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"Hell, cowboy, we gotta train more of these guys, they're seriously bad ass!"

- Rory Swann^(src)

The reaper is a terran jet-pack equipped infantry unit introduced in StarCraft II.^[1]

1 Overview
2 Game Unit
3 Known Reapers
4 Known Reaper Types
5 References

OverviewEdit

"Fear the Reaper man."

- A reaper^(src)

Reapers specialize in hit-and-run, close-quarters combat. They are more mobile than marines as their jet packs allow them to surmount obstacles independently. Reapers are clad in self-contained body suits,^[2] and are armed with dual P-38 "Scythe" gauss pistols^[1] and deuterium-eight demolition charges.^[2]

Reapers are drawn from marine recruits that could not be successfully subjugated by neural resocialization. These resistant recruits tend to be among the most hardened of criminals, and are sent instead to the "Icehouse" in the Torus System to be inducted into the Reaper Corps. Reaper recruits are chemically altered to make them even more aggressive before being subjected to brutal training in close-quarters combat and the use of their jet packs.^[2]

Reapers are obligated to serve two years before being discharged. In the first five years the Reaper Corps failed to have a single recruit complete more than six months of service.^[2]^[3] However, some reapers were allowed to leave the program for reasons such as injury.^[3]

Game UnitEdit

Reaper

Unit
Race	Terran
Role	Raider
Armament	P-38 pistol D-8 charges G-4 cluster bombs
Properties
Transport size	1
Sight range	9
Production
Minerals	50
Gas	50
Supply	1
Build time	45
Produced from	Barracks
Requires	Tech lab/Tech reactor (attached)
Hotkey	R
Movement
Speed	2.9531 (3.8398 with Nitro Boost)
Acceleration	1000
Lateral acceleration	46.0625
Deceleration	0
Collision radius	0.375
Protection
Hit points	50
Armor	0
Type	Biological Ground
Armor type	Light
P-38 Reaper pistol
Damage	4 (+5 vs light)
Attacks	2
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	1.1
Range	4.5 (+1 range in a bunker)
Upgrade/level	+1
D-8 charges
Damage	30 vs buildings
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	1.8
Range	5
Upgrade/levels	+3
Meta
Target priority	20
Kill score	300
Production score	150
Miscellaneous
Notes	Reapers can leap up and down a single elevation.

Reapers can leap up and down ledges (only one tier, however) without the need of a spotter or medivac dropship. This ability makes reapers ideal for scouting and hit-and-run attacks. They cannot leap over obstacles or Force Fields, however.

The reaper's low damage attack ignores the specially hardened shield of the protoss immortal and cannot hit air units.

It does bonus damage against light units. It is strong against hellions, zealots, zerglings. and workers with a little maneuvering,^[4] though are not as effective against the zerg as a whole as they are against other opponents and as such, it is inadvisable to build reapers en masse when battling zerg.^[5] They are weak against siege tanks, stalkers, and roaches.

Reapers have an anti-structure grenade attack.

Reapers may enter bunkers.

Dustin Browder believes the reaper was over-nerfed in the development of Wings of Liberty and intends to correct that in Heart of the Swarm.^[6] Blizzard believes the reaper is only strong in a short period of gameplay.^[7]

Reaper vs HellionEdit

The reaper is not quite as fast as the hellion, but can often get to certain areas faster due to its cliff-jumping capability. Reapers do more targeted damage to light-armored units such as workers but hellions can injure several simultaneously and with the Infernal Pre-Lighter upgrade are capable of dealing greater amounts of damage. However, reapers attack more than twice as fast as hellions do. They have different armor qualities as well, which can factor into the decision as to which raider to use.^[8]

AbilitiesEdit

Jet Pack
Notes
Reapers can jump up and down cliffs.
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UpgradesEdit

Nitro Boost

Researched at

Tech lab attached to barracks

Properties

Minerals	50
Gas	50
Research time	100
Required	Factory

Notes

Increases movement speed of reapers.

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Infantry Weapons

Researched at

Engineering bay

Hotkey

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.

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Infantry Armor

Researched at

Engineering bay

Hotkey

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.

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Wings of LibertyEdit

Reapers are unlocked by playing the mission "The Devil's Playground", available after Gabriel Tosh gave some of them to Raynor's Raiders.^[9]

U-238 Rounds
Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	$60,000
Researched at	Hyperion armory
Notes
Reapers gain +1 range and deal an extra +3 damage vs light units. U-238 Rounds are made from depleted uranium. These rounds are extremely dense (1.67 times the density of lead), so they have increased range and hit lightly armored units much harder.^[10]
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G-4 Cluster Bomb

Campaign	Wings of Liberty
Cost	$75,000

Acquisition
Researched at	Hyperion armory

Usage
Cooldown	60
Hotkey	G

Notes

Reapers can hurl G-4 cluster bombs. It deals 155 splash damage.

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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.^[11]
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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.^[11]
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Heart of the SwarmEdit

	This article or section contains information from StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
	The content may change substantially over time.

In Heart of the Swarm, Blizzard intends to allow reapers to regenerate out of combat.^[12] They are set to lose their D-8 charge attack.^[13]

DevelopmentEdit

Main artice: Reaper/Development

QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft II Reaper Quotations

Known ReapersEdit

Known Reaper TypesEdit

Death Head

ReferencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard) (in English). July 27, 2010
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Reaper. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2012-04-29.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Gerrold, David (w), Ruben de Vela (p), Dan Borgonos (i). "Fear the Reaper." In StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 4 (paperback binding), pp. 28-71. Tokyopop, October 1, 2009. ISBN 978-1427-81698-6.
↑ Reapers are actually one of the best units against any light units in the game. They kill Zerglings, workers, and even Zealots pretty well with a little maneuvering. Their mines also decimate stationary defenses, as well as tech buildings. They are no doubt one of the best raiders in the game right now.

Marauders on the other hand are probably better mixed, unless you are going up against an all armored ground force. Marauders work well against both Protoss and Zerg. Early game, as mentioned above, they are great for slowing Zealots while Marines do the damage. Against Zerg, they are better suited against those pesky armored Roaches with the fast regen. Karune. 2008-10-21. Reapers and Marauders. Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-10-21.
↑ 2009-06-29, Jonathan Ross, Destructoid interview: StarCraft II's Dustin Browder. Destructoid. Accessed on 2009-07-29
↑ Dustin Browder, Owen Hill. 2011-03-04. Browder hints at Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm updates. Emphasises importance of e-sports. PC Gamer. Accessed 2011-03-05.
↑ David Kim. 2011-12-15. Q & A With David Kim. Blizzard Entertainment. Accessed 2012-01-26.
↑ The Hellion is faster than the Reaper side by side, but the cliff traversing talent often gets the Reaper to the place you want to go faster.

In raiding, it really depends. Hellions will be able to hit several workers at the same time, but Reapers have much more direct damage. Choosing what to use may also depend on what you are up against. Hellions are armored, whereas Reapers are light armor. Both are very useful for raiding and used in conjunction effectively could easily mean GG quite early, bleeding the enemy economy and tech. Karune. 2008-09-26. Karune, Is Hellion Faster than the Reaper? Battle.net StarCraft II General Discussion Forum. Accessed 2008-09-26.
↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Wings of Liberty, The Devil's Playground (in English). 2010-07-27.
↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Armory upgrades (in English). 2010.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Protoss research (in English). 2010.
↑ StarCraft Legacy staff. 2011-10-22. BlizzCon 2011 StarCraft II Multiplayer Panel. StarCraft Legacy. Accessed 2011-10-23.
↑ The Rusher. 2011-10-26. A complete list of all multiplayer HOTS changes/additions, now that Blizzcon is over. Reddit. Accessed 2011-10-29.