Fungal Growth Low HP Enemies

How to fungal growth your opponents' low HP units so they don't even have a chance. Fungal Growth in StarCraft 2 does 36 damage over 8 seconds and can devastate Marines, Zerglings, Sentries and Workers. Cast it and wait for them to be almost killed before moving in with your troops.

Difficulty Rank:

3/5


When to Use:		Featured Units:
When your opponent has Sentries, Zerglings, or Marines.

[What to do]
Cast Fungal growth on the tightly packed units. Oftentimes you can wait for them to die or attack them after a few seconds and they are lower on HP.


[Tips for Pulling This Off]
If you can scout the low hp units beforehand you will want to move your Infestors in and quickly Fungal Growth all of the units. Shift click the Fungal Growth on them and then let them die in place or wait briefly while they are worn down by the fungal growth before moving in for the kill.


Good vs. These Races / Strategies:		Bad vs. These Races / Strategies:
This is great vs. Zerglings, Sentries and Marines as the Fungal growth will deal almost their whole life in damage.		This doesn't work too well vs. long-ranged higher HP units as the damage is less impactful to them.

What to do in Success:		What to do in Failure:
If you are successful and it was very impactful to your enemy move in for the kill. If it wasn't very impactful then just regain your energy and potentially gain some map control advantage.		If you cannot Fungal growth these units you may want to run your Infestor away or if you have a larger army you can continue to fight regardless of the failed Fungal Growth.