Air Armor

From The StarCraft 2 Wiki

Air Armor is a defensive upgrade that is available for the Protoss that enhances the armor rating of all air units. Each upgrade is accumulative and automatically adds to the base armor of all units that are built from the Stargate, a few from the Robotics Facility and the Mothership.

Contents 1 StarCraft II 1.1 Costs 1.2 Affected Units 2 StarCraft I 2.1 Costs 2.2 Affected Units

[edit] StarCraft II

[edit] Costs

The research time for each armor upgrade has been reduced considerably since StarCraft I.

Upgrade Level	Mineral Cost	Gas Cost	Research Time
Level 1	150	150	140
Level 2	225	225	170
Level 3	300	300	200

[edit] Affected Units

The Protoss in StarCraft II have seven active air units, and three canceled units, that benefit from the Air Armor upgrade:

StarCraft II Unit	Armor Bonus *
Phase Prism	+1
Observer	+1
Phoenix	+1
Warp Ray	+1
Carrier	+1
Interceptor **	+1
Mothership	+1
Tempest ***	+1
Star Relic ***	+1
Stasis Orb ***	+1

* The armor bonus is accumulative per each upgrade level.
** The Interceptor is produced by the Carrier but still receives an independent armor bonus with each upgrade.
*** The Tempest, Star Relic and Stasis Orb have been removed from the open multiplayer aspect of the game.

[edit] StarCraft I

[edit] Costs

Each armor upgrade from the Cybernetics Core costs an extra 75 , 75 and 32 , and a max level of 3 in the open multiplayer.

Upgrade Level	Mineral Cost	Gas Cost	Research Time	Icon
Level 1	150	150	266
Level 2	225	225	298
Level 3	300	300	330

[edit] Affected Units

The current StarCraft I units that receive a benefit from the Air Armor upgrade include:

StarCraft I Unit	Armor Bonus *
Shuttle	+1
Observer	+1
Scout	+1
Corsair	+1
Carrier	+1
Interceptor **	+1
Arbiter	+1

* The armor bonus is accumulative per each upgrade level.
** The Interceptor is produced by the Carrier but still receives an independent armor bonus with each upgrade.