List of StarCraft II units

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The following is a complete unit list for StarCraft II multiplayer game units to date, compiled using recent official sources as well as information from fansites that had access to official information. StarCraft II was announced on May 19, 2007. The unit list has undergone numerous changes since then.

All three races will be available in the multiplayer skirmish mode in each of the three StarCraft II products.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Protoss 1.1 Current Build 1.1.1 Units 1.1.2 Structures 1.2 Removed from Multiplayer 1.2.1 Units 1.2.2 Structures 2 Terran 2.1 Current Build 2.1.1 Units 2.1.1.1 Raven-Created Units 2.1.2 Structures 2.1.3 Add-Ons 2.2 Removed from Multiplayer 2.2.1 Units 2.2.2 Structures 3 Zerg 3.1 Current Build 3.1.1 Units 3.1.1.1 Infestation Units 3.1.2 Structures 3.2 Removed from Multiplayer 3.2.1 Units 3.2.2 Structures 4 Campaign Units 5 Expansions 6 References

Protoss

Current Build

Units

Unit	Details
Carrier	A powerful air unit. Carriers do not have their own attacks but creates interceptors to fight for them.[3]
Colossus[4]	The large quad-legged vehicle fires lasers in a splash pattern well-suited to destroying swarms of weaker units.[5] This unit can also traverse differences in terrain height due to its long legs, and will appear to step over ledges and other obstacles due to the inverse kinematics system.[6][7]
Dark templar	A permanently cloaked stealth warrior. [8]
Disruptor	Previously known as the nullifier.[9] A ground support unit.[10]
High templar	A physically fragile unit with strong psychic abilities.
Archon	Created by merging two templar units, the archon is a powerful melee unit with a very durable force shield and a strong energy-based attack.[11][12]
Immortal	Dragoon-like walker with a strong defense against powerful attacks, but vulnerable to weaker attacks.[13]
Mothership	A powerful flying unit that consumes a high amount of resources to produce. It has powerful special abilities.[14]
Observer	A cloaking air unit that functions as a detector.[15]
Phoenix	An aerial fighter.[16]
Probe	The builders of the protoss race. Gather gas and minerals.
Stalker	A dragoon-like Dark Templar unit, able to blink (short-range teleport) and deliver ranged attacks against air and ground units.[17]
Void ray	Formerly known as the warp ray,[18] this flying unit deals damage with a blue energy beam that does more damage as it focuses on the same target. Good versus heavily armored targets like buildings, weak against small arms fire.[6]
Warp prism	Formerly known as the phase prism,[19] the warp prism is a dual-purpose unit, able to transport units or to create a warp matrix field like the pylon.[20]
Zealot	Will have a new charge ability, allowing a zealot to quickly close the distance between itself and an enemy unit.[21]

Structures

Structure	Details
Assimilator	The building which extracts vespene gas from geysers.
Cybernetics core	Allows for the warping in of stalkers[22] and nullifiers.[23]
Dark shrine	Formerly known as the dark obelisk,[24] it allows dark templar to be built.[25][22]
Fleet beacon[26][22]	Allows the carrier and the mothership to be warped in.[27]
Forge[28][22]	Allows the construction of photon cannons.[27]
Gateway[29]	Warps in the zealot, the stalker, the nullifier, the immortal, the high templar, and the dark templar.[30]
Warp gate	The gateeway has the ability to transform into a warp gate, which can warp-in units across the map to any spot within the range of pylons or deployed phase prisms. Each warp gate can only "warp in" one unit at a time and is subject to a cooldown period before it can use the ability again. In addition, newly warped in units will gradually materialize and be vulnerable for a period (like a newly warped in protoss structure), and if the pylon or warp prism is destroyed while the unit is being warped in, the unfinished unit will be lost.[7]
Nexus	Produces probes and is the place that all minerals and gas are dropped off at to be processed. Also produces the mothership.[30]
Robotics support bay	Formerly known as the null circuit,[30][31] This structure enables a robotics facility to produce colossi[30] and contains upgrades for observers.[32]
Obelisk	Protoss support structure, formerly known as the dark pylon,[33] with special abilities.[34]
Photon cannon	A defensive structure with a ranged attack effective against ground and air units.
Pylon[22]	The protoss supply building; it produces a radius of energy that is a requisite for the placement of most other protoss structures.
Robotics facility[28][22]	Creates the warp prism, observer, and colossus.[30]
Stargate[35]	Warps in the phoenix, void ray and carrier.[30]
Templar archives[26][22]	Allows the high templar unit to be warped in.[30]
Twilight council	Allows for the warping in of immortals.[22]

Removed from Multiplayer

Units

• Purifier: Formerly known as the soul hunter,^[36] the purifier was an infantry unit. Its attack was effective against biological units and buildings but was weak against mechanical units and robots; purifiers could gain power from draining biological units as well, firing one beam (originally) going up to three beams when fully powered up.^[7][37]

• Reaver:^[7] The reaver was originally supposed to make it into StarCraft II, but was cancelled before BlizzCon 2007.^[38] Its current fate is unresolved although Blizzard Entertainment is working on a replacement.^[39]

• Tempest: Originally set to replace the carrier, the original was brought back, due to "emotional connections with the original unit".^[38]

• Star relic: Aerial spellcasting unit.^[7]
• Twilight archon:^[40] A large ground unit, swirling with blue energy and shooting short-ranged blasts of energy, very similar to the archon.^[7]

• Stasis orb: Some of the abilities of this unit were moved to the nullifier.^[10]

Structures

• Observatory: Unlocked observers.^[30] Observers no longer require anything more than a robotics facility to be built.
• Phase cannon:^[22] A defensive building very similar to a photon cannon.^[25] It could move within the range of the warp matrix it was on. It is no longer in the game.^[27]
• War beacon: Previously used to unlock the colossus.^[41]
• War shrine: This structure used to research the zealot's Charge ability.^[42]

Terran

Current Build

Units

Unit	Details
Banshee[43]	A cloak-capable gunship.
Battlecruiser[44]	Each battlecruiser can be upgraded to have one of a few abilities.[45]
Ghost	Significantly more powerful and with different abilities than in StarCraft I.[46]
Hellion	Formerly known as the Jackal, this fast vehicle is armed with a flamethrower[47][48] suited for destroying masses of weaker units.[49]
Marauder	The replacement for the firebat.[50] Its attacks slow enemy units and deal high damage vs armored units.[51]
Marine[52]	Will be able to upgrade hit points with a shield.[25]
Medivac dropship	A dual-purpose unit combining the old dropship and the medic, it is capable of transporting ground units and healing infantry.[53]
MULE	A temporary unit summoned by an orbital command that harvests minerals for a limited time span.[34]
Raven	Formerly known as the Nighthawk, Vulkan[54] and Nomad, this air detector creates smaller independent munitions.[55]
Reaper[56]	Uses dual pistols, can jet pack up and down ledges and lay mines.[57]
SCV	Repair will be "autocast".[58]
Siege tank, Crucio	Can transform into a stationary 'siege cannon' mode, allowing it to strike targets at a greater range.
Thor[59]	This intimidating mechanical unit is named after the Norse god of thunder.[60]
Viking[61]	This terran vehicle can transform from a walking robot into a spacecraft.[62]

Raven-Created Units

The Raven creates devices that have a use in combat.

• Auto-turret: A defensive combat structure.^[63]
• Defensive drone: A device which intercepts incoming shots.^[64]

Structures

Structure	Details
Armory[65]	Upgrades mechanical units.[66]
Barracks[65]	Produces infantry units
Bunker[65]	Protects infantry units
Command center[65]	Has the ability to carry up to five SCVs[67] and can upgrade to the powerfully armed planetary fortress or the orbital command.[60][67]
Orbital command[34]	This upgrade to the command center reveals troop movements through the fog of war, summons MULEs, and increases the supply generated by supply depots.
Planetary fortress[65]	This immobile upgrade of the command center greatly increases its power and grants it weapons to attack enemy ground units.[60]
Engineering bay[65]	Upgrades infantry and buildings.[68]
Factory[65]	Produces vehicles
Fusion core	Formerly known as the anti-matter core[69] and the deep space relay, this structure allows production of battlecruisers and provides researches for them.[70]
Ghost academy	This structure enables ghosts to be produced and provides researches for them.[71] In addition, it stores nuclear missiles for launch.[72]
Merc compound	This structure is required to produce reapers[73] and researches stimpacks and reaper ugprades.[74]
Missile turret[65]	The missile turret fires two missiles at a time instead of one, but the damage remains as the same in the original StarCraft.[75]
Refinery[6]	Collects vespene gas
Sensor tower	Can sense enemy units at very long range.[76]
Starport[65]	Produces air units
Supply depot[65]	The new supply depot can submerge, enabling troops to walk over it. It is smaller and can be made into an important part of terran base defenses, preventing enemy units from walking past them.[77][60] This ability is called Lower/Raise.

Add-Ons

In StarCraft II, terran add-ons work quite differently. Only two add-ons have been described,^[67] the nuclear reactor and the tech lab. Instead of being specific to an associated structure, each add-on can be added to any barracks, factory or starport, granting a specific benefit. One structure may only have one add-on attached to it, so it cannot benefit from the reactor's bonus and the tech lab's bonus simultaneously.^[78]

Unit	Details
Nuclear reactor[65]	Doubles the number of units produced from the building to which it is attached. (For instance, adding one to a barracks will enable it to create two marines at the same time.)[67][78]
Tech lab[65]	Enables the production of "higher tech" units. For instance, adding a tech lab to a barracks will allow it to produce marauders, while adding one to a factory will enable it to build siege tanks.[67][78] Upgrades marine combat shields and specific upgrades and special abilities for the hellion, siege tank, viking, banshee, medivac dropship and raven.[79]

Removed from Multiplayer

Units

• Cobra: A fast hover vehicle equipped with an electrical attack that slows enemies.^[80] It has since been canceled.^[81]

• Firebat: Firebats were much larger and tougher than they were in the original game. They were built from the factory.^[82] They have been removed from the current build to test the Marauder,^[50] though they may return if the marauder does not make it into future builds.^[83]

• Predator: An air to air unit; it was canceled during development.^[84]

• Medic: Healing ability of this unit moved to medivac dropship.

• Mine drone: Built by the raven. Has been replaced by spider mines.

• Spider mine. Seemingly removed as of April 2009.^[85]

• Targeting drone: Placed a target laser on a given unit. Units took 50% more damage while being targeted.^[86] Canceled as of April 2009.^[85]

Structures

• Munitions depot^[65]
• Radar tower^[87]
• Shadow ops:^[88][89] Replaced by the merc compound as of April 2009.^[73]
• Star base:^[65] This permanently flying structure was an upgrade of the starport. It produced units despite flying and could "re-arm" nearby units (increasing their energy pool). It was featured at BlizzCon 2007 but has since been removed due to balancing issues observed at that event.^[90]

Zerg

Current Build

Units

Unit	Details
Corruptor	Attacks air units and "corrupts" them rather than destroying them.[91]
Corrupted mass	These stationary turrets can target enemy units and structures.[92]
Brood lord	High hit point ground attacker which replaced the swarm guardian, evolving from the corruptor.[93] Its attacks produce mantalings.[94]
Drone[95]	Harvests resources and spawns structures
Hydralisk[91]	Ranged attacker
Lurker[91]	Burrowed ranged attacker, evolved from the hydralisk
Infestor	Can move while burrowed.[91]
Larva[95]	Spawns other breeds
Mutalisk[96]	The main air unit of the zerg with high movement speed.
Overlord[95]	Produces control and is no longer a detector.
Overseer	An evolution of the overlord. Works as a detector,[97] and is considerably faster than the overlord.[98]
Changeling	A spy created by the overseer.[99]
Queen	The new queen is very different, being a powerful attacking ground dwelling support unit ideal for zerg defense. Multiple queens can be built.[100]
Roach	Has a fast regeneration rate.[91]
Ultralisk	Now has four scythes instead of two.[101] In addition, it can now burrow.[102]
Zergling	Fast melee attacker
Baneling	This green rolling unit is mutated from the zergling. It has a suicidal attack.[6]

Infestation Units

Unit	Details
Broodling	Produced from destroyed buildings.[103]
Infested terran[104]	Produced from the infestor.[100]
Mantaling	Produced from brood lord attacks.[94]

Structures

Structure	Details
Baneling nest[105]	Required for baneling production
Creep tumor	This structure resembling an eyeball extends the creep, much like the creep colony in original StarCraft.[106]
Evolution chamber[105]	Upgrades the zerg
Extractor[105]	Extracts vespene gas.
Hatchery[97]	Spawns larvae
Lair[105]	Upgrade of the hatchery.
Hive[105]	Upgrade of the lair.
Hydralisk den[105]	Required for the production of hydralisks.
Lurker den	Formerly known as the deep warren,[107] this transformation of the hydralisk den enables hydralisks to transform into lurkers.[105]
Infestation pit	Enables creation of infestors.[108]
Nydus network[99]	Enables zerg to enter the nydus transport system
Nydus worm	The new transport structure for the zerg, similar to the nydus canal.[109] Produced from the nydus network.[110]
Roach warren	Unlocks roaches.[99]
Spawning pool[105]	Required for protection of zerglings and the queen.
Spine crawler	A mobile creep-bound defensive structure that attacks ground units.[111]
Spire[105]	Required to produce mutalisks
Greater spire[105]	Upgrade of the spire, enables production of corruptors.
Spore crawler	A mobile creep-bound anti-air defensive structure.[111]
Ultralisk cavern[105]	Required to produce ultralisks.

Removed from Multiplayer

Units

• Infested protoss: Produced from infested protoss buildings.^[104] This unit was removed from the latest build.^[111]
• Large Queen^[100]
  • Huge Queen^[100]
• Morphalisk^[112] Removed as of February 2009.^[113]
• Swarm They used to be created by swarm guardian attacks and destroyed structures.^[108] They have been replaced by broodlings.^[114]

• • Swarm guardian^[91] Similar to the original guardian, evolved from the mutalisk, but spawned broodlings when it struck.^[114] Replaced by the brood lord.^[93]

Structures

• Infested protoss buildings: The ability to infest protoss structures has been removed from the latest build of StarCraft II.^[111]
• Infested terran buildings: The infestor had the ability to corrupt terran structures temporarily. These structures released infested marines.^[104] Infested terrans are spawned directly from the infestor now.^[100]
• Shrieker: This structure enhanced the range of the swarm clutch.^[106] It has since been canceled.^[115]
• Spore colony: This structure defended against air attackers and could uproot from the ground, gaining mobility but reduced hit points.^[116] It was removed and replaced by the spore crawler.^[111]
• Sunken colony: This structure defended against ground units and could uproot from the ground, gaining mobility but reduced hit points.^[116] It was replaced by the spine crawler.^[111]
• Swarm clutch: When these eggs hatched, they disgorged attackers to defend the base.^[106] It has since been canceled.^[115]
• The queen had the ability Swarm Infestation, which modified other zerg structures to defend themselves temporarily.^[117]

Campaign Units

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will have a number of campaign-specific units.

Main article: Terran campaign units

Main article: Zerg campaign units

Main article: Protoss campaign units

Expansions

StarCraft II is set to be released as a trilogy. With each installment, more units are expected to be released in a manner similar to the additional units added in StarCraft: Brood War.^[118]

References

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Infantry	Probe · Zealot · High templar · Dark templar · Archon
Land mechanized	Stalker · Immortal · Disruptor · Colossus
Air vehicles	Warp prism · Observer · Phoenix · Void ray · Carrier (Interceptor) · Mothership
Basic buildings	Nexus · Assimilator · Pylon · Gateway (Warp gate) · Forge · Cybernetics core · Obelisk
Combat buildings	Photon cannon
Advanced buildings	Twilight council · Dark shrine · Templar archives · Robotics facility · Robotics support bay · Stargate · Fleet beacon
Campaign-Exclusive Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II	Special Protoss Units	Stone zealot
Scrapped	Removed units	Escort · Reaver · Soul hunter/purifier · Star relic · Stasis orb · Tempest (Shuriken) · Twilight archon
	Removed buildings	Observatory · Phase cannon · War beacon · War shrine

Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Infantry	SCV · Marine · Reaper · Marauder · Ghost
Land Vehicles	MULE · Hellion · Siege tank · Thor
Air Units	Viking · Medivac dropship · Banshee · Raven · Battlecruiser
Basic Buildings	Command center · Refinery · Supply depot · Barracks · Engineering bay
Automated Defenses and Explosives	Auto-turret · Defensive drone · D-8 charges · Missile turret
Support Buildings	Orbital command · Planetary fortress · Sensor tower · Bunker
Add-ons	Tech lab · Nuclear reactor
Advanced Buildings	Merc compound · Ghost academy · Factory · Armory · Starport · Fusion core
Other	Drop pod · Nuclear missile
Campaign-Exclusive Terran Units and Structures of StarCraft II	Infantry	Firebat · Medic · Rebel · Spectre
	Mercenaries	(Kel-Morian Mercenaries — Elite marines) · (Devil Dogs — Elite firebats) · (Hammer Securities — Elite marauders)
	Land Vehicles	Cobra · Diamondback tank · Goliath · Transport truck · Vulture
	Air Units	Hercules dropship · Wraith
	Automated defenses	Perdition turret · Shrike turret
Scrapped	Removed Units	Mine drone · Predator · Spider mines · Targeting drone
	Removed Buildings	Munitions depot · Radar tower · Shadow ops · Star base

Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Land units	Larva · Drone · Zergling · Baneling · Roach · Hydralisk · Lurker · Infestor · Ultralisk · Queen
Air units	Overlord · Overseer · Mutalisk · Brood lord · Corruptor
Spawned units	Broodling · Mantaling · Changeling · Infested terran
Basic buildings	Hatchery · Creep tumor · Extractor · Evolution chamber · Spawning pool · Baneling nest · Hydralisk den
Combat Buildings	Spine crawler · Spore crawler
Advanced buildings	Lair · Hive · Infestation pit · Spire · Greater spire · Roach warren · Nydus network · Nydus worm · Ultralisk cavern · Lurker den
Transition units	Egg · Baneling egg · Overlord cocoon · Lurker egg
Others	Creep
Campaign-Exclusive Zerg Units and Structures of StarCraft II	Special Zerg Breeds	Brutalisk · Centaur · Sac
Scrapped	Removed Units	Infested protoss · Large Queen · Huge Queen · Morphalisk · Swarm · Swarm guardian
	Removed Buildings	Infested protoss buildings · Infested terran buildings · Shrieker · Spore colony · Sunken colony · Swarm clutch · Swarm infestation