Zerg Detector Support

How to effectively use your Overseer to ensure you don't get caught off guard from any invisible units. The Overseer is a necessity in StarCraft 2 as it allows Zerg players to detect invisible.

Difficulty Rank:

2/5


 

When to Use:

 

Featured Units:

When your opponent has invisible troops.   Overseer is used for this strategies
     

[What to do]

Move your Overseer into the area where the invisible troops are.
 

[Tips for Pulling This Off]

Create an Overseer early if you see a Dark Spire building or Starports and Banshees. Also, keep Overseers near your primary army and near your base so that you can quickly react to any invisible threats.
 
     

Good vs. These Races / Strategies:

 

Bad vs. These Races / Strategies:

This is great when your opponent has invisible troops like Banshees, DT's, or pesky Observers that keep hanging around.   This is never really a bad strategy, Overseers can be used for other abilities too.
     

What to do in Success:

 

What to do in Failure:

Keep the Overseer around to be used again.   Build another Overseer so you can keep an eye on the cloaked units.
     

Abilities


  • [Detector]

    Detector is an ability of zerg-detector-support This unit can detect cloaked, burrowed, or hallucinated units.
    Type: Passive
       
  • [Spawn Changeling]

    Hotkey: (C)
    Spawn Changeling is an ability of zerg-detector-support Spawns a Changeling. A small fast unit that can take the form of the enemy.
    Type: Command
    Duration: Duration: cost of the research ability150
       
  • [Contaminate]

    Hotkey: (C)
    Contaminate is an ability of zerg-detector-support Targets a single enemy structure which cannot train units or research upgrades for 30 seconds.
    Type: Command
    Duration: Duration: cost of the research ability30
       

Starcraft 2 Zerg Strategy