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Battle Cruiser
From The StarCraft 2 Wiki
Battlecruisers are the main piece of air artillery in the Terran fleet, leaving a path of destruction wherever they go.
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Background
| StarCraft II Unit [e] | |
|---|---|
| |
| Battle Cruiser | |
| Race: | Terran, Tier 3.5 |
| Role: | Capital Ship |
| Unit Statistics | |
| Size: | Large |
| Type: | Flying, Massive, Mechanical |
| Speed: | Normal |
| Transport Slots: | N/A |
| Hit Points: | 550 |
| Plasma Shields: | N/A |
| Energy Points: | 200 |
| Offence | |
| Armament: | ATS/ATA Laser Battery |
| Ground Attack: | 10 (x8 attacks) |
| Air Attack: | 6 (x8 attacks) |
| Range: | 6 |
| Defence | |
| Armor: | 3 (Armored) |
| Sight: | x |
| Cooldown: | x |
| Special Abilities | |
Yamato Cannon ( 125) Blasts the target with the plasma cannon. | |
| Production | |
| Hotkey: | B |
| Supply: |  6
|
| Resources: |  400  300
|
| Build Time: | 110 |
| Produced by: | [[Starport]] |
| Prerequisite: | [[Fusion Core]] |
These massive, heavily armored combat ships are virtual flying fortresses, built to keep the peace and dominate the space lanes of the Koprulu sector. Outfitted with bristling laser batteries and thick NeoSteel armor, these imposing vessels are among the most powerful to be found in Terran space. Many commanders use Battlecruisers as their command vessels during extended campaigns. There are several examples of vessels specifically refitted for this purpose, such as General Duke's Norad II and Norad III, as well as the Battlecruiser Hyperion commanded by Jim Raynor.
The Yamato Cannon is a terrifying weapon that uses an intense magnetic field to focus a nuclear detonation into a cohesive beam of energy. The cannon requires a huge reserve of energy to fire, but its effects on the target are impressive, to say the least. Plasma torpedoes give Battlecruisers an armament capable of saturating a target area with a lethal deluge of fire, ideal for breaking up oncoming attack waves or ravaging a defensive position. As with the Yamato Cannon, a Battlecruiser needs to build up a sufficient reserve of energy to unleash a plasma torpedo bombardment.
Game Unit
The Battlecruiser is a mid to late game capital ship for the Terrans.
StarCraft II Unit
Each Battlecruiser has the Missile Barrage by default in place of their one large, powerful laser, they now have four smaller lasers.
The Yamato Cannon is an upgrade available at the Fusion Core by researching the Weapon Refit. When upgraded, this ability allows the Battlecruiser to blast a target with a devastating plasma cannon, causing 300 damage to a selected target. The increased range of the Yamato Cannon makes it useful at destroying static defenses.
In order to build a Battlecruiser at the Starport, an SCV must build a Fusion Core.
Abiliities
Upgrades
- Ship Weapons 1-3 at the Armory.
- Ship Plating 1-3 at the Armory.
- Research Weapon Rift - enables the use of the Yamato Cannon at the Fusion Core.
- Research Behemoth Reactor at the Fusion Core.
Good Against
Weak against
Removed before Beta
- Colossus Reactor (+50 to maximum energy)
- Missile Barrage - it is now available by default, no longer an upgrade.
- Defensive Matrix - no longer a Battlecruiser ability or upgrade.
- Deep Space Relay
StarCraft I Unit
| StarCraft I Unit [e] | |
|---|---|
| |
| Battle Cruiser | |
| Race: | Terran, Tier 3.5 |
| Role: | Capital Ship |
| Unit Statistics | |
| Size: | Large |
| Type: | Flying, Mechanical |
| Speed: | Normal |
| Transport Slots: | N/A |
| Hit Points: | 500 |
| Plasma Shields: | N/A |
| Energy Points: | 200 |
| Offence | |
| Armament: | ATS/ATA Laser Battery |
| Ground Attack: | 25 |
| Air Attack: | 25 |
| Range: | 6 |
| Defence | |
| Armor: | 3 (Armored) |
| Sight: | 11 |
| Cooldown: | 30 |
| Special Abilities | |
| Yamato Cannon ( 125) Blasts the target with the plasma cannon. | |
| Production | |
| Hotkey: | B |
| Supply: | 6
|
| Resources: | 400 300
|
| Build Time: | 133 |
| Produced by: | Starport |
| Prerequisite: | Physics Lab |
The massive Behemoth-class Battlecruisers are virtual flying fortresses, built to keep the peace within the Terran Sector. Outfitted with multiple burst-laser batteries for both anti-air and anti-ground support, these ships are easily the most powerful Colonial vessels.
They require a lot of resources and time to manufacture but a squadron can easily overwhelm the enemy. Due to these high requirements, a Battlecruiser should always be defended with other units when in small numbers and sent back for repair if heavily damaged.
The Battlecruisers high durability also makes them an excellent unit at absorbing enemy fire during sieges. Care must be taken to pull the Battlecruiser out of combat before they die, as it is far more cost effective to repair an injured Battlecruiser than to rebuild. They are also ideal candidates for the Science Vessels Defensive Matrix.
The Battlecruiser can be upgraded with a Yamato Cannon, an ability that fires a high damage blast at a targeted unit or building dealing 260 damage. The increased range of this blast makes it useful at taking down static defenses or "sniping" key units in the enemies army - such as Aribters, High Templar and Defilers.
Abilities
Upgrades
- Ship Weapons 1-3 - at the Armory
- Ship Plating 1-3 - at the Armory
Known Battlecruisers
Known Battlecruiser commanders
Development
The Battlecruiser originally had a Plasma Torpedo upgrade that dealt damage to all ground targets within its area of effect. This was replaced by the Missile Barrage in mid June 2008 as part of the Q&A Batch 40.
Defensive Matrix was then introduced to the Battlecruiser as part of the Blizzcon 2008 build, thus providing a third upgrade option along with the Missile Barrage and Yamato Cannon.
Gallery
- General StarCraft II Shots
Closeup of the Battlecruiser ingame model. |
 A Battlecruiser casting the Yamato Cannon. |
 Battlecruiser closeup. |
 Battlecruiser closeup. |
 Battlecruiser wireframe. |
 A Defensive Matrix around a Battlecrusier. |
 Concept art of the Battlecruiser. |
 Two Battlecruisers take on some Void Rays. |
 Battlecruiser support in an attack on the Protoss. |
 Battlecruisers using the old Plasma Torpedo ability. |
 Three Battlecruisers with a Terran army. |
 Battlecruisers using Plasma Torpdeo on a group of Marines. |
 A lone Battlecruiser defends against some Carriers. |
 A Battlecruiser casting the Yamato Cannon. |
 Several Battlecruisers help attack a Protoss base. |
 Two Battlecruisers defend against the Protoss. |
A few Battlecruisers defend against the Zerg Corruptors. |
 Several Battlecruisers help attack a Protoss outpost. |
 A Battlecruiser using Missile Barrage on the Zerg. |
 A squadron of Battlecruisers in StarCraft I. |
| Terran Units (StarCraft II) [e] | |
|---|---|
| Ground Units: | SCV | Marine | Marauder | Ghost | Reaper | Hellion | Siege Tank | Thor |
| Air Units: | Viking | Medivac Dropship | Raven | Banshee | Battlecruiser |
| Basic Buildings: | Command Center | Supply Depot | Refinery | Barracks | Bunker | Engineering Bay | Missile Turret | Planetary Fortress | Sensor Tower |
| Advanced Buildings: | Ghost Academy | Factory | Merc Haven | Orbital Command | Armory | Starport | Fusion Core |
| Support Buildings: | Tech Lab | Reactor |
| Hero ground units: | Jim Raynor | Tychus Findlay |
| Cancelled Units: | Cobra/Diamondback - Firebat - Predator - Medic - Dropship |
| Cancelled Buildings: | Munitions Depot - Starbase - Shadow Ops |
| Terran Units (StarCraft I & Brood War) [e] | |
|---|---|
| Ground Units: | SCV | Marine | Firebat | Medic | Vulture | Goliath | Siege Tank | Ghost |
| Air Units: | Dropship | Wraith | Valkyrie | Battlecruiser | Science Vessel | |
| Basic Buildings: | Command Center (ComSat Station & Nuclear Silo) | Supply Depot | Engineering Bay | Barracks | Refinery | Missile Turret | Academy | Bunker |
| Advanced Buildings: | Factory | Machine Shop | Armory | Starport (Control Tower) | Science Facility (Physics Lab & Covert Ops) |
| Hero ground units: | Gui Montag (fb) | Terran Civilian | Sarah Kerrigan (g) | Samir Duran (g) | Alexei Stukov (g) | Alan Schezar (gol) | Jim Raynor (vul, mrn) | Edmund Duke (st) |
| Hero air units: | Tom Kazansky (wrt) | Magallan (sv) | Hyperion (bc) | Norad II (bc) |
| (fb) = Firebat -- (g) = Ghost -- (gol) = Goliath -- (v) = Vulture -- (m) = Marine -- (st) = Siege Tank -- (wrt) = Wraith -- (sv) = Science Vessel -- (bc) = Battlecruiser | |
