StarCraft units and structures

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StarCraft is a real-time strategy game that makes use of three races pitted against each other: the Terrans, the Protoss and the Zerg.

Unlike Blizzard Entertainment’s first two forays into RTS with WarCraft, StarCraft went against the typical symmetrical match ups. Instead, each race is given its own unique properties, their own advantages and disadvantages. As such, each unit does not quite match up easily with another race’s. For example, it used to be that a Footman and a Grunt each have equal hit points, in StarCraft, a Protoss Zealot has higher hit points than a Zergling but the Zergling can attack faster to balance this out. Also, spells, abilities and functions are not completely parallel. For example, a Terran Science Vessel, a Zerg Overlord and a Protoss Observer have little in common in terms of offensive power and function but they can spot invisible units.

Units

The boxes below only represent the closest approximation each race’s unit has with another. Some units do not stack quite so closely and some appear to not have a counterpart at all, thus the rankings are sometimes debatable.

StarCraft also continues from WarCraft II the idea of hero units. Heroes are basically more powerful versions of existing units from each side. They usually have higher hit points and armor and are able to deal more damage. For hero versions of spellcaster units, they have a higher spellcasting energy. Game animation between the normal units and hero versions remain the same but the head animation may differ with some hero characters. These hero characters are only available in certain single player campaigns and not in multiplayer games.

StarCraft

Terran	Protoss	Zerg
Ground units
SCV	Probe	Drone
Marine	Zealot	Zergling
Firebat	Dragoon	Hydralisk
Ghost	Templar	Defiler
Vulture
Siege Tank	Reaver
Goliath	Dragoon
		Infested Terran
	Archon	Ultralisk
		Broodling
Air units
Wraith	Scout	Mutalisk
Dropship	Shuttle	Overlord
Science Vessel	Arbiter	Queen
		Scourge
		Guardian3
	Observer
Battlecruiser	Carrier
Heroes
Jim Raynor (Marine)	Tassadar (Templar)	Sarah Kerrigan (Infested Terran)
Gui Montag (Firebat)	Fenix (Zealot)	Devouring One (Zergling)
Sarah Kerrigan (Ghost)	Fenix (Dragoon)	Hunter Killer (Hydralisk)
Jim Raynor (Vulture)	Zeratul (Dark Templar)	Unclean One (Defiler)
Alan Schezar (Goliath)	Dark Templar	Torrasque (Ultralisk)
Edmund Duke (Siege Tank)	Tassadar/Zeratul (Templar)	Kukulza (Mutalisk)
Tom Kazansky (Wraith)	Warbringer (Reaver)	Kukulza (Guardian)
Magellan (Science Vessel)	Mojo (Scout)	Yggdrasill (Overlord)
Hyperion (Battlecruiser)	Danimoth (Arbiter)	Matriarch (Queen)
Norad II (Battlecruiser)	Gantrithor (Carrier)

Brood War

The expansion adds several units to each race. The Dark Templar were also playable units in the first StarCraft but they appear merely as guest heroes and the player is unable to produce more of them. This changes in the expansion as they may be produced at a Gateway along with Zealots and Templars.

Terran	Protoss	Zerg
Ground units
Medic	Dark Templar	Lurker
	Dark Archon
Air units
Valkyrie	Corsair	Devourer
Heroes
Samir Duran (Ghost)	Artanis (Scout)	Infested Duran
Alexei Stukov (Ghost)
Admiral DuGalle (Battlecruiser)

Buildings

As with the units, even the buildings have been shuffled in terms of which structure approximates with another race’s. The Zerg’s differs from the Terrans and Protoss as their Drones become the buildings. Also, all their units are produced from the larva at the Hatchery and the number of units they can produce are not based on Creep Colonies but on the number of Overlords.

Terran	Protoss	Zerg
Command Center	Nexus	Hatchery
Command Center w/ ComSat Station		Lair
Command Center w/ Nuclear Silo		Hive
Refinery	Assimilator	Extractor
Supply Depot	Pylon1
		Creep Colony
Barracks	Gateway	Spawning Pool
Engineering Bay	Forge	Evolution Chamber
Academy	Cybernetics Core	Hydralisk Den
	Shield Battery
Bunker	Photon Cannon	Sunken Colony
Missile Turret		Spore Colony
Factory	Robotics Facility
Factory w/ Machine Shop
Armory	Robotics Support Bay	Ultralisk Cavern
	Citadel of Adun
Starport	Stargate	Spire
Starport w/ Control Tower
Science Facility	Arbiter Tribunal	Queen’s Nest
Science Facility w/ Covert Ops	Templar Archives	Defiler Mound
Science Facility w/ Physics Lab	Fleet Beacon	Greater Spire
	Observatory
		Infested Command Center
		Nydus Canal
		Cerebrate2
		Overmind3

Note 1: The Pylon is also with the creep colony not because it provides supply, but "increases" the building space.

Note 2: The Cerebrate is a structure that belongs solely to the Zerg. However, players do not actually get to build a Cerebrate in the gameplay and multi-player mode. The Cerebrate appears only in the campaign missions.

Note 3: The Overmind is another structure that exists only in the campaign missions. It has the ability to sense invisible units.

See also

• StarCraft
• Terran
• Protoss
• Zerg

StarCraft
StarCraft Universe	Gameplay of StarCraft • StarCraft storyline • StarCraft units and structures • Psionic technology (StarCraft)>Psionic technology
Factions and Organizations	Dark Templar • Judicator Caste • Kel-Morian Combine • Khalai Caste • Protoss • Protoss Conclave • StarCraft Pirate Militias>Pirate Militias • Raynor's Raiders • Sons of Korhal • Templar Caste • Terran • Terran Confederacy • Umojan Protectorate • United Earth Directorate • Xel'Naga • Zerg • Zerg Brood
Locations	Aiur • Antiga Prime • Braxis • Char (StarCraft)>Char • Chau Sara • Korhal • Mar Sara • Moria • Shakuras • Talematros • Tarsonis • Umoja • Zerus
Characters	Aldaris • Artanis • Admiral DuGalle>Gerard DuGalle • Edmund Duke • Samir Duran • Fenix • Sarah Kerrigan • Arcturus Mengsk • • Raszagal • Jim Raynor • Alexei Stukov • Tassadar • Zeratul • Zerg Overmind • Minor Characters

 

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