Changeling

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Changeling
Race	Zerg
Vitals
HP	5
Production
Energy	50
Duration	150
Produced by	Overseer
Hotkey	C
Combat
Modifiers	Light, Biological
Defense	0
Sight radius	8 (9 when morphed into Marine or Zealot)
Movement	Normal (2.25), Fast (2.9531) if a Zergling
Movement (Creep)	+30% if a Zergling (Fast, 3.83903)

The Changeling is a scout unit that permanently disguises itself as an enemy unit when it gets near an enemy . Once a Changeling has disguised itself, it can not go back to the Changeling model or disguise itself as a different player's unit. Disguised changelings are not automatically targeted by enemies. Changelings can not be loaded into transports. Cavez described it in detail as follows.

After a question regarding the visuals, specifically the Marine's shields, Cydra found out that the Changeling will take the appearance of the upgrades of the unit it disguises, such as the Marine's shields, but not effects from them, such as the Zealot's extra speed from Charge.^src

In the latest Blizzcon 09 build, the Changeling received new visuals, but a huge health decrease in the process.

In November 2009, Blizzard released "Changeling", a short story by James Waugh. It includes a short video showing the Changeling in-game.

Contents 1 Abilities 2 Upgrades 3 Concept Art

Abilities

	Disguise [edit] (passive)
	Cast time	1
	Range	12
	Used by	Changeling
	Automatically and permanently disguises the Changeling as the enemy's base unit (Marine, Zealot, or Zergling). More info...

Upgrades

	Ground Carapace (C) [edit]
		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
	Minerals	150	225	300
	Gas	150	225	300
	Time	160	190	220
	Requires	Hatchery	Lair	Hive
	Researched at	Evolution Chamber
	Affects	Baneling, Broodling, Changeling, Drone, Hydralisk, Infested Terran, Infestor, Queen, Roach, Ultralisk, Zergling
	Increases defense for Zerg ground units by 1.

Concept Art

Terran	Zerg	Protoss
Heroes
Alexei Stukov Jim Raynor Tychus Findlay			Kerrigan			Artanis Zeratul
Units
Banshee Battlecruiser Ghost Hellion MULE Marauder Marine Medivac Nuclear Missile Raven Reaper SCV Siege Tank Thor Viking			Baneling Brood Lord Broodling Changeling Corruptor Drone Hydralisk Infested Terran Infestor Larva Mutalisk Overlord Overseer Queen Roach Ultralisk Zergling			Archon Carrier Colossus Dark Templar High Templar Immortal Interceptor Mothership Observer Phoenix Probe Sentry Stalker Void Ray Warp Prism Zealot
Buildings
Armory Auto-Turret Barracks Bunker Command Center Engineering Bay Factory Fusion Core Ghost Academy Missile Turret Orbital Command Planetary Fortress Point Defense Drone Reactor Refinery Sensor Tower Starport Supply Depot Tech Lab			Baneling Nest Creep Tumor Evolution Chamber Extractor Greater Spire Hatchery Hive Hydralisk Den Infestation Pit Lair Nydus Network Nydus Worm Roach Warren Spawning Pool Spine Crawler Spire Spore Crawler Ultralisk Cavern			Assimilator Cybernetics Core Dark Shrine Fleet Beacon Forge Gateway Nexus Photon Cannon Pylon Robotics Bay Robotics Facility Stargate Templar Archives Twilight Council Warp Gate
Scrapped
Cobra Drop Pods Medic Predator Spider Mine Targeting Drone Tauren Space Marine Terra-tron Deep Space Relay Merc Compound Munitions Depot Star Base Terra-tron			Brutalisk Huge Queen Large Queen Lurker Mutant Larva Omegalisk Swarm Guardian Lurker Den			Purifier Shuriken Star Relic Stasis Orb Strike Fighter Escort Tempest Twilight Archon Obelisk Phase Cannon
StarCraft 1 Units
Battlecruiser (SC1) Dropship Firebat Ghost (SC1) Goliath Marine (SC1) Medic (SC1) SCV (SC1) Science Vessel Siege Tank (SC1) Valkyrie Vulture Wraith			Broodling (SC1) Defiler Devourer Drone (SC1) Guardian Hydralisk (SC1) Infested Terran (SC1) Larva (SC1) Lurker (SC1) Mutalisk (SC1) Overlord (SC1) Queen (SC1) Scourge Ultralisk (SC1) Zergling (SC1)			Arbiter Archon (SC1) Carrier (SC1) Corsair Dark Archon Dark Templar (SC1) Dragoon High Templar (SC1) Interceptor (SC1) Observer (SC1) Probe (SC1) Reaver Scout Shuttle Zealot (SC1)