A ghost without the Ocular Implant upgrade must paint the target within the blast radius the ghost must flee immediately when the missile arrives or be killed.īattlecruiser ability. If the ghost carries out any other actions before the missile arrives the strike is terminated and the missile lost. The ghost's Nuclear Strike ability paints the point of impact from a distance with a red dot visible to all players. Units within the area of effect are dealt reduced splash damage. The missile deals 500 damage, or damage equivalent to 2/3rds of a unit's maximum HP, to objects at the point of impact. Particularly effective against protoss units and buildings, especially archons. Completely drains the energy and shield points of all units caught in the area of effect. Buildings lose 1 HP per second once their HP bar turns red and are destroyed unless repaired
Forces need preparation prior to combat to be most effective marines with stimpacks, siege tanks in siege mode, missile turret and bunker construction, spider mine laying, etc.
Command centers may be flown to establish expansions rather than sending SCVs
