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Zealot
Unit
Race	Protoss
Role	Powerful melee warrior
Armament	Psi blades
Properties
Transport size	2
Sight range	9
Production
Minerals	100
Psi	2
Build time	38 (28 warp gate cooldown)
Produced from	Gateway/Warp gate
Hotkey	Z
Movement
Speed	2.25 (2.75 with Charge)[1] (bonus of 3.3 under Charge effect[2])
Acceleration	1000
Lateral acceleration	46.0625
Deceleration	0
Collision radius	0.5
Protection
Shields	50
Shield regen/second	2
Hit points	100
Armor	1
Type	Biological Ground
Armor type	Light
Psi blades
Damage	8
Attacks	2
Targets	Ground
Cooldown	1.2
Range	0.1 (melee)
Upgrade/level	+1
Meta
Target priority	20
Kill score	200
Production score	100

The zealot is the basic protoss infantry unit.

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Game Unit 1.2 Abilities 1.3 Upgrades 1.4 Quotations 1.5 Development 2 Images 3 References

OverviewEdit

Game UnitEdit

Zealots are strong against units such as immortals, zerglings, and hydralisks, and weak against hellions, roaches, and banelings. Though they do a total of sixteen damage, their attack is treated as two attacks doing eight damage each. This allows zealots to do full damage against enemy immortals. Their charge ability is autocast by default, but this can be turned off.

AbilitiesEdit

Charge
Acquisition Minerals 200 Gas 200 Research time 140 Researched at Twilight council Hotkey C	Usage Cooldown 10
Notes
Allows the zealot to quickly approach enemy units within a certain range, giving a brief speed bonus of 3.3[2] This ability also increases a zealot's speed by 0.5.[1] Activation of the Charge ability requires a path to the target that is at most a specific length. This means that a zealot cannot bypass obstructions like cliffs to reach their target.[3] Charge always allows zealots to hit a fleeing enemy at least once since patch 1.3.
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UpgradesEdit

Ground Weapons
Researched at	Forge
Hotkey	G
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 150 200 Gas 100 150 200 Research time 160 190 220
Notes
Applies to zealots, dark templar, archons, stalkers, immortals, sentries and colossi.
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Ground Armor
Researched at	Forge
Hotkey	A
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 100 150 200 Gas 100 150 200 Research time 160 190 220
Notes
Increases the armor of protoss ground units.
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Plasma Shields
Researched at	Forge
Hotkey	S
Properties
Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Minerals 150 225 300 Gas 150 225 300 Research time 160 190 220
Notes
+1 armor to shields per level.
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QuotationsEdit

See: StarCraft II Zealot Quotations

DevelopmentEdit

The zealots in StarCraft II received a cosmetic overhaul from their predecessors, but their animations remained the same. Fans reacted negatively to psi-blades being color-correspondant in accordance with team color, but a compromise was never reached.^[4]

Glenn Rane pitched a concept where the zealot's psi-blade count would be increased to 4. However, this didn't make it through to the final game.^[4]

ImagesEdit

ReferencesEdit

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II
Infantry	Probe · Zealot · High templar · Dark templar · Archon
Land mechanized	Stalker · Immortal · Sentry · Colossus
Air units	Warp prism · Observer · Phoenix · Void ray · Oracle (HotS) · Carrier (Interceptor) (WoL) · Tempest (HotS) · Mothership (WoL)
Basic buildings	Nexus · Assimilator · Pylon · Gateway (Warp gate) · Forge · Cybernetics core
Combat buildings	Photon cannon
Advanced buildings	Twilight council · Dark shrine · Templar archives · Robotics facility · Robotics bay · Stargate · Fleet beacon
Campaign-only units and structures	Units Scout · Star relic · Stone guardian Buildings Monolith · Obelisk
Canceled Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II