Queen Guide

Role
The Queen is a specialist role as it is the only zerg hero with ranged attack. It excels in supporting allies attacking fortified locations with its Corrosive Sprayer and Seismic Shot. It is the only Zerg hero that can kite miners' units with its range and slow from Corrosive Sprayer. Because of this, the queen is heavily dependent on its abilities to do proper damage to the miners. The primary counter to queen are sappers because of their mobility.

Skill Points and Items
As with all Zerg heroes, you should prioritize the first 4 skill points into claws for faster mining with 2 into mutation, for energy. You level up mutation further to 4, if no one on your team is using geysers.

Afterwards, it depends on your team.

Build Order 1
If your teammate is willing to upgrade items for you, you can focus on leveling claws to max, while having at least 5 carapace, and 3 mutation. Get a bit more mutation if you find yourself lacking energy, supply, or terrazine.

Build Order 2
If you don't have such a teammate, you should go 6 claws and 10 mutation to buy Jagged Claws, Thickened Carapace, and Flexible Joints. This will allow you to buy level 3 claws and carapace for you and your teammates. With this setup, you may want to monopolize all vespene geyser as you'll be able to upgrade them to level 3. Afterwards, level up carapace to at least 5 for Ziggers.

The downside of going this route can mean a loss of a lot of your ability to pressure miners as you won't have your corrosive sprayer early on along with being unable to buy stemcells, ziggers, and symbiote traps for some time.

Ideal Setup
The ideal setup for items would be: Level 3 claws of either type (To mine very fast and deal damage), Level 3 Thickened Carapace (Extra tankiness), and 2 Level 3 Flexible Joints(More DPS and movement speed).

Strategy
Early on, mine as just mine to get money for spawners and items. Whenever your team attacks, try to support them with your ranged attacks. Use Corossive Sprayer whenever possible to create zone out miners. You should use symbiote traps or infestor and creep tumors with your attacks for maximum effectiveness kiting. Harass props miners build whenever off cooldown as well.

Later on in the game, help your allies attack by clearing out mines and turrets with your ranged. Use both seismic shot and corrosive sprayer to clear out minefields and turrets. Take advantage of your ranged to bypass barricades and mines.