Arbiter (StarCraft)

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"Warp fields stabilized."

- Arbiter pilot^(src)

Arbiter
Unit
Race	Protoss
Affiliation	Khalai
Role	Psionic Assault Warship
Armament	Phase disruptor cannon
Properties
Maximum energy	200 (init. 50)
Size	Large
Sight	9
Production
Minerals	100
Gas	350
Psi	4
Build time	160
Produced from	Stargate
Requires	Arbiter tribunal
Hotkey	A
Movement
Speed	5
Protection
Shields	150
Hit points	200
Armor	1
Combat
Ground attack	10
Air attack	10
Cooldown	45
Attack range	5

Unit profile (StarCraft: Remastered)

The arbiter is a high cost offensive-support psionic unit. It relies allied escorts, a fairly high shield and hit point strength to survive the front-lines, rather than its low powered direct attack.

The cloaking field passive ability cloaks all nearby friendly units, but not itself. A popular strategy is to attach arbiters and observers to a carrier/corsair group. The carriers/corsairs attack from under the cloak, and ward off attacks on the uncloaked arbiters.

The stasis ability can cut an enemy attack wave in half, allowing allied forces to eliminate foes in smaller, more manageable groups. A popular strategy is to use stasis to disable high threat units, like siege-tanks or devourers, while destroying weaker enemies.

The recall ability offers a powerful means of strategic movement. Arbiters may use recall to teleport allied forces into an enemy base, circumventing any defenses.

Abilities

Cloaking Field

The Arbiter cloaks all nearby friendly units except for Arbiters. The cloak is disabled under Lockdown.

Usage
Range 5 Duration Constant

Arbiter: Recall

The Arbiter teleports a group of friendly units in a 5 x 5 area to its location. Note that burrowed zerg units are immune to this ability, but siege tanks in siege mode can be recalled.

Usage
Hotkey R Cost 150

Acquisition
Purchased from Arbiter tribunal Hotkey R Cost 150 150 120

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Stasis Field

The Arbiter can prevent units in a targeted area (3 x 3) from moving, attacking, or using special abilities. Trapped units may not be attacked or affected by special abilities.

Usage
Hotkey T Cost 100 Range 9 Duration Approximately 40 seconds

Acquisition
Purchased from Arbiter tribunal Hotkey S Cost 150 150 100

Upgrades

Air Weapons

• +1 bonus to attack per level for scout ground attack, arbiters, carrier interceptors, corsair air attack, and scout air attack.

Acquisition
Purchased from Cybernetics core Hotkey W Level 1 Cost 100 100 267 Level 2 Cost 175 175 300 Required Fleet beacon Level 3 Cost 250 250 333 Required Fleet beacon

Air Armor

• +1 bonus to armor per level for shuttles, scouts, arbiters, carriers, interceptors, observers and corsairs.

Acquisition
Purchased from Cybernetics core Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 150 150 267 Level 2 Cost 225 225 300 Required Fleet beacon Level 3 Cost 300 300 333 Required Fleet beacon

Plasma Shields

• +1 armor bonus to shields per level for all units and structures.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey S Level 1 Cost 200 200 267 Level 2 Cost 300 300 300 Required Cybernetics core Level 3 Cost 400 400 333 Required Cybernetics core

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Khaydarin Core

• Increases maximum Arbiter energy by 50.
• Increases arbiter starting energy from 50 to 62.

Acquisition
Purchased from Arbiter tribunal Hotkey K Cost 150 150 166

Quotations

Wireframe

For StarCraft in-game quotations see: StarCraft Arbiter Quotations.

References

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft/Brood War v • e

Ground units Probe Zealot Dragoon Reaver High templar Archon Dark templar (BW) Dark archon (BW) Air units Shuttle Scout Arbiter Carrier Interceptor Observer Corsair (BW) Basic buildings Nexus Assimilator Pylon Gateway Forge Shield battery Cybernetics core Photon cannon Advanced buildings Robotics facility Stargate Citadel of Adun Robotics support bay Fleet beacon Templar archives Observatory Arbiter tribunal Canceled buildings Maintenance bay