Starcraft 2

Oh, i expected it to be spire-tech due to being flying, but if that's the case all my worries are gone. (ala how obs is robo tech and raven is starport tech)

Thanks!

I'm fairly sure I read somewhere that it was just unlocked at Lair Tech. If it requires Spire, that's a pretty gigantic kick to Zerg, basically like how Protoss are forced into Robo Tech every game because there is no alternative detection, except it's extremely expensive and long build time, not to mention if you're going for Spire, you're sacrificing gas into a Viper instead of Mutalisks. I believe Swarm Host comes from the Infestor Pit though.

Overall, the Protoss units suck. Oracle is gimmicky timing push oriented, with no feasible use in the early/mid-game since it's a large(200/200 ea + stargate) investment down a tech-path that can't help you defend timings. Replicant is just saying Protoss units suck so get Terran and Zerg Units, and just as gimmicky. Unless they give Tempest some way to catch Vikings, they should never see use in PvT like Carriers since Marines would shut them down even harder since there's no interceptors to disrupt AI/tank damage for other units. I can see them being feasible against Corruptor/Mutalisk though if they can achieve a critical mass soon enough to AoE a group of corruptors, assuming they don't deal weaker damage to non-light air. In which case, what the hell is the point of making capital ship to attack only Mutalisks?