In the alternate timeline where Arcturus Mengsk survived the Second Great War, he deployed these missiles against the forces of Amon. With the use of full emergency powers, Mengsk could also utilize a bombardment of 20 to 40 tactical missiles followed by a nuclear missile.[1]
Game Effect[]
Tactical missiles are available to Arcturus Mengsk in Co-op Missions. They are built from royal academies , and are fired by Emperor's Shadows. They deal 150 damage to enemies in an area, and 350 to structures. They can be upgraded to have no cast time.
With the Nuclear Annihilation ability, Mengsk fires 20 tactical missiles (40 at Mengsk Level 13) in a target area, followed by a nuclear missile.
Tactical Missile Strike
Calls down a Tactical Missile Strike at a target location. Tactical Missiles take 4 seconds to land, but they deal up to 150 (+100 vs. structures) damage to enemies in a small radius.
Purchase charges at the Royal Academy.
Usage
Hotkey
N
Cost
4
Cooldown
90
Campaign Acquisition
Unlock
Initially available.
Acquisition
Required
Royal academy (Gain 1 additional charge per Academy)
Blankets a target area with a seemingly endless barrage of 20 Tactical Missiles, each dealing 150 (+100 vs structures) damage in a small area, followed by a Nuclear Missile, which deals 500 (+300 vs structures) damage in a large area.
Complete Annihilation: Increases the number of Tactical Missiles dropped by Nuclear Annihilation from 20 to 40.
Toxic Tyrant: Nuclear Annihilation is unavailable.
Usage
Hotkey
Ctrl+V
Cost
100
Cooldown
300
Notes
Mastery: +1.5 (+1 vs Structure) damage by Tactical Missiles and +5 (+3 vs Structure) damage by Nuclear Missiles per Terrible Damage mastery point. Up to a maximum 195 (+130 vs Structure) damage by Tactical Missiles and 650 (+390 vs Structure) damage by Nuclear Missile.