High templar (StarCraft II)

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High Templar

Unit
Race	Protoss
Role	Potent psionic master
Properties
Maximum energy	200 (init. 50)
Energy regen/second	0.5625
Transport size	2
Sight range	10
Production
Minerals	50
Gas	150
Psi	2
Build time	55 (45 warp gate cooldown)
Produced from	Gateway/Warp gate
Requires	Templar archives
Hotkey	T
Movement
Speed	1.875
Acceleration	1000
Lateral acceleration	46
Deceleration	1000
Collision radius	0.375
Protection
Shields	40
Shield regen/second	2
Hit points	40
Armor	0
Type	Biological Ground Psionic
Armor type	Light
Meta
Target priority	20
Kill score	800
Production score	400

The high templar in StarCraft II is a psi caster with no attack. It retains the Psionic Storm ability, which must be researched at the templar archives.

1 Overview
2 Abilities
3 General Upgrades
4 Wings of Liberty
5 Development
6 Quotations
7 Gallery
8 References

OverviewEdit

High templar are strong against marines, sentries, stalkers, and hydralisks, and weak against ghosts, zealots, colossi, and roaches. High templar have no standard attacks.

AbilitiesEdit

Psionic Storm

Acquisition
Minerals	200
Gas	200
Research time	110
Researched at	Templar archives

Usage
Energy	75
Duration	4
Cooldown	2

Notes

Psionic Storm deals 80 damage in the target area in small packets over time, and hits both air and ground units. It injures friendly units caught in the area of effect of 1.5.^[1]

Psionic storm is smartcast.

Psionic Storm is subject to a short delay before striking; during this brief period there is a visual indicator for where it will strike.

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Feedback

Usage
Energy	50

Notes

The high templar drains all energy from a target unit, dealing damage equal to the energy drained.

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Archon Warp

Usage
Activation/ Build Time	12
Hotkey	R

Notes

Any combination of two high templar/dark templar can sacrifice themselves, transforming into an archon.

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General UpgradesEdit

Ground Armor

Researched at

Forge

Hotkey

Properties

Level	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Minerals	100	150	200
Gas	100	150	200
Research time	160	190	220

Notes

Increases the armor of protoss ground units.

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Plasma Shields

Researched at

Forge

Hotkey

Properties

Level	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Minerals	150	225	300
Gas	150	225	300
Research time	160	190	220

Notes

+1 armor to shields per level.

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Wings of LibertyEdit

High templar are usable in the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty protoss mini-campaign, available during and after the "A Sinister Turn" mission.^[2]

DevelopmentEdit

Main article: High templar (StarCraft II)/Development

As of patch 1.3, the Khaydarin Amulet upgrade was removed.

Khaydarin Amulet

Researched at

Templar archives

Hotkey

Properties

Minerals	150
Gas	150
Research time	110

Notes

Increases high templar starting energy by 25.

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QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft II High Templar Quotations

GalleryEdit

ReferencesEdit

↑ Nethaera. 2010-03-30. Patch Notes - Beta Patch 7. Battle.net StarCraft II General Beta Forum. Accessed 2010-03-25.
↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Wings of Liberty, A Sinister Turn (in English). 2010-07-27.