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Diamondback
From The StarCraft 2 Wiki
The Diamondback (formerly known as Cobra) is a quick vehicle that is able to attack while on the move. It has since been removed from StarCraft II, and is one of the cancelled units of the game.
Contents |
Background
| StarCraft II Unit [e] | |
|---|---|
| |
| Diamondback | |
| Race: | Terran, Tier Unknown |
| Role: | Quick-strike Assault |
| Unit Statistics | |
| Size: | Medium |
| Type: | Mechanical |
| Speed: | Unknown |
| Transport Slots: | N/A |
| Hit Points: | 130 |
| Plasma Shields: | N/A |
| Energy Points: | N/A |
| Offence | |
| Armament: | Eviscerator |
| Ground Attack: | 10 (+25 vs Armored) |
| Air Attack: | 10 (+25 vs Armored) |
| Range: | 5 |
| Defence | |
| Armor: | 0 |
| Sight: | x |
| Cooldown: | x |
| Special Abilities | |
| None | |
| Production | |
| Hotkey: | C |
| Supply: |  2
|
| Resources: |  125  50
|
| Build Time: | 35 |
| Produced by: | Factory |
| Prerequisite: | Armory |
Game Unit
The Diamondback/Cobra is equipped with dual Eviscerator rail guns that deal extra damage to armored opponents. It can attack both ground and air units.
StarCraft II Unit
The Diamondback/Cobra is capable of attacking while on the move, proving to be very useful in hit and run tactics against the larger, slower units that it's designed to kill. Its primary role is to take out large, heavily armored units and receives a significant attack bonus against units such as Thor, Collossi and Siege Tanks.
It also has an electrical attack that will slow the movement speed of enemy units, providing an excellent support mechanism when faced with agile opponents such as Zerg Mutalisks.
The Diamondback/Cobra has since been removed from the game, but is likely to appear in the single player game mode.
Upgrades
Development
The Cobra received an additional buff to its attack in October 2007 as part of the Q&A Batch 17, gaining the ability to slow enemy units with an electrical attack.
A short two months later in December saw the Cobra being dropped from the Terran lineup. It's role as the heavy and air unit counter is now filled by the Thor.
Some time between Q&A batch 24, the Cobra was renamed Diamondback for unknown reasons. It's still found in the game files.
Gallery
- General StarCraft II Shots
A model of the Cobra. |
 An early screenshot showing the build cost of the Cobra. |
 Concept art possibly showing the Cobra. |
 King Cobra concept art by Samwise. |
A group of Cobras taking down a Thor. |
 Two Cobras in a TvT battle. |
 A group of Cobras defending a Terran position. |
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 A Cobra's wireframe as taken from the Terran Gameplay Trailer. |
 An early screenshot showing the Cobras attack details. |
 Cobras on the upper-right ramp. |
 Cobras help defend the high ground. |
| 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 | |
