Zerg Intermediate Buildings
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Lair    Stats Upgrades/Special Abilites               Building Type: Advanced Town            Hall Cost: 150 100 Build Time: 100 Requires: Spawning Pool Hit Points: 1800 Control Provided: 1 Allows You to Make: Drone Overlord Spire Queen's Nest You can use the Hatchery to easily easily select your Larvae so you can tell them to produce more advanced units. When you set a rally point, all units that are built at the building will automatically move to the location you chose when they are built. You can research the Burrow technology at the Hatchery 100 100 After you get a Queen's Nest, you can morph your Lair into a Hive 200 150 Ventral Sacs allow you to transport units within the Overlord. 200 200 Antennae increases the Overlord's sight. 150 150 Pneumatised Carapace greatly increases the Overlord's speed. 150 150

The Lair is the upgraded stage of the Hatchery. It is given access to more knowledge so you gain more upgrades and buildings. You cannot have a good game without upgrading to one of these eventually.

Queen's Nest    Stats Upgrades/Special Abilites   Building Type: Special Unit Structure Cost: 150 100 Build Time: 60 Requires: Lair Hit Points: 850 Allows You to Make: Queen Hive The Spawn Broodlings upgrade gives the Queen the ability to cast the Spawn Broodlings spell. 200 200 The Ensnare upgrade allows the Queen the ability to cast the Ensnare Spell 100 100 Gamete Meiosis increases the Queen's maximum energy to 250. 150 150

The Queen's Nest gives you the ability to create Queen's. It also is required before you can upgrade to a Hive. So unless you are planning on making nothing but Hydralisks or Mutalisks, you are best off making one of these.

Spire    Stats Upgrades/Special Abilites   Building Type: Flying Units Structure Cost: 200 150 Build Time: 80 Requires: Lair Hit Points: 600 Allows You to Make: Mutalisk Scourge This upgrades the attack power of the Mutalisk, Guardian, and Devourer Level 1: 100 100 Level 2: 175 175 Level 3: 250 250 This upgrades the armor of all air units for the Zerg. Level 1: 150 150 Level 2: 175 175 Level 3: 300 300

The Spire is the building that allows you to make your flying attack units. It takes an annoyingly long time to build but once it is done, you will be able to uleash the wratih of the Zerg Swarms.

Infested Command Center    Stats Upgrades/Special Abilites   Building Type: Infested Captured        Building Hit Points: 1500 Allows You to Make: Infested Terran

The Infested Command Center is gained when a Queen infests a partially damaged Command Center. Then, you can lift them up and fly them to your base, and even land them on the Creep. Infested Terrans are built at an Infested Command Center