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{{Hero infobox | datapage = Data:Zagara | image = [[File:ZagaraArt.jpg|240px|alt=Za'Gara]] ''"The Swarm endures."'' }} '''Zagara''', the Broodmother of the Swarm, is a [[Ranged Assassin|Ranged Assassin Hero]] from the ''[[StarCraft]]'' universe.<ref name = "DotAF&Q">2011-10-31, [http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/blizzcon-2011-blizzard-dota-faq-photos-video/2 Blizzcon 2011: Blizzard DOTA FAQ, Photos, & Video]. ''Blizzplanet'', accessed on 2011-11-07</ref> If Kerrigan is the Queen of the Zerg, then Zagara is the mother of the brood. Cunning and tenacious, she commands her vicious children on the field of battle. Encounter her brood and beware: mess with her children, and you'll answer to mama. Zagara is a [[Summoner]] who provides lots of vision of the [[battleground]]. == History == {{Starcraft-section}} Like many of the [[Kerrigan|Queen of Blades']] creations, the {{sc|Broodmother}} {{sc|Zagara}} was birthed of the terrible ash and heat of {{sc|Char}}. Unlike most {{sc|zerg}}, Broodmothers are capable of complex problem-solving and multi-tasking, and are possessed of the ability to command members of their race with fewer sapient traits. Each Broodmother is an important piece of the greater Zerg organism, able to provide large groups of Zerg with a nearly "independent" perspective. Zagara is as vicious and resilient as any in the Swarm, but she also possesses extreme cunning. In the years since her emergence, the Broodmother came to see the volcanic planet of Char as the Swarm's crucible: a brutal environment that pushes the zerg to increasing fitness, sharpening their claws and teeth and forcing their flesh to grow thicker. Autonomic learning has convinced Zagara of the inferiority of other intelligent species, and the time she spent uniting disparate feral broods on Char only strengthened her contempt for the weakness of most races in the galaxy. When Kerrigan first returned to Char, Zagara resisted Kerrigan's attempt to retake the Swarm, but when Kerrigan defeated her, Zagara submitted, and thus she served the Queen of Blades. Zagara continued to serve the Queen of Blades during her campaign of vengeance against {{sc|Arcturus Mengsk}}. After Kerrigan's victory against the Dominion, she turned her focus towards destroying {{sc|Amon}}, a fallen {{sc|xel'naga}}. Eventually Kerrigan, [[Artanis]] and [[Jim Raynor]] met a xel'naga who could gift his essence into Kerrigan to transform her into a xel'naga. Zagara participated in defending a flank during Kerrigan's long transformation sequence as Amon's forces attacked her. Just before the transformation was complete and as Amon's forces were decimated by a psionic pulse eliminated by Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades relinquished her leadership and gave the Swarm to Zagara. After aiding her Queen in destroying Amon, Zagara took her Swarm and returned to Char where she forcibly lay claim to Char and the systems surrounding it, and crowned herself Overqueen. However, seeing the only way forward for the Swarm in the sector as peaceful co-existence with the terrans and protoss, Zagara set forth motions of peace to the {{sc|Dominion}} and {{sc|Daelaam}}. This was met with hostility from [[Abathur]], who instigated a silent coup against Zagara in an attempt to respark conflict, but Zagara was able to discover Abathur's plot and foil it, maiming and imprisoning the evolution master and allowing peace talks to continue. == Gameplay == Zagara is a long Ranged Assassin who draws support from her seemingly endless brood to wreak havoc on her opponents. Creep Tumor is Zagara's most iconic ability, providing not only buffs to several of her attributes including attack range and movement speed, but also supplying precious vision throughout the Battleground. Zagara is capable of tearing down enemy defenses from afar and when left alone for even a small duration will turn the strongest enemy [[structure]]s into nothing more than heaps of rubble. === Strengths === *Excellent long range, sustained damage *Great [[waveclear]] *Incredibly strong sieging and pushing power *Creep Tumor provides a massive amount of vision throughout the entire map *Good [[poke]] and harass === Weaknesses === *Quite vulnerable to [[crowd control]] *Zero mobility, except on Creep *Painfully [[Mana]] hungry; requires careful Mana conservation *Low burst damage == Abilities == :''See '''[[Data:Zagara|Data page]]''' for a table of scaled values at key levels.'' {{Skills}} == Talents == {{talent table}} == Builds and guides == {{heroGuideList}} ==Skins== {{/Skins}} ==Mounts== {{/Mounts}} ==Portraits== {{/Portraits}} ==Sprays== {{/Sprays}} ==Emojis== {{/Emojis}} ==Quotes== {{main|{{PAGENAME}}/Quotes}} == Trivia == * Zagara first appeared in ''StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm'' (March 2013). * Zagara is voiced by Nika Futterman. * Zagara was one of the four heroes revealed at PAX East 2014.<ref>2014-04-11, [http://www.heroesofthestorm.com/en-us/news/13733530/pax-east-day-1 PAX EAST: DAY 1], accessed on 2014-04-11</ref> * Due to her size and the length of her legs, Zagara is limited to [[mounts]] she can stand on (such as Blackheart's Doubloon, Champion's Nexagon, Championship Banner, Hearthstone Card, Magic Carpet, Star Chariot, and Void Speeder). * In the lore, Zagara is a zerg broodmother that summons and commands an endless legion of zerg to destroy her enemies. The developer took that fantasy to heart when they designed her kit and made it so all of her power was reflected in her summons, which can easily outnumber and overwhelm minion waves. They made sure that all of her abilities summoned in some fashion, and they matched the ability functionality with a zerg unit that properly represented it. Another huge part of the zerg fantasy is their ability to spread and use creep. Being a zerg summoner, it felt appropriate for Zagara to be able to lay Creep Tumors down.<ref>[http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/14569140/designer-insights-spillin-the-creep-on-zagara-6-26-2014 Developer Insights: Spillin' the Creep on Zagara]</ref> * According to [[Jeff Beaudoin]], Zagara definitely has limited the design space, from an engineering and design perspective. Implementing a ground changing effect other than Creep alongside Starcraft's Creep implementation is complex. The system wasn't meant to support more than one texture overlay on our geometry, and expanding/rewriting the system would take considerable time/resources. This is in addition to the visual issues this would cause, trying to display multiple terrain types coherently and still have them look good. Having other characters that create and use Creep is problematic, because they would have super strong synergy with Zagara. Even a hero that can spread creep and do nothing else would massively increase the value of Zagara's abilities, making it much stronger in any game with an allied Zagara, but not necessarily by itself.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/bm90b5/heroes_of_the_storm_design_ama_may_9_2019/emxuaud/ Heroes of the Storm Design AMA - May 9, 2019]</ref> * Zagara's ''Heroes of the Storm'' abilities were later used as the basis for her abilities in ''StarCraft II's'' Co-op Missions mode. * The {{Sc|Creep Tumor}} ability utilizes the creep tumor from ''StarCraft II,'' which is usable by the {{sc|queen (StarCraft_II)|queen}} unit Zagara is based off of. {{Sc|Creep}} allows a zerg player to build structures on ground corrupted by it, and in ''StarCraft II'', creep gives a speed boost to zerg units. * Baneling Barrage utilizes {{Sc|baneling|banelings}}, suicidal zerg attackers in ''StarCraft II'' that evolve from {{Sc|zergling|zerglings}}. * {{Sc|Hunter Killer}} references an advanced strain of {{sc|hydralisk}} that appears as a hero unit in ''StarCraft'' and an advanced unit in ''StarCraft II.'' * Infested Drop uses a zerg {{Sc|sac}} to drop in {{sc|roachling|roachlings}}. Roachlings first appeared in ''Heart of the Swarm'' as a temporary spawn from the {{Sc|Corpser}} strain of {{Sc|roach}}. * Nydus Network is based off of the {{Sc|nydus network}} structure from ''StarCraft II,'' which similarly allowed for {{sc|nydus worm|nydus worms}} to be spawned and transport units across the field. * The Level 1 talent Infest references the ability queens had in the first ''StarCraft'' to infest terran {{Sc|command center|command centers}}. * The Level 4 talent Medusa Blades later appeared as an upgrade for Zagara in ''StarCraft II's'' Co-op Missions. * The Level 13 talent Mutalisk changes the Hunter Killer into a {{Sc|mutalisk}}, a light and nimble flying strain of zerg. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Zagara HotS Art.jpg|Zagara's artwork. File:ClassicZagara.png|Zagara. File:ZaGara.png|Zagara's old model. File:Love is in the Air.jpg|Love is in the Air: Anub'arak and Zagara. File:Zagara Concepts.jpg|Concept art for Insectoid Zagara and Desert Queen Zagara. File:Zagara and her minions.jpg|Zagara and her minions File:Baneling Barrage.jpg|Q: Baneling Barrage. File:Hunter Killer.jpg|W: Hunter Killer. File:Infested Drop.jpg|E: Infested Drop. File:Nydus Network.jpg|R1: Nydus Network. File:Devouring Maw.jpg|R2: Devouring Maw. </gallery> == Videos == {{#ev:youtube|CjDGWHMNA6A|600|center}} {{#ev:youtube|Y3wURQFNbhU|600|center}} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/14569140/designer-insights-spillin-the-creep-on-zagara-6-26-2014 Developer Insights: Spreadin’ The Creep On Zagara] * [http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/14525399/ Zagara Hero Week] * [http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/heroes/zagara/ Zagara - Heroes of the Storm] * [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/game/hero/zagara Zagara - StarCraft II] * [http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Zagara Zagara - StarCraft Wiki] * [https://heroespatchnotes.com/hero/zagara.html Zagara Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes] * [http://rpboyer15.github.io/sounds-of-the-storm/pages/hero_pages/Zagara%20-%20Default.html Zagara Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm] {{Hero nav}} [[Category:StarCraft heroes]] [[Category:Ranged Assassins]] [[Category:Zerg]] [[Category:Aliens]] [[es:Zagara]] [[Category:Females]]
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