Air Weapons

From The StarCraft 2 Wiki

Air Weapons is an upgrade that is available for the Protoss that enhances the damage output of all air units that are built from the Stargate and a few from the Robotics Facility. It is researched from the Cybernetics Core and, like all weapon and armor upgrades, it has a research time that is noticeably longer than the units build duration.

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

Starcraft II

Costs

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

Upgrade Level	Mineral Cost	Gas Cost	Research Time
Level 1	100	100	140
Level 2	175	175	170
Level 3	250	250	200

Affected Units

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

StarCraft II Unit	Ground Bonus *	Air Bonus *
Phoenix	-	+1
Warp Ray	+1	+1
Carrier **	+1	+1
Interceptor	+1	+1
Mothership	??	??
Tempest **	??	-
Star Relic ***	??	??
Stasis Orb ***	??	??

* The attack bonus is accumulative per each upgrade level.
** The Carrier's attack display will list the current damage for its Interceptors.
*** The Tempest, Star Relic and Stasis Orb have been removed from the open multiplayer aspect of the game.

StarCraft I

Costs

Each weapon 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	100	100	266
Level 2	175	175	298
Level 3	250	250	330

Affected Units

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

StarCraft I Unit	Ground Bonus *	Air Bonus *
Scout	+1	+2
Corsair	-	+1
Carrier **	+1	+1
Interceptor	+1	+1
Arbiter	+1	+1

* The attack bonus is accumulative per each upgrade level.
** The Carrier's attack display will list the current damage for its Interceptors.