New Protoss units
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It seems that the Protoss have received most of the attention so far in terms of development. Judging from the gameplay videos (make sure you download the hi-def video), the Protoss have a well-rounded force at all tiers.
It’s a bit of speculation at this point but the tiers look something like this:
Tier 1
Protoss Zealot – the mainstay of the Protoss ground forces hasn’t changed much, except for getting a Charge ability to get him close distances faster.
Tier 2
Obviously, at Tier 2 you’ll have some stategic choices to make. The options seems to be equally strong (at this point).
Protoss Immortal – Immortals get through heavy hitters like the Terran Siege tanks so if you expect the Terran to go mass tanks, Immortals will be a good strategic option.
Protoss Phoenix – dubbed as a air-supriority fighter, the Phoenix seems to be a counter to Mutalisk rushes. The Overload ability allows it to fire at all nearby enemies which makes it perfect to stop Mutas from destroying your expansion.
Protoss Stalker – Stalkers excel at hit-and-run tactics. Their Blink ability not only gets them to a higher/lower ground in a … blink, it also allows them to massacre running units (e.g. CSVs). In that respect they are similar to their Dark Templar brethren.
Protoss Colossus – Technically, the Colossus will probably be Tier 3 but I see a lot of players teching quickly to get him as early as possible. It looks like it replaces the Reaver unit which failed its role as a ground support unit in Starcraft. Most Protoss players didn’t use it except for harassment via drops.
The Colossus seems to have a much better potential to support the Zealots. His ability to move to lower/higher ground means the harassment potential is still there… I bet it’ll go through a dozen Drones in 5 seconds.
Tier 3
Protoss Warp Ray – the demo pitted Terran battlecruisers against Warp Rays. The four rays destroyed 3 battlecruisers without a single loss. These will be a mid-/late-game answer to massed heavy units as their attack increases the longer they shoot at their target.
Protoss Mothership – you can only build one of these and Blizzard calls it the Ultimate Protoss weapon. It has three specials – one defensive, two offensive ones. My guess is once you build one, it’s GG for your opponent. It’s a like the finishing move in Mortal Combat.
I’ll go through them in more detail, once Blizzard post more info. Otherwise, I’ll simply continue with the speculation!
May 24th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
I dont think Protoss has gotten that much more attention. Surly it might look like it, but from interviews it seems as if Blizzad actully finished all 3 races(maybe not polished). It’s simply like they always do, they will probably start releasing some new information each week when the storm from WWI settles.
May 29th, 2007 at 3:50 am
Hmm, note how the interface only handles Protoss at this point. I’m sure they still have a lot of work on the other two races – the Zerg seem to have just Zerglings ATM.
May 29th, 2007 at 6:40 am
Blizzard at WWI said all 3 races are fully playable over multiplayer already. Ofcourse they might tweak stuff. But its mainly single player, blanancing, creating a new upgraded version of battle.net with even more features, maps and other stuff thats currently being worked on.
July 2nd, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Ok… Mothership? Inmortals? Phoenix? Dark Carrier? Now… how do you kill that with terran. I am at this point somewhat worried, seems like toss will be too powerfull as far as I know the rrans only have some form of jetpacked dudes I hope we get some info soon about terran and zerg development it will be sad if people keep playing broodwar after waiting so long.
July 20th, 2007 at 7:50 am
I think all new units in Protoss will cost high resources, even in the broodwar days Protoss really cost a lot. well STARCRAFT 2 cool!! can’t w8 to have starcraft 2 here in the Philippines.
August 6th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
The terrans got some godly units as well, including a new fighter that can also act as a ground attacker, a godly bomber that kills swarms of small units as fast as the colussus, a fast new hovertank that’s useful for raids and strafing troops (cuz it can fire when it’s turning see) and the Thor, which is the best terran ground attacker ever! it has a super barrage ability that can kill a command center within seconds, and it’s normal attack is something to be feared. plus their normal units get a boost as well.
Overall the Terrans are still very defensive, with supply depot walls and ranged barrages from the sky, however with the Thor the terrans finally have a viable ground attacker
August 21st, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Terrans are the bomb no matter what and the protoss are also cool with thor and battlecruiser to motherships to colossues. this gameis gonna be the game of the millenia
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Ok… Mothership? Inmortals? Phoenix? Dark Carrier? Now ehhh ??
how do you kill that with terran ??
Nick X please do shut the hell up and go hide in ur base untill the game releases before you ask such stupid question all the units have been designed and made
but they havn’t been officialy posted on the internet most of the units we’ve seen so far has been leaks from the internet
seriously man stop talking like is the game has already been released with only the protoss and terran race !! if you havn’t seen anything yet just don’t try to guess nor even opening your damn mouth ! shut up and wait for the released game !! damn i hate all of you newbies always complaining about something they havn’t seen !
if you don’t even understand what an Alpha Stage is !! ?? i suggest you even stay away from starcraft 2 your all morons its always idiots like you who always makes game developers puts their games old hold or even cancaled project !!
and you same idiots were the once beggen for starcraft 2 5 years ago thanks lord its been announced and hopefully it will be released next year
and for all of you idiots saying “ohh 2D is better ??” and “SC is looks way better than its sequel” ?? why don’t you stick with it ?? since you idiots spents 24/7 playing and don’t even take alook around you ?? were now on windows xp and vista soon to be in the direct X 10 era just shut the fuck up and stick to your own shit am looking foward of playing this game and i know blizzard wont dissappoint us so shut up els we would be the once dissappointing them and most fan like me who just want this game to day light by next year !! now shut up !!
November 11th, 2007 at 1:14 am
for me my brother is working at blizzard and he said that starcraft2 will be release next year but they are not sure when they will release it.
so its a little sad
November 11th, 2007 at 1:19 am
I can’t wait for the release of starcraft2 its so cool much better than the original starcraft, and I can’t wait for the Zergs too
hope to keep on praying for the release date will be early
November 19th, 2007 at 8:33 am
[...] demo” there is to the game yet, but but Blizzard tells us that “attendees can sample the new units and gameplay elements for themselves in multiplayer battles.” — [...]
December 13th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
all races will be even. Has anyone played at blizzcon?
July 31st, 2009 at 3:41 am
I have heard they had some balance issues with the races and teh release date might be extended to later this year
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