Alien Commander

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Abilities

Alien Commander Abilities
Assist Tab				Drifter
Heal Wave	Ink	Echo		Enzyme Cloud	Hallucination Cloud	Mucous Membrane
Nutrient Mist	Rupture	Bone Wall	Contamination
Heal Wave, Ink, and Echo require a nearby Crag, Shade, or Shift to activate. Requires Crag/Shade/Shift Hive types to unlock. Nutrient Mist, Rupture, and Bone Wall can be used anywhere on Infestation. Requires Biomass levels 1 to 3 to unlock. Contamination can be placed anywhere on the map. Requires Biomass level 9 (see below).				Enzyme Cloud, Hallucination Cloud, and Mucous Membrane require Shift/Shade/Crag Hive types to unlock.

Direct Commander Abilities

Direct Commander Abilities
Bone Wall	Contamination
Bone Wall Creates an obstruction which blocks marines and grenades Has 100 health + 100 per biomass level (400 when it unlocks at biomass level 3) and no armor TRes 3 Duration 6 seconds Cooldown 10 seconds	Contamination Creates a small structure which spreads infestation and spews three rounds of bile in affected area. The structure has 1500 health and 0 armor. The biles splash in range of 6 meters in 2 seconds intervals causing damage between 0 and ~600 depending on distance to target Cannot be targeted by ARCs TRes 5 Duration 20 seconds Cooldown 3 seconds
Rupture	Nutrient Mist
Rupture Explodes in an 8.7 meter radius Obscures marine vision and parasites them TRes 3 Duration (parasite) 10 seconds Delay 1.25 seconds Cooldown 10 seconds	Nutrient Mist Speeds structure Maturation Speeds player evolution Keeps disconnected Cysts alive Has no effect on structures before they are finished TRes 2 Duration 15 seconds Cooldown 2 seconds

Drifter Abilities

Drifter Abilities
Enzyme Cloud	Hallucination Cloud
Enzyme Cloud Creates a cloud of hormones that increase rate of attack for Aliens inside it by 25%. Hotkey A TRes 2 Duration 5 seconds Targets Alien players Requires Shift Hive	Hallucination Cloud Creates controllable mirror images of units in effective range, which live for up to 30 seconds can be killed by Marines or destroyed be the Alien Commander have 20% of the Health of the original but no more than 700 Health have no Armor Casting Hallucination Cloud onto a Res Node with Infestation or a Techpoint will hallucinate a Harvester or Hive respectively. Hotkey S TRes 2 Targets Alien players Requires Shade Hive
Mucous Membrane	Default
Mucous Membrane Grants Aliens a Shield for 5 seconds. Lifeform Shield Amount Skulk 15 Gorge 21 Lerk 25 Fade 40 Onos 70 Hotkey D TRes 2 Targets Alien players Requires Crag Hive	Patrol Sends the Drifter on Patrol. Can be queued up along up to 10 waypoints by pressing Shift . Hotkey G Grow Speeds up the constructions of Alien structures to 125% speed (auto-build speed is 50%). Targets Alien structures

Pheromones

The Alien Commander has the option to non-verbally inform the team of points of interest on the map. This can be done with Pheromones which are available in the Basic Build menu. After the Commander has placed Pheromones on the ground, a yellow icon appears for the duration of the Pheromone. These are visible to all Aliens over great distances and even through walls. The use of these Pheromones is free.

Pheromones
Threat Notify team of a threat Hotkey Y / Z Duration 15 seconds Targets Ground
Need Healing Notify team where healing is needed Hotkey X Duration 20 seconds Targets Ground
Expanding Notify team where you plan on expanding Hotkey G Duration 40 seconds Targets Ground

Tech Tree

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Kharaa

• Lifeforms
• Abilities
• Evolutions
• Commander
• Units / Structures
• Miscellaneous

Classes - Skulk  •  Gorge  •  Lerk  •  Fade  •  Onos

Mechanics - Alien Vision  •  Evolve Menu  •  Hive Sight

Base Abilities
Skulk - (Sneak  •  Wall Walking  •  Bite  •  Parasite)  •  Gorge - (Belly Slide  •  Spit  •  Heal Spray  •  Build Menu)  •  Lerk - (Flight  •  Roost  •  Poison Bite  •  Spikes)  • 
Fade - (Swipe  •  Blink)  •  Onos - (Gore)

Unlockable Abilities
Skulk - (Leap  • Xenocide)  •  Gorge - (Bile Bomb)  •  Lerk - (Spores  •  Umbra)  •  Fade - (Metabolize •  Advanced Metabolize •  Stab) •  Onos - (Charge  •  Bone Shield  •  Stomp)

Shift Hive - (Adrenaline  •  Celerity  •  Crush)
Shade Hive - (Aura  •  Camouflage  •  Focus)
Crag Hive - (Carapace  •  Regeneration  •  Vampirism)

Removed - Frenzy  •  Swarm  •  Phantom  •  Silence  •  Feign Death  •  Hyper-mutation

Mechanics - Alien Commander  •  Biomass  •  Infestation  •  Maturation  •  Consume  •  Resource Model

Abilities - Heal Wave  •  Ink  •  Echo  •  Nutrient Mist  •  Rupture  •  Bone Wall  •  Contamination  •  Enzyme Cloud  •  Hallucination Cloud  •  Mucous Membrane

Gorge - Babbler  •  Hydra  •  Clog  •  Webs
Build - Cyst  •  Harvester  •  Drifter  •  Tunnel  •  Hive (Egg)  •  Pheromones

Advanced - Crag  •  Shade  •  Shift  •  Whip  •  Shell  •  Veil  •  Spur

Game Information - Options  •  Maps  •  Console Commands  •  Patches
In Game - Damage Types •  Status Icons  •  Ranking System  •  Badges

Other - Skins  •  DLC  •  Mapping  •  Matched Play