Nydus worm

I wasn't able to find out much about the nydus worm, and couldn't find many threads about them either. It seems like everyone else has, and I would really like it if someone would fill me in with some of the new information.

From what I've heard I'm guessing that it works just like a drop ship, only it burrows instead of flyings and acts as a building when surfaced. So you would have to unburrow it, fill it with troops, reburrow it, then send it to where you want and dump them all out there.

That seems like it would work pretty well, but correct me if I'm wrong.

 

As far as I know the nydus worm works like a unit you can control and is always cloaked excepted when it unburrows. Also it takes five seconds to unborrow during which no can exit the worm. After that zerg units can unload and do there thing.

 

Anyone know anything about the movement animation for when it travels around space platform levels yet?

 

That is still unknown...

 

The Nydus worm is a cloaked unit that transforms into a Nydus Canal on its destination. Units can then be transported through another Nydus Canal or the Nydus Warren (prereq building for Nydus Worms).

 

When you say cloaked do you mean that it is a surface unit with cloaking or it is just burrowed?

 

Burrow is a special type of cloak, that's why he said cloaked. It is in fact burrowed and moves just like an air unit (i.e., without any terrain restrictions).

 

What I wanna know is, after you deploy a Worm, can you re-burrow it?

 

yes, Blizzard answered that in a Q&A before(i think, maybe it was in a regular thread), but by now it might be different, but to make it a unit that acts like the nydus canal and not be able to move after being deployed for drop/reinforcement will be a nerf. in my opinion.

 

just re-borrow it

 

Well having your transport unit a single usage, will cost a lot for the zerg for multiple base intrusion. It needs to be able to reburrow so you can save your transport for the next attack.

Will it be possible to create multiple Nydus Worm from it's source building? having 3 or 4 all linked to the same Warren? Or will it be limited to only one Nydus worm per Warren?

 

It would be interesting to know whether its possible to drop of only a part of the units and then move the nydus worm to another location and unload the rest.

 

im wondering whether the nydus can be used several times, or only once.
i wish they would release more information.

 

well, based on my understanding from the info they have freely given out, the Nydus Worm is a underground dropship, that once deployed acts like a Nydus canal, but can still be able to go back into a Nydus worm and move about to a new location.

 

Yes, but once your ''drop'' is successful and you want to move you unit to another location. With transport you can load your troops back in and move your transport. With the Nydus Worm will you be able to get your unit back in it and have it burrow again for the next ''drop''?

We never seen the Nydus Worm retract from a battlefield to be used again in another location.

 

ill say yes, even tho they never showed us how the Nydus worm was like in game, that is how i construed the information.

 

I hope thats true, as otherwise I think the nydus would be worthless. Thanks for the info you guys

 

It has two forms:
Mobile transport with probably the same size as a dropship.
Nydus Canal.
I think it cant change form when it is in Nydus Canal form. Else it would be very imba I think.

 

Nydus Worm is extended from the Nydus Warren, it can load units, move underground then surface to unload those units, after that it can act as a Nydus Canal but it can burrow at any time.
I don't see how that could be imbalanced at all since Overlords cannot transport and Protoss can teleport units all around the map, then you have Terran salvaging any building.
It can be seen here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ouLBGpETSjg&feature=user

 

When the nydus worm acts as a canal does it move units instantly like in SC1 or does it take certain amount of time depending and the location?
If the unit does move instantly then I can understand how furrer can see how this could be imba, but IMO it worm will probably be easy to kill, so a zerg player can't just mass units in someones else's base.