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

Bone Wall 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 Contamination Creates a small structure which spreads infestation and spews three rounds of bile in affected area. The structure has 1000 health, 0 armor and is flammable. The biles splash in range of 6 meters in 2 seconds intervals causing damage between 0 and ~600 depending on distance to target TRes 5 Duration 20 seconds Cooldown 6 seconds
Rupture 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 Nutrient Mist Speeds structure Maturation Speeds player evolution TRes 2 Duration 15 seconds Cooldown 2 seconds

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.

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

Classes - Skulk  •  Gorge  •  Lerk  •  Fade  •  Onos
Mechanics - Alien Vision  •  Evolve Menu  •  Hive Sight

Abilities

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

Evolutions

Traits - Shift Hive (Adrenaline  •  Celerity  •  Crush)  •  Shade Hive ( Aura  •  Camouflage  •  Focus)  •  Crag Hive (Carapace  •  Regeneration  •  Vampirism)
Removed - Frenzy  •  Swarm  •  Phantom  •  Silence  •  Feign Death  •  Hyper-mutation

Commander

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

Units / Structures

Gorge - Babbler  •  Hydra  •  Clog  •  Webs
Build - Cyst  •  Harvester  •  Drifter  •  Tunnel  •  Hive (Egg)  •  Pheromones
Advanced - Crag  •  Shade  •  Shift  •  Whip  •  Shell  •  Veil  •  Spur

Miscellaneous

Game Information - Options  •  Maps  •  Console Commands  •  Patches
In Game - Damage Types •  Status Icons  •  Ranking System  •  Badges
Other - Skins  •  DLC  •  Mapping  •  Matched Play