Zerg Unit: Corruptor | Valid Anti-Air?

[BSOS]

This guide will in detail list the benefits of using the Zergs Corruptor unit in battle and the pros and cons about it. This will teach you the hotkeys and how to best utilize this unit in combat.





Production:
Minerals: 150
Vespene: 100
Supply: 2
Build Time: 40

Vitals:
Hit Points: 200
Regen: 0.27
Energy: 200
Regen: 0.56

Statistics:
Movement: 2.95
Turn Rate: 999.84
Acceleration: 2.63
Armor: 2 (+1)

Information:
Hotkey: C
Sight Radius: 10
Producer: Larva
Requires: Spire
Attributes: Armored - Biological
Classification: Air


Abilities



Corruption (C):
Covers a target in acid causing it to take more damage.

Type: Command
Stats: 20% damage intake
Energy: 75
Duration: 30 sec
Range: 6



The Corruptor is an Air to Air zerg unit that excels at fighting massive units. In no doubt is it the best at destroying Motherships, Battlecruisers, and Carriers. What I, along with many other people want to know is, how effective is it against other "less massive" units? You lucky readers are about to find out.

I used the unit tester map to test out the effectiveness of the Corruptor in all other matchups.

Here are my findings:
(note - all matchups are by default without using the corruption ability)
(the ">" and "<" refer to winning or losing respectively)


Corruptor VS :

Viking:

1C > 1V

3C (with corruption) > 3V

BattleCruiser:

3C > 1BC

Pheonix:

1C > 1Ph

Voidray:

2C < 1V

2C (with corruption) > 1V

Carrier:

3C > 1Ca

Mutalisk:

2C > 3M

What we can determine from these findings:

The corruptor can hold its own against pheonix and vikings in small numbers, and mutalisks where they are not too heavily outnumbered.

Against larger numbers of vikings, corruptors may not match up; micro is definitely needed. The only reason why Corruptors do so well against Vikings is because of their 2 armor; reducing the viking's attack by 4 each hit. I highly recommend getting air armor if you plan on using the Corruptors to deal with Vikings or Pheonix.

The corruptor is out of luck when it comes to the voidray. In any number until critical mass, voidrays will beat out Corruptors because of the Voidray's charge ability. The Voidray simply does too much damage for the Corruptor to keep up. Even with the corruption ability, 2 corruptors just barely beat the Voidray. If there were 2 voidrays, it might take as many as 5 or 6 corruptors to beat the 2 of them.

Against Massive units like the Carrier and BattleCruiser, it takes a ratio of 3 Corruptors to 1 Capital Ship to defeat it. Which is almost cost effective for the zerg. I mean "almost" because in terms of gas and minerals, 3 Corruptors cost about the same as a fully intercepter'd Carrier and BattleCruiser. However, with all the tech required to build those 2 units, the Corruptor definitely makes it more efficient.

Basically, what these findings are saying is that the corruptor is effective at killing massive flying units. It can beat Vikings and Pheonix in equal numbers (although not very cost effective for the zerg), and is pretty darn good against mutalisk flyers.

It's unfortunate the Corruptor can only attack air. This alone makes the unit almost never used. And what's worse is how effective hydralisks are against enemy air units. Hydras are so effective, it makes corruptors seem silly to even bother with a spire. The only thing Corruptors have going for them is the Brood Lord mutation and their effectiveness against massive units like the Collosus and BattleCruiser. In this Author's opinion, in regards to anti-air, I wouldn't spend the money on corruptors, but instead on hydralisks.

[Wizzlecroff]

I pretty much only use them against BCs and Collosi. I really wish they weren't so niche.

[Kreeper]

I pretty much only use them against BCs and Collosi. I really wish they weren't so niche.

Yes I feel Zerg need to be looked at again in the very near future.

[BSOS]

The cool thing about this... is that it tell us that we can actually go corruptors against vikings. So, Broodlords and Corruptors is a viable strategy... if you get enough corruptors