Probe (StarCraft)

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Probe
Unit
Race	Protoss
Affiliation	Khalai
Role	Robotic Worker Resource Collector
Armament	Particle beam
Properties
Size	Small
Sight	8
Production
Minerals	50
Psi	1
Build time	20
Produced from	Nexus
Hotkey	P
Movement
Speed	5
Protection
Shields	20
Hit points	20
Armor	0
Combat
Ground attack	5
Cooldown	22
Attack range	1

Probes are the protoss worker unit in StarCraft. Its vocalizations were made using the voice of Jason Hayes.

Overview

Probes construct buildings by starting the building's warp-in process. After that point the building "constructs" by itself and the probe is free to leave and pursue other activities. This is unlike the SCV and drone which are fully occupied when constructing buildings. Like other workers, probes float and do not trigger spider mines.

Some protoss early game rush strategies feature probes constructing pylons and photon cannons near or in an enemy base, known as cannon rushing. Probes may also warp in assimilators to frustrate an enemy's vespene gathering efforts.

Probes are more fragile than SCVs. However, they have faster acceleration than drones and greater attack range than SCVs, giving protoss players an edge in worker harassment, particularly versus terran SCVs, which have the shortest attack range of the three. Probes also have a sight range of 8, while the drone and SCV have a sight range of 7, allowing the probe to scout easier than its counterparts and see them without being seen itself.

Abilities

Worker Abilities

The probe warps in structures and harvests minerals and vespene gas.

Upgrades

Ground Armor

• +1 bonus to armor per level for probes, zealots, dragoons, reavers, high templar, dark templar, archons, and dark archons.

Acquisition
Purchased from Forge Hotkey A Level 1 Cost 100 100 267 Level 2 Cost 175 175 300 Required Templar archives Level 3 Cost 250 250 333 Required Templar archives

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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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Quotations

Quotes
Trained
Trained.
Selected	Confirming order
Selected 1. Selected 2. Selected 3. Selected 4.	Confirm 1. Confirm 2. Confirm 3. Confirm 4.
Repeatedly selected
"Yeah?" "What do you need?" (beep beep) "No." "Never mind."
Other lines
Attack 1. Attack 2. Death. Error 1. Error 2. Mine.

Notes

• A StarCraft II "Classic" skin modeled after the StarCraft probe is available for those who purchased the physical or virtual ticket for BlizzCon 2018, and is currently available for purchase.

Images

Unit wireframe

Remastered unit wireframe

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