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| − | The oracle uses a modified [[stasis orb|star relic]] model, due to the art team's fondness for the cut unit. The oracle originally had a gold and blue color scheme, but switched to a [[Dark Templar]] color scheme when the [[tempest]]'s color was changed from Nerazim-oriented color to gold, and the development team felt that one of the two new flying units should use the silver and green coloring.<ref name="Art Panel Vid">SoMuchMass. 2011-10-23. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3R6ZqVQ3WE BlizzCon 2011 - Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm and Blizzard DOTA - Art & Technology Panel (Full)]. ''Youtube.'' Accessed 2011-10-26.</ref> |
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| − | The oracle's Time Warp ability was moved to the [[mothership core]] in January 2013.<ref name = "HotSBetaPatch11">Spyrian. 2013-01-09. [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/7592200501 Beta Balance Update #11 – January 9, 2013]. ''Heart of the Swarm Beta Discussion'' Accessed 2013-01-10.</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:58, 20 May 2015
The Oracle is an aerial protoss support vessel.
Overview
An oracle pilot
A psionic warship, the Oracle was developed by the protoss after the first phase of the Second Great War, in order to maximize the effectiveness of their war machine against their enemies.[1] They are agile support vessels, and feature some of the most advanced protoss technologies in existence.[2]
Oracle pilots hail from an order of young Nerazim dedicated to understanding and controlling time. Their abilities allow them to calculate how and when to use their ships to most effectively win a battle. The order believes it can change the fate of the protoss race.[2] Among their abilities is temporal sight, a form of time manipulation that gives the pilots the means to detect hidden foes, without the need for specialized detection systems.[3]
Design
An Oracle firing its pulsar beam
Oracles bear the aesthetics of the Nerazim, with their silver-color and blue hulls, and their green glows.[4] Their core generates a warp field of immense power to contain large amounts of chaotic energy, which is then funneled into an intricate network of miniature crystals and psionically receptive mono-filaments. The stream of raw energy splits and stabilizes as it ebbs through the network, supplying power to the Oracle’s systems. Activation of the ship's weapon system creates an opening in the warp field. Raw energy flows through sets of simple focusing crystals, which shape each chaotic discharge into a coherent bolt. Shots from the Pulsar cannon simmer with violent power, and are designed to cause heavy damage to ground targets.
The Oracle does not have a central computer to deal with the minutiae of navigation and targeting. Instead, it is equipped with a multi-node hub that links the pilot directly to the ship. The pilots rely exclusively on their temporal mastery to direct the deadly salvos of the vessel’s pulsar beam.[3]
Game Unit
The oracle is meant for scouting and economic disruption.[5] It allows protoss players to be more aggressive in their raiding tactics than in previous games.[6]
Abilities
Makes the casting oracle a detector, allowing it to see cloaked and burrowed units.
The ability is smartcast.
The ability was removed in Legacy of the Void.[7]
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Enemy units and structures in an area grant vision to the player for 20 seconds.
Reveals cloaked or burrowed units or structures (LotV only).
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Enables the casting oracle's pulsar beam weapon.
The ability is not smartcast.
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Legacy of the Void
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This article or section contains information from StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void.
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The content may change substantially over time.
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This ability places a cloaked stasis ward on the ground which, upon detonation, will explode and trap nearby enemy units in stasis for 21 seconds. Frozen units cannot move or attack, nor can they be attacked. This ability cannot be manually activated.[9]
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Development
The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm which is no longer valid.
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Quotations
Notes
Oracle variant portrait
The oracle's voice corresponds to a female protoss.
A variant oracle portrait can be unlocked through Heart of the Swarm's leveling system.[10]
References
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