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In the years following the Brood War, Kerrigan became obsessed with the genetic codes of species with hyper-regenerative properties. The most impressive example was the unassuming acidic Zantar Slug living in the humid, mountainous depths of Garrxax. This tiny slug was capable of healing itself at rapid rates, and it also excreted mucus that could eat through neosteel. Consequently it was quickly assimilated into the Swarm. Thus the Roach was evolved, a creature that can heal itself rapidly and deliver deadly ranged acid blasts. In a one-on-one battle, not much can stand against this regenerating monstrosity.
Previous Zerg Unit: Overseer
Units
Roach
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General Strategy
- Short-ranged anti-ground unit.
- Can burrow with the Burrow upgrade, and move while burrowed with the Tunneling Claws upgrade.
- Difficult to kill due to regeneration ability.
- Regenerates hitpoints faster while burrowed.
- Regeneration is excellent against Damage Over Time (DOT) effects like Psi Storm.
- Can upgrade their above-ground movement speed with the Glial Reconstitution upgrade.
- Effective at skirmishing and blocking chokepoints due to regeneration.
Tech Lab Upgrade
- Burrow: Allows the unit to take cover underground, rendering it unable to attack. A burrowed unit is invisible unless revealed by detectors or effects.
- Glial Reconstitution: Increases roach speed.
- Tunneling Claws: The roach can move while burrowed.
Countermeasures
VS Terran
- Employ high-damage units such as Siege Tanks and Banshees. Their damage output will allow them to take the Roaches down quickly.
- Use Ravens to help spot burrowed Roaches and prevent them from sneaking up on Siege Tanks in Siege Mode.
- Utilize Marauders since they deal bonus damage against the Roach’s armor and also significantly outrange them. It’s possible to kite the Roaches using the Concussive Shells upgrade which slows down targets hit by the Marauder.
VS Zerg
- Include an Overseer in your attack squadrons to help spot burrowed Roaches.
- Utilize Mutalisks to attack Roaches from the air, where they won’t be able to fire back.
- In open areas, upgraded Zerglings beat Roaches.
VS Protoss
- Immortals take extremely minimal damage from Roach attacks, and kill them fairly quickly
- High-damage air units such as Void Rays also do well against Roaches.
- Observers help spot burrowed Roaches and allow your army to kill them before they can regenerate their hit points.
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[Close]Comments (48)
also: you nead lots and lots of roach before there a good unit, so you dont have the drones you want.
maybe 10 ultralisks with infestor ling support but still..
Spine Crawlers. You can use Spine Crawlers also when you attack, especially if the creep spread is good (either your or your opponent's).
But yeh, there should be one for every upgrade; little boxes on Marines' arms for Stimpacks, a second weird shiny-blue cylinder-thing on the Carriers with Gravitic Boosters (I think)
Rush the enemy with 5-8 roaches, attack, burrow when damaged, pop up and kill more. No one would have detectors to stop them yet, and you could pick off everything you wanted.
and kick my opponent's ass time after time.