Zealot (StarCraft)

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Zealot

Unit
Race	Protoss
Role	Close Combat Trooper
Armament	Psi-blades
Protection	Power suit^[1]
Properties
Size	Small
Transport slots	2
Sight range	7
Production
Minerals	100
Psi	2
Build time	40
Produced from	Gateway
Hotkey	Z
Protection
Shields	60
Hit points	100
Armor	1
Combat
Ground attack	8 (x2 attacks)
Cooldown	22
Attack range	1

Zealots are the basic protoss infantry units.

1 Strategy
- 1.1 Upgrades
2 Quotations
3 Images
4 References

StrategyEdit

Zealots are the most powerful of the basic starting units and are correspondingly more expensive. Being modestly outnumbered by marines or zerglings is not a major cause for concern given the quality of the zealot. Their high hit points and excellent base ground attack with normal-type damage ensure that they are useful until late in the game, and they are arguably the best breakthrough unit due to their cost and lack of need for micromanagement compared to the unwieldy archons.

Zealots are one of the few small units that can withstand punishment from terran bunker-and-siege tank defenses, due to their high hit points and high movement speed (only if the Leg Enhancements are upgraded).

Zealots are virtually effective against all sorts of land units especially when supported by dragoons, high templar and air units. They are also capable of destroying structures very quickly. Effective counters to back down zealot-only groups are firebats, mass hydralisks, reavers and any air unit capable of attacking ground forces. Zealots are also fairly vulnerable to faster units such as vultures (being vulnerable to being killed in one salvo from several of them) as well as spider mines.