The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.
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The monolith is a structure. During the development of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, it was called the dark pylon,[4][5] then the obelisk.[6] The name "obelisk" was given to another building.
Development
The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.
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The Dark Pylon in development.
The monolith was a Dark Templar structure.[6]
Obelisk
The obelisk was conceived as a result of StarCraft II's unlimited selection. The downside to unlimited selection was its interference with micro-management. Early playtests resulted in little base management and massive armies being built up and attack-moved across the map.[7] Over the course of its development the obelisk was a support structure, formerly known as the dark pylon.[4][5] However, the dark pylon became a separate structure called the monolith, which was canceled.
Dark Pylon
As the dark pylon, the monolith was similar to a pylon. It provided psi and power to protoss buildings like the pylon, but also has special abilities.[3] However, Blizzard was not entirely happy with the dark pylon in February 2009, as they felt this Null Shield was uncompetitive.[8] Early versions of the dark pylon cloaked surrounding structures.[9] Its purpose was to hide a protoss player's tech tree and cloak photon cannons until they began firing, but it was removed from the multiplayer game as it wasn't useful enough.[10]
The Dark Templar were set to have more defensive structures as of March 2008.[9]
The monolith was removed from multiplayer in February 2010.[6]
Abilities
No research was required to acquire the monolith's abilities.[11]
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The monolith no longer has a cloaking ability.[4]
As of February 2010, the monolith lost Argus Link and Proton Charge[13] and was canceled.[6]
An area of effect ability[2] which allows a group of probes to gather one more mineral per trip[16] for a short time by enhancing their proton-cutters.[3] Proton Charge only directly enhances their ability to harvest minerals.[2] The duration doesn't stack when used multiple times, but casting it again will renew the duration.[15]
Proton Charge can be cast on the minimap.[17]
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