Battlecruiser (StarCraft)

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Battlecruiser
Unit
Race	Terran
Role	Heavy Command Ship
Armament	Burst laser batteries Yamato gun
Protection	Neosteel
Properties
Hit points	500
Energy	200
Size	Large
Production
Minerals	400
Gas	300
Supply	6
Build time	160
Produced at	Starport
Requires	Control tower (attached) Science facility Physics lab (attached)
Hot key	B
Combat
Ground attack	25 (+3 per upgrade) (lasers) 260 (Yamato gun)
Air attack	25 (+3 per upgrade) (lasers) 260 (Yamato gun)
Cooldown	30
Armor	3
Attack range	6 (lasers) 10 (Yamato gun)
Sight range	11

The battlecruiser is the major terran air unit.

The Behemoth-class battlecruiser has a staggering 500 hit points; no other standard game unit tops this margin. The devastating ATA/ATS laser batteries can inflict 25 base points of normal damage to air or ground targets. It is important to note that the terran battlecruiser and the zerg ultralisk are the only non-hero units in the game able to withstand a nuclear strike (as nukes do 500 damage, a battlecruiser will survive with HP equal to its armor rating). It is also notable to state that (in groups) the battlecruiser is the only capital ship class unit that the zerg scourge does not kill with ease (the battlecruiser's base damage can kill a scourge in one shot). With the Yamato Gun, it can one-shot most defenses and units.

There are several effective counters against battlecruisers: terran players can utilize massed Goliaths or the Lockdown ability of their ghost units in order to quickly neutralize a battlecruiser fleet. Abilities such as Psionic Storm, Feedback, and Plague are also devastating against battlecruiser fleets, especially those not escorted by science vessels capable of casting EMP Shockwave against enemy spell-casters. Protoss scout fighters can also swarm a battlecruiser in groups or with support, their missiles stronger than laser batteries of the battlecruiser. Wraith squads are also capable of wasting battlecruiser fleets rather quickly due to their heavy damage, especially if cloaked. Devourers are useful counters with its corrosive acid but are vulnerable to the Yamato Cannon. The slow speed of the battlecruiser also makes it difficult to disengage if a battle makes a turn for the worst, or to extract a damaged ship for repair.

[edit] Abilities

Yamato Gun
Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100	Usage Energy 150 Range 10
Notes
The Yamato Gun is a powerful weapon that focuses a nuclear explosion into a beam using magnetic fields. It deals 260 damage.

[edit] Upgrades

Ship Weapons Researched at Armory Hotkey S Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 150 200 Gas 100 150 200 Required Science facility Science facility Notes +1 bonus to attack per level for Wraith ground attack and Valkyrie attack. +2 bonus to attack per level for Wraith air attack +3 bonus to attack per level for battlecruiser attack	Ship Plating Researched at Armory Hotkey H Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Required Science facility Science facility Notes +1 armor to Wraith, dropship, battlecruiser, science vessel, Valkyrie per level
Colossus Reactor Researched at Physics lab Properties Minerals 150 Gas 150 Notes Increases battlecruiser maximum energy by 50.

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War
Infantry	SCV · Marine · Firebat · Ghost • Brood War only • Medic
Ground vehicles	Vulture · Goliath · Siege tank
Air units	Wraith · Dropship · Science vessel · Battlecruiser • Brood War only • Valkyrie
Basic buildings	Command center (ComSat station · Nuclear silo) · Supply depot · Engineering bay · Barracks · Refinery · Missile turret · Academy · Bunker
Advanced buildings	Factory (Machine shop) · Armory · Starport (Control tower) · Science facility (Physics lab · Covert ops)
Other	Nuclear missile · Spider mine