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Guardian

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Guardian
Unit
Race

Zerg

Role

Heavy Siege Flyer

Armament

Acid spores

Properties
Hit points

150

Size

Large

Production
Minerals

50 Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

100 Vespene gas

Control

2 Control

Build time

40

Produced at

Mutalisk

Requires

Greater spire

Hot key

G

Combat
Ground attack

20

Cooldown

30

Armor

2

Attack range

8

Sight range

11

The guardian is a zerg long-range bomber.

Contents

[edit] Overview

The guardian is evolved from the mutalisk and thought to be based on the nesting form of the mantis screamer. It possesses a thicker carapace than its counterpart[1] and attacks by lobbing explosive globs of plasma based[2] acid.[1] The guardian is much slower than the mutalisk however, and is often designated to guard larvae.[2]

Despite being devastating in terrestrial combat, guardians are next to useless in space combat.[3]

[edit] Game Unit

[edit] StarCraft

The guardian is converted from an existing mutalisk. It has an anti-ground attack that outranges almost all anti-air weapons. The main difficulty is its slow speed which can make it difficult to escape pursuers. This is especially problematic against enemy air interceptors which tend to be even faster and are not inhibited by terrain.

[edit] Upgrades

Flyer Attacks
Evolved at
Properties
Level

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Minerals

100 Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

175 Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

250 Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

100 Vespene gas

175 Vespene gas

250 Vespene gas

Required

Lair

Hive

Notes
  • +1 bonus to attack per level for mutalisks
  • +2 bonus to attack per level for guardians and devourers.


Flyer Carapace
Evolved at
Hotkey

C

Properties
Minerals

150 Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

225 Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

300 Image:Minerals Terran SC1.png

Gas

150 Vespene gas

225 Vespene gas

300 Vespene gas

Required

Lair

Hive

Notes

+1 bonus to armor per level for overlords, mutalisks, guardians, devourers, scourge and queen.

[edit] StarCraft II

In StarCraft II, the guardian has been replaced by the swarm guardian.[4]

[edit] Special Guardian Strains

A guardian

[edit] Images

[edit] References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Underwood, Peter, Bill Roper, Chris Metzen and Jeffrey Vaughn. StarCraft (Manual). Irvine, Calif.: Blizzard Entertainment, 1998.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Guardian StarCraft Compendium. Accessed on 2008-01-13
  3. Mesta, Gabriel (July 1, 2001). StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 0-671-04149-5.
  4. Medievaldragon. 2008-03-10, StarCraft II-Zerg Unveiled. Blizzplanet. Accessed on 2008-03-10


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