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Purifier
From The StarCraft 2 Wiki
The Purifier was an experimental unit for the Protoss in StarCraft II, however it has since been removed from the open multiplayer aspect of the game.
Contents |
Background
| StarCraft II Unit [e] | |
|---|---|
| |
| Purifier | |
| Race: | Protoss, Tier Unknown |
| Role: | Ground Support |
| Unit Statistics | |
| Size: | Medium |
| Type: | x |
| Speed: | x |
| Transport Slots: | x |
| Hit Points: | x |
| Plasma Shields: | x |
| Energy Points: | N/A |
| Offence | |
| Armament: | x |
| Ground Attack: | x |
| Air Attack: | x |
| Range: | x |
| Defence | |
| Armor: | x |
| Sight: | x |
| Cooldown: | x |
| Special Abilities | |
| Empowering Attack Attack damage and attacks increase as biological units are killed. | |
| Production | |
| Hotkey: | x |
| Supply: |  x
|
| Resources: |  x  x
|
| Build Time: | x |
| Produced by: | Gateway |
| Prerequisite: | Twilight Council |
The Purifier is a Tier 2 ground unit for the Protoss that had a special Empowering attack.
StarCraft II Unit
The Purifier is a Protoss ground unit that moved around on a hover board. It is built from the Gateway and has an Empowering attack that grew stronger with the more biological units that it killed. The attack changed visually as it got stronger, gaining up to three beams with each volley.
The Purifier is ideal when used against the Zerg, since all their units are considered biological. Their speed and ability to target both ground and air units also add to their deadliness.
Upgrades
Upgrades
Development
The Purifier was confirmed to have been dropped from the open multiplayer aspect of StarCraft II in late December '07 as part of the Q&A Batch 24. The reasoning behind this was because it was difficult to make it easily readable in big battles when the Purifier had upgraded. Another reason is that this unit was way too targeted against the Zerg, since they have so many low hit point units, as opposed to other factions.
The Purifier was originally known as the Soul Hunter, but it was confirmed to have been renamed a short time after it was removed from the game.
Gallery
- General StarCraft II Shots
The model of the Purifier when it was called the Soul Hunter. |
 Concept art of the Purifier. |
Two Purifiers help defend a Protoss base. |
 The Purifier from a leaked PC Gamer video. |
| 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 | |
