Overseer

Overseer The Overlords can mutate into Overseers, if the Hive commands them to do so. The two units are almost identical, but with one major difference - the Overseer has multiple eyes, on every side of his shapeless body. These eyes heighten its senses this way it is able to feel and locate invisible or burrowed units. Another benefit of the mutation is the big sacks on the Overseer’s huge body, there it can store and transport units. But by far, the most frightening ability is the Changeling. A little creature is released, which is able to take the shape of the start-up units of Terran, Protoss or Zerg.

Unit Type: Biological Armored Detector

OverseerUse of Overseer

  • This unit cannot attack but it can reveal burrowed or invisible units.
  • Has good support abilities.
  • Provides more supply, which is vital for the creation of additional troops.
  • Very good scouting unit thanks to his movement speed.
  • Morphs from an Overlord.
  • Very strong against Banshee, Roach and Dark Templar.
  • Weak against Viking, Mutalisk and Stalker.

Abilities

 

Detector

Detector – Reveals invisible units.

Contaminate

Contaminate – Makes the targeted enemy structure incapable of training units or researching upgrades for a certain period of time.

Spawn Changeling

Spawn Changeling – Spawn a Changeling unit, which can transform into a Marine, Zealot or Zergling to confuse the enemy units. They last for 150 seconds and cannot attack.

Upgrades

 

Zerg Flyer Carapace 1

Zerg Flyer Carapace 2

Zerg Flyer Carapace 3

Zerg Flyer Carapace – Increases the armor of all flying units. Has three upgrades.

Pneumatized Carapace

Pneumatized Carapace


StarCraft 2 WCGCompetitive play with Overseer

 

The Overseer is morphed in almost every match against every race in the mid part of the game to provide detection of invisible enemies.

 

Countermeasures

 

VS Terran

  • A few Vikings can kill an Overseer very quickly.
  • Build some Missile Turrets around your base to stop the Overseer from scouting your development.

Countermeasures Overseer

Countermeasures Overseer

VS Protoss

  • The Stalkers are a decent early solution. But when you research their Blink ability, they are the perfect unit to blast the Overseers.
  • The Void Ray’s laser does extra damage to the Overseer.

VS Zerg

  • The Queen can bring down an Overseer fast enough.
  • A group of Hydralisks are perfect for killing the Overseers.
  • Build a few Spore Crawlers but place them in good positions around your base.

Countermeasures Overseer