Mutator: Transmutation

Enemy units have a chance to transform into more powerful units whenever they deal damage.

Difficulty points	7
Available in custom	Yes
Rollable in Chaos Studios	Yes

Detailed Mutator Information

Every time an enemy unit does damage to a player unit, it has a chance to change to a unit of 1 higher supply that it costs. 0 supply units are counted as 1 supply units.

Note that the change is permanent. Therefore, newly Transmutated units will drop higher amounts of Biomass, Essence, etc. than the unit they were previously. Additionally, units that would not drop Biomass (such as units from Void Rifts) will also start to drop Biomass.

The chance of Transmutation triggering is calculated as a percentage of damage dealt as Damage/2. So, if a unit does 200 damage, it has a 100% chance of triggering Transmutation. This calculation occurs after damage reduction is calculated in the form of armor/shield damage reduction and damage reduction buffs.

If an enemy unit kills a player unit, it jumps a number of tiers equal to the killed unit's supply. If that unit is a heroic, the killing unit instantly jumps to the max tier.

Transmuted units also drop Biomass, Essence and Mengsk Royal Guard experience, even if the original unit did not (e.g. from Void Rifts).

Tiers are shown below:

Tier	Units
1	Baneling Marine Zergling
2	Hellbat Hellion Reaper Roach Widow Mine Zealot
3	Adept Firebat Hydralisk Marauder Sentry
4	Dragoon Goliath High Templar Mutalisk Stalker
5	Banshee Infestor Phoenix Scout Viking Warhound
6	Cyclone Ghost Lurker Oracle Siege Tank Swarm Host
7	Archon Disruptor Immortal Liberator Ravager Void Ray
8	Battlecruiser Brood Lord Carrier Colossus Reaver Tempest Thor Ultralisk
9	Hybrid Destroyer Hybrid Nemesis Hybrid Reaver Loki
10	Hybrid Behemoth Hybrid Dominator

Commander-specific Tips

Alarak: Structure Overcharge prevents Transmutation from triggering on the unit.
Artanis: Shield Overcharge prevents Transmutation from triggering on the unit.
Fenix: Fenix Champions do not count as Heroic units that cause max-tier transmutation.
Nova: Defensive Drones' Defensive Matrix prevents Transmutation from triggering on the attacking unit.
Stetmann: H.U.G.S Overload prevents Transmutation from triggering on the unit.
Swann: Defensive Matrix prevents Transmutation from triggering on the attacking unit.

Mutator Interactions

Aggressive Deployment	Units from Aggressive Deployment Drops can Transmute.
Alien Incubation	Broodlings can transmutate. Newly-transmuted units spawn Broodlings when they die.
Avenger	Units lose their Avenger stacks after they Transmute.
Barrier	Transmuted units get the Barrier buff.
Black Death	Transmuted units may or may not carry Plague, irrespective of whether it carried Plague or not before Transmuting.
Concussive Attacks	Transmuted units apply the Concussive Attacks debuff.
Diffusion	Damage dealt by Diffusion can trigger Transmutation on enemy units.
Double Edged	Damage dealt by Double Edged does not trigger Transmutation.
Eminent Domain	The attack that kills a player's structure will not cause the enemy unit to Transmute.
Evasive Maneuvers	Transmuted units get the Evasive Maneuvers buff.
Fatal Attraction	Transmuted units trigger Fatal Attraction when they die.
Fear	Transmuted units can apply the Fear effect.
Gift Exchange	Units spawned from Gift Exchange can Transmute.
Hardened Will	Transmuted units cause Hardened Will to activate.
Heroes from the Storm	Amon Heroes do not Transmute after killing a unit.
Inspiration	Transmuted units can get the Inspiration buff.
Just Die	Transmutated units have their Just Die stacks reset, allowing them to respawn again.
Kill Bots	Kill Bots do not Transmute when dealing damage or killing units.
Laser Drill	Transmuted units provide vision for the Laser Drill.
Life Leech	Transmuted units have Life Leech.
Mag-nificent	Mag-mines do not Transmute after killing a unit.
Minesweeper	Widow Mines Transmute after killing a unit.
Moment of Silence	Transmuted units which are now Hybrids trigger Moment of Silence when they die.
Outbreak	Infested and Aberrations can transmute.
Polarity	When units Transmute, they can switch Polarities.
Propagators	Propagators do not Transmute.
Speed Freaks	Transmuted units move faster with Speed Freaks.
Trick or Treat	Units spawned from Civilians can Transmute.
Turkey Shoot	Turkeys can transmute when they deal damage or kill a unit. The Turking does not transmute.
Void Reanimators	Resurrected units can Transmute.
Void Rifts	Units spawned from Void Rifts can transmute.
Walking Infested	Infested can transmute. Newly-transmuted units spawn Infested when they die.
We Move Unseen	Transmuted units are cloaked.