Primal zerglings encompass a large number of various primal zerg. Some are more suited to life on Zerus, four legged creatures with rigid spines,[1] while others have evolved to resemble the zerglings of the Zerg Swarm, with similar combat capabilities.[2]
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Concept art
Primal zerglings appear in the Heart of the Swarm campaign. Compared with their Swarm counterparts (without the Hardened Carapace mutation), primal zerglings have greater health and are more reptilian in appearance. Also, unlike their Swarm counterparts, primal zerglings don't always spawn two at a time, and cannot morph into banelings.
The primal zerglings first appear during the first engagement on Zerus, where several primal zerglings are guarding a primal zerg essence pool near Kerrigan'shive cluster on the orders of the primal pack leader Brakk.[1]
Later, Brakk starts sending out raiding packs to kill the quillgor packs and destroy their meat so that Kerrigan cannot feed the meat to the Ancient One, Zurvan, and, therefore, cannot awaken him.[1]
The primal zerglings are later aligned to one of the two packs, the remnants of Brakk's pack or to Yagdra's pack, during the second engagement on Zerus.[3]
The primal zerglings are a hostile force in the third and final engagement on Zerus, aligned to Yagdra, Kraith, Slivan, or Zurvan's pack.[4]
Primal zerglings can be built by Dehaka in Co-op Missions. Unlike their counterparts from Swarm Commanders and Stetmann, they have higher HP, but spawn 1 per egg directly from the primal warden. They can evolve into ravasaurs.[7]
Upgrades and Abilities
Burrow
Buries the unit underground. Burrowed unit are unable to move or attack, but they cannot be seen without detection.
The primal zergling in the Heart of the Swarm campaign has the resource gathering ability used by workers.[8]
A primal zergling skin (similar to their appearance in Co-op Missions) is available in multiplayer for players who reach level 1 with the zerg Katowice 2018 War Chest.[2]
