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Ghost

Unit
Race	Terran
Role	Sniper
Armament	C-10 rifle
Protection	Hostile environment suit
Properties
Maximum energy	200 (init. 50)
Energy regen/second	0.5625
Transport size	2
Sight range	11
Production
Minerals	200
Gas	100
Supply	2
Build time	40
Produced from	Barracks
Requires	Tech lab/Tech reactor (attached) Ghost academy
Hotkey	G
Movement
Speed	2.25
Acceleration	1000
Lateral acceleration	46.0625
Deceleration	0
Collision radius	0.375
Protection
Hit points	100
Armor	0
Type	Biological Ground Psionic
Armor type	None
C-10 rifle
Damage	10 (+10 vs light)
Targets	Ground Air
Cooldown	1.5
Range	6 (+1 range in a bunker)
Upgrade/level	+1/+1 vs light
Meta
Target priority	20
Kill score	600
Production score	300

Ghosts are feared terran covert operatives. They are known for their skill, psionic powers and ability to cloak.^[1]

Ghosts take up two slots in a bunker. They have a Hold Fire command, enabling them to hide their presence even when hostile units approach.

Ghosts make good counters against ravens, mutalisks, infestors, and high templar, but are weak against banshees, marauders, zerglings, stalkers, and zealots. They can also be used for mid game mineral line harassment and hydralisk hunting. Their EMP may be used to severely weaken protoss forces.

Ghosts can drop nukes very quickly. When backed up by medivac dropships, they can be moved from one strike zone to another, and heal the cloaked ghost whenever it gets attacked.^[2]

AbilitiesEdit

Nuclear Strike

Acquisition
Research time	60 seconds (to arm a silo)
Requires	Factory

Usage
Minerals	100
Gas	100
Activation/ Build Time	20 second drop time
Hotkey	N

Notes

Ghosts and spectres can call down nuclear strikes, dealing 300 damage + 200 vs buildings.

The launching player sees a large red symbol on the target area while the opponent only sees a red dot. When the ghost is aiming the nuke, it will be "frozen", but it can still be given the order to "move away", which it will do the moment it is unfrozen.

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Snipe

Acquisition
Researched at	Already researched

Usage
Energy	25
Cooldown	Very little
Hotkey	R

Notes

Deals 25 damage + 25 vs psionic to a biological ground or air unit, ignoring armor.

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EMP Shot

Acquisition
Researched at	Already researched

Usage
Energy	75
Range	10^[3]
Hotkey	E

Notes

This ability drains 100 shields from protoss units and drains 100 energy^[4] of spellcasters in the area of effect. This includes units on the same side as the ghost. Shield upgrades have no effect.

The EMP field has a range of 10 and an area-of-effect of 1.5.^[5]

Cloaked units are revealed for a short time. Burrowed units are not.

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Personal Cloaking

Acquisition
Minerals	150
Gas	150
Research time	120
Researched at	Ghost academy/Shadow ops
Hotkey	C

Usage
Energy	25 (+0.9 per second)

Notes

Enables ghosts and spectres to cloak.

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UpgradesEdit

Infantry Weapons

Researched at

Engineering bay

Hotkey

E

Properties

Level	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Minerals	100	175	250
Gas	100	175	250
Research time	160	190	220
Required		Armory	Armory

Notes

+1 base damage for marines.
+1 base damage and +1 bonus damage for marauders, ghosts, and spectres.
+1 pistol base damage and +4 D-8 charge base damage for reapers.

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Infantry Armor

Researched at

Engineering bay

Hotkey

A

Properties

Level	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Minerals	100	175	250
Gas	100	175	250
Research time	160	190	220
Required		Armory	Armory

Notes

+1 to armor for SCVs, marines, firebats. marauders, medics, reapers, spectres, and ghosts.

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Moebius Reactor

Researched at

Ghost academy

Hotkey

M

Properties

Minerals	100
Gas	100
Research time	80

Notes

Increases the ghost's starting energy by 25.

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Wings of LibertyEdit

In the Wings of Liberty single-player campaign, ghosts are an alternative to spectres. Ghosts are unlocked by playing the mission "Ghost of a Chance", available after Nova offered Raynor's Raiders the technology necessary to train them.^[6]

In the Wings of Liberty campaign, ghosts do not have the EMP ability.

Ocular Implants
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	$85,000
Researched at	Hyperion armory
Notes
Increases ghost sight range by 3 and attack range by 2. The implant make it easier to spot potential targets and weak points in the enemy perimeter. The current generation also includes an automated targeting system that instantly calculates atmospheric pressure and wind shear, greatly increasing the effective sniping range of the ghost.^[7]
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Crius Suit
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	$125,000
Researched at	Hyperion armory
Notes
Enables ghosts to cloak indefinitely. This combat suit has a psi-augmenter dedicated to maintaining cloak, allowing the ghost to maintain his cloaking field indefinitely and frees up psionic energy for other uses.^[7]
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Ultra Capacitors
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	5 protoss research points
Researched at	Hyperion laboratory
Notes
Attack upgrades at the armory and engineering bay improved cooldown by 5% per level. Self-replicating ultra capacitors reduce the reload time of weapons and systems.^[8]
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Vanadium Plating
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	5 protoss research points
Researched at	Hyperion laboratory
Notes
Armor upgrades at the armory and engineering bay increase health by 5% per level. Vanadium better disperses weapon impacts than standard armor.^[8]
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Cellular Reactor

Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	20 zerg research points

Acquisition
Researched at	Hyperion laboratory

Notes

Increase starting energy of all units by 100. Increase maximum energy of all units by 100.^[9]

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DevelopmentEdit

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.

Ghosts used to possess these abilities.

Psi-Round
Notes
This attack, which can only target biological units,^[10] deals 20 damage + 80 damage vs psionic opponents.^[11] This ability used to be known as Snipe.^[12]
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Energy Radar^[13]
Notes
Ghosts passively detect units with an energy bar, even within the fog of war,^[11]^[14] up to a range of 30. This does not enable them to target or Snipe opponents within the fog of war.^[15]
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Ghosts were also upgradable with the Full-Bore Canister Ammo upgrade in the single player campaign, which gave ghosts +2 damage against light units. Only the upgrade remains within the editor. The icon texture also remains but is unused, as a button for the upgrade was never made.

QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft II Ghost Quotations

AchievementsEdit

Professionals Have Standards
Points	10
Criteria	Destroy 20 units with Sniper Rounds in a single League game.
Notes
This achievement is a reference to Team Fortress 2's Meet the Sniper video, where the Sniper says "Professionals have standards: be polite, be efficient, and have a plan to kill everyone you meet." In Team Fortress 2, there are achievements titled "Be Polite" "Be Efficient" "Have a Plan" and "Kill Everyone You Meet" but no achievement titled "Professionals Have Standards".

ImagesEdit

ReferencesEdit

↑ Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
↑ David Kim, Yeon-ho Lee, Dustin Browder, Robert Simpson. 2009-10-21. Battle Report 4. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2009-10-21.
↑ Crygil. 2010-03-25. Patch Notes - Beta Patch 6. Battle.net StarCraft II General Beta Forum. Accessed 2010-03-25.
↑ Lylirra. 2011-02-25. StarCraft II Patch 1.3.0 PTR Notes. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2011-02-25.
↑ Blizzard Entertainment. 2011-11-08. Patch 1.4.2 Now Live!. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2011-11-16.
↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Wings of Liberty, Ghost of a Chance (in English). 2010-07-27.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Armory upgrades (in English). 2010.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Protoss research (in English). 2010.
↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Zerg research (in English). 2010.
↑ You can't target mechanical units with Ghost's Psi Round, like Battlecruiser, Mothership and Nullifier. Cydra. 2009-02-18. Question about Psi Rounds. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2009-02-18.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Snipe and Psi Round are the same. You Snipe with a Psi Round, which currently does 20 damage + 80 versus Psionic Units. This means, Ghosts are not only able to see energy based units in a limited range within the fog of war, they also take out units like High Templars with one Psi Round shot, making them excellent caster killers. Karune. 2008-11-25. Ghost quesion for Karune/Cydra. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-11-25.
↑ 1) Has the snipe ability been removed from the Ghost?

1) No. Karune, Gentle_cowboy05. 2008-11-25. Ghost quesion for Karune/Cydra. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-11-25.
↑ 2008-09-01. PAX 2008: Troublesome Gameplay (Cam). Game Trailers. Accessed 2008-09-01.
↑ Karune. 2008-03-26. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 33: ScreenCraft. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-03-26.
↑ Karune. 2008-05-07. StarCraft II Q&A - Batch 37. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-05-07.