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Published: 2013-08-12 13:05:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 5494; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 6
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The Swarm is Coming...The Zerg: A race of arthropods working under a a hive mind, the Zerg Swarm strive for genetic perfection by assimilating "worthy" races into their own, creating numerous strains of Zerg. The Swarm have no need for technology, choosing instead to assimilate other species' traits by directed mutation in order to match such technology. Multiplying faster then most any other race in existence, Zerg have crushed many armies under the power of sheer numbers alone. Under the rule of their Queen of Blades, Sarah Kerrigan, the Zerg have grown into a fierce, nearly unstoppable force of destruction.
The Flood: A single, tiny spore is how it all starts... and all it takes to wipe out an entire planet. For from that single spore will come a plague that has seen the deaths of entire empires. Sentient, violent, and most terrifying of all intelligent to an extreme degree, the Flood twist, mutate and mangle the bodies of those unfortunate enough to fall under their power, and drive their hosts endlessly to infect or destroy others. Driven by potent collective consciousness, the Flood is relentless, and if left unchecked, will wash away all life in the universe.
Now these nightmarish hordes are going to see what the other can do. Can the Flood best the tactics of the legendary Blade Queen? Can the Zerg beat an enemy that will use their dead as troops? With both sides giving it everything they've got, I just have one question for you...
WHO! IS! DEADLIEST!
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In halo, the reason they were able to fight the forerunners and the reason they were so ready was because they had gone to another galaxy and assimilated all its life. They've done it before, makes sense that they could do it again.
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No reason the Zerg couldn't track them, either - Kerrigan is able to send her legions through wormholes in warp space.
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The Protoss have been purging planets of Zerg for years and Master chief didn't kill the flood alone he barely did anything really, against the full force of the flood the universe lost what about that don't u get? The flood beat the forerunners, people with tech so advanced it makes the covenant, terrans, Protoss all look like cave men. The Zerg are better in every aspect, I would love for the Zerg to win but they are for the first time ever out numbered and if they lose their leader (who ever it may be) to the flood the whole hive topples the flood have no such restriction, they will fight forever if they have too
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The protoss did purge planets, that's correct - it also did absolutely nothing to actually stop them and was an intentional lure. And the Forerunners really didn't have much to them in comparison to the Xel'naga, which were able to even seal away cthuloid entities with pure tech alone, and defeat entire armies without ever breaking their pact not to kill. The Zerg didn't win because they didn't want to. The Protoss lost horribly, the Terrans lost horribly, and all of them have better feats and equipment than the current races of the universe. And, again, the flood can't infest the Zerg to replenish their numbers - the Zerg have no such restriction. They can take a lifeless planet and turn it into billions of zerg in a week.
The Universe lost to the Zerg too, so maybe think up something the Zerg can't match as a flood feat. The protoss are unable to do shit-all to actually stymie the Zerg, the terrans weren't able to do anything, and the Zerg beat their own forerunner-like race while still in their infancy.
TL DR: The zerg beat every opponent set against them, outnumber the universe themselves, and unlike the flood have combat forms available to them much higher in power and can quickly develop immunity to the flood's main trick: assimilation.
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Zerg can sacrifice thousands for one entrenched soldier. Zerg win
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under tournament settings...... i really can't call this one. The zerg are the better fighters, while the flood can infest. this is a really, really hard battle to call
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Could they really infest the Zerg? The Flood have a hard enough time infesting Master Chief who's wearing armor. Zerglings which have the least amount of armor can withstand bullets... no spikes, that's how they describe their bullets. They withstand spikes that are bigger than Sniper Rifle rounds that are being fired at multiple shots per second and still keep on running at the enemy. One of them even survived 200 rounds being shucked into it's carapace.
These guys are WAY too tough for the Flood to punch through.
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Well, it depends.
If we're using book Flood, then the Flood stomp.
If we're using game Flood, then the Zerg probably win.
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I would say it all depends on how the battle starts, The Flood are more vulnerable in it's early stages than Zerg early stages and would be entirely reliant on what ever animal they can kill. The Flood would also be dumber in it's earlier stages than Zerg is in there earlier stages.
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so who do you think would win scarecrow and advantages would these two have over another
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Zerg have better: Recon, Infantry, Elites, Heroes, Armor/Heavy, Misc.Air, Defenses
Their Leader: Sarah Kerrigan, has greater Audacity and Espionage.
The Flood have better: Calvary, Leader, Army X-Factors,
Their Leader: The Gravemind, has better Tactics, Strategy, Intuition, Intelligence, Experience, Discipline, and Leadership
For Aircrafts: While Zerg units are better then the standard Flood Air Units, Sentinels even the odds, making this a Tie.
Other Ties: Support, Additional Information, Victory Gains
Conclusion: Zerg Win
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At the end of the day, the Flood aren't best equipped to fight a super organism like themselves. If an infection form were to "tap into" a hydralisk or ultralisk and soak up its brain, the Flood collective wouldn't gain much IQ, since zerg combat forms are just clones of each other, and when cut off from the Hive mind are pretty stupid. I do believe that the Flood could still convert zerg units, since zerg forms have identifiable structures like spines and cerebral cortices that can be targeted. That's how Terran scientists have been able to lobotomize, study and even exploit zerg in the past. But the problem with any biological attack on the zerg is that they're so dang adaptable. Even if it would take awhile, the zerg could probably find a way to keep themselves safe from infection.
From a physical combat perspective, I would also put my money on the zerg. They employ a number of ranged attacks, particularly in the way of acid, and could achieve air superiority easily, with the only opposition coming from whatever flying organisms that the Flood can come across. Some zerg units can also spawn an unlimited number of smaller organisms that are very small and simple, with timed lifespans, a mechanic that the Flood haven't had to deal with before.
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A good question. The Flood can infect anything with enough biomass and a compatible nervous system. The Zerg certainly count, and therefore, can be infected.
However, the Zerg can evolve almost instantly. If Kerrigan or one of the Brood Mothers figures that a slightly warped nervous system makes Flood infection impossible, then they can apply the change to the Swam and eventually overwhelm the Flood.
So, it comes down to how fast the Flood can take out the Zerg. Take too long and they'll be devoured and incorporated.
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