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Nullifier
From StarCraftWiki
Nullifiers are Protoss' Tier 1.5 mechanical casters that have an array of abilities, and are quite useful in gameplay.
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[edit] Background
| StarCraft II Unit [e] | |
|---|---|
| |
| Nullifier | |
| Race: | Protoss |
| Role: | Ground Support |
| Unit Statistics | |
| Size: | Small |
| Type: | Mechanical |
| Speed: | x |
| Transport Slots: | x |
| Hit Points: | 40 |
| Plasma Shields: | 40 |
| Energy Points: | 200 |
| Offence | |
| Armament: | Force Beam |
| Ground Attack: | 5 |
| Air Attack: | 5 |
| Range: | 5 |
| Defence | |
| Armor: | Light (1) |
| Sight: | x |
| Cooldown: | x |
| Special Abilities | |
| Creates a invincible and impassable globe at the target area or unit lasting for 15 seconds. |
| Creates two copies of target unit under player's control. Units can attack but not deal damage or use special abilities. |
| Caster fires a psionic projectile that bounces between units of the same type for multiple hits, dealing damage. |
| Production | |
| Hotkey: | N |
| Supply: |  2
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| Resources: |  50  150
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| Build Time: | 42 |
| Produced by: | Gateway |
| Prerequisite: | Cybernetics Core |
Not much is known about the lore behind the Nullifier yet, but it must be relatively revolutionizing, since this is the first time we can see a fully robotic unit using advanced psionic abilities. The Protoss must have perfected their synthetic production of psionic energies when creating the Nullifier, and made them relatively easy to produce as well.
It probably works very similar to the Warp Prism, which uses a psionic manufacturing processes, to create a Robotic Mind whose programming is built into the molecules of an advanced crystal lattice. This "crystal computer" is able to manipulate matter and energy with a precision no ordinary organic mind could comprehend.
[edit] Game Unit
The Nullfier is a new Protoss addition to the StarCraft universe for StarCraft II. It is a caster unit with relatively weak offensive abilities.
[edit] StarCraft II Nullifier
The Nullifier is an early support caster with several useful abilities to aid the Protoss in combat.
Force Field is a simple spell that creates an impassible and invincible hexagonal globe at the target area or unit. This globe lasts for 15 seconds and can be used to create artificial choke points or walls to stop or separate the enemy army. Ranged units, such as the Stalker and Immortal can also use these walls to safely attack melee opponents without fear of reprisals. They can also be combined with the Stalkers Blink to teleport over a wall of Force Fields and kite enemy units such as the Zergling.
Hallucination has been changed slightly for the Nullifier to make it more useful early game and provide more strategic options for the caster. Instead of simply creating two duplicates of the target unit (like in the original StarCraft), the Nullifier will be able to manually select which units to "create" even if the technology to warp them to the battlefield is not yet available. This allows the Nullifier to create a duplicate army of hallucinations that can distract the enemy or mix in with the current army to give the illusion of a larger force.
The final ability, Molecular Displacement, is the only offensive skill that deals damage to the target. When cast, a psionic projectile is sent to the target that bounces between units of the same type for up to a maximum of 10 hits. It is particularly useful at taking out groups of the same units with low HP, or weakening an incoming force by targeting key units.
[edit] Abilities
[edit] Upgrades
- Ground Weapons 1-3
- Ground Armor 1-3
- Plasma Shields 1-3
- Khaydarin Talisman (+ to maximum energy)
[edit] Development
The Nullifier was originally called the "Stasis Orb" but was renamed in mid January 2008 as part of the Q&A Batch 26. It also started out as a Tier 1 unit but was quickly moved to Tier 1.5 around the same time to compensate for several new abilities.
True to its new name the Nullifier received Null Void as part of the Q&A Batch 27, an ability that caused all other skills in its area of effect to become unusable. Null Void also had the added bonus of revealing nearby cloaked or burrowed units. This was removed for the WWI 2008 build.
Anti Gravity, which was received in February 08, was also removed from the Nullifier and given to the Phoenix for the Blizzcon 2008 build. This has been replaced with a tweaked version of Hallucination.
Finally, the Nullifier also have a tweaked attack animation as evident in the latest screenshots and videos. The old animation had the force beam originating from an orb on the tail of the Nullifier while the latest version shows the beam starting from the head.
[edit] Gallery
- General StarCraft II Shots
Closeup of the StarCraft II model for the Nullifier. |
 Four Nullifiers help defend a Protoss base. |
 A few Nullifiers help assault a Terran base. |
 Three Nullifiers attack a Terran outpost. |
 Several Nullifiers with a Protoss army. |
 Several Nullifiers casting Force Field on a PvP matchup. |
 Two Nullifier's provide support in an attack on the Terrans. |
 The two different attack animations of the Nullifier. |
| Protoss Units (StarCraft II) [e] | |
|---|---|
| Ground Units: | Probe | Zealot | Stalker | Nullifier | Immortal | Colossus | High Templar | Archon | Dark Templar |
| Air Units: | Warp Prism | Observer | Phoenix | Void Ray | Carrier (Interceptor) | Mothership |
| Basic Buildings: | Nexus | Assimilator | Pylon | Gateway | Warp Gate | Forge | Photon Cannon | Cybernetics Core |
| Advanced Buildings: | Twilight Council | Templar Archives | Dark Obelisk | Robotics Facility | Null Circuit | Stargate | Fleet Beacon |
| Cancelled Units: | Purifier | Reaver | Star Relic | Tempest (Shuriken) |
| Cancelled Buildings: | Phase Cannon | War Shrine | War Beacon | Dark Pylon | Observatory |
| Protoss Units (StarCraft I & Brood War) [e] | |
|---|---|
| Ground Units: | Probe | Zealot | Dragoon | Reaver | High Templar | Archon | Dark Templar | Dark Archon |
| Air Units: | Shuttle | Scout | Arbiter | Carrier (Interceptor) | Observer | Corsair |
| Basic Buildings: | Nexus | Assimilator | Pylon | Gateway | Forge | Shield Battery | Cybernetics Core | Photon Cannon |
| Advanced Buildings: | Robotics Facility | Stargate | Citadel of Adun | Robotics Support Bay | Fleet Beacon | Templar Archives | Observatory | Arbiter Tribunal |
| Hero ground units: | Dark Templar (Hero) (dt) | Zeratul (dt, arc) | Tassadar (ht, arc) | Fenix (zl, dr) | Warbringer (r) |
| Hero air units: | Mojo (sct) | Gantrithor (cr) | Danimoth (arb) | Artanis (sct) |
| (dt) = Dark Templar, (arc) = Archon, (ht) = High Templar, (zl) = Zealot, (dr) = Dragoon, (r) = Reaver, (sct) = Scout, (cr) Carrier, (arb) = Arbiter | |
