated by Jim Raynor.

[@letsplayerwannabe]

"they can kill a marine faster than he can empty his gauss rifle" Yeah, he never does...

[@Depthcharger44]

Ariel Hanson: "You know more about the Protoss and Zerg than any of experts i have read about Jim"

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

Depthcharger44 Jim Raynor knows more about starcraft then the game developera

[@LordMalice6d9]

@Senior Pug He was on the fronts lines in battle against them and even sided with the Protoss against the Zerg many times. Course he knows more than the experts.

[@KishorTwist]

I love this overview. I wish they updated each one with Swarm's and Void's new units. The Starship Troopers style of the Zerg was the reason I traded the boring Battlefield 1942 with OG Starcraft way back in 1998!

[@antoniousai1989]

Battlefield 1942 was published in 2002.

[@AdmiralBison]

@@antoniousai1989 so boring it felt like came out in 1998. 😋

[@Tarentula12]

"Awaken my child, and embrace the glory that is your birthright. Know that I am the Overmind; the eternal will of the Swarm, and that you have been created to serve me." I miss you, Overmind, you were so much more badass than grandmas queens and Kerrigan...

[@henrywilljb]

+Rafael Lopez It wasn't a complete waste of time, it whole de-infestation plot freed her from amon's influence. Otherwise she would've been a slave when amon returned just like the overmind was

[@frozenblade1954]

I like Zagara and the Overmind was realy cool

[@baolamtruong2188]

If they are not turn her into human again she will be infested by Amon ! Only with the power of Primal Zerg can help her against Amon infested !

[@robobo2226]

Too bad Blizzard removed that player character concept. I loved the way SC1 involved you in the story.

[@tssdr9419]

overmind dead woohoo

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

I love how Jim sounds so haunted

[@Nightbaron61]

I always wonder if the carapace armor that the Zergs have is enough to protect them from solar radiation, especially when they venture into outer space to invade other planets. I think Blizzard should explain that :)

[@nighthunter54]

Anyone imagined this with the voice of Liam Neeson?

[@SimonasMorkunas]

2:14 Never seen in-game

[@crimsonlanceman7882]

Yeah. weak players never do that and advanced players quickly counter!

[@crimsonlanceman7882]

Alexander Mill Its not about that. This was really stupid cause zealots didnt killed infestors instead they tried to kill colloses!

[@SimonasMorkunas]

Alexander Mill I`m diamond too, maybe you could show me some replays with Infestors? Xllon#2548 (EU)

[@jackofnotrades8648]

So Tyranids basically..

[@benkim4062]

yup

[@nidnoms3622]

Zerg ripped off Tyranids

[@eurtz876]

Jack Of No Trades yeah but way weaker.

[@shmee123ful]

not quite as big, and the zerg more adapt pre-existing biological lifeforms to serve as troops rather than create whole new lifeforms marly based of pre-existing DNA. for example for the Tyranids created the Zoanthrope out of Eldar DNA to act as living phonic siege weapon. where as if the zerg where to get their claws on some eldar, they would repurpose their form and being into something else. perhaps some kind of very fast and agile phonic support form. maybe as some sort of commando lifeform. something that can strike and fast while sowing confusion through enemy ranks with mental powers or attacks. a more mobile version of a queen perhaps. also zerg are purely organic as apposed to tech-no organic. and also they tend to ack in both their biology and function more like a bacteria or virus. also also they have a far quicker and more resilient regeneration

[@undoomed]

I serve only Liam Neeson

[@DarkDXZ]

Zerg master race, they're THE reason I am buying (not bought yet) StarCraft 2 for.

[@sytrosianoverlord9026]

Zerg are one of many of my favourite alien races

[@strghtflush]

Another thing is that these are put together to highlight where each unit shines. If you watch the Terran and Protoss ones, you'll see them ripping their way through armies.

[@mattrocde]

I wasn't crying. I was pointing out that Zerg has it's hardships as well as other races. Terran can just drop all the energy on their orbitals in a second,and so can Protoss with chrono boosts. However,a zerg player can't get a crap load of larva injects because he can't stack them. And he NEEDS the larva late game. Another thing would be roach burrow micro,twice as hard as blink micro because you do have to unburrow the roach. In my opinion Zerg is at least not the easiest race.

[@Anthoninoatletico]

thxs 4 the vid, i was just getting started with zerg and wasnt sure enough of how they work...

[@ProfessorNogginify]

i like how they max upgrades on the featured race

[@rbaleksandar]

At a certain point - yes. But not for long. A hive has a single Queen, a few males and plenty of workers. Additional queens move to other places to expand and build new hives. Populations of two nests/hives (made by queens born from the same mother bee) will attack each other if necessary. So practically there is only one Uberleader (talking Wolfenstein-style here ;P) of the whole nest.

[@Korianne75]

the protoss are divided among eachother and they did fight together on many occasion against the zergs

[@JackDeMaioMusic]

They need to make a Starcraft full-feature movie.

[@Howyaduing]

In the early years of Star Trek the next generation The Borg were meant to be an insect-like Race but due to budget constraints they were change into humanoid cyborgs at the last minute but I had a feeling if they had a budget they would be something like this!!!!

[@strikermovies4u]

Ah yes, Hydralisks, everybody uses those!

[@RxHDiakonov]

For the most part, the races balance eachother out

[@mariohater4692]

You ever seen the Flood? Way scarier in a battle for the fact that they LITERALLY never stop coming if they're getting kills.

[@Predalienguy1]

@Gouki6669 maybe i should of been more clear... Xenomorph was firsted used by hollywood in the series Alien (Aliens by james cameron), the main character ripley (someone without military experiance) kills several aliens + xenomorph queen. deadspace aliens are not called xenomorphs, their called necro morphs :P

[@Stheno16]

Warhammer 40K is quite a bit older than Starcraft, and it doesn't help you to pretend otherwise. However, it bears mentioning that both the Tyranids and the Zerg borrow a lot of design ideas from Ridley Scott's Aliens- something which Blizzard seem to make a clear nod towards in the Aliens homage in the Battle for the Amerigo. Ultimately, sci-fi alien concepts are often pretty incestuous, and the best artists give credit to the artists that came before them.

[@sacaasi1]

well you get queens used for creep spread. so an additional queen from a hive is kind of needed for creep

[@kingofnee]

@TheXeno2000 if you look at the air between the hydras and their target you can see the spines flying.

[@CyberdyneVideos]

Transcribe audio is funny as hell in this vid. Goes to the name...QUEEN OF NORWAY.

[@alpha95X]

@Nightbaron61 They can use a more simple method of propulsion. The high pressure release of gas should do it.

[@ZaCoder]

@Nightbaron61 I can do some research, I belive I read that they have assimilated animals capable of warp travel somehow, but I am not compleatly shure. I want to remember though that they gather in flaps that these animals have, so it might be so that the zerg cannot withstand radiation, but the transport animals can.

[@Cromiteus]

THE SWARM SHALL TEAR APART ALL WHO STAND IN OUR WAY

[@Monthral1]

this is now my new motivational video

[@stevearts8524]

That hydra at the beginning gets shot in the head a second later in the story

[@halomast799]

"They may look small, but these little monsters, can tear marines apart before they can can empty out their gauss rifles." My comment Marines have unlimited bullets.

[@WaywardSquidMan]

Not a problem, friend. It's just interesting seeing how one of the most successful RTS games stemmed from the most successful tabletop strategy game of all time. And while I understand why Games Workshop dropped the project, seeing how Starcraft turned out makes me wonder how awesome the game would have been with the WH40k races and lore instead. It would have been pretty boss.

[@Wolvenmoth]

hay, has anyone noticed that that the Kerrigan showed here is actually the Primal Kerrigan from Heart of the Swarm?

[@RudalsMusic]

no way! Jim Raynor's saying all these positive things about the Zerg?!??! he's the one that's supposed to proudly look down on the hostile Zerg!

[@masdzunnuuni6158]

Give more bonus for zerg So hard to play zerg vs terran So many zerg player slayed by terran player

[@ZiggySol]

@FinTheDew they are for DPS. you need roaches as meat shield/ tanks

[@TrentonHark]

reminds me what I loved about starcraft 1, but I suck so hard at rts, I couldnt do squat in storyline, but gods I love the zerg. I see tyranids when I look at zerg, hehe

[@Blinkdawg23]

Agreed. The Zerg are still fairly intimidating.

[@Bayonate]

The ZERG are beast literally :)

[@SweetSinFZ]

Terrans will fight together to the end, and burn all you swarms to crisp.

[@anonNOR]

Zerg is the most OP race now.

[@DeMishMIsh]

yup,and well,they are walking on a solution for the zerg problem now which is a goodthing the tricky thing is that the problem isnt big,and isnt spesific-its something about the whole race....guess we have to wait and see what they come up with ^^

[@kiteofdark]

I may have just been playing a lot of Hearthstone lately but I realized playing the Zerg is kind of like having a deck, and you have to build your deck around your opponents and whatever...I guess that makes sense.

[@TheAnimePlaceX]

That's... like *every* race...

[@kiteofdark]

I think I was high when I commented that or something.

[@SamuelJamez17]

Sushin what you mean by 'around your opponent'?

[@SamuelJamez17]

Sushin what you mean by 'around your opponent'?

[@kiteofdark]

Samuel James You basically have to build a deck that will counter the other popular decks that you will end up fighting to maximize your winrate. It's similar with how you choose to build troops in SC.

[@Rhift131]

well apparentaly i have the guts to use the Zerg mr. raynor sir :3

[@Dr71200911]

Let the zerg in you take over.

[@tohlenforst]

The ending of the videos feels like the beginning of "The Twilight Zone".

[@DINONERD27]

i would love to see a battle between tyranids and zerg

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

Zerg cannot wall off and counter mmm so easily that's why Zerg is the most hardest race to master

[@Sinulf]

Actually some of the first tyranids were not inspired by alien. Though the later versions are clearly based off them. In fact the first tyranids came out before alien. So while tyranids might look different. They would still be tyranids

[@NiCo-zs7qh]

Reticle, reticule, graticule.

[@Shadybish]

i think this video would be updated due to heart of the swarm being released

[@82martains]

@Eichentreu *slowly raises hand*

[@Jaysnipes]

Oh I can't wait to get back into playing SC seriously! I still play SC broodwar, but SC 2 is what I'm waiting to jump into! I just know that if I do that now... there's no turning back from me becoming a no life. lol Serve the Hive! I'm Zerg Overmind all the time!

[@poisenpotato123]

time for a zerg rush

[@catagon12345]

And then they gave us a game where zerg is the most under powered race

[@um09dndam]

Kerrigan should narrate this

[@orkboy2238]

Zerg are my favorite alien species

[@Howyaduing]

Did you know that in Star Trek the next-generation the Borg were meant to be an insectoid race but due to budget constraints they were made into a cybernetic alien race I think The Zerg are what the Borg were meant to be

[@orkboy2238]

interesting

[@wrathin99]

Would've thought it was the Orks lol

[@orkboy2238]

Orks are a close second only because the zerg evolve so fast and could possibly absorb the orks and make them a cast of zerg

[@baolamtruong2188]

The zerg Swarm will infested Orks :)

[@Sev1998]

1:51 Zergs in a nutshell...

[@jester6819]

Zerg: Overwhelm Terran: Adapt Protoss: Stratigise

[@luisiana1121]

Zerg: Evolution Protoss: Psionic Terran: Country Music

[@waffen-ss4953]

zerg:numbers terran:power protos:technology

[@VioletVaniaComposer]

Zerg: Overwhelm Terran: Adapt Protoss: A T T A C K M O V E

[@Aetherius_TheGentlemanRat]

Protoss :Advance tech Zerg: Overwhelming numbers Terran: GUN!

[@lh137]

Wait didn't the Zerg win at the end of Starcraft 2.

[@gameprototype]

damnit terran micro fail

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

The zerg can produce units at an incredibly fast rate and if your army falls in one battle you can just build another one in seconds, way before your opponent can rebuilt hes own, as long as you got the resourses.

[@godlessandlovingit]

@FierceLegoLink But I find myself winning alot with zerg just because of the mass number of units I can produce in one go will usually be more than the enemy can kill.

[@jean-marclambert7236]

I like how you guys made Raynor narrate it !

[@lukannowskilukann4303]

In Polish version Matt is narrator

[@godlessandlovingit]

@FierceLegoLink I agree that Zerg is a hard race to play because it is very macro heavy, You have to make sure you keep up your drone count, replacing drones you use to make buildings, make sure you keep your queen pumping out larva, and keep up with creep spread, all the while producing units to defend/attack.

[@TheDaimon888]

so this is what a xenomorph's true potentail is no wonder weyland wants them so bad!!

[@larkinaspic5056]

Anyone else getting Goosebumbs as soon as those Ultralisks appear? :D

[@stablefellow1023]

Marco Pfefferl üzere iki gün Q ü

[@elijahkelley7616]

Forget the ultralisks. Wait till the leviathans and omegalisks get here. THEN you're in trouble.

[@reynaldopablo4319]

Heeyyyoooo

[@Fl4m30f3d3n]

@godlessandlovingit Not true, well maybe 70% true, the skill is a very important aspect of the game, but you can't use skill to overcome the uselessness of certain zerg builds, they just aren't effective enough, while having to expo onto of pushing and expoing everytime your enemy expos. You HAVE to have atleast 1 base over your enemy at zerg. I've seen 3 base Toss take down a 5 base zerg macroing like a machine. It's underpowered, that's why no one plays Z, they play T, and a few play P.

[@godlessandlovingit]

@Fl4m30f3d3n We can go back and forth about strategies, and counters, but the point is. unit combinations and build and microing is all dependent on how skilled the player is. Everything depends on the player, not the race your playing.

[@unlucky_2nd897]

Zergs are awesome

[@강현준-l1k]

Agreed!

[@Cipri001]

FOR THE SWARM!

[@emxcxc]

my favorite alian is ZERG 😙

[@강현준-l1k]

the SWARM

[@mediamix1277]

Chaos Gaming Live for the Swarm!

[@trifio5242]

@godlessandlovingit mostly agree, but then blizzard wouldn't make adjustments at all. i hope hots will be very balanced and the game will ultimately become new chess. thats how i see sc2

[@IAmTheStig32]

As a basic run down: The Protoss have few, expensive, powerful units with lots of special abilities. Protoss need to rely on conservative tactics: actively avoiding losses, relying on terrain etc. The Zerg use vast numbers of cheap, disposable units. Zerg need to rely on stealth and subterfuge. Try both, and Terran too. The differences between all three factions are too long to list. Until you try out each one yourself, you'll never know which one you're suited to.

[@stain1095]

What's the Terrans like both?

[@Fl4m30f3d3n]

@godlessandlovingit No point is NOT made, equal marines can still kill banelings easy, it's the same strat, stim which running + moving + splitting, almost every zerg build can be countered with little to no micro, that is one of the only ones that actually requires a tiny bit of micro. And if the T has ANY Tanks then the banelings are pointless.

[@kingjanster]

I serve only the Queen of Blades... For the Swarm!

[@TheWineGuy101]

Who wouldn't, am I right fellas? Heh heh ;D But in all seriousness, Zerg FTW

[@myriad9597]

No, our true lord is the overmind

[@infestedarta2027]

s i m p

[@godlessandlovingit]

@Fl4m30f3d3n oh you didn't say marauders, you just said equal marines. Ya, every build and every units has a counter. A player who can't counter properly will likely lose the fight, ergo, underpowered players, not underpowered races. Point made.

[@Fl4m30f3d3n]

@godlessandlovingit Oh you mean the marauders who slow on hit and with stim + micro + split = 0 losses? yeah, nice banelings.

[@someoneelse901]

can i keap him he folowed me home please please

[@myriad9597]

Yes, give him regular biomass daily.

[@godlessandlovingit]

@Fl4m30f3d3n that is when you change the zerglings into banelings and steamroll those light armored infantry units.

[@Xendrius]

You are right...

[@San-sz4iy]

First like

[@bemnetayele901]

7 years old

[@morecakesmorelays3270]

Small world

[@Fl4m30f3d3n]

Zerg are a little underpowered, check the Code S ranking, 9 zerg and 9 protoss, and 14 terran. Yes 2 Zerg own rank 1 and 2, but the rest fall at 14 to 32. With terran and protoss holding 11/13 top spots.

[@RedW4rr10r]

I still remember the times when Queens used to fly and spawn broodlings... Good ol' times! Long live Brood War!!!

[@Fl4m30f3d3n]

@godlessandlovingit The point is they don't need to, 20 zerglings are countered by equal rushes of marines or zealots, easily.

[@sao3502]

FOR THE QUEEN!

[@godlessandlovingit]

@Fl4m30f3d3n what the zerg lack in quality, they make up for in quantity. I'd like to see terran or protoss build 20+ units in 1 wave at the 7 minute mark.

[@wooooooot1]

My uncle Amrik Khella was so cool. He showed me Starcraft, world of Warcraft, and Diablo. What a fun guy he is... too bad he stopped talking to me. Thanks for the fun.

[@Fl4m30f3d3n]

@godlessandlovingit LOL oh really? Lowered stats and effectiveness aren't underpowered, you're right.

[@Rith9789]

The Ultralisks used to have an Ability called Ram. Which no longer exists in Competitive multiplayer, but it's shown in the vid.

[@kavinh10]

@TehFlyingEvilCow well they're hopefully gonna fix it in HOTS i can't wait till ultras become as useful as colossi are for tosses long live burrow!

[@RodovalPTY]

They don't have charge attack but the attack got increased a lot. From 15+2 Splash to 35+2

[@metyopps]

Like the tactics people use now -.- sending in little zerglings to destroy your base at the beginning of the game

[@Dark_Voice]

I Love Corruptor. Armored air vs Phoenix (although I switched to Protoss), destroys Collosus,observers, Ravens etc. Can morph into Broodlord and become almost invincible + beautiful design.

[@metyopps]

If you're good with the zerg, you're almost unstoppable.

[@Aflay1]

I love how they just swarm everything. *sniff* it's beautiful.

[@ApprovedPest]

Zerg may being sad now, but wait my fellow broodlings!!!! EVO CHAMBERS ARE ON THE WAY!! For the Heart of the Swarm is coming and we can finally punish our enemies with the mighty power of our vipers and swarm host!!!

[@uctaivannguyen9519]

Is that Raynor's voice? ^^

[@glensuarez9246]

yep

[@BlasterS33]

+Đức Tài Văn Nguyễn "An overview of the Zerg narrated by Jim Raynor." No, it's Morgan Freeeman.

[@jfl125]

lol im trying to get better. need to beat the medium computer as it is still. not sure who i want to try to get better as, protoss, zerg, or terran.

[@erichsieh6366]

2:26 why is the probe attacking the zealot

[@CelestineGup]

changling?

[@vitor1678]

Changelings dont attack.

[@TehFlyingEvilCow]

@kavinh10 there is a lot of room for improvement, but zergs win about the same amount as terrans do.