Point Defense Drone Support
How to make sure your opponents' army can't destroy yours. StarCraft 2's new point defense drone can keep your troops safe.

Difficulty Rank:

4/5



 

When to Use:

  

Featured Units:
When your army is about to fight another army that has projectiles (Stalker Lasers, Missiles, etc.)   Raven is used for this strategies
     

[What to do]
Drop a Point Defense Drone where the battle is going to be fought, or where it is being fought.
 

[Tips for Pulling This Off]
- See where the fight is going to start and drop the point defense drone right as it starts.- Get your Raven out of the fire zone while the drone is still up.- Don't chase too far past the point defense drone if your enemy runs away and you have equal numbers.
 
     

Good vs. These Races / Strategies:

  

Bad vs. These Races / Strategies:
This is great when you have limited numbers vs. limited numbers. The point defense drone can eliminate several seconds of your opponents attacks.   This is bad when your opponent has an overwhelming amount of troops, the point defense drone will be used completely almost instantly.
     

What to do in Success:

  

What to do in Failure:
Push further with your army to take out what remains of your allies army and head onto an expansion or their base.   - Run with what troops you have.- Rebuild as quickly as you can.
     

Abilities

  • [Build Auto-Turret]

    Hotkey: (T)
    Build Auto-Turret is an ability of point-defense-drone-support Automated defensive turret. Times out after 180 seconds.
    Type: Command
    Duration: Duration: cost of the research ability180
       

  • [Detector]
    Detector is an ability of point-defense-drone-support This unit can detect cloaked, burrowed, or hallucinated units.
    Type: Passive
       

  • [Seeker Missile]

    Hotkey: (R)
    Seeker Missile is an ability of point-defense-drone-support Missile that chases its target. Missile has enough fuel for 15 seconds. Missile deals up to 100 area damage.
    Type: Command
    Requires: Starport, Tech Lab
    Damage: 100
    Range: 6
       

  • [Build Point Defense Drone]

    Hotkey: (D)
    Build Point Defense Drone is an ability of point-defense-drone-support Uses a laser to shoot down enemy missiles. Cannot target special attacks. Times out after 180 seconds.
    Type: Command
       

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Comments

Starcraft 2 Fans on Tue, 2011-01-25 07:54.

What's considered as missile?

As skill's description says it's taking down enemy missiles, so what is considered a missile? Obviously we know point defense drone is able to counter stalkers, but what else? Terran missile turrets maybe? Thors? Mutas?

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