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][16] Hotkey T[15]
Notes
Enables affected infantry to attack and move more quickly by 50%.[16]
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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.^[17]

Marines tend to be less effective against zerg opponents than other foes and it is not recomended that a player rely on them heavily.^[18]

[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 · 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