Marine (StarCraft II)

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Marine
Unit
Race	Terran
Role	General-purpose infantry
Properties
Hit points	45[1][2] 55 or 60 (with Ballistic Alloy Combat Shield)[2][3]
Armor type	Light[4]
Transport slots	1[5]
Production
Minerals	50[4]
Supply	1[4]
Build time	20[4]
Produced at	Barracks[4]
Hot key	M[6][4]
Combat
Ground attack	6[4]
Air attack	6[4]
Armor	0[4]
Attack range	5[4]
Unit speed	Normal[4]

The marine is the basic infantry unit of terran forces.

[edit] Abilities and Upgrades

Infantry Weapons[7]
Researched at	Engineering bay[8]
Hotkey	W[7]
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100[1] 175[7] 250[7] Gas 100[1] 175[7] 250[7] Research time 170[1] 200[1] 230[1] Required Ghost academy[7] Ghost academy[7]
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Infantry Armor
Researched at	Engineering bay[8]
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100[1] 175[1] 250[1] Gas 100[1] 175[1] 250[1] Research time 170[1] 200[1] 230[1]
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Combat Shield
Cost	$45,000[9]
Researched at	Tech lab[3]
Properties
Minerals 150[1] Gas 150[1] Research time 110[1]
Notes
Increases the hit points of marines to 55[2][10] or 60.[3] Once upgraded, the marine undergoes a visual change.[11][12]
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StimPack
Cost $35,000[9]
Acquisition Minerals 100[1] Gas 100[1] Research time 110[1] Researched at Merc compound[13][14]	Usage Hit points 10[15][17] Duration 4-5 seconds[16] Hotkey T[15]
Notes
Enables affected infantry to attack and move more quickly by 50%.[17]
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[edit] Strategies

The marine's ballistic alloy combat shield grants more hit points, giving them more survivability against high-damage units. As long as the marine can survive a hit, a medivac dropship can quickly heal it.^[18]

Marines tend to be less effective against zerg opponents than other foes and it is not recomended that a player rely on them heavily.^[19]

[edit] References

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Marine. StarCraft II Armory. Accessed 2009-09-04. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Terran Marine. StarCraft Source. Accessed 2009-10-02. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Terran Tech Lab. StarCraft II Armory. Accessed 2009-10-04. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-04. Terran Unit Information. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-05-10. ↑ StarCraft Legacy community. 2009-08-24. BlizzCon 2009 SC:L Member StarCraft II Gameplay Blogs. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-09-01. ↑ Source: Gametrailers - PAX 2008: Terran Gameplay Part 3/3. Accessed 2008-09-12. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Source: Gametrailers - PAX 2008: Terran Gameplay Part 3/3. Accessed 2008-09-12. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Terran Engineering Bay. StarCraft II Armory. Accessed 2009-10-04. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Medievaldragon. 2009-08-21. Starcraft II Single Player Hands On: The Armory Room. Blizzplanet. Accessed 2009-08-28. ↑ Marines are much more useful than the original StarCraft, mostly because they have more hit points now. Even in mid game, they can be armed with Combat Shields, giving them a whopping 55 hit points. That combined with Stim Pack and Medivac Dropships healing, is quite a formidable force. Nonetheless, in early game, it is a must to combine them with Marauders, to slow Zealots and force fire Roaches. Karune. 2009-03-17. What's the point of marines? (post 11). Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2009-03-17. ↑ 2007-05-19. Gameplay Trailer. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2007-08-12. ↑ Karune. 2007-07-23. StarCraft II Q&A - Karune Briefings. StarCraft II General Discussion Forums. Accessed 2007-09-06. ↑ Dustin Browder, Robert Simpson, Matt Cooper, David Kim. 2008-12-19. Battle Report (2). Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2009-04-16. ↑ Terran Gameplay Footage. StarCraftZine. Accessed 2008-12-11. ↑ 15.0 15.1 PAX 2008 SC2 Zerg Changeling Gameplay Part 2/2 - 9/5/08. Blizzard Entertainment/Youtube. Accessed 2008-10-02. ↑ imba.Adolf [RA]. 2009-11-09. We played Starcraft 2: A Report from IgroMir, Day 3. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2009-11-10. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Dustin Browder, Rob Pardo. 2008-10-11. Blizzcon 2008: StarCraft II Gameplay Discussion Panel (Part 3). Youtube.com Accessed 2008-10-11. ↑ Yup, the Marines still have upgradable shields, making a huge difference late game against more high damage units. As long as those Marines can survive that initial hit, the Medivac Dropships does an awesome job of bringing them back to full health in no time. Karune. 2008-09-16. What happened with the marines and shields? Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-09-16. ↑ 2009-06-29, Jonathan Ross, Destructoid interview: StarCraft II's Dustin Browder. Destructoid. Accessed on 2009-07-29

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