In Cold Blood | Kaldir missions SC II: HotS Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Primary objectives:

Gain the ursadon matron's essence

Retrieve the lost tribe

Destroy the psionic communication spire (3)

Secondary objectives:

Kill the ursadon matrons (2)

Rewards for the completion of the primary objectives:

New unit: Roach

+5 to Kerrigan's level

Rewards for the completion of the secondary objectives:

+2 to Kerrigan's level

After you gain control over Kerrigan and zergs, you will be able to go one way only, which is to the north. On your way, you will encounter several ursadons and frozen roaches, which you will be able to enlist with your army. Once you reach [1], a flash freeze storm will start - all of your units will be trapped in ice as a result. Also the ursadon matron will arrive. Fortunately, the storm is not going to last too long and soon you will be able to take control of your units again to defeat the attacking animals. After you assimilate the matron's essence, you will be immune to the effects of the flash freeze storm.

After you reach [2], you will finds the remains of the Nafash. Order Kerrigan to go into the designated area and the nearby units will join. Now you can develop your base. Start by creating drones, roaches and zerglings - soon they will come in handy in fighting the Protos. It is a good idea to deploy several additional Spine Crawlers to protect the base against possible assaults.

It's the time to go north now, towards [3]. You will encounter a big party of the Protos there. I suggest that you slowly retreat towards your base, before another flash freeze storm starts, which will freeze the enemy units - now you can easily deal with them. By taking advantage of the storm, you can also disable the enemy's defense systems. First of all, you need to aim at the pylons (they are the power supply for all of the structures) and then the rest of the buildings. Without fully operational pylons, even turrets will pose no threat after they unfreeze. After you secure the area, you will receive an additional hatchery here - it can be used to increase the resource output.

Another target is located in [4]. Before you attack it, I recommend that you increase your army to around 20 roaches and 30 zerglings. The best moment to start the attack itself, is when the flash freeze storm starts, thanks to which you will have no problems dealing with the Protos and their defense systems (again, aim at the pylons and archonts). Once the blizzard stops, you will be able to destroy the remaining structures.

In the meantime, you can deal with the ursadon matron to the north [A], thanks to which Kerrigan will reach another experience level and your army will gain another roaches. This will also increase the range of vision for your units during the flash freeze storm. Another one is at the western rim of the map and its position was also marked on the map [B].

After you complete secondary objectives, you should replenish your losses (20-30 roaches, 30-50 zerglings) and get prepared for the final onslaught in [5]. Launch the attack once another flash freeze storm starts. You can do either of the following now: you can destroy the Protos base gradually, a building after another - that's when you should focus on the pylons, archonts and giants or, attack quickly the last spire(that's what has been presented in the above picture). As soon as the storm starts, you need to launch the attack at the structure, and destroy it before the Protos can start defending it. After you destroy the third one, the mission will end in success.