Overlord

Overlord is a starcraft-2 zerg unit
The Overlord is the farm of the Zerg army. For 100 crystal this bad boy provides 8 food as well as the ability to scout and, once the Lair is upgraded too, generate creep that your units can use to move faster. The generate creep ability of the Overlord can create a 'creep highway' for your units to move on, giving a strategic advantage to your army. Lastly, the Overlord, if upgraded, can be a transport unit for Zerg troops, allowing Zerg players to do the dreaded 'doom drops.' Also, Overlords can be morphed into Overseers, a Zerg unit that can detect invisible units as well as has special abilities. The Overlord is a Airborne Heavy Transport and has a unit type of Armored - Biological.


[The Good]

 

[The Bad]

Strengths

 

Weaknesses

Early Scouting, Dropping Units, Generating Creep   Anti-Air (especially when speed isn't upgraded)

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Hard Counters

 

Hard Countered

 

[Cost]

Minerals

Vespene

Supply

Build Time

Sight

mineral cost of the unit100 gas vespene cost of the unit- unit supply food required8 units build time25 11

[The Basic]

Health/Shield

Armor

Energy

Movement

200 0 0.47  

[No Ground Attack]

[No Air Attack]

Abilities


  • [Load]

    Hotkey: (O)
    Load is an ability of overlord Enables the Terran units to load other units for transport.
    Type: Command
    Range: 1
       
  • [Generate Creep]

    Hotkey: (G)
    Generate Creep is an ability of overlord While activated, the Overlord excretes creep onto the ground. The creep only generates while the unit is not moving.
    Type: Channeled
       

Upgrades


  • [Pneumatized Carapace]

    Hotkey: (P)

    Pneumatized Carapace is an upgrade of the unit overlord Increases the movement speed of all Overlords.
    Requries Lair or Hive
    Vespene Vespene cost of the building100
    Duration Duration cost of the duration60
       
  • [Ventral Sacs]

    Hotkey: (V)

    Ventral Sacs is an upgrade of the unit overlord Gives the Overlord the ability to transport units.
    Requries Lair or Hive
    Vespene Vespene cost of the building200
    Duration Duration cost of the duration130
       
  • [Flyer Carapace]

    Hotkey: (C)

    Flyer Carapace is an upgrade of the unit overlord Increases the armor of all Zerg air units. 3 Levels
    Requries Spire or Greater Spire
    Vespene Vespene cost of the building150/225/300
    Duration Duration cost of the duration140/170/200