#STARCRAFT 2 UNIT STATS UPDATE#
#STARCRAFT 2 UNIT STATS WINDOWS#

Chronocide adds, 'never stop making tier 1 units.

The archetypal starter units for each race are each extremely reasonably priced (Zealot, Zergling, and Marine).

#STARCRAFT 2 UNIT STATS UPDATE#

I will update with your insight and credit you. If you disagree with any of these, please post which ones specifically and a detailed explanation of why.

Tier restrictions and tech tree climbing costs.

How well a unit is suited towards map elements.

Things not included, nor would I like to attempt to include in a quantitative way. The values correlate almost perfectly anyway, with the exceptions of stationary attackers (Photon Cannon) that, of course, don't require supply. In this case, a player needn't buy supply, and this formula wouldn't be appropriate. In the later game when in battle, players often simply need to replace units that die. It thoroughly reconciles the costs (resources) with the benefits (damage, cooldown, and health). I multiply it all by 1000 only to make the numbers more readable. I multiply here because every unit of life means another unit of time that a unit can actuate DPS.

((H/R)*(D/R))*1000 =(((Damage/cooldown)/(minerals+gas))*((HP+shields)/(minerals+gas)))*1000, or cost-effectiveness: DPS over the course of a battling unit's life per dollar.

For units, Zealots, Roaches, and Zerglings rate the highest, while Ghosts, Dark Templars, and Reapers rate the lowest.

Stationary attackers (like Photon Cannons) get the best value here.

H/R = (HP + Shields)/(Minerals + Gas), or ' brawn per buck.' This simply says how much health you're getting per resource.

Ghost, Void Ray (short), Thor (vs air), and Mothership perform the worse here. For units, Zerglings, Reapers, Marines, and Zealots rate the best (in that order).

Missile Turrets and Spore Crawlers are a great value here.

That means even though Doodaas have a higher DPS, I'm better off buying Diddlies, since I can buy more and get higher overall damage throughput with them per dollar. Doodaas do 0.50 DPS per dollar and Diddlies do 0.67. Say 'Doodaas' inflict 40DPS and cost 80 in resources, and 'Diddlies' inflict 20DPS and cost 30 in resources.

DPS/R = (Damage/cooldown)/(minerals+gas), or ' DPS per dollar.' This is even more revealing than DPS.

Hellions, all three workers, and Mutalisks do the worse, here.

Thors, Battlecruisers, Ultralisks, and Void Rays (long) (in that order), do the best.

#STARCRAFT 2 UNIT STATS WINDOWS#

tetracycloide says, 'In a real world comparison the best conclusion to draw is that high damage slow refire rate units are the best damage dealers with only short windows do deal damage in while low damage high refire rate units with high DPS are best for sustained engagements.' AssuredVacancy warns us not to overestimate DPS, 'If there was a unit that did 1 damage at 20 hits per second, its dps would be quite high realistically though its damage output is not high at all as most units in the game have armor.' So: units who hit more frequently have an inflated DPS. DPS reconciles damage with cooldown, giving us a way to easily compare how fast each unit can kill. A hit that does 60 damage may appear strong, but it is actually very weak if it must wait a whole minute before hitting again. Damage/second = (total damage/cooldown), or DPS, the average inflicted damage per second, over the long run.Total damage = what the unit inflicts, in total, after each cooldown.So bear in mind, gas-dependent units are weaker than the data suggests. youngminii points out that gas is actually more valuable than minerals since they take longer to harvest. Total resources = minerals + gas, combined for practicality and consistency.Keep in mind the drawbacks: Protoss remains slightly stronger than the data suggests. HP+Shield = combined for practicality and consistency.Also, I'm human and make mistakes, and let me know when (but please do so politely). For example, Ghosts look terrible on the chart, but we actually know Ghosts have major benefits not accounted for here. A player needs to take this data for what it's worth, then judge the other factors accordingly. Many units have spells, range, are faster on foot, climb cliffs, can attack air, subject to tier, etc. It does not attempt to be an 'end-all, make only this unit' sort of thing. It takes into account only limited quantitative information. #1 Disclaimer: this data serves only as a bird's eye view of the SC2 units.

Starcraft 2 unit stats