The fate of the Ultralisk...

It looks damn awesome for one thing. It also gives them a huge advantage when planning ambushes. I'd be scared s*itless if a Ultra popped out of the ground in front of me.

How do you think Ultras' attacking multiple targets is going to affect the game?

 

The multiple attack is going to be interesting. It'll not only make it a meat shield, it'll make it a real shock unit. A few of those will be able to clear out an expansion fairly quickly.

How expensive you think it'll be?

 

A little more expensive than before. It's got burrow and multiple attacks, so it should be more expensive.

 

I think all the new additions to it are perfect for it. Instead of being just a meat tank like before but now a deadly ambusher. Imagine walking through a field with about 30 Marines..... all of a sudden 10 Ultralisk break out of the ground and Zerglings swarm in. This will be awesome.

 

I like how they removed its speed to allow room for burrowing and an AoE melee attack.

 

Though the ability to hide your whole Zerg army sounds good, realistically speaking, the Ultra shouldn't be able to burrow because of its size and blades. It doesn't even have the necessary claws to burrow itself, it's got hooves.

As for its ability to attack multiple targets, I don't know where you got that from but it sounds logical and will make it more useful, I like it.

 

@kuvasz

If you look at the video where the vikings and marines get ambushed by the ultras you'll notice that the top-left ultra kills the first viking in seven swipes but the second one in only three swipes. I guess this indicates that the ultra did "splash" to the second viking while attacking the first.

I could be wrong as I only watched the video once from work.. but oh well. It's a theory.

 

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yeah i saw one of the ultras did a swipe and 2 marines got chopped in half.

 

If a Nydus Worm can, I see no problem with the Ultralisk doing it. Also everything can't have solid lore to it or the game becomes bland.

 

Yes there is definitely 2ndary cleave damage from the ultralisk. Having 2 pairs of pincer blades was the most obvious "evolutionary step" for the ultralisk, but i do not like how far the blades stick out (maybe neccessary as an indicator to the splash radius)..it looks cumbersome in an attack.

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However, come expansion time, i would not be surprised if ultralisk gained a speed boost.

 

I think it already has a speed boost. In one of the video clips it ran around real slow, but in another clip a bunch of em charged some enemies notably faster.

 

At least it has a AoE or splash damage attack now, recording to some posts (blizzard said it too, as far as i remember), so its good vs marines etc.

 

What if the splash was an upgrade? It would make all the Ultras evolve the second pair of claws.

 

I've heard rumblings of ultralisk being able to step over units ( but i cannot find the source my self) and this would be a HUGE buff to ultralisk if possible. Especially if stepping over enemy light units (ie zealots or marines) means that ultralisk will be able to cream siege tanks. Somehow the slow effects of mauraders better be able to compensate for this!

 

my 2 cents...

I love the ultralisk!
Intimidating,Fearsome,AOE,Burrow!

i didnt use it much in sc1 but now its gonna be a must.

 

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i'm happy if the ultralisk can hide smaller units under it (kinda like using a floating terran building) forcing you to destroy the ultralisk or make it move (unless u got AoE) before u can get to a primary target.

 

I dont think hiding a zergling under a ultralisk is a good idea

 

That could be easily abused by hiding many ranged units under it, forcing them to kill the Ultra first. On a side note, I love how big the Ultra is now. It's much more enormous and intimidating. It actually screams, I'm a freakin' gigantic beast! Fear me!

 

Well, technically one could spawn a cloud of Overlords (although it would cost lots of minerals) and the enemy wouldn't Focus-fire correctly by having his sight blocked by Ovies! lol They don't cost food and fly, meaning you could spawn how many you like, having enough minerals that is.

 

yep..but when u are against overlords covering your ground troops, you might as well auto attack since overlords wont' be acquired first.

If ultralisk were acquired first as a primary target... as well as covering ranged damage dealers (like burrowed lurkers or hyrdas) then the zerg's got a new cheesy battle advantage.