

You want to hold his army in place so that you can destroy it while keeping your army. If you have more roaches, you always want to use fungals over infested marines. But mainly Infested terrans are there for soaking up damage in the scenario of this question. And they also spit out a little damage back, and in large number do significant damage, especially if they are upgraded. At 100 health, that's 100 damage that your roaches are not taking.

For starters their eggs soak up a lot of extra damage. But there are hidden bonuses that casting Infested Terran has. Hatched Infested Terran has 50 health, lives for 30 seconds and does 8 base damage per attack.Īt a quick look the Fungal does more damage straight up. Spawn Infested Terran: Eggs that take 5 seconds to hatch, have a 100 health. In this type of mirror match you always want to try to catch them not watching or when you have an advantage.įungal growth: AOE damage, 30 (40 to armored) over 4 seconds. The decision is based upon how many roaches you have versus how many roaches they have and if you have to engage them in a battle right at that moment.
