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Revision as of 23:45, 11 April 2012

The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm which is no longer valid.

Replicants were protoss microscopic robots capable of fusing together to copy enemy units.[1] They were created by the protoss in the aftermath of the first phase of the Second Great War. After analyzing the battles they had taken part in, replicants were created to better improve their war machine.[3]

Game Unit

Replicants were floating ground units.[2] Apart from massive units,[1] they could replicate almost any unit type, including flying units and workers.[2] When they did so, they also managed to copy upgrades (e.g. cloaking), even if they had not been researched.[1] They could use their ability on any enemy unit on the map that was within a protoss player's line of sight. The drawback however, was that replicants were very expensive to create.[4]

The replicant's unit profile was expected to be similar to the phase prism.[5]

By April 2012, it had been canceled, as players stopped building certain units to keep replicants from copying them.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 LordBlackJack. 2011-10-21. Blizzcon 2011 : Protoss new units Starcraft 2 heart of the swarm. Youtube. Accessed 2011-10-22.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Rusher. 2011-10-26. ​A complete list of all multiplayer HOTS changes/additions, now that Blizzcon is over. Reddit. Accessed 2011-10-29.
  3. 2011-10-27, BlizzCon 2011: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm – Units and Abilities. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2011-11-06
  4. 2011-10-27, BlizzCon 2011: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm FAQ. Blizzplanet, accessed on 2011-11-06
  5. 2011-10-23, BlizzCon 2011 - Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm and Blizzard DOTA - Art & Technology Panel (Full). YouTube, accessed on 2011-11-07
  6. Dustin Browder. 2012-04-11. Developer Update: Heart of the Swarm Multiplayer - Starcraft II. Battle.net, accessed on 2012-04-11.