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The liberator
The liberator is a terran air unit introduced in StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void.
Overview
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A Dominion Special Forces liberator
The liberator was developed to ensure terran air superiority on the battlefield and was based off of the designs of the United Earth Directorate valkyrie.[1] An aerial counterpart to the siege tank, the liberator is a versatile,[2] medium-sized gunship, armed with twin missile launchers to strike at clusters of aerial threats and can also deploy an anti-ground cannon after transforming into a stationary air platform. This cannon is strong enough to pierce even the armor of the Thor.[3]
The Dominion Special Forces used advanced neosteel research to improve their liberators, giving them a more complex plating system that augmented their transformation process. These liberators are the pride of the Dominion Fleet.[4]
Game UnitEdit
The liberator is introduced in Legacy of the Void. The liberator attacks in two mutually exclusive combat modes, switching from one to another and back is not instant (roughly 1 second). Each liberator in the selection is ordered to target an area (liberation zone) independently. Ordering them back to anti-air mode affects all selected liberators. Liberators cannot attack buildings.
- Anti-air mode
In anti-air mode, the craft is mobile, and can only deliver multi-targeting anti-air splash attacks.
- Anti-surface mode
In anti-ground mode, a 5(9) diameter circle area on the ground is selected (not directly beneath the craft, but anywhere within 5(9) range); once an area is selected, the liberator is immobile and can only attack units within that circle, dealing very high single-target damage (enough to kill most ground targets in one to three shots). The circle can only be repositioned by switching back to anti-air mode, and then again to anti-ground.
AbilitiesEdit
Deploys into Defender mode. In this mode, liberators have a long-ranged narrow attack that can inflict high single target damage. Liberators cannot move in this mode.
This attack only targets units, not buildings.[5]
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Reverts to Fighter Mode. In this mode, Liberators can move, but they can only target air units.
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UpgradesEdit
Upgrades the range of the Liberator's anti-ground attack to 9.
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Increases the attack damage of terran vehicles and spacecraft.
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Increases the armor of terran vehicles and spacecraft
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Co-op MissionsEdit
In Co-op Missions, liberators can be utilized by Amon's Forces in some missions. Raid liberators are available to Nova, while infested liberators are available for Stukov.
Nova Covert OpsEdit
In Nova Covert Ops, the player gains the ability to construct liberators in the mission "Night Terrors."
Upgrades and AbilitiesEdit
The liberator gains an energy bar and is able to cloak.
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Equipped mechanical unit regenerates 10 HP a second when out of combat.
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Greatly deduces transformation time for equipped unit when switching combat modes.
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Significantly reduces the time required to train the unit.
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QuotationsEdit
DevelopmentEdit
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The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void which is no longer valid. |
The liberator's AG mode originally required a tech lab attached to a starport.[6]
Known VariantsEdit
TriviaEdit
- The portrait of the pilot strikingly resembles Captain Lola Beck from Starship Troopers III: Marauder.
- Lexington and Concord were the sites of battles early in the American Revolution.
VideosEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ StarCraft II Units: Liberator, Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed on 2016-05-17
- ↑ 2015-09-13, StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Launches Nov 10, 2015. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2015-09-15
- ↑ Legacy of the Void: Units, Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed on 2015-08-31
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. Collections Tab: Skins. July 19, 2017
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment. 2015-05-27. Introducing the Liberator. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2015-05-27.
- ↑ Simca. 2015-05-23. Liberator Pictures (SC2: LotV Alpha). Imgur. Accessed 2015-05-24.
