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Probe
From The StarCraft 2 Wiki
Probes are robotic Protoss worker and construction units.
Contents |
Background
| StarCraft II Unit [e] | |
|---|---|
| |
| Probe | |
| Race: | Protoss, Tier 0.5 |
| Role: | Gatherer, Builder |
| Unit Statistics | |
| Size: | Small |
| Type: | Ground, Robotic |
| Speed: | Normal |
| Transport Slots: | 1/8 |
| Hit Points: | 20 |
| Plasma Shields: | 20 |
| Energy Points: | N/A |
| Offence | |
| Armament: | Particle Beam |
| Ground Attack: | 5 |
| Air Attack: | N/A |
| Range: | 1 |
| Defence | |
| Armor: | 0 (Light) |
| Sight: | x |
| Cooldown: | x |
| Special Abilities | |
| Build (Protoss) Warps in Protoss structures. Harvest Mines minerals and gas. | |
| Production | |
| Hotkey: | P |
| Supply: |  1
|
| Resources: |  50  0
|
| Build Time: | 16 |
| Produced by: | Nexus |
| Prerequisite: | Nexus |
The tiny AI Probe was designed by the Khalai to lay the foundation for Protoss colonies on hostile worlds where living workers would be at too great a risk. Probes are servicing the Nexus and are responsible for harvesting the Minerals and Vespene Gas that are needed to fuel the Protoss industry. To this effect they make use of an built-in particle beam. They also produce and plant the Warp-beacons (a.k.a. Micro-beacons) that allow them to teleport in buildings from distant planets once the Psionic Matrix has been established.
Being cheap to produce, they often take on the role as scouts to new settlements, where loosing one will mean a lot less to the settlement than loosing a Zealot. A more developed settlement usually applies the use of Observers to scout.
The particle beam used by the Probes can also be used as a self-defensive weapon, if no other means are available.
Game Unit
These Protoss workers are more time-efficient than SCVs or Drones, in that after they have initiated a warp-in, the Probe can return to harvesting minerals/gas, or initiate more building warp-ins. The actual "building" continues its progress on its own as long as it is powered by the Psionic Matrix. SCVs, for example, need to stay at the building until it is done.
The Probe can be of great use in a rush strategy such as building Pylons and Photon Cannons near or inside an enemy base. As Assimilators are quite cheap, they can be warped in to prevent opponent's vespene harvesting.
StarCraft II Unit
The StarCraft II Probe does not differ from the StarCraft one, except for in appearance. The new probe has been made to look more robotic, and naturally, with greater visual effects.
Abilities
| StarCraft I Unit [e] | |
|---|---|
| |
| Probe | |
| Race: | Protoss, Tier 0.5 |
| Role: | Gatherer, Builder |
| Unit Statistics | |
| Size: | Small |
| Type: | Ground, Robotic |
| Speed: | Normal |
| Transport Slots: | 1/8 |
| Hit Points: | 20 |
| Plasma Shields: | 20 |
| Energy Points: | N/A |
| Offence | |
| Armament: | Particle Beam |
| Ground Attack: | 5 |
| Air Attack: | N/A |
| Range: | 1 |
| Defence | |
| Armor: | 0 |
| Sight: | 8 |
| Cooldown: | 22 |
| Special Abilities | |
| Build (Protoss) Warps in Protoss structures. Harvest Mines minerals and gas. | |
| Production | |
| Hotkey: | P |
| Supply: | 1
|
| Resources: | 50 0
|
| Build Time: | 20 |
| Produced by: | Nexus |
| Prerequisite: | Nexus |
Upgrades
StarCraft I Unit
Like other workers, Probes float and do not trigger Spider Mines.
Abilities
Upgrades
Gallery
- General StarCraft II Shots
The Probe ingame model in StarCraft II. |
 StarCraft Probe. |
 In-game StarCraft II Probe. |
A Probe model from StarCraft: Ghost |
 Portrait animation from StarCraft II. |
| Protoss Units (StarCraft II) [e] | |
|---|---|
| Ground Units: | Probe | Zealot | Stalker | Sentry | Immortal | Colossus | High Templar | Archon | Dark Templar |
| Air Units: | Warp Prism | Observer | Phoenix | Void Ray | Carrier (Interceptor) | Mothership |
| Basic Buildings: | Nexus | Assimilator | Pylon | Gateway | Warp Gate | Forge | Photon Cannon | Cybernetics Core |
| Advanced Buildings: | Twilight Council | Templar Archives | Dark Obelisk | Robotics Facility | Robotics Bay | Null Circuit | Stargate | Fleet Beacon |
| Cancelled Units: | Purifier | Reaver | Star Relic | Tempest (Shuriken) |
| Cancelled Buildings: | Phase Cannon | War Shrine | War Beacon | Dark Pylon | Observatory |
| Protoss Units (StarCraft I & Brood War) [e] | |
|---|---|
| Ground Units: | Probe | Zealot | Dragoon | Reaver | High Templar | Archon | Dark Templar | Dark Archon |
| Air Units: | Shuttle | Scout | Arbiter | Carrier (Interceptor) | Observer | Corsair |
| Basic Buildings: | Nexus | Assimilator | Pylon | Gateway | Forge | Shield Battery | Cybernetics Core | Photon Cannon |
| Advanced Buildings: | Robotics Facility | Stargate | Citadel of Adun | Robotics Support Bay | Fleet Beacon | Templar Archives | Observatory | Arbiter Tribunal |
| Hero ground units: | Dark Templar (Hero) (dt) | Zeratul (dt, arc) | Tassadar (ht, arc) | Fenix (zl, dr) | Warbringer (r) |
| Hero air units: | Mojo (sct) | Gantrithor (cr) | Danimoth (arb) | Artanis (sct) |
| (dt) = Dark Templar, (arc) = Archon, (ht) = High Templar, (zl) = Zealot, (dr) = Dragoon, (r) = Reaver, (sct) = Scout, (cr) Carrier, (arb) = Arbiter | |
