Mothership (Tal'darim)

The mothership is a unit available in the single-player campaign of StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. It is a variant of the mothership normally available to players in melee play.

Overview
The Tal'darim Alarak brought the Tal'darim's motherships to join the Daelaam after Alarak defeated Ma'lash in Rak'shir to become the new Tal'darim Highlord. The motherships were recognized by Rohana as highly modified from the Daelaam's motherships, with a focus on the total destruction of the Tal'darim's enemies.

Game Unit
The mothership is the Tal'darim faction choice for the capital ship class, the third choice with the and tempest. As in the multiplayer, only one mothership can be active at a time.

The mothership is a terrifically powerful offensive vessel; it can attack while moving and its base attack does very high damage, enough to kill many enemies in one shot. Its Black Hole ability functions differently from the normal mothership, keeping units on the map in a stunned state so they may still be attacked, and its Thermal Lance does 200 damage to all enemy ground units in a line leading away from the mothership. It also has access to Blink, which makes it easier to quickly engage enemies or retreat from battle.

The mothership is a very powerful weapon, but should be used in tandem with other enemies, as it is easily overwhelmed with superior numbers, especially air units which its Thermal Lance cannot damage. It also costs a significant investment of resources to deploy, but is substantially cheaper than a fleet of carriers or tempests.