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"All right, bring it on!"

- Terran vulture(src)

The vulture is a terran skirmish unit in StarCraft. It was voiced by Bill Roper.

Overview[]

When upgraded with Ion Thrusters, Vultures are the fastest moving unit in the game. This makes them ideal for scouting. Their high-damage concussive attack is most effective against small-sized ground units: combatants such as zerglings, zealots, marines, and firebats; deadly spellcasters such as high templar and defilers; and the worker units of each race. Hit-and-run attacks should be used to compensate for their lack of durability. With the patrol command and firing backwards, vultures can fire even while moving.

In terran vs protoss matches, vultures are vital with their mines which can severely injure high-hit point protoss units and impede their army movement. They provide good cover fire for the slower siege tanks. Spider mines also fill a harassment role very well against both zerg and protoss.

Vultures cannot attack air units. Unlike most ground units (the worker units being the exception), Vultures hover, and as such do not trigger spider mines laid by an opponent's vultures.

Vultures become available in to the player in the campaign with the mission "Desperate Alliance" in Episode 1 and in "First Strike" in Episode V.

Abilities[]

Gives each vulture three spider mines. Vultures cannot replenish their supply of mines once expended. New mines may only be created with new vultures.

Mines burrow where deployed and are not player-controllable. Each mine causes 125 damage and has 20 hit points. Mines do not benefit from any upgrades. Air and hovering ground units do not activate mines. Mines can sense and attack nearby cloaked ground units such as ghosts or dark templar even without the aid of a detector. They will not, however, reveal cloaked enemy units. It is possible for ranged units to pick out the mines before being hit.

Usage
Hotkey I
Range 3
Acquisition
Purchased from Machine shop
Hotkey M
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 80seconds
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Upgrades[]

  • +1 bonus to goliath ground attack per level
  • +4 to goliath air attack per level (+2 per missile)
  • +2 to vulture attack per level
  • +3 to siege tank tank mode attack per level
  • +5 for siege tank siege mode attack per level
Acquisition
Purchased from Armory
Hotkey W
Level 1Level 1
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 267seconds
Level 2
Cost 175 Minerals 175 Vespene gas 300seconds
Required Science facility
Level 3
Cost 250 Minerals 250 Vespene gas 333seconds
Required Science facility
Acquisition
Purchased from Armory
Hotkey P
Level 1
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 267seconds
Level 2
Cost 175 Minerals 175 Vespene gas 300seconds
Required Science facility
Level 3
Cost 250 Minerals 250 Vespene gas 333seconds
Required Science facility
  • Increase vulture movement speed.
Acquisition
Purchased from Machine shop
Hotkey I
Cost 100 Minerals 100 Vespene gas 80seconds

Vulture Heroes[]

Quotations[]

Quotes
Trained
Selected Confirming order
Repeatedly selected
Other lines
Abilities


Development[]

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StarEdit files reveal a number of "Merc biker" units— the concept seems to be similar to that of the vulture.[1]


Images[]

References[]

  1. Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft Map Editor. (Blizzard Entertainment) (in English). March 31, 1998
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