Firebat

Firebat is a unit equipped with flamethrowers and powered armor that's heavier than the standard Marine armor.

General Information

 * The Terran Firebat is a unit in StarCraft, a computer simulated real-time strategy game made by Blizzard Entertainment.
 * A Firebat costs 50 minerals, 25 gas, and 1 food supply in game.
 * A Firebat has 50 hit points, and is protected by 1 base armour.
 * A Firebat is able to use the special ability stimpack once it is researched, which will increase his attack and movement speed at a cost of 10 hit points.
 * A Firebat does ground-to-ground area effected (also known as splash) damage that causes 16 damage to other ground units at a short range.

Using Firebats in Game
With his powerful plasma-based Perdition flamethrowers, a firebat is excellent in tasks of eradicating small ground troops such as Zerglings, Probes, SCVs, and Drones. In addition, Firebats can attack under Dark Swarm. However, Firebats are not advised when facing ranged units such as Hydralisks, Protoss Dragoons, or Marines; any air units are able to eradicate Firebats with ease due to the Firebat's lack of an anti-air attack; any ground units with the heavy armour type also pose a considerable threat to Firebats.

Due to the Firebat's many unit counters, Firebats should not be used as a major assault troop. Firebats are best used in a mix of Marines and Medics. A good mix of Firebats, Marines, and Medics can cause massive damage to the Zerg swarm, and the Zerg player will be forced into making Lurkers, which counter Terran infantry.

Famous Firebats

 * Gui Montag
 * Bud Morris

External News

 * Firebat Armored Assault Trooper Battle.net StarCraft Compendium's offial strategy page about Firebats.