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Marine
Unit
Race	Terran
Role	General-purpose infantry
Armament	C-14 rifle
Protection	CMC Powered Combat Suit
Properties
Transport size	1
Sight range	9
Production
Minerals	50
Supply	1
Build time	25
Produced from	Barracks
Hotkey	A
Movement
Speed	2.25
Acceleration	1000
Lateral acceleration	46.0625
Deceleration	0
Collision radius	0.375
Protection
Hit points	45 (+10 with Combat Shield)
Armor	0
Type	Biological Ground
Armor type	Light
C-14 rifle
Damage	6
Targets	Ground Air
Cooldown	0.8608
Range	5 (+1 range in a bunker)
Upgrade/level	+1
Meta
Target priority	20
Kill score	100
Production score	50

The marine is the basic infantry unit of terran forces.

StrategiesEdit

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.^[1]

Marines excel against immortals, given their vulnerability to low-damage units.^[2] However, they are weak against the colossi, due to splash damage from their thermal lances^[3] and the high templar's area-of-effect psionic storm. Marines are also ineffective against heavily armored units such as thors, ultralisks, carriers, and battlecruisers. Groups of siege tanks in siege mode can also easily wipe out large numbers of marines far from the latter's range.

They are a crucial component of the MMM strategy, which is particularly effective against protoss zealot/stalker combo and massive zerg roach army. Large formations of marines can also easily counter void rays.

AbilitiesEdit

StimPack
Campaign Wings of Liberty (Zero Hour) Cost $50,000
Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Research time 170 Researched at Tech lab attached to barracks Hotkey T	Usage Hit points 10 (marines) 20 (marauders) Duration 12 Hotkey T
Notes
Enables affected infantry to attack and move 50% more quickly. Marauders do not have access to stimpacks in the campaign.
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UpgradesEdit

Combat Shield Campaign Wings of Liberty (Zero Hour) Cost $80,000 Researched at Tech lab attached to barracks Hotkey C Properties Minerals 100 Gas 100 Research time 110 Notes Increases the hit points of marines by 10. The marine model changes to have a shield attached to the left shoulderguard.[4] The M98 combat shield is composed of 30 mm of bonded carbide.[5] Edit

Infantry Weapons Researched at Engineering bay Hotkey E Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 175 250 Gas 100 175 250 Research time 160 190 220 Required Armory Armory Notes +1 base damage for marines. +1 base damage and +1 bonus damage for marauders, ghosts, and spectres. +1 pistol base damage and +4 D-8 charge base damage for reapers. Edit

Infantry Armor Researched at Engineering bay Hotkey A Properties Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 175 250 Gas 100 175 250 Research time 160 190 220 Required Armory Armory Notes +1 to armor for SCVs, marines, firebats. marauders, medics, reapers, spectres, and ghosts. Edit

Wings of LibertyEdit

StimPack Campaign Wings of Liberty (Zero Hour) Cost $50,000 Acquisition Minerals 100 Gas 100 Research time 170 Researched at Tech lab attached to barracks Hotkey T Usage Hit points 10 (marines) 20 (marauders) Duration 12 Hotkey T Notes Enables affected infantry to attack and move 50% more quickly. Marauders do not have access to stimpacks in the campaign. Edit

Combat Shield Campaign Wings of Liberty (Zero Hour) Cost $80,000 Researched at Tech lab attached to barracks Hotkey C Properties Minerals 100 Gas 100 Research time 110 Notes Increases the hit points of marines by 10. The marine model changes to have a shield attached to the left shoulderguard.[4] The M98 combat shield is composed of 30 mm of bonded carbide.[5] Edit

Ultra Capacitors Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost 5 protoss research points Researched at Hyperion laboratory Notes Attack upgrades at the armory and engineering bay improved cooldown by 5% per level. Self-replicating ultra capacitors reduce the reload time of weapons and systems.[6] Edit

Vanadium Plating Campaign Wings of Liberty Cost 5 protoss research points Researched at Hyperion laboratory Notes Armor upgrades at the armory and engineering bay increase health by 5% per level. Vanadium better disperses weapon impacts than standard armor.[6] Edit

QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft II Marine Quotations

ImagesEdit

Development model

Development profile

Marine portrait.

Marine mercenary

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TriviaEdit

In the StarCraft II Map Editor one can find a marine with 3 different dances like the "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" and the moonwalk.^[7]

DevelopmentEdit

At BlizzCon 2007, marines had a bayonet attached to their rifles but these disappeared from later versions of their model.^[8]

ReferencesEdit