Purifier (mothership)

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"Man, did ya see the size of that protoss ship? Don't matter how often I see 'em, those guys always come out with something that makes your jaw drop."

- Rory Swann on the Purifier^(src)

Purifier
Unit
Race	Protoss
Affiliation	Protoss Protectorate Daelaam Protoss
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Base unit	Mothership
Armament	Rift Burst
Properties
Maximum energy	200
Protection
Hit points	6000
Rift burst
Damage	12
Attacks	6
Targets	Ground Air
Cooldown	2.21
Range	7

The purifier is a massive protoss vessel capable of laying waste to entire planets. It is protected by plasma shield technology impenetrable to terran attacks, but these are maintained by several nexus; destroying them drops its shields.

History

This article or section contains information from the optional Colonist Missions in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.

Plot option : Raynor's Raiders choose to protect Haven (A canon)

A purifier attacks a colony base on Haven.

A purifier was used by Executor Selendis to attack the terran colony on Haven during the Second Great War; the protoss detected zerg infestation spores amongst the colonists and moved to liquidate them. Jim Raynor refused to condemn the colonists who had not yet manifested symptoms of infestation. The ship was destroyed by Raynor's Raiders and the colony was saved.

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Game Unit

The StarCraft II mothership had the "Planet Cracker" ability during development. The ability is used by the Purifier. It is technically possible to avoid confrontation by playing "Haven's Fall" instead of "Safe Haven" (or by bypassing Haven altogether).

The Purifier projects an aura similar to a pylon or warp prism, enabling units to be warped-in. The Purifier can summon air units.

If Safe Haven is played on Brutal the Purifier can detect cloaked and burrowed units.