Baneling profiled: Lore, screenshots, animations

The profile of the Baneling is up at the StarCraft site, which gives us screenshots, animations and lore about the little devil. The baneling is a suicide unit, also called a sapper. With it's core genus coming from the Zergling, they have the same size, but with it's fluid-filled sacs it looks more like a monster than an alien dog. The baneling is a creature so bloated with fluid-filled sacs that it can barely walk; instead, it moves itself by tucking into a tight ball and rolling." The baneling is highly effective against razing structures and taking out an army very quick. Add to that the burrow ability and the baneling is a lethal, moving spider mine-typish unit which the player can create devastating death traps with. Along with the site update, Blizzard also added new...

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