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STARCRAFT II GAME UNITS ARCHON

Previous Protoss Unit: Dark Templar Next Protoss Unit: Carrier

UNITS

ARCHON
Although their abilities are already
impressive, High Templar and Dark
Templar can wield even greater might
by laying down their lives to merge
their souls and form Archons. These
unified Protoss spirits radiate
incalculable power, unleashing
psionic barrages against cowering
enemy forces both in the air and on
the ground. With the reunification of the Protoss race, any
pair of High Templar or Dark Templar, or even one of each,
can be fused together. The Protoss are loath to sacrifice their
loyal warriors, but those who make this final commitment are
forever honored in the memories of their people.

UNIT STATISTICS

3D MODEL BASIC INFORMATION PRODUCTION COMBAT

Race: Protoss Producer: High Templar Upgrades:

Life: 10 Hotkey: None
Shield: 350 Cost: - -
Armor: 0 (+3) Supply: -
Weapon:
Movement: Fast Build time: 12
Cargo Size: 4
Attributes: Psionic

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GENERAL STRATEGY

Psionic warrior that can attack air and ground targets.

STRONG AGAINST
Their large shield pool allows them to withstand heavy punishment.
Excellent against biological units.

Costly to create, as they require the permanent merging of two High or

Dark Templars (or one of each).
Mutalisk
They have extremely high shields, but extremely low hp.
Only morph into an Archon if your High Templars are out of energy, or
WEAK AGAINST
there is too much detection around to use Dark Templars.

Thor Ultralisk Immortal

COUNTERMEASURES

VS Terran

Train Ghosts and fire EMP rounds at them, as each shot will deal heavy
damage to their shields.

Build Thors and use their 250 mm Strike Cannons.

Deploy Banshees and use the terrain to prevent them from getting in

range.

VS Zerg

Spawn Infestors to cast Fungal Growth, which will root enemy Archons, or
use Mind Control to use them against your opponent’s forces.
Use a sizeable force of Hydralisks, and don’t forget to focus fire.
Roaches should be effective against them, but remember to burrow your

damaged units to allow them to regenerate.

VS Protoss

Ranged armored units like Stalkers, Immortals, and Colossi do well against
Archons.
Build Phoenix fighters and use Graviton Beam to lift them out of the fight

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momentarily.
Launch Void Rays or Carriers, and use the terrain to prevent them from
getting in range.

TERRAN PROTOSS ZERG

Probe Zealot Stalker Sentry Observer Immortal Warp Prism Colossus

Phoenix Void Ray High Templar Dark Templar Archon Carrier Mothership

Comments (301)

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TyStorm 1 day, 8 hours ago

dark archons are takein out too bad so sad

ThePreator 1 day, 14 hours ago

how good are these guys they look cool but are they worth 2 dark templar 2 high templar or 1 dark and 1 high

Chervaski 1 day, 6 hours ago

@ThePreator: Not worth the price but overall they're good. They're my favorite unit because i think they're awesome (I

don't care if it's a horible stratagy all that matters is if I'm having fun)

Axzen 5 days, 8 hours ago

Massively UP. either range buff and speed buff-----or-----an aura that damages light units in an area around it(so it can be a light unit

killer)-----or-----aura that SLOWLY regenerates nearby protoss shields-----or-----abilities (like dark archon). Blizzard, this is what your

protoss brethren want, so please listen!

Guardian 5 days, 14 hours ago

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so dark archon anyone?

JetfirePrime 2 days, 17 hours ago

@Guardian: Love Dark Archons but the problem is their mind control ability is suicide due to it lowers their shields so use

mind control only on units that are most worth it like Massive ground units that are durable and air units that carry

interceptors or things that got Yamato cannons.

JPerera 6 days, 10 hours ago

these are great if you put them at the front of your army they can take a lot of punishment, and are great against Bio units and

siegetanks, plus they look really awesome

JaceBeleren 9 hours, 24 minutes ago

@JPerera: It's all looks man....all looks......give a little scare to your enemy.

Don't see a lot of Archons these days though.....

Lethal 2/22/11 10:00 PM

These things are powerful if you use them right, archon toilet flushes if done correctly makes opponents quit on the spot.

ThePreator 2/22/11 8:14 PM

these Guys are so strong

JetfirePrime 2/19/11 8:11 AM

This thing is almost useless due to Thors can kill Mutas faster than an Archon but Archons do splash on air and ground at least only the

Colossus can do better at turning Zerglins and Hydras into burnt bugs faster than the Archon.

Nvisible 2/17/11 5:14 PM

I am not sure about the archons. It costs two dark templars or high templars. But they are not as squishy as DTs and HTs are.

ppham 2/16/11 4:16 AM

use the archon toilet with these bad boys and watch the enemy troop count plummet :D

Haldamir 2/15/11 1:33 AM

This may or may not have already been said (I'm not gonna go fishing through nearly 300 comments -.- ) but Blizz gave them

tooooooooo much armor in SC2 -- especially when they have an INCREDIBLY HIGH 10 hp. In the SC universe the Archons are made of

pure energy and having a big metal body surrounded by a bit of sparkles doesn't constitute pure energy in my book. :P

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MASTERCHIEF 2/17/11 1:12 AM

@Haldamir: very true. however their short range makes up for that advantage. Ultras pwn archons

darkzealot 2/14/11 5:03 AM

they need longer range

Sirkillsalot 2/12/11 7:01 PM

the blue meatball of DEATH

Don 1/30/11 7:14 PM

lol they make it seem so epic in the description and they say it's good against 1 unit

lars 1/30/11 10:47 PM

@Don: they are epic watching them shoot lighting outta thier hands is just godly

Trailblazer 2/9/11 3:01 AM

@Don: NEVER USE ARCHONS PVP cuz I was in a pvp match, and I wasted so many minerals on dt's and got archons. my

enemy got colossi and I got PWND

Hakutsuru 2/9/11 11:28 PM

@Trailblazer: that's why u put an obs in their base to see that coming

Hakutsuru 1/30/11 6:36 AM

they should make it a rule to use archons cuz they FEAKING ARENT USED AT ALL!!!!!

Axzen 5 days, 8 hours ago

@Hakutsuru: ...or give it a buff...because it sucks. lol, I love how the most epic protoss units are terrible. SERIOUSLY

BLIZZARD, LISTEN TO THIS COMMENT, ARCHONS NEED A BUFF. Wouldn't it be awesome to go mass archon?

Davidlook 1/29/11 1:05 AM

Not only should they have kept dark archons, they should have some sort of fusion between normal and dark archons... Highly Dark

archons, mebbe?

Alexander 1/29/11 2:23 AM

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@Davidlook: that would be the "Twilight Archon", one high temp + one dark temp. it was not included in the game.

Avoontap 1/28/11 4:35 AM

Hey im still pretty new to this, when it says total damage and it says +34 does it mean 34 attack or 34+25?

MASTERCHIEF 1/29/11 1:14 AM

@Avoontap: 25 is their damage already.+34 is how much damage can be added by upgrades for a total of 59 damage

Alexander 1/29/11 2:24 AM

@MASTERCHIEF: wrong. 25 is the starting, 34 is what it will be with max upgrades.

MASTERCHIEF 2/2/11 4:00 AM

@Alexander: just tryin to help Avoontap...gosh

bubble 1/27/11 4:50 AM

They should have kept the different kinds of Archons like the Dark ones. They kicked ass with their spells.

GoofyZigZag 1/19/11 3:39 AM

why is the range on this unit is soo short..

SLIME 1/15/11 9:58 PM

A handful of marine would get pwnd by a mothership, but god units like archons carriers etc. Can be killed very easily

hajima 1/17/11 2:39 AM

@SLIME: handful of marines pwn motherships silly

Avoontap 1/28/11 4:31 AM

@SLIME: Dude who the hell were u versing? Maybe a mothership can take down a single marine, but thats basically it.

MASTERCHIEF 1/29/11 1:16 AM

@SLIME: dude motherships suck wat r u talking about no offense but i dont think u were versing a mothership if it took out

a handful of marines.vice versa.

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Trailblazer 2/9/11 3:04 AM

@SLIME: dude motherships suck I mean they're basically arbiters with super huge cost. the only good thing about them is

their abilities.

TabascoSauce 1/15/11 8:53 AM

The range on these guys is terrible. I'd rather have HTs. I pretty much only make these if the enemy is getting detector heavy and I

have too many DTs. I feel like a small handful of marines shouldn't be able to take out the supposedly god-like units like the Archon,

Carrier and Mothership.

icephoenix 1/13/11 1:30 AM

Dear Dark Archon,

Come back, you were so powerful and a huge part of my defense in the first starcraft. Also keep your feed back ability, know that it is on

the high templar, it just seams useless

Sincerly,

icephoenix

Doncroft 1/12/11 8:11 PM

I think, like the Ultralisk, they should be immune to slow and mind control. Makes sense, right? How does an Infestor tentacle mind

control a being of pure violent energy that should burn the end off of it? And how do low-tech Terran Marauder shells slow this god-like

spirit ball?

icephoenix 1/13/11 1:27 AM

@Doncroft: very good point

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