StarCraft® II

Born with incredible psionic potential, these individuals are recruited, quarantined, and put into training by the government from childhood. Ghosts learn to channel their psionic energies to augment their natural physical strength and endurance. They are rightly feared for their preternatural sniping ability with the C-10 Canister Rifle and their advanced stealth maneuvering. Ghosts can be equipped with psionically powered Personal Cloaking devices that allow them to become virtually undetectable by enemies without specialized sensory equipment.

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Unit Statistics

3D Model

Basic information

Race:	Terran
Life:	100
Energy:	200 Starting: 50 Regeneration: 0.562
Armor:	0 (3)
Movement:	Normal Acceleration: 1000 Turn Rate: 999.844
Cargo Size:	2
Attributes:	Biological - Psionic

Production

Producer:	Barracks
Hotkey:	G
Requires:	Tech Lab, Ghost Academy
Cost:	200 100
Supply:	2
Build time:	40

Combat

Upgrades:	Terran Infantry Weapons Level 1 Upgrades the damage dealt by infantry units. Hotkey: E Cost: 100 100 Build time: 160 Terran Infantry Weapons Level 2 Further upgrades the damage dealt by infantry units. Hotkey: E Cost: 175 175 Build time: 190 Terran Infantry Weapons Level 3 Maximizes the damage dealt by infantry units. Hotkey: E Cost: 250 250 Build time: 220 Terran Infantry Armor Level 1 Upgrades the armor of infantry units. Hotkey: A Cost: 100 100 Build time: 160 Terran Infantry Armor Level 2 Further upgrades the armor of infantry units. Hotkey: A Cost: 175 175 Build time: 190 Terran Infantry Armor Level 3 Maximizes the armor of infantry units. Hotkey: A Cost: 250 250 Build time: 220 Personal Cloaking Enables Ghosts to use the Cloak ability. Cloak renders a unit invisible to enemies unless it’s revealed by detectors or effects. Hotkey: C Cost: 150 150 Build time: 120 Moebius Reactor Increases the starting energy of Ghosts by 25. Hotkey: M Cost: 100 100 Build time: 80
Weapon:	C-10 Canister Rifle Target: Any Range: 6 Speed: Normal Type: Normal (Ranged) Damage: 10 (13) Bonus: Light +10 (10)
Ability:	Cloak Cloaks the unit, preventing enemy units from seeing or attacking it. A cloaked unit will only be revealed by detectors or effects. Drains 0.9 energy per second. Hotkey: C Requires: Personal Cloaking Energy: 25 Sniper Round A careful shot, dealing 25 (50 vs. Psionic) damage. Ignores armor. Can only target biological units. Hotkey: R Energy: 25 Duration: 1 Tac Nuke Strike Calls down a Nuclear Strike at a target location. Nukes take 20 seconds to land, but they deal up to 300 (+200 vs. structures) damage in a large radius. Hotkey: N Hold Fire Orders selected units to holster their weapons and avoid engaging enemies, unless given a direct command. Units holding fire will flee if attacked. Hotkey: F EMP Round Creates an electromagnetic pulse that does 100 damage to shields and energy of all units in the targeted area. Cloaked units hit by EMP are revealed for a short time. Hotkey: E Energy: 75 Duration: 0 Weapons Free Orders selected units to fire at will. They will engage enemy units within range and chase them as normal. Hotkey: G

3D Model

Basic information

Race:	Terran
Life:	100
Energy:	200 Starting: 50 Regeneration: 0.562
Armor:	0 (3)
Movement:	Normal Acceleration: 1000 Turn Rate: 999.844
Cargo Size:	2
Attributes:	Biological - Psionic

Production

Producer:	Barracks
Hotkey:	G
Requires:	Tech Lab, Ghost Academy
Cost:	200 100
Supply:	2
Build time:	40

Combat

Upgrades:	Terran Infantry Weapons Level 1 Upgrades the damage dealt by infantry units. Hotkey: E Cost: 100 100 Build time: 160 Terran Infantry Weapons Level 2 Further upgrades the damage dealt by infantry units. Hotkey: E Cost: 175 175 Build time: 190 Terran Infantry Weapons Level 3 Maximizes the damage dealt by infantry units. Hotkey: E Cost: 250 250 Build time: 220 Terran Infantry Armor Level 1 Upgrades the armor of infantry units. Hotkey: A Cost: 100 100 Build time: 160 Terran Infantry Armor Level 2 Further upgrades the armor of infantry units. Hotkey: A Cost: 175 175 Build time: 190 Terran Infantry Armor Level 3 Maximizes the armor of infantry units. Hotkey: A Cost: 250 250 Build time: 220 Personal Cloaking Enables Ghosts to use the Cloak ability. Cloak renders a unit invisible to enemies unless it’s revealed by detectors or effects. Hotkey: C Cost: 150 150 Build time: 120 Moebius Reactor Increases the starting energy of Ghosts by 25. Hotkey: M Cost: 100 100 Build time: 80
Weapon:	C-10 Canister Rifle Target: Any Range: 6 Speed: Normal Type: Normal (Ranged) Damage: 10 (13) Bonus: Light +10 (10)
Ability:	Cloak Cloaks the unit, preventing enemy units from seeing or attacking it. A cloaked unit will only be revealed by detectors or effects. Drains 0.9 energy per second. Hotkey: C Requires: Personal Cloaking Energy: 25 Sniper Round A careful shot, dealing 25 (50 vs. Psionic) damage. Ignores armor. Can only target biological units. Hotkey: R Energy: 25 Duration: 1 Tac Nuke Strike Calls down a Nuclear Strike at a target location. Nukes take 20 seconds to land, but they deal up to 300 (+200 vs. structures) damage in a large radius. Hotkey: N Hold Fire Orders selected units to holster their weapons and avoid engaging enemies, unless given a direct command. Units holding fire will flee if attacked. Hotkey: F EMP Round Creates an electromagnetic pulse that does 100 damage to shields and energy of all units in the targeted area. Cloaked units hit by EMP are revealed for a short time. Hotkey: E Energy: 75 Duration: 0 Weapons Free Orders selected units to fire at will. They will engage enemy units within range and chase them as normal. Hotkey: G

Field Manual

Special ops unit that can attack both air and ground targets.
Can eliminate biological targets using high-caliber Sniper rounds.
Their EMP rounds allow them to wipe energy reserves from enemy units, or deal damage to protoss shields. If you hit cloaked units with these, they will be revealed for a few seconds.
Authorized to call in nuclear strikes.
Use them to support your troops in battle, create diversions, or take out key units/structures.
Can go inside bunkers for protection and a range increase.

Strong Against

Weak Against

Ghost Academy Upgrades

Personnel Cloaking: Allows Ghosts to become invisible.
Moebius Reactor: Increases the starting energy of Ghosts by 25.
Arm Silo With Nuke: Builds a tactical nuclear missile.

Countermeasures

VS Terran

Build Missile Turrets and deploy Siege Tanks in key positions around your base. Remember to add your Orbital Command to a control group to have fast access to its Scanner Sweep ability.
Shoot an EMP round at the area where you suspect the enemy Ghost is hiding. If you can see him, send some Sniper rounds his way.
Use high-damage units to kill them quickly.

VS Zerg

Create a few Overseers or build Spore Crawlers in key spots around your base.
Spawn an Infestor and use its Fungal Growth ability on the area where you suspect the Ghost is. This will make him visible. If you can see him, Neural Parasite also does the trick.
Use high-damage units to kill them quickly.
Bring multiple Overseers to deal with cloaked ghosts, as they can easily snipe down one or two Overseers.

VS Protoss

Get Observers or build Photon Cannons around your base.
Have your High Templar cast a Psi Storm on the area where you suspect the Ghost is spotting the nuke calldown. If you can see him, use Feedback.
Use the Phoenix Graviton Beam to lift the Ghost and cancel the nuke calldown.

Terran
Zerg
Protoss

* Requires Heart of the Swarm expansion pack

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