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The corsair is a protoss air-to-air unit introduced in StarCraft: Brood War.

Overview[]

The corsair has a low damage attack but with a very high rate of fire that also causes 1/2 splash damage to units within a 50 pixel radius around the target and 1/4 splash damage within 100 pixels.

This makes the corsair similar to the terran valkyrie: both are ideal against groups of low-armor units like mutalisks but are somewhat less effective against more heavily armored units like battlecruisers, devourers and carriers. Disruption Web allows corsairs to provide valuable combat support by temporarily crippling an opponent's ranged-attack structures/units.

Corsairs become available to the player in the campaign with the mission "Legacy of the Xel'Naga" in Episode IV.

Abilities[]

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Disruption Web

The Corsair pilot can focus their psychic energy through the vessel's Neutron Emitter, which creates psionic static which disrupts neural impulses and renders computer-directed attacks inaccurate. The web is drawn towards the magnetic resonance found in ores and minerals. This static prevents all ground units and buildings (including base defenses such as bunkers and missile turrets) from attacking while they remain under it, but does not prevent attacks from outside. Affected units may still be attacked and damaged by units outside the web.

Usage
Hotkey D
Cost 125 Energy
Range 9
Acquisition
Purchased from Fleet beacon
Hotkey D
Cost 80seconds

Upgrades[]

Acquisition
Purchased from Cybernetics core
Hotkey A
Level 1
Cost 150 Minerals 150 Vespene gas 267seconds
Level 2
Cost 225 Minerals 225 Vespene gas 300seconds
Required Fleet beacon
Level 3
Cost 300 Minerals 300 Vespene gas 333seconds
Required Fleet beacon
Acquisition
Purchased from Cybernetics core
Hotkey W
Level 1
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 267seconds
Level 2
Cost 175 Minerals 175 Vespene gas 300seconds
Required Fleet beacon
Level 3
Cost 250 Minerals 250 Vespene gas 333seconds
Required Fleet beacon
  • +1 armor bonus to shields per level for all units and structures.
Acquisition
Purchased from Forge
Hotkey S
Level 1
Cost 200 Minerals 200 Vespene gas 267seconds
Level 2
Cost 300 Minerals 300 Vespene gas 300seconds
Required Cybernetics core
Level 3
Cost 400 Minerals 400 Vespene gas 333seconds
Required Cybernetics core
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  • Increases the Corsair's maximum energy by 50.
  • Increases corsair starting energy from 50 to 62.
Acquisition
Purchased from Fleet beacon
Hotkey J
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 166seconds

Quotations[]

Quotes
Trained
Selected Confirming order
Repeatedly selected
Other lines
Abilities


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