Succubus/Succubi, Zerg Caster?

I heard about this zerg spell caster unit with an ability that can take control of enemy troops for a duration, but when the duration ends they explode, dealing damage to your enemies nearby them. I believe the unit is called the succubi, any confirmation on this?

 

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yeah, Im pretty sure you made this up =]

 

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no, can you post where you got this info.
like an interview or something, or just some guy like me writing random things on an internet forum?

 

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Needs evidence to support the theory.

 

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Plus the name is a tad wonky.....Mythical creatures are only for Brood names, not units.

But the idea would be cool, 'cept for balance, the splash of the explosion would have to hurt your guys too.....But still, 'tis unbalanced.

 

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http://www.infoceptor.com/starcraft2/units/zerg_ground.shtml

It's at the bottom of the list.

 

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ahhhh, well it looks like you didnt make it up after all.


someone else did.

Its just too unbalanced and unlike starcraft.

 

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The Hydra was a mythical creature, and it went straight to a unit name...with a -lisk on the end (from Basilisk, another mythical creature) and it seems to be a lot more of a unit than a brood.

Heh, if blizzard includes a unit with succubus in its name, it'll probably be a Succulisk, or Succuling, or something. Let's hope they don't choose any of those.

 

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Hmm... there may be some truth to this claim. I guess we just have to wait and see...
Sounds good, though. The Zerg need more offensive casters.
~Pix~

 

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imagine this, an entire fleet of battlecruisers, cast on a few of them, runs away..a few moments later, the entire fleet goes kaboom...wow..that would be far too inbalanced won't you agree?
So i'll say its most proberbly fake

 

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When SC2 was first announced I saw it at more sites, but eventually they all took the succubi part off.

 

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Maybe it can only be cast on organic units?

Well, the description of the Succubus says that they are Ghosts infested during the invasion of Tarsonis... which sounds a lot like Kerrigan. Could Kerrigan have this new turn-unit-into-a-bomb ability as well in SC2?

 

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I liked that page!
The High Templar have comed to stay in StarCraft 2 ;D :thumbup:

 

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They might implement something like that but with a diferent name, its just nos SC style. A balance they could make would be for the "Succubus" to have to walk up to posses the unit personally. Also, it can only be aquired through an infested terran comman centre.

 

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Sounds like the Banshee from WC III. But yeah, makes sense, if they keep the infested Command Center. I hope that there's more infestation going on on the battlefield level.....I mean, it's the Zerg's key attribute.

 

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But Banshee sacrifices itself, nothing says that the succubi will. Looks overpowered.

 

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Na, I said the into Ghost's "possession" comment. That's how the Banshee rolls.

 

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My apologies, I misread.

 

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I doubt it would deal even close to enough damage to take down a battlecruiser. Besides, the Star Relic causes an AOE explosion around the thing it kills and it's bigger for bigger units (like battlecruisers...) and I doubt that will even come close to destroying a battlecruiser.

 

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Sounds entirely possible to me. I had been wondering what they would do about infesting things and this would solve it. Beats having to make infested marines. I would think that it would only be for biological things and not BCs. Could be wrong though. I'd just wonder what the duration and splash damage would be. Succubus might just be a working title too. We'll see. Exciting stuff. Thanks for the heads up.