Hellbat

The hellbat, formerly called the battle hellion, is a transforming terran vehicle based on the hellion.

By the second phase of the Second Great War, the Terran Dominion developed a special robotic upgrade for the hellion. The battle mode's heat shielding expands and reforms to protect both the robot and the driver.

Game Unit
The hellbat is produced directly from the factory with an armory requirement. The factory can also produce the hellion directly.

In comparison to the hellion, the hellbat's attack has a shorter, but stronger and wider flame. It is slower than its counterpart, but also tougher. While the hellion is mechanical, the hellbat is both biological and mechanical, and can both be repaired and healed.

The hellbat is an effective counter unit to massed (charging) zealots. Its attack is effective against groups of light units such as zerglings, zealots, hydralisks, marines and some short-range armored units such as the roach. Being biological and a slow mover makes it easily kited&mdash;it is weak against the archon, stalker, marauder, and baneling.

Abilities

 * Hellion Mode (E): With the Transformation Servos upgrade, a hellbat can transform into a hellion. The transformation takes 4 seconds.

Quotations

 * ''See: StarCraft II Hellbat Quotations