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Battlecruiser

	Health: 500 Armor: 3 Ground Attack: 25 Ground Attack Type: Normal Air Attack: 25 Air Attack Type: Normal Minerals: 400 Source: Starport	Shields: None Armor Type: Heavy Ground Attack Upgrade: 3 Ground Attack Range: 6 Air Attack Upgrade: 3 Air Attack Range: 6 Vespene Gas: 300 Requirements: Control Tower, Physics Lab	Vision: 11 Unit Type: Mechanical Ground Attack Speed: 2 Ground Attack Splash: No Air Attack Speed: 2 Air Attack Splash: No Build Time: 133 Supplies: 6

Overview

The Battlecruiser is the Terran capital ship and probably the most powerful unit in the game. It is definately quite costly in resources, but you will get what you paid for. A high health unit with heavy armor and a powerful burst attack. The only drawback is the ship is fairly slow.

Battlecruisers really have very little to fear so long as the remain somewhat spread out. A dozen Battlecruisers is difficult for any race to stop, even the Scourge that are designed to take out large ships get one shotted. However, a careless player can see his army fall mighty fast if he doesn't watch out for his surroundings. The main thing to look out for is a High Templar about to use Psi Storm or a Defiler about to use Plague. If the units are seen, it can be difficult to kill it before it casts the spell so spread out so only a few Battlecruisers get hit.

Abilities

Yamato Gun

Source: Physics Lab
Minerals: 100
Vespene Gas: 100
Research Time: 120
Mana: 150
Range: 10

The Yamato Gun is a powerful charge that deals considerable damage to a single target and has a range of 10. When used it takes a few seconds to build up the charge, so it best to use outside of combat as an opening attack. It will deal about 260 damage to the target instantly killing it or leaving it greatly injured. If the target is destroyed during the charge up process, the mana will not be refunded.

This attack is great for taking out defensive structures in a single blow such as Missile Turrets and Photon Cannons. It is also used to take out enemy casters such as Queens or Dark Archons since they tend to stay behind enemy lines. Another tactic is to take several Battlecruisers and Yamato the enemy Nexus or Hatchery forcing the enemy to rebuild its HQ and greatly crippling its resource income for a few minutes.

Upgrades

Colossus Reactor

Source: Physics Lab
Minerals: 150
Vespene Gas: 150
Research Time: 166

This upgrade will increase the Battlecruiser's maximum mana by 50. It isn't all that important because a Battlecruiser will still only be able to use one Yamato Cannon during a fight.

Tactics

Weaknesses Scout Devourer	------------------------------------------------ Ghost	Strengths Marine Hydralisk Scourge Carrier	------------------------------------------------ Valkyrie Mutalisk Corsair

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