Warhound

The warhound is a terran walker. It was developed after the first phase of the Second Great War after analysis of the battles fought, in order to better improve the terran war machine.

Game Unit
The warhound is a factory-produced unit.

Haywire Missiles
The warhound is equipped with powerful long-range haywire missiles which deal 30 damage to mechanical units. The ability is autocast and has a 6 second cooldown.

These missiles are in addition to its regular anti-ground attack.

The rationale behind the missiles is to provide a new dynamic in terran vs. terran multiplayer games, in order to make it easier for players to break siege tank lines.

Comparisons to the Thor
The warhound is like the thor in some respects, but is faster and more nimble. However, it is not as heavily armored and its anti-air attacks have a reduced range.

Blizzard believes the warhound too closely resembles a small thor, and doesn't give players enough new strategies.

Other Descriptions
The warhound's unit portrait will depict a surly, military commander figure&mdash;akin to a toned down version of the 's unit portrait.

Development
The warhound was originally called the "merc commander."

It did splash damage to air targets.