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The Dark Archon Hero is a powerful dark archon who assisted in the war between the Khalai settlers of Shakuras and the Dark Templar terrorist Ulrezaj.

Ulrezaj had stolen a sacred khaydarin crystal from Shakuras, and while tracking it, the protoss discovered that Ulrezaj had created five twisted khaydarin crystals on Char. He was using them to control zerg minions.

Zeratul needed a dark archon to destroy the warped crystals, as only its psychic fury was capable of it. It was accompanied by several other heroes in the mission. The Dark Archon Hero can use its Mind Control ability to bolster the strike force's strength.

Abilities[]

Drains a target's energy and deals damage equal to the amount of the energy drained.[1] The ability can instantly kill a high templar, ghost, medic, Wraith, science vessel, defiler or a queen that was at full health. The amount of damage is not affected by armor or unit size.

Usage
Hotkey F
Cost 50 Energy
Range 10

Prevents all biological units (friendly included) within a 4 x 4 area from attacking, moving, or casting spells for short period of time.[1] Stunned cloaked units will be revealed. Burrowed units will not be revealed or stunned.

Usage
Hotkey E
Cost 100 Energy
Range 10
Acquisition
Purchased from Templar archives
Hotkey E
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 100seconds

Transfers control of any enemy unit to the casting player. Using Mind Control will drain the dark archon's shields and leave it vulnerable.[1]

Mind controlling a transport will also transfer control of any units the transport is carrying, and mind controlling a unit that has researched upgrades or special abilities will transfer them to the dark archon's player.

The transfer is permanent and irreversible, even after the death or the transfer of control of the dark archon who performed it. Any unit can be subject to multiple Mind Control spells, effectively changing ownership every time.

Usage
Hotkey C
Cost 150 Energy All Shields
Range 8
Acquisition
Purchased from Templar archives
Hotkey E
Cost 200 Minerals 200 Vespene gas 120seconds

Upgrades[]

  • +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
ve
Acquisition
Purchased from Forge
Hotkey A
Level 1
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 267seconds
Level 2
Cost 175 Minerals 175 Vespene gas 300seconds
Required Templar archives
Level 3
Cost 250 Minerals 250 Vespene gas 333seconds
Required Templar archives
ve

Quotations[]

Quotes
Trained
Selected Confirming order
Repeatedly selected
Other lines
Abilities


References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Underwood, Peter, Chris Metzen and Bill Roper. StarCraft: Brood War (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.

StarCraft: Brood War. Vivendi Games. Mission: Enslavers: Dark Vengeance bonus campaign, episode IVA: "Desperate Measures" (in English). 1999-05-28. StarCraft Map Archives

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