Elite marine

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Elite Marine
Unit
Race	Terran
Affiliation	Terran Dominion Covert Ops Crew
Base unit	Marine
Role	Light infantry
Armament	C-14 Gauss Rifle
Properties
Transportcapacity	1
Sight	10 (12 with Laser Targeting System)
Production
Minerals	125 (individual unit) 600 (for 4)
Supply	1 (individual unit) 4 (for 4)
Build time	Basic: 3 (300 charge cooldown) With Soldier of Fortune: 3 (150 charge cooldown) (when Barracks build 1st) 3 (600 charge cooldown) (when Barracks build 2nd or 3rd)
Produced from	Barracks
Hotkey	A
Movement
Speed	2.25
Protection
Hit points	150
Hit pointregen/second	0 (2 while Super Stimpack is active) Mastery: +0.2 health per second per Combat Unit Life Regeneration mastery point. Up to a maximum 6 (when in out combat for 10 seconds)
Armor	0
Type	Biological Ground
Armor type	Light
C-14 Gauss Rifle
Damage	9
Targets	Ground Air
Cooldown	0.8608 Mastery: +0.5% per Unit Attack Speed mastery point. Up to a maximum 0.75
Range	5 (6 with Laser Targeting System)
Upgrade/level	+1

Elite marines are special forces marines employed by Nova in Co-op Missions. They replace the standard marine.

Game Unit

Elite marines deploy in teams of four from Nova's barracks for a cost of 600 minerals. Compared to normal marines they have over 300% HP and deal 150% damage. Instead of a killcount rank they have an individual name and the listed rank of corporal.

Abilities

Super Stimpack

Increases elite marines movement and attack speed by 50% and heals them 2 life a second for 15 seconds. Can be set to autocast.

Usage
Hotkey T Duration 15 Cooldown 15

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Reach Nova Level 4

Acquisition
Purchased from Tech lab attached to barracks Hotkey T Basic Cost 150 150 90 Required Engineering bay With Research and Development Cost 75 75 45 Required Engineering bay

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Upgrades

Laser Targeting

Increases elite marines vision by 2 and attack range by 1.

Usage
Hotkey T

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available

Acquisition
Purchased from Tech lab attached to barracks Hotkey C Basic Cost 100 100 60 With Research and Development Cost 50 50 30

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Terran Infantry Weapons

Increases the attack damage of terran infantry.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay Hotkey E Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Damage: 10 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Effect Damage: 11 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Effect Damage: 12

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Terran Infantry Armor

Increases the armor of terran infantry.

Usage
Passive

Campaign Acquisition
Unlock Initially available.

Acquisition
Purchased from Engineering bay Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 160 Effect Armor: 1 Level 2 Cost 175 175 190 Effect Armor: 2 Level 3 Cost 250 250 220 Effect Armor: 3

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Development

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II which is no longer valid.

Elite marines were intended to be Kel-Morian Combine mercenaries in the Wings of Liberty campaign.

By the time Wings of Liberty was released, elite marines had been replaced by War Pig elite marines.