Marauder

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Marauder
Race	Terran
Role	Heavy Infantry Support Unit
Statistics
Hit points	120[1]
Type	Biological[2][3]
Armor Type	Armored[3][2]
Production
Minerals	100[1]
Gas	50[1]
Supply	2[3][1]
Build time	30 seconds[3]
Produced at	Barracks[1][4][3]
Requires	Tech Lab[4][1]
Hotkey	D[3]
Combat
Weapon(s)	Dual missile launchers[5]
Ground Attack	10 (+10 vs armored)[1]
Air Attack	N/A
Armor	1[3]
Range	6[3][6][3]

The marauder is a terran infantry unit in StarCraft II. It replaces the firebat from earlier development builds.^[7]

Contents 1 Game Unit 1.1 Upgrades 2 Development 3 Trivia 4 Images 5 References

[edit] Game Unit

The marauder is equipped with dual missile launchers that are effective against armored targets and slow the speed of enemy units. Slowed units are briefly covered in purple light.^[5] The marauder can only slow one opponent at a time.^[8]

The marauder is considered an early support unit, designed to pick off early game units. It is useful for slowing down fast melee units.^[4] Marauders are better off facing mixed (light/armored) enemy forces, but are especially useful against the armored roach.^[9] They are also powerful against stalkers, immortals and, to a lesser extent, siege tanks and thors.^[10] As of April 2009 they could bypass an immortal's hardened shields.^[11] Marauders can destroy buildings very quickly. The marauder is vulnerable to zealots.^[5]

Marauders take up double space in a bunker.^[12]

[edit] Upgrades

Infantry Weapons[13]
	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Minerals		175[13]	250[13]
Gas		175[13]	250[13]
Research time		170[13]	200[13]
Upgraded at	Tech lab attached to barracks[14]	Tech lab attached to barracks[14]	Tech lab attached to barracks[14]
Required		Infantry Weapons level 1, ghost academy[13]	Infantry Weapons level 2, ghost academy[13]
Hotkey	W[13]	W[13]	W[13]
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[edit] Development

The marauder used to have StimPacks^[4] but later lost the ability.^[3]

The marauder was originally equipped with dual concussion-grenade launchers which reduce a biological unit's speed immediately by a set percentage. A charging zealot would still move quickly after being struck by a grenade.^[15]

[edit] Trivia

The name "marauder" is most likely a reference to the novel Starship Troopers, wherein the heavy powered armor suit for soldiers was called a marauder.

In pre-release versions of StarCraft I, the marine was known as the "marauder".^[16]

[edit] Images

Development model.

Portrait.

[edit] References

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 · 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
Removed Units	Cobra · Firebat · Medic · Mine drone · Predator · Spider mines · Targeting drone
Removed Buildings	Munitions depot · Radar tower · Shadow ops · Star base