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"Ever the odd couple, Mira Han and Admiral Matt Horner combine the explosive power of reckless mercenaries with the military precision of the Dominion airfleet. Between the two of them, they'll achieve almost anything; except for marital harmony."

- Han and Horner Spotlight(src)

Mira Han and Matt Horner are a commander duo in Co-op Missions introduced in Patch 4.0.0. Both command a single army, with Han being able to field high damage but low health ground units, while Horner is able to field powerful but expensive Terran Dominion air forces.[1]

Han can collect scrap from her fallen units, allowing her to partially refund their cost. Her barracks are named assault galleons, and can produce close to the field while serving as combat units. Han fields reapers that can temporarily fly to attack air units and toss explosive charges, and hellbats and hellions that ignite nearby enemies upon death, causing them to run around in fear.

Horner meanwhile builds units from a starport, and can deploy strike fighters that can aim with precision strikes. Horner is able to deploy Asteria wraiths, Deimos vikings, Sovereign battlecruisers, and Theia ravens that can see enemies through the fog of war, allowing strike fighters to precision strike them.

Han's calldowns include deploying mag mines to the field, allowing her to defend an area, and Space Station Relocation, which teleports one of her space stations into the ground, deploying drones and exploding after a short time. Horner meanwhile can use precision strike with his strike bombers, and summon the Dominion fleet with a Call In the Fleet ability, which attacks enemies in a straight line.[2]

Overview[]

Info[]

  • Recommended for experienced players
  • Combine ruthless mercenary groups with the precision of the Dominion fleet
  • Draw from two vastly different play styles that complement each other perfectly:
    • Elite durable warships with powerful attacks can deploy from anywhere on the map
    • Cheap expendable front-line assault units with massive on-death collateral damage; collect resources from friendly units as they are killed

Mastery[]

Power Set 1
Strike Fighter Area of Effect Radius: +1% - +30%
Stronger Death Chance: +2% - +60%
Power Set 2
Significant Others Bonuses: +0.5% - +15% (up to a maximum of 0.65% bonus attack speed or health)
Double Salvage Chance: +2% - +60%
Power Set 3
Air Fleet Travel Distance: +2% - +60%
Mag Mines charges, Cooldown and Arming Time: -1% - +30%

Prestiges[]

Level 1 – Chaotic Power Couple
Advantage: Mag Mines arm and fire 80% faster. Mira's units' on-death effects are 100% more effective.
Disadvantage: Horner's units cost 30% more.
Level 2 – Wing Commanders
Advantage: Horner's units' vespene gas costs reduced by 20% and charge cooldowns reduced by 50%.
Disadvantage: Galleons are capped at 2.
Level 3 – Galactic Gunrunners
Advantage: Bombing Platforms are no longer capped.
Disadvantage: Bombing Platforms cost 100% more.

Calldowns[]

Abilities[]

MagMine Game1
Deploy Mag Mines

Deploys 5 Mag Mines to the target location, which take 10 seconds to arm and 1.5 seconds to triggered. Mag Mines are triggered by enemy motion and deal 50 area damage. Can store up to 5 charges.

Chaotic Power Couple: Reduces the Mag Mine arming and trigger time by 80%.

Usage
Cost 10 (2 with Chaotic Power Couple) seconds
  • Mastery: -0.13 (-0.026 with Chaotic Power Couple) seconds per Mag Mines charges, Cooldown and Arming Time mastery point. Down to a minimum 6 (1.22 with Chaotic Power Couple) seconds
Cooldown 50 seconds
  • Mastery: -0.4 seconds per Mag Mines charges, Cooldown and Arming Time mastery point. Down to a minimum
    38 seconds
Notes

Mastery: +1 charge per Mag Mines charges, Cooldown and Arming Time mastery point. Up to a maximum 35 charges

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available
ve
PrecisionStrike Game1
Precision Strike

Launches the Strike Fighter to the target location, where it deals 175 (+225 to non-Heroic structures) damage to enemy ground units within a radius of 1.5. The number of charges depends on the number of Strike Fighter Platforms built.

Usage
Cooldown 60 seconds
120 (when the Strike Fighter is destroyed) seconds
Notes

Mastery: +0.015 Area-of-Effect radius per Strike Fighter Area of Effect Radius mastery point. Up to a maximum 1.95

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 2
Acquisition
Required Strike fighter platform (gain 1 charge per Platform)
ve
Call in the Fleet Ability Icon
Call in the Fleet

Calls in close planetary support from Horner's Armada that consists of the Elite Liberator and a squadron of Deimos vikings. The Armada deals 50 damage per shot to random enemy units in the target area (radius 10).

Advanced Weaponry: Called Armada now consists of the Gorgon-class battlecruiser and a squadron of Sovereign battlecruisers that can be equipped with Laser Batteries and Yamato Cannons, and can deal additional 300 damage per shot on high health enemy units (225 and more, including summary hit and shield points).

Usage
Duration 20 seconds
  • Mastery: +0.4 seconds per Air Fleet Travel Distance mastery point. Up to a maximum
    32 seconds
Cooldown 360 seconds
Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 5
ve
Space Station Reallocation Ability Icon
Space Station Reallocation

Space Station deals 500 damage to Heroic targets it contacts, everything else is instantly destroyed within a radius of 3.8. Launch 12 Assault drones which will attack nearby targets. Lasts 10 seconds.

Have a Blast: On death, the station explodes with a nuclear blast, dealing 300 damage (+200 vs structures) within a radius of 8.

Usage
Duration 10 seconds
Cooldown 360 seconds
Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 10
ve

Upgrades[]

NapalmPayload Game1
Napalm Payload

Precision Strikes ignite the target location with napalm. Enemy units that touch the napalm take an additional 100 damage over 10 seconds.

Usage
Passive
Duration 10 seconds
Notes

Deals 5 damage every 0.5 seconds. The ignite effect restarts every 0.5 seconds while an enemy unit or structure is in an ignited area (deals up to 195 damage).
Replace default skin StrikeFighter Coop btn1 to Mira's Marauders variant Junker Strike Fighter Icon

Campaign Acquisition
Acquired from Reach Han and Horner Level 13
Acquisition
Purchased from Fusion core
Hotkey E
Basic
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 90seconds
With Impatience
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 63seconds
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AdvancedWeaponry Coop Game1
Advanced Weaponry

Call in the Fleet barrages enemy units with Lasers Batteries and Yamato Cannons that prefer high health targets, causing 300 damage per shot.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 12
ve
HaveaBlast Coop Game1
Have a Blast

Space Station Reallocation will detonate a nuclear device upon its destruction.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 14
ve

Army Composition[]

Units and Structures[]

Han and Horner have access to the following units and structures:[3]

Icon Unit Details Production Base Statistics
Reaper HH Reaper Raider. Classic hit-and-run tactical unit. Capable of throwing knockback grenades and jumping up and down cliffs.

Can be upgraded to enable temporary flight.

Can attack ground units.

50 Minerals 1 Supply

14 (10 with Impatience) seconds

Life: 60 / Armor: 0
MS: 2.95


P-55 Scythe Gauss Pistol
Targets: Ground units
Damage: 4 (x2)
AS: 1.2 / Range: 5
Upgrade: +1 per level
DPS: 6.67 (+1.67)


D9 Charge
Targets: Structures
Damage: 20
AS: 1.8 / Range: 5
Upgrade: +2 per level
DPS: 11.11 (+1.11)

3. Widow Mine Mira's Marauders Widow Mine Robotic landmine. Launches missiles at nearby enemy units while burrowed. Attacks deal splash damage in a small area around the target.

Can be upgraded to deal bonus damage on death.

Can attack ground and air units.

100 Minerals 2 Supply

21 (15 with Impatience) seconds

Life: 90 / Armor: 0
MS: 2.81


Sentinel Missiles
Damage: 125 (+35 vs Shields)
Splash damage: 40 (+40 vs Shields)
AS: 40 / Range: 5
DPS: 3.13 (4 vs Shields)
Splash DPS: 1 (2 vs Shields)

4. Hellion Mira's Marauders
4. Hellbat Mira's Marauders
Hellion
and
Hellbat
Hellion mode: Fast scout. Shoots grenades, deals bonus damage of armored targets. Can transform into a close range combat unit. Can attack ground units.

Hellbat mode: Close range combat unit. Deals damage in a small frontal cone. Can transform into a fast scout unit. Can attack ground units.

100 Minerals 2 Supply

14 (10 with Impatience) seconds

Hellion mode:

Life: 90 / Armor: 0
MS: 4.25


Infernal grenade launcher
Damage: 15 (+15 vs Armored)
AS: 1.75 / Range: 6
Upgrade: +2 (+1 vs Armored) per level
DPS: 8.57 (+1.14)
17.14 (+1.71) vs Armored


Hellbat mode:
Life: 235 / Armor: 0
MS: 2.25


Napalm Spray
Damage(Hellbat): 18 (+12 vs Light)
AS: 2 / Range: 2
Upgrade: +2 (+1 vs Light) per level
DPS: 9 (+1)
15 (+1.5) vs Light

Unupgraded:
Wraith Asteria HH
Upgraded:
Wraith Asteria Upgraded HH
Asteria wraith Cloaking attack unit. Highly mobile. Excellent at surgical strikes.

Can be upgraded to increase attack speed or gain tactical jump (warp) abilities.

Can attack ground and air units.

800 Minerals 400 Vespene gas 8 Supply

300 charge cooldown seconds
for 2 wraiths.

Life: 400 / Armor: 0

MS: 3.75


Burst Lasers
Damage: 16
AS: 0.85 / Range: 5
Upgrade: +2
DPS: 18.82 (+2.35)

Unupgraded:
Viking Deimos Fighter HH
Viking Deimos Assault HH
Upgraded:
4. Viking Fighter Mira's Marauders

4. Viking Assault Mira's Marauders

Deimos viking Fighter mode: Anti-air powerhouse which can be upgraded to deal extra burst damage or gain tactical jump abilities. Can transform to Assault Mode to extinguish any ground threats.
Can attack air units.

Assault mode: Durable ground support unit. Can switch into Fighter Mode to attack air units.
Can attack ground units.

800 Minerals 500 Vespene gas 8 Supply

300 charge cooldown seconds
for 2 vikings.

Life: 350 / Armor: 0


Fighter mode:
MS: 2.75


MT50 lanzer torpedoes
Targets: Air
Damage: 20 (+15 vs Armored) (x2)
AS: 2 / Range: 9
Upgrade: +2 (+2 vs Armored) per level
DPS: 20 (+2)
35 (+4) vs Armored


Assault mode:
MS: 2.25


Twin Gattling Cannons
Targets: Ground
Damage: 18
AS: 1 / Range: 6
Upgrade: +2 per level DPS: 18 (+2)

Unupgraded:
Battlecruiser Sovereign HH
Upgraded:
3. Battlecruiser Mira's Marauders
Sovereign battlecruiser Powerful warship. Excellent firepower versus both ground and aerial units. Can use Tactical Jump.

Can be upgraded to gain additional firepower that excels versus high-armor targets.

Can attack ground and air units.

1000 Minerals 800 Vespene gas 10 Supply

300 charge cooldown seconds

Life: 900 / Armor: 3

MS: 1.88


ATX Laser Battery
Damage: 18
AS: 0.225 / Range: 6
Upgrade:+2 per level
DPS: 80 (+8.89)


Mini Yamato Gun
Damage: 200
AS: 2 / Range: 6
Upgrade: +20 per level
DPS: 100 (+10)

Unupgraded:
Raven Theia HH
Upgraded:
3. Raven Mira's Marauders
Theia raven Aerial support unit. Can use Analyze Weakness and has a radar sensor. Debuffs enemy units and detects invisible units.

Can be upgraded to gain tactical jump capabilities.

100 Minerals 200 Vespene gas 2 Supply

180 charge cooldown seconds

Life: 140 / Armor: 1

MS: 2.25

Strike Fighter Platform HH Strike Fighter Platform Precision strike platform. Can launch a Strike fighter to perform an airstrike against a targeted enemy or location.

Can be upgraded to set the ground on fire during strikes.
(Unlocks at level 2)

Maximum 10 strike fighter platforms.

100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 2 Supply

30 seconds

Life: 400 / Armor: 1


Precision Strike
Targets: Ground
Damage: 175 (+225 vs non-heroic Structures)
AS: 60 / Range: global
DPS: 2.92
6.67 vs Structures

Assault Galleon HH Assault galleon Han's production facility. A flying fortress that can fire missiles and construct ground units.

Can be upgraded further with Assault Drones.

Maximum 5 Assault galleon.

Can attack ground and air units.

150 Minerals 

60 seconds

Life: 500 / Armor: 1

MS: 1.88


Polariton Torpedoes (Assault Galleon)
Damage: 20
AS: 1.2 / Range: 10
Upgrade: +2 per level
DPS: 16.67


Assault Drone Cannon (Assault Drones)
Damage: 5
AS: 0.62 / Range: 10
Upgrade: +1 per level
DPS: 8.06 (+1.61)
48.39 (+9.68) with 6 drones

Missile Turret HH Missile turret Anti-air defensive structure.

Can attack air units.

100 Minerals 

25 seconds

Life: 250 / Armor: 0


Longbolt Missiles
Damage: 12 (x2)
AS: 0.86 / Range: 7
DPS: 27.91

Talent Progression[]

Han and Horner acquire the following talents as they level up.

TheHorners Coop Game1
The Horners

When friendly units are killed, they drop resources for the commander of those units (20% of the unit value). Matt Horner starts with a Starport that can train elite aircrafts.

Double Salvage Chance Mastery: When friendly units are killed, they drop resources (40% of the unit value) with a chance of +2% per mastery point.

Usage
Notes

Mastery: +2% chance per Double Salvage Chance mastery point. Up to a maximum 60% chance

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.
ve
StrikeFighter Coop Game1
Strike Fighter

Unlocks the Strike Fighter Platform and the Precision strike ability. Launches a Strike Fighter to perform an airstrike against a targeted enemy or location.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 2
ve
AssaultGallionRavenUprgade Coop Game1
Assault Galleon and Raven Upgrade Cache

Unlocks the following upgrades:

  • Assault Galleons can be individually upgraded with Hangar Bays that automatically build and launch Fighter Drones
  • Theia Raven's Analyze Weakness can target 2 additional units.
Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 3
ve
MercUprgade Coop Game1
Merc Upgrade Cache

Unlocks the following upgrades at the engineering bay

  • Increases the movement speed of reapers, and grants them the ability to fly for 10 seconds.
  • Widow mine range is increased by 50%, and can burrow and unburrow much faster.
Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 4
ve
CallintheFleet Coop Game1
Call in the Fleet

Unlocks the ability to call in close planetary support from Horner's Armada. The Armada deals 50 damage per shot to random enemy units in the target area.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 5
ve
Impatience Coop Game1
Impatience

Mira's unit production and research times are reduced by 30%.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 6
ve
StarportUpgrade Coop Game1
Dominion Starport Upgrade Cache

Unlocks the following upgrades at the tech lab.

  • Wraith attack speed increases by 10% with each attack, up to a maximum of 100%.
  • Attacks from Vikings in Assault Mode Pierce, dealing damage to enemy units behind the target. Transform time reduced by 75%.
Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 7
ve
HisandHers Coop Game1
His and Hers Supply

Supply Depots are fitted with Dominion technology, increasing their supply and hit points by 100%.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 8
ve
HellionandHellbat Coop Game1
Hellion and Hellbat Upgrade Cache

Unlocks the following upgrades at the engineering bay:

  • Allows the Hellion to use Tar Bombs that deals 20 damage and causes nearby enemies to have their movement speed reduced.
  • Enables Hellbat to cause enemies to burn.
Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 9
ve
SpaceStationRelocation Coop Game1
Space Station Reallocation

Unlocks the ability to use Space Station Reallocation. The Space Station deals 500 damage to Heroic targets and instantly destroys everything else. Assault drones will attack nearby targets.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 10
ve
EnduanceTraining Coop Game1
Endurance Training

Horner's units and Assault Galleons with Drone Hangars regenerate 3.75 HP per second when out of combat for at least 10 seconds.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 11
ve
AdvancedWeaponry Coop Game1
Advanced Weaponry

Call in the Fleet barrages enemy units with Lasers Batteries and Yamato Cannons that prefer high health targets, causing 300 damage per shot.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 12
ve
FusionCoreUpgrade Coop Game1
Fusion Core Upgrade Cache

Unlocks the following upgrades at the fusion core:

  • Battlecruiser weapon systems are upgraded to powerful particle cannons.
  • Strike Fighter Platforms Precision Strikes ignite the target location with napalm.
Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 13
ve
HaveaBlast Coop Game1
Have a Blast

Space Station Reallocation will detonate a nuclear device upon its destruction.

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 14
ve
SignifigantOthers Coop Game1
Significant Others

Horner's units gain 0.5% health for each supply of Mira's units. Mira's units gain 0.5% attack speed for each supply of Horner's units.

Usage
Notes

Mastery: increases the Significant Others bonus by +0.005% per Mastery point. (up to a maximum 0.65% bonus)

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Han and Horner Level 15.
ve

Strategies[]

Han and Horner are a mix of two different styles; cheap expendable mercenary units that have powerful on-death effects and elite durable aircraft with powerful attacks. Han gives her mag mines for a defensive option that has a low cooldown, while Horner can make strike fighter platforms that allows him to use precision strikes.

Mastery Strategies[]

Power Set 1: Stronger Death Chance

Stronger Death Chance: +2% - +60%
Stronger Death Chance is the more flexible mastery, as it benefits the core of Han and Horner's army in their mercenary units. Strike Fighter radius can have some niche uses, but unless it is planned around, is less generally flexible.

Power Set 2: Significant Others Bonuses / Double Salvage Chance

☀Significant Others Bonuses: +0.5% - 15%
☀Double Salvage Chance: +2% - 60%
Significant Others gives bonus to all units, while salvage gives back resources to compensate the loss of your forces. Choose Significant Others Bonuses for typical deployment, but switch to Double Salvage Chance when your forces are depleted quickly in some mutations.
Note that the bonus to Significant Others is additive. With the full thirty points, the passive bonus changes from 0.5% per supply to 0.65% per supply.

Power Set 3: Air Fleet Travel Distance

☀Air Fleet Travel Distance: +2% - 60%
Call in the Fleet is a great calldown that can clear enemy bases and provide vision at the same time. Mag mines already have a quick cooldown, and require some positioning to not just miss the incoming attack waves.You can try to spend some points to Mag Mines charges, Cooldown and Arming Time after you are more skillful.

Prestige Masteries[]

Chaotic Power Couple makes mag mines much more viable all-around; they can be utilized for early game defense without concern that swift enemies will move past them before they fire, and they can even be dropped into the middle of a battle to provide some quick splash damage against groups of enemies. Mira's units also become quite powerful with their death effects, so these should be researched as soon as possible to reap the benefits. This prestige's buffs both synergize well with two of their masteries, further boosting the death effects of Mira's units and allowing mag mines to hold more charges that are available more often. However, Horner's units - which are already extremely expensive - become even more costly, and the player will likely only be able to afford them in small numbers. It is more advantageous to focus on Mira's arsenal of cheap, disposable units, and utilize mag mines to help them overcome powerful enemy groups that would otherwise tear through Mira's forces.

Wing Commanders allows the player to utilize Horner's units more freely thanks to the discount on building them and their faster cooldowns, letting them build a powerful air fleet. However, with galleons capped at 2, the player will find it difficult to make good use of Mira's units; they will only have two galleons to build from and if one of them is lost it is a significant impact on Mira's production. The cap also means early game defense will be more difficult since the player will only have two galleons and mag mines to hold off attack waves. However, as the player begins to save up to invest in Horner's units, their fleet will be extremely powerful. This prestige is more easily used on maps where the player can expand quickly to boost their economy earlier, and also on maps where Mira's fragile, low-cost units are undesirable and Horner's more sturdy units can excel.

Galactic Gunrunners has no impact on Han and Horner's tech options beyond bombing platforms, so the usefulness of this prestige is solely tied to how viable they are. With no cap to how many they can build and their increased cost, the player is nudged into a build that focuses solely on strike fighters, or at least will make prolific usage of them that they need more than 10 and they are worth the cost. Missions where the objective is to destroy some stationary ground target are best: "Void Thrashing", "Dead of Night", "Rifts to Korhal", "Scythe of Amon", and to a lesser extent "Oblivion Express", fit this definition. The enemy's unit composition is also a major factor, as if they are using primarily air units, strike fighters will have little use against them. The major benefit of the prestige is that reliance on strike fighters can be helpful on Mutations where the player may have difficulty maintaining a large army or pushing them to the objective; with this prestige, Han and Horner can turtle safely in their base and send out their strike fighters to bombard the target into rubble without risking any units or having to fight any enemies. However, as this prestige makes bombing platforms far more expensive and thus slower to build, in addition to allotting less resources and supply for regular army units, and offers no benefits until you build more than 10 platforms, it is not recommended for general play due to its situational nature and slow ramp-up.

Dead Men Walking[]

The meat of Han and Horner's army is their cheap mercenary forces with powerful on death effects. Leading these is the assault galleons, which serve as early game powerful ships that initially cost no supply and can be upgraded to function as carriers. These can spawn mercenaries close to the frontline allowing Han and Horner to bounce back from defeats easily. Five can be fielded at once, and it should be a priority to hit the cap as quickly as possible.

One of Han's powerful options is the reaper, which automatically throws KD8 charges at targets dealing moderate damage, but with how quickly reapers can spawn this can add up. Their on-death ability leaves a cluster of charges that does heavy damage, and their ability to use their jump jets to fly and attack air units means that they can serve as air support when Horner's units aren’t out yet. They also tear through buildings, and are good against structure-based objectives like suppression towers. Reapers are very helpful on maps where expansions are blocked by rocks, and three can use their charges to clear the rocks with ease.

Hellions and hellbats also serve as the more durable backbone of Mira's army, and should both be used in varying amounts due to their abilities. When going against massed light units, heavier hellbats can ward away enemies and stun them with their on-death “fear” ability, while hellions do great against heavier targets, slowing them with their tar bombs. Hellions also give Han and Horner's army a stim effect on death, increasing their attack speed, and in the late game this effect is key.

Widow mines help compensate for the two's lack of true defensive options, and on maps like “Dead of Night” can help hold choke points, especially with their cooldown reduction upgrade. With proper micromanagement they are also helpful in fights, but their long cooldown and the persistence of attacks in Co-op makes them slightly less useful than they would be in Versus.

Humanity’s Armada[]

Horner meanwhile provides powerful heavy air units to support Mira's Marauders. These are built from the Dominion starport, and can be called down anywhere the player has vision. Also available for all of Horner's units is the tactical jump ability, which allows them to teleport anywhere on the map even without vision, giving them flexibility. Horner's units can also regenerate their health at Level 11.

Asteria Wraiths function a lot differently from their campaign and StarCraft 1 counterparts, using their burst lasers for both air and ground targets and functioning well against high health units like hybrids. Their Trigger Override upgrade allows them to increase attack speed the longer they're focused on a target. Their ability to attack air and ground makes them the flexible core of Horner's army, and their ability to permanently cloak adds to their power.

Deimos vikings are Han and Horner's most powerful anti-air option. In addition to the beefed up anti-air attack they have, they can be upgraded the W.I.L.D. Missiles to add to their damage, taking down air units or air based objectives with ease. Also improved on the Demios vikings is their anti-ground attack, which can be upgraded to pierce through enemies, making them effective against terran bio or massed zerglings. Beware though as these vikings are fragile.

Horner's Theia ravens are a subtle but powerful tool, likely one of the most powerful detection units in Co-op. Their radar allows them to see through the fog of war, which functions well with strike fighter platforms, allowing the player to send in precision strikes to take out static defenses before an attack. They also have the Analyze Weakness ability, which increases damage to whatever the raven targets, and this can be upgraded to target multiple enemies. Should the air battle go poorly, ravens can also go into silent mode, cloaking and preventing them from being taken out.

But at the core of Horner's fleet is the mighty sovereign battlecruiser. Though expensive, the sovereign is a powerhouse in both health and firepower, dealing heavy damage to lighter enemies with its ATX Laser Batteries attack mode, which allows it to fire while on the move. But after being upgraded to use its mini yamato cannon, it can shred through high health objectives and enemies, doing 200 (+20 per attack upgrade) damage per shot with a moderate weapon cooldown. This makes these a powerful choice for a late game army, allowing Han's units to clean up lighter massed units while the battlecruiser takes priority targets.

Destructive Couple[]

Han and Horner both have powerful calldown abilities to aid them, and work best in tandem. Han has the ability to call down mag mines, which have a low cooldown and can be placed anywhere with vision, but require some time to set up. However, when they lock on to an enemy it takes some time for them to arm and fire, and against some attack waves they may miss entirely. Try to avoid clumping them for this reason, and keep them near an area you know the enemies will have to stop or slow down so the mines can hit their target. While powerful, they will rarely serve as the only needed defense, and can be used to help allied defense lines.

Horner's ability is precision strike, which is granted after building a strike fighter platform. 10 strike fighter platforms can be built, and each has their own precision strike cooldown. These deal heavy damage to structures, and can target anywhere on the map, including through fog of war. While they have a small area, strike fighters deal heavy damage, especially to structures, meaning they're good at picking off static defenses. These also reveal the area they're striking for a short time, which allows allies with global abilities to follow up quickly. Strike fighters can be upgraded to drop napalm charges, leaving fire in the target area for a short time.

The two also have powerful offensive calldowns in Call in the Fleet and Space Station Reallocation. Call in the Fleet has the longer cooldown of the two, but deals heavy damage in a line to random targets under it, making it ideal for moving objectives like trains or for pushing into an enemy defensive line or ramp. Mira's calldown, Space Station Reallocation, is great against clumped enemies and attack waves as it instantly kills all non-heroic units caught under it, attacks the survivors with drones, and then explodes in a nuclear blast.

The two also get the Significant Others bonus at Level 15, giving health and attack speed to their armies. This means a varied composition helps buff their armies, allowing the two to overcome any enemy that comes their way.

Synergies[]

Protoss Commanders[]

All Protoss commanders can use Chrono boost to accelerate the cooldowns on Horner's Dominion starport, allowing Horner to build up his fleet more quickly.

Artanis and Han and Horner have some synergy together, as Han's mercenaries are fragile and Guardian Shell means reapers and Horner's units have a chance to recover from fatal attacks with their passive health regeneration. Depending on the composition this could be a detriment however, as units such as hellions will not immediately give their on-death effects to their allied. The two also overlap in a lot of roles, having armies that can tie up enemies and strong anti-air and single target options. However, Han and Horner do allow for Artanis to go heavier on reavers, screening for them and making up for Han and Horner's lack of reliable area of effect damage.

Karax works amazingly well with Han and Horner. Han and Horner lack any true reliable defensive structures on maps like “Temple of the Past” and “Dead of Night”, having to rely on widow mines and mag mines. Karax can cover for this, and their mag mines can provide extra support for Karax's defenses, hitting targets while they're tied up dealing with his photon cannons. Reconstruction Beam also is a powerful boon to Han and Horner, as it gives their assault galleons a reliable heal while increasing the repair rate of their more powerful Horner units. Strike fighters also can reveal areas in the fog of war, allowing Karax to them hit targets with his orbital abilities. Chronoboost is a massive boon to Han and Horner, who have a lot of research that is of great benefit to their armies. Karax's Aiur carriers can bolster the already impressive tanking potential of Horner's fleet as well as somewhat increasing the survivability of hellions and widow mines. When combined with drone hangar assault galleons they can deal a significant amount of damage from out of enemy range.

Vorazun and Han and Horner have some synergy. Permanently cloaked Asteria wraiths are powerful on their own, but with benefits from Vorazun's stealth bonuses like getting increased damage and an emergency recall, they become even more effective. Additionally, strike fighters can snipe detectors in the fog of war, potentially allowing enemy positions to be cleaned up with a relatively small force of cloaked units. Han and Horner can also go heavier anti-air to help Vorazun counter capital ships like battlecruisers, while Vorazun's black hole can tie up targets while mag mines hit their mark. Black hole can also line up attack waves to be instantly destroyed by Han's Space Station Reallocation.

Alarak gains benefits from having a large army around him, something Han's mercenary units provides in spades. Going a heavier reaper/hellion/hellbat composition makes Alarak's Empower Me a devastating ability. Both Alarak's havocs and Horner's Theia ravens have variations on the Target Lock/Sense Weakness ability, increasing the damage both armies do to surrounding units. Both commanders also powerful, but expensive units, making for formidable late game options.

Fenix and Han and Horner have some synergy, but both gain benefits from losing units, and sometimes have lighter armored units to compensate. This can result in pushes made too early leaving both armies depleted. However, Fenix's hero makes for a powerful addition to Han and Horner's army, which can also provide a line to screen for Fenix's lighter units like adepts. Vikings can also cover for heavier carrier compositions.

Terran Commanders[]

Raynor, fitting to his friendship with Matt Horner, works fantastic with Han and Horner. Medics can heal Han and Horner's units as well as Raynor's, providing a beefier frontline to allow Raynor's longer ranged infantry to push harder without the threat of being targeted. Both have tactical jump capabilities, and Raynor's scanner sweep enables Horner's armada to push anywhere on the map, or for Strike fighters to lock onto key enemy targets without having to worry about the fog of war. Both have powerful calldowns, with Raynor's slightly more consistent calldowns making up for Han and Horner's longer cooldowns.

Swann has amazing synergy with Han and Horner. Swann has access to vespene extractors, allowing the gas heavy late game fleet of Han and Horner to get built quicker. Science vessels can also repair many of their more expensive mechanical units as well as beefier frontine hellbats. Han and Horner meanwhile can screen for siege tank likes with their expendable armies (and slow or apply fear effects to advancing enemies), give them more damage to targets with their Theia ravens, and provide vision for the laser drill with their Strike fighters, which can constantly damage structures while the laser drill provides extra support. Swann players that go heavy goliath allow Han and Horner to focus less on anti-air. Additionally both commanders have a powerful late game.

Nova and Han and Horner have moderate synergy. Both have armies designed to take a beating, also shows the name of pilots, and Nova and Horner call down air units at location, and Horner's fleet is composed of powerful, but difficult to replace units much like Nova's. However, Horner's fleet and Nova's units cover different roles. Han's units meanwhile can provide a screen for Nova's smaller unit amount, but their large numbers mean they don't benefit all that much from defensive drones. However, both have powerful calldowns, with Nova's airstrike regularly being up while Han and Horner can save theirs for key situations. Horner's strike fighters can benefit from enemies detected with Nova's ghost visor, albeit without the unit identification capabilities of imaging radar. Furthermore, they can spot enemies in the fog of war for Nova's siege tanks or snipe detectors allowing them to clean up positions with a smaller force of cloaked units. However, both have a lack of powerful defensive options, especially on pure defense maps.

Zerg Commanders[]

Kerrigan and Han and Horner have some decent synergy. Kerrigan has a strong early and mid-game with her hero, and Han's mercenaries can help tank damage as she operates, as well as clear out any rocks needed to expand. Kerrigan's assimilation aura also allows Han and Horner to start deploying Horner's air units quicker, allowing him to transition into the late game faster and get his research completed. Omega Worms give some power to Han's mercenaries, but as most of Horner's forces are air and have a tactical jump, it doesn't do as much for Han and Horner as other commanders.

Zagara and Han and Horner cover a lot of the same roles, but their ability to buff their expendible armies is a massive boon to one another. Hellion's aerosol stim makes Zagara's mass zerglings even more of a threat, while Zagara's frenzy can make Han's massed mercenary units push even harder. The downside however is both have armies designed to be lost and rebuilt, so there's a chance if a push isn't done hard enough that both will be exposed for a time. However Han and Horner can make up for this with powerful, persistent Horner air units in the late game, as well as devastating calldowns to help finalize any objective.

Abathur and Han and Horner have some synergy. Mend is beneficial to make Han's fragile yet expendable mercenary army more durable in a fight. Abathur has a power spike in the late game similar to Han and Horner with powerful air units, but Abathur's queens can heal the damage on the stronger Han and Horner units like assault galleons.

Stukov and Han and Horner are an interesting composition. On defensive maps Stukov's bunkers work fantastic with widow mines and mag mines, creating an unbreakable defensive line. Stukov's endless waves of infested suffer the same weakness as Han's mercenary units where they lose to heavy area damage, but the melee infested colonists do tie up most armies allowing Han to deliver the damage she needs. Refitted Sovereign battlecruisers can also deal with heavier targets like hybrids, dealing high burst damage to Stukov's massed small amounts of damage.

Dehaka and Han and Horner cover each other's weaknesses too much, but work well together. Dehaka himself works well in the early game with the support of an assault galleon and some reapers, and in the mid-to-late game he can tank and take on armies while Han and Horner deal damage from behind. Dehaka's cooldowns on his global abilities are much lower than Han and Horner's, meaning that with proper communication there can be a cooldown ready for any situation. Horner's Strike bombers can also reveal an area for Dehaka to deep tunnel to through the fog of war. However, both lack reliable defensive options, relying mostly on their armies, so both struggle together on defensive maps.

Quotations[]

See: Mira Han and Matt Horner Commander Quotations

Achievements[]

Gameplay[]

HolyMacromony SC2AchiveImage Holy Macromony
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10 Achievement SC2 Game1

Criteria

Command at least 80 supply worth of Han units and 40 supply worth of Horner units in a single mission on Hard difficulty.

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Diditwork SC2AchiveImage Did It Work?
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10 Achievement SC2 Game1

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Detonate 5,000 Magnetic Mines.

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Tilldeathdouspart SC2AchiveImage Till Death Do Them Part
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10 Achievement SC2 Game1

Criteria

Deal 800,000 combined damage with Call in the Fleet and Space Station Reallocation.

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Yourethebomb SC2AchiveImage You're the Bomb
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10 Achievement SC2 Game1

Criteria

Deal 200,000 damage with Precision Strikes.

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20 Achievement SC2 Game1

Criteria

Complete all the Commander Han and Horner achievements.

Rewards
HanandHorner SC2 Portrait1 Han and Horner portrait
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Levels[]

HanHorner5 SC2AchiveImage Horner: Level 5
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10 Achievement SC2 Game1

Criteria

Reach level 5 with Han and Horner in Co-op Missions.

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HanHorner10 SC2AchiveImage Horner: Level 10
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10 Achievement SC2 Game1

Criteria

Reach level 10 with Han and Horner in Co-op Missions.

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HanHorner15 SC2AchiveImage Horner: Level 15
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10 Achievement SC2 Game1

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Reach level 15 with Han and Horner in Co-op Missions.

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Videos[]

Development[]

The idea for the commander began with Horner. When thinking about his "fantasy," the developers settled around aerial Terran Dominion units with high stats.[4] By extension, Horner originally had a command ship. However, it was felt to be too close to the Hyperion, so it was changed to an advanced medical ship. This was changed again, as the developers felt that as Horner was the admiral of the Dominion Fleet, he should actually be calling down the fleet. Hence, the development of his "call in the fleet" ability.[5] However, the idea for the commander shifted to a joint Horner/Han commander, as the interactions between Han and Horner were some of the developers' favorite moments in the campaign. Ergo, it would give them a chance to do a combination of gameplay, as well as "some really cool dialogue."[4]

According to the Galaxy Map Editor, at some point in development Han and Horner had access to warhounds, valkyries, "Han marines" (who have the trooper model), and the ability to individually construct griffons. The Dominion starport was a structure Han and Horner could construct instead of one given to the player, and Han and Horner had the ability to use ordnance towers. Han and Horner could also build science facilities.[6]

Some of the units, buildings, and abilities from this commander were buffed and some of Horner's air units were rebalanced in 2018.[7]

References[]

Blizzard Entertainment. Co-op Missions. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mira Han and Matt Horner (in English). 2018

  1. StarCraft. 2017-11-03. The Future of StarCraft II. Battle.net Accessed 2017-11-03.
  2. Youtube. 2017-11-03. Co-op Commander Preview: Han and Horner. Youtube.com Accessed 2017-11-03.
  3. 2017-11-03, [1]. Starcraft2.com Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2017-11-03
  4. 4.0 4.1 2017-12-07, BlizzCon 2017 StarCraft II: What’s Next Panel Transcript. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2017-12-10
  5. 2017-11-04, BlizzCon 2017: Developer Interview StarCraft 2 Game Producer Tim Ismay. YouTube, accessed on 2017-11-06
  6. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Map Editor. (Activision Blizzard) (in English). November 10, 2015
  7. CO-OP MISSION UPDATE: HAN & HORNER REVAMP - Battle.net forums (archived). January 26 2018. Retrieved from archive 27 August 2020.

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