History Characters / StarcraftZergSwarm

* PosthumousCharacter: He's the BigBad of the original game and dies at the end, but his role in the greater mythology of the series is only fully revealed much later and despite being long dead he still plays a sidable role well into Legacy of the Void.

* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: [[SubvertedTrope He wasn't]] -- he was worried Kerrigan was too independent and powerful to be controlled, and when the Overmind died she took control of the Swarm and killed the Cerebrates.

* EveryoneHasStandards: He could never serve [[OmnicidalManiac Amon]] because he will devour ''all'' essence, including ''him''.

* VillainousValor: Despite being an EldritchAbomination trying to take over the Universe, he was genuinely BenevolentBoss toward his Zerg, and [[spoiler:eventually had enough courage to defy Amon. Even Zeratul comes to regard its courague]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Although he's not as obsessed with power as the other packleaders, he's still strong enough to lead his own pack. [[spoiler:As the other packs joined the Swarm after their respective leaders' death, it's possible that Dehaka serves as the leader of the whole primal zerg within the zerg Swarm.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' JackRitschel (''VideoGame/{{Starcraft|I}}'') Creator/PaulEiding (''VideoGame/StarcraftII'') (English)

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Due to being abandoned by Kerrigan after destroying the Protoss expedition and her brood being isolated on Adena as a result,]] Niadra believes that Kerrigan wants her to continue eradicating ''all'' Protoss, and doesn't even know that Zagara now leads the swarm.

* SpawnBroodling: Can create fast-hatching Zerglings, Hydralisks and Roaches. In mere seconds she can have an army at her heel.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:She's never mentioned again after her mission ends, not even in ''Legacy of the Void''.]]
** [[spoiler:She appears later in the spin-off comic [[https://comic.starcraft2.com/en-us/shadow-wars-part-2 Shadow Wars]] set after the events of ''Legacy of the Void'', as an antagonist.]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: It turns out that Amon and his servants created the Overmind without free will, in order to use the entire Swarm as a tool to wipe out the other Xel-Naga.]]

* BenevolentBoss: While being considered by other species to be the BigBad of the game, the Overmind treats the Zerg as beloved children; he is respectful toward his Cerebrates, revive them when they get killed, and his entire motives are focused on doing what ''is'' best for the Swarm as a whole.

* WeaponOfChoice: She prefers prolific usage of Banelings, and to a lesser degree Aberrations and Scourge. The mission chain where she features introduces Banelings and Aberrations, and features Scourge as NPC-type units, and in an earlier version of the game Aberrations spawned Banelings upon death. This carries over into ''Co-op'' and ''Heroes of the Storm'', where she has abilities that spawn Banelings to attack enemies and her ''Co-op'' strategy is mostly to hit enemies with waves of Banelings and Scourge. All in all this is reflective of her limited understanding of tactics prior to her evolution, where she favored the hard ZergRush and had no other ideas if that didn't work out.