Death from Above | The finale SC II: HotS Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Primary Objectives:

Destroy the power supply connector

Destroy the psionic destroyer

The selection of Kerrigan's special abilities remains the same as for the previous mission: kinetic blast, psionic shift, autonomous extractors, healing, twin drones, effectiveness and apocalypse.

You start the mission as Dehaka and your objective is to reach and damage the power supply connector for the psionic destroyer. As you proceed towards [X1] you will have the opportunity to use your character's special abilities to cross over cliffs and quick healing.. After you destroy the connector, the destroyer's field will retract, which will allow Kerrigan to infiltrate Dominium grounds.

You need to act quickly. You only have several minutes to deal as much damage to the Dominium forces as possible. Start with selecting all the larvae and transforming them into drones. Now, I suggest that you collect all the original units and Kerrigan, and launch an assault on [1]. Focus here on destroying siege tanks and bunkers. Once you disable the defense, you can go back to your base and create as many zerglings as you can. The created units need to be dispatched to [1] where they will help Kerrigan destroy the remaining Terran structures.

Move to [2] as quickly as you can, where there is the Dominium base protecting a mineral deposit. With the help of zerglings you should be able to defeat the defense and destroy all the structures without any problem. After you seize the area, it is a good idea to create a hatchery here. Now you can get prepared to launch the attack on[3]. Mutate extractors, three evolution chambers, a hydralisk cavern and a colony of roaches. You also need to create more drones to cover all mineral deposits.

Zerglings are no longer going to be of any use to you. That is why you can dispatch them for a suicide mission to [4]. They should be followed by Kerrigan and. As soon as the opportunity arises, you should initiate apocalypse. If you aim it against the Terran defense, not only will it destroy most of the enemy units, but also damage some of the structures. The damaged buildings should be finished out with kinetic blast and regular attacks. 30 seconds before the end of the countdown, retreat to your base with the remaining units. If you were quick and effective enough when it comes to the destroying of the Dominium bases, you should be awarded the Terran Up the Sky achievement.

The field generator will go online again; it is the time for the next sabotage. This time around, you can control Dehaka and develop your hive clusters at the same time. . I recommend that you improve on the units and produce entire groups of hydralisks and roaches 920 units each). You can also consider evolving the den to a hive and building a cavern for hydralisks (they will come in handy for quick destruction of enemy structures).

Return to Dehaka now. This time he is helped by a group of roaches. Additionally, you received a new special ability - pull, which allows you to pull an enemy unit towards you. Use this ability on the nearest siege tank. Grab the incoming enemies and keep healing the wounded units, as you make your way through to the connector [X2], and then damage it. This will allow Kerrigan to take the initiative again.

Once you make sure that you have around 20 roaches and 20 hydralisks, strike on [3]. If you make a wise use of Kerrigan's abilities, you should sustain no losses here. Depending on how much time you have left, you can try and weaken locations [4] and [5], or retreat, replenish your forces, and wait for Dehaka's next move.

Your character has a new ability at his disposal now; create spawns, which creates two clones of his. Using the new ability, and healing, make your way towards deeper into the fortification towards the last one of the connectors [X3]. In case you encounter a larger group of humans, I recommend that you pull them one by one with your ability. Soon you will reach the connector and you will be able to deactivate it. The psionic destroyer will be no threat after that happens.

It is the time now to launch the final attack on Terran positions in [4] and the psionic destroyer itself [5]. With the 20 hydralisks, 20 roaches and 5, or more, ultralisks this should be no problem to you. Additionally, you will be joined by Dehaka accompanied by a group of ancient zergs - you can include them into the assault team. Destroy everything in your path, disable the psionic destroyer and bask in the light of your victory. There is only one mission left ahead of you in the Heart of the Swarm campaign.