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StarCraft 2

16 years ago

Patch 8 - Roaches Get Nerfed!

General

* Korea
* Added support to display the game rating information on the login screen.


Balance Changes

* TERRAN

o Thor
+ Build time decreased from 75 seconds to 60 seconds.

o Siege Tank
+ Build time decreased from 50 seconds to 45 seconds.

o Marauder
+ Concussive Shells now require an upgrade.

o Barracks Tech Lab
+ Concussive Shells upgrade added.
+ Concussive Shells upgrade costs 100/100 and takes 80 seconds to complete.

* PROTOSS

o Void Ray
+ Changed to only have 2 damage levels instead of 3. Still takes the same amount of time to fully charge.
+ Base damage changed from 2 (+4 armored) to 5.
+ Powered-up damage changed from 8 (+16 armored) to 10 (+15 armored).
+ Armor value decreased from 1 to 0.
+ Cost increased from 200/150 to 250/150.

* ZERG

o Roach
+ Burrowed move speed decreased from 2 to 1.4.
+ Armor value decreased from 2 to 1.

o Hydralisk
+ Life decreased from 90 to 80.


Links
Battle.net Forums - Official Patch Notes