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How Weapon and Armor Upgrades Work

By burninglegionx - 20th January 2011 - 21:01 PM

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Critical Zerg Upgrades



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Zergling


Hit points: 35.
Each armor upgrade level gives +1 armor bonus.

Reaper attack: (4 +5 to light) × 2 = 18.
+1 armour makes (4 -1 +5 to light) × 2 = 16

So it takes only 2 attacks to kill an unupgraded Zergling. However, the Reaper requires 3 attacks to kill a Zergling with level-1 armor.

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Roach


Base damage: 16.
Each weapon upgrade level gives +2 weapon bonus.
  • Level 0: 16 damage
  • Level 1: 18 damage
  • Level 2: 20 damage
  • Level 3: 22 damage
A Roach with level-1 weapon upgrade will take 2 shots to kill an Zergling up to armor level 2!

Let's pit a Roach against a Stalker: The Roach’s attack upgrade adds 2 damage per level, while the Stalker gains only a +1 attack bonus per level. This difference is one of the many factors that make Roaches scale better than Stalkers as the game goes on.

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Mutalisk


Base damage: 9 on first hit, 3 on first bounce, 1 on second bounce
Each weapon upgrade level gives, respectively, +1, +1/3, +1/9 attack damage.
  • Level 0: 9, 3, 1
  • Level 1: 10, 10/3 (= 3.33), 10/9 (= 1.11)
  • Level 2: 11, 11/3 (= 3.66), 11/9 (= 1.22)
  • Level 3: 12, 4, 12/9 (= 1.33)
Because the Mutalisk’s glaive bounces count as separate attacks, the opponent’s armor bonuses can really reduce the Mutalisk’s overall damage.

For example, a Sentry’s Guardian Shield, which causes −2 damage to ranged attacks, is applied to each bounce, drastically reducing the Mutalisk’s overall damage: 7/1/0 at level 0, 8/2.33/0 at level 1, and so forth.

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Baneling


Base damage: 20 vs. ground units, 80 vs. buildings, +15 vs. light.
Each weapon upgrade level gives +2 vs. ground units, +5 vs. buildings and +2 vs. light attack bonus.
  • Level 0: 20 vs. ground, 80 vs. building, 35 vs. light
  • Level 1: 22 vs. ground, 85 vs. building, 39 vs. light
  • Level 2: 24 vs. ground, 90 vs. building, 43 vs. light
  • Level 3: 26 vs. ground, 95 vs. building, 47 vs. light
At weapon level 2, two Banelings kill a Hydralisk regardless of the armour upgrade.