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Zealot

Unit

Race

Protoss

Role

Powerful melee warrior

Armament

Psi blades

Properties

Transport
capacity

2

Sight

9

Production

Build time

27

38 (28 warp gate cooldown) (Co-op Missions)

Produced from

Gateway/Warp gate

Movement

Speed

3.15 (4.72 with charge upgrade)

2.75 (Co-op Missions)

Acceleration

1000

Lateral
acceleration

46.0625

Deceleration

0

Collision radius

0.5

Protection

Shield
regen/second

2

Hit points

100

Armor

1

Type

Armor type

Light

Psi blades

Damage

8

Attacks

2

Targets

Ground

Range

0.1 (melee)

Upgrade/level

+1

Game Unit

Zealots are strong against units such as immortals, zerglings, and hydralisks, and weak against hellions, roaches, colossi, and banelings. Though they do a total of sixteen damage, their attack is treated as two attacks doing eight damage each. This means that all armor (and armor upgrades) are twice as effective against zealots. Their charge ability is autocast by default, but this can be turned off.

Versus

Upgrades and Abilities

Ground Weapons

+1 damage for zealots，sentrys and high templars
+1 base damage and +1 bonus damage for stalkers，colossus and adepts
+2 base damage and +3 bonus damage for immortals
+3 base damage and +1 bonus damage for archons
+5 damage for dark templars

Acquisition

Purchased from	Forge
Hotkey	G

Level 1

Cost	100 100 121.6

Level 2

Cost	150 150 144.6
Required	Twilight council

Level 3

Cost	200 200 167.9
Required	Twilight council

v • e

Ground Armor

Increases the armor of protoss ground units.

Acquisition

Purchased from	Forge
Hotkey	A

Level 1

Cost	100 100 121.6

Level 2

Cost	150 150 144.6
Required	Twilight council

Level 3

Cost	200 200 167.9
Required	Twilight council

v • e

Plasma Shields

+1 armor to shields per level.

Acquisition

Purchased from	Forge
Hotkey	S

Level 1

Cost	150 150 121.6

Level 2

Cost	200 200 144.6
Required	Twilight council

Level 3

Cost	250 250 167.9
Required	Twilight council

v • e

Charge

The zealot charges towards a target enemy unit or structure, boosting its speed to 8.47 for the duration. The zealot must have clear ground pathing to their target to reach it. Also increases the zealot's normal movement speed to 4.725

Usage

Hotkey	C
Range	4
Duration	2.5
Cooldown	7

Acquisition

Purchased from	Twilight council
Hotkey	C

Cost	100 100 100

v • e

Legacy of the Void

In the single-player campaign of Legacy of the Void, the player may choose between the Aiur zealot, centurion, or sentinel variants for their zealots.

In "The Spear of Adun," the base zealots the player controls use a modified unit model where their nerve cords have been removed.

Co-op Missions

Artanis, Vorazun, Karax, and Fenix have access to zealots in Co-op Missions. When they reach Level 4, Artanis's and Vorazun's zealots are automatically replaced with the Aiur zealot and centurion, respectively, and that unit's upgrades become available for research at the twilight council. Karax and Fenix start with sentinels and legionnaires respectively at level 1.

Artanis Upgrades and Abilities

Charge

Intercepts enemy ground units and increases movement speed by 3. Can be set to autocast.
Passive: Also increases the movement speed of Zealots from 2.75 to 3.

Valorous Inspirator: Increases the Charge's bonus movement speed from 3 to 6

Usage

Hotkey	C
Range	4
Duration	3.5
Cooldown	10

Campaign Acquisition

Unlock

Initially available

Acquisition

Purchased from	Twilight council
Hotkey	C

Cost	100 100 60

v • e

Protoss Ground Weapons

Increases the attack damage of protoss ground units.

Usage

Passive

Campaign Acquisition

Unlock

Initially available.

Acquisition

Purchased from	Forge
Hotkey	G

Level 1

Cost	100 100 160
Effect	Damage: 9

Level 2

Cost	150 150 190
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Damage: 10

Level 3

Cost	200 200 220
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Damage: 11

v • e

Protoss Ground Armor

Increases the armor of protoss ground units.

Usage

Passive

Campaign Acquisition

Unlock

Initially available.

Acquisition

Purchased from	Forge
Hotkey	A

Level 1

Cost	100 100 160
Effect	Armor: 2

Level 2

Cost	150 150 190
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Armor: 3

Level 3

Cost	200 200 220
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Armor: 4

v • e

Protoss Plasma Shields

Increases the shield armor of all protoss units and structures.

Usage

Passive

Campaign Acquisition

Unlock

Initially available.

Acquisition

Purchased from	Forge
Hotkey	A

Level 1

Cost	100 100 160
Effect	Shield armor: 1

Level 2

Cost	175 175 190
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Shield armor: 2

Level 3

Cost	250 250 220
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Shield armor: 3

v • e

Vorazun Upgrades and Abilities

Charge

Intercepts enemy ground units and increases movement speed by 3. Can be set to autocast.
Passive: Also increases the movement speed of Zealots from 2.75 to 3.

Usage

Hotkey	C
Range	4
Duration	3.5
Cooldown	10
Notes	At level 4, replaced by Shadow Charge.

Campaign Acquisition

Unlock

Initially available

Acquisition

Purchased from	Twilight council
Hotkey	C

Cost	100 100 60

v • e

Protoss Ground Weapons

Increases the attack damage of protoss ground units.

Usage

Passive

Campaign Acquisition

Unlock

Initially available.

Acquisition

Purchased from	Forge
Hotkey	G

Level 1

Cost	100 100 160
Effect	Damage: 9

Level 2

Cost	150 150 190
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Damage: 10

Level 3

Cost	200 200 220
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Damage: 11

v • e

Protoss Ground Armor

Increases the armor of protoss ground units.

Usage

Passive

Campaign Acquisition

Unlock

Initially available.

Acquisition

Purchased from	Forge
Hotkey	A

Level 1

Cost	100 100 160
Effect	Armor: 2

Level 2

Cost	150 150 190
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Armor: 3

Level 3

Cost	200 200 220
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Armor: 4

v • e

Protoss Plasma Shields

Increases the shield armor of all protoss units and structures.

Usage

Passive

Campaign Acquisition

Unlock

Initially available.

Acquisition

Purchased from	Forge
Hotkey	A

Level 1

Cost	100 100 160
Effect	Shield armor: 1

Level 2

Cost	175 175 190
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Shield armor: 2

Level 3

Cost	250 250 220
Required	Twilight council
Effect	Shield armor: 3

v • e

Quotations

See: StarCraft II Zealot Quotations

Development

Zealot SC2 DevGame2 — Early zealots with psi blades matching their team color

In the early stages of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the zealot was to be replaced by a ranged unit named the adept. However, this was dropped, as the team wanted to preserve the base identity of each race that players remembered.^[1] The adept would later be added in Legacy of the Void as its own unit.

The zealots in StarCraft II received a cosmetic overhaul from their predecessors, but their animations remained the same. Fans reacted negatively to psi-blades being color-correspondent in accordance with team color, but a compromise was never reached.^[2]

Glenn Rane pitched a concept where the zealot's psi-blade count would be increased to 4. However, this didn't make it through to the final game.^[2]

During the Legacy of the Void beta, the zealot's charge ability dealt 30 damage on impact. The developers agreed with gamer feedback that this was too high. In truth, the buff was unintentional, as it was the result of an internal bug where zealots were not always dealing damage on charge. The bug was dealt with before the release of the subsequent patch, but the developers forgot to double check how this affected the game. The buff was removed soon afterwards.^[3]

Achievements

Zealot Push
Points	10
Criteria	Warp in 5 zealots during the first 250 seconds of a single Melee game.
Notes
Use the nexus' Chrono Boost.
Edit

Zerglot
Points	10
Criteria	While playing as Zerg, warp in a Zealot in a Melee game.
Notes
The easiest way to do this is play as zerg vs a friend playing as protoss. Also possible is playing zerg with a protoss ally; the ally leaves the game and one can use his gateway to make a zealot. Alternatively, play against a easy or very easy protoss AI. Destroy all of the opponent's buildings except one, without hurting the probes. Use an infestor to infest a probe, and use it to build a nexus (and a pylon if there's time enough). From this nexus, build a probe, and warp in a pylon, then a gateway. Then construct a zealot.
Edit

Notes

A judicator zealot skin is available in multiplayer for players who reach level 30 with protoss. It bears the darker color scheme of the Tal'darim in the Heart of the Swarm mission Hand of Darkness.^[4]

Images

Concepts/Skins

Portraits

References

↑ Carpenter, Nick (w), Didier, Samwise (w), Metzen, Chris (w), The Art of Blizzard Entertainment (hardcover). Insight Editions, February 12, 2013. ISBN 1608-87027-8.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 2010, Starcraft 2: Protoss Zealot. Deviantart, accessed on 2011-07-20
↑ 2015-08-28, Community Feedback Update - August 28. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2015-09-11
↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Heart of the Swarm, Hand of Darkness (in English). 2013-03-12.

Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II

v • e

Versus units and structures

Infantry

Land mechanized

Air units

Basic buildings

Automated defenses

Advanced buildings

Campaign and
Co-op Missions
units and structures

Units

Automated defenses

Variant units

Melee Warrior
- Zealot (Aiur)
- Centurion (Nerazim)
- Sentinel (Purifier)

Ranged Warrior
- Adept (Purifier)
- Dragoon (Aiur)
- Stalker (Nerazim)

Cloaked Warrior
- Avenger (Aiur)
- Blood Hunter (Tal'darim)
- Dark templar (Nerazim)

Psionic Warrior
- Ascendant (Tal'darim)
- Dark archon (Nerazim)
- High templar (Aiur)

Robotic Assault
- Annihilator (Nerazim)
- Immortal (Aiur)
- Vanguard (Tal'darim)

Robotic Support
- Energizer (Purifier)
- Havoc (Tal'darim)
- Sentry (Aiur)

Robotic Siege
- Colossus (Purifier)
- Reaver (Aiur)
- Wrathwalker (Tal'darim)

Starfighter
- Corsair (Nerazim)
- Mirage (Purifier)
- Phoenix (Aiur)

Capital Ship
- Carrier (Aiur)
- Tal'darim Mothership
- Tempest (Purifier)

Assault Ship
- Arbiter (Aiur)
- Destroyer (Tal'darim)
- Void ray (Nerazim)

Canceled Protoss Units and Structures of StarCraft II v • e
Scrapped Removed units Arachnipod Defender Escort Mega archon Protoss artillery Purifier scout Replicant Signifier Skylord Skytalon Soul hunter/purifier Soul reaver Shadow archon Shaman Shuriken Stasis orb Tornado Twilight archon Void star Removed buildings Eye of Adun Observatory Phase cannon War beacon War shrine Warp beacon

[TAOBE-1] Carpenter, Nick (w), Didier, Samwise (w), Metzen, Chris (w), The Art of Blizzard Entertainment (hardcover). Insight Editions, February 12, 2013. ISBN 1608-87027-8.

[DeviZealot-2] 2.0 ^2.1 2010, Starcraft 2: Protoss Zealot. Deviantart, accessed on 2011-07-20

[3] 2015-08-28, Community Feedback Update - August 28. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2015-09-11

[SC2:HotS_HandDarkness-4] Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: Heart of the Swarm, Hand of Darkness (in English). 2013-03-12.

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 ==Game Unit==
-Zealots are [[damage type|strong]] against units such as [[immortal]]s, [[zergling]]s, and [[hydralisk]]s, and weak against [[hellion]]s, [[roach]]es, and [[baneling]]s. Though they do a total of sixteen damage, their attack is treated as two attacks doing eight damage each. This means that all armor (and armor upgrades) are twice as effective against zealots. Their charge ability is [[autocast]] by default, but this can be turned off.
+Zealots are [[damage type|strong]] against units such as [[immortal]]s, [[zergling]]s, and [[hydralisk]]s, and weak against [[hellion]]s, [[roach]]es, [[colossus|colossi]], and [[baneling]]s. Though they do a total of sixteen damage, their attack is treated as two attacks doing eight damage each. This means that all armor (and armor upgrades) are twice as effective against zealots. Their charge ability is [[autocast]] by default, but this can be turned off.
-Zealots are not as effective in late-game scenarios as of the introduction of the [[adept]].<ref>2015-05-11, [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/19085494/legacy-of-the-void-beta-balance-update-preview-may-11-5-11-2015 Legacy of the Void Beta: Balance Update Preview - May 11]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2015-05-21</ref>
 ===Versus===
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 [[Artanis (Co-op Missions)|Artanis]], [[Vorazun (Co-op Missions)|Vorazun]], [[Karax (Co-op Missions)|Karax]], and [[Fenix (Co-op Missions)|Fenix]] have access to zealots in ''[[Co-op Missions]]''. When they reach Level 4, Artanis's and Vorazun's zealots are automatically replaced with the [[Aiur zealot]] and [[centurion]], respectively, and that unit's upgrades become available for research at the [[twilight council]]. Karax and Fenix start with [[sentinel]]s and [[legionnaire]]s respectively at level 1.
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+|effect2='''Armor:''' 3
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+{{CoopProtossGroundWeapons|vorazun
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+|effect1='''Shield armor:''' 1
+|effect2='''Shield armor:''' 2
+|effect3='''Shield armor:''' 3
+}}
 ==Quotations==
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 ==Development==
 [[File:Zealot SC2 DevGame2.gif|thumb|Early zealots with psi blades matching their team color]]
+In the early stages of ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]'', the zealot was to be replaced by a ranged unit named the [[adept]]. However, this was dropped, as the team wanted to preserve the base identity of each race that players remembered.<ref name="TAOBE">Carpenter, Nick (w), Didier, Samwise (w), Metzen, Chris (w), ''[[The Art of Blizzard Entertainment]]'' (hardcover). Insight Editions, February 12, 2013. ISBN 1608-87027-8.</ref> The adept would later be added in ''[[Legacy of the Void]]'' as its own unit.
-The zealots in ''StarCraft II'' received a cosmetic overhaul from their predecessors, but their animations remained the same. Fans reacted negatively to [[psi-blade]]s being color-correspondent in accordance with team color, but a compromise was never reached.<ref name = "DeviZealot">2010, [http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=gallery:phillgonzo/11039907&order=9&offset=48#/d332r0d Starcraft 2: Protoss Zealot]. ''Deviantart'', accessed on 2011-07-20</ref>
+The zealots in ''StarCraft II'' received a cosmetic overhaul from their predecessors, but their animations remained the same. Fans reacted negatively to [[psi-blade]]s being color-correspondent in accordance with team color, but a compromise was never reached.<ref name="DeviZealot">2010, [https://www.deviantart.com/phillgonzo/art/Starcraft-2-Protoss-Zealot-186565693?comment=1%3A186565693%3A2065248188&offset=10#comments Starcraft 2: Protoss Zealot]. ''Deviantart'', accessed on 2011-07-20</ref>
-[[Glenn Rane]] pitched a concept where the zealot's psi-blade count would be increased to 4. However, this didn't make it through to the final game.<ref name="DeviZealot"/>
+[[Glenn Rane]] pitched a concept where the zealot's psi-blade count would be increased to 4. However, this didn't make it through to the final game.<ref name="DeviZealot" />
 During the [[Legacy of the Void beta|''Legacy of the Void'' beta]], the zealot's charge ability dealt 30 damage on impact. The developers agreed with gamer feedback that this was too high. In truth, the buff was unintentional, as it was the result of an internal bug where zealots were not always dealing damage on charge. The bug was dealt with before the release of the subsequent patch, but the developers forgot to double check how this affected the game. The buff was removed soon afterwards.<ref>2015-08-28, [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/18704214130#1 Community Feedback Update - August 28]. ''Blizzard Entertainment'', accessed on 2015-09-11</ref>
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 ==Notes==
-A judicator zealot skin is available in multiplayer for players who reach level 30 with protoss. It bears the darker color scheme of the [[Tal'darim]] in the ''[[Heart of the Swarm]]'' mission ''[[Hand of Darkness]]''.<ref name="SC2:HotS_HandDarkness">Blizzard Entertainment. ''[[StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm]].'' (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: ''[[Heart of the Swarm]]'', [[Hand of Darkness]] (in English). 2013-03-12.</ref>
+A judicator zealot skin is available in multiplayer for players who reach level 30 with protoss. It bears the darker color scheme of the [[Tal'darim]] in the ''[[Heart of the Swarm]]'' mission ''[[Hand of Darkness]]''.<ref name="SC2:HotS_HandDarkness">Blizzard Entertainment. ''[[StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm]]''. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Mission: ''[[Heart of the Swarm]]'', [[Hand of Darkness]] (in English). 2013-03-12.</ref>
 ==Images==
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 File:PurifierZealot SC2SkinImage.jpg|[[Purifier]] zealot
 File:GoldenZealot Skin Game1.jpg|[[Golden Age]] zealot
+File:IhanriiZealot SC2SkinImage.JPG|[[Ihan-rii (protoss)|Ihan-rii]] zealot
+File:ClassicZealot SC2SkinImage.JPG|[[StarCraft|Classic]] zealot
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 File:Zealot SC2-LotV Head4.jpg|[[Purifier]] zealot portrait
 File:Zealot LotV Head6.jpg|[[Golden Age]] zealot portrait
+File:IhanriiZealotPortrait SC2SkinImage.JPG|[[Ihan-rii]] zealot portrait
+File:ClassicZealotPortrait SC2SkinImage.JPG|[[StarCraft: Remastered|Classic]] zealot portrait
 </gallery>