Marine

The Marine is the staple troop of the Terran dominion in StarCraft 2. The Marine returns similar to how it was in StarCraft. The Marine has a ranged attack (gauss rifle) and deals a good amount of damage for it's 50 crystal cost. The Marine also starts with 45 hp but can be upgraded with shields to have 55hp and also can use the stim ability to temporarily increase it's speed and damage. Coupled with other Terran units the Marine can be a devastating foe when massed. For tips and strategies on effectively using the Marine check out the videos on the right. The Marine is a General-Purpose Infantry and has a unit type of Light - Biological.

[The Good]		[The Bad]
Strengths		Weaknesses
Mass, Defending Walled Positions, Stack Armies		Open Areas, Late Tier Units, Splash Damage
Good vs		Bad vs
Vikings, Mutalisks, Zerglings, Immortals, Sentries and Stalkers		Tanks, Marauders, BattleCruisers, Zealots, Sentries, Colossus, High Templar Carriers, Roaches, Ultralisks, Infesters
Hard Counters		Hard Countered
Terran: Vikings Protoss: Pheonix Zerg: Corrupters		Terran: Tanks Protoss: High Templar (Psi Storm), Colossus Zerg: Ultralisks, Infesters

[Cost]

Minerals

Vespene

Supply

Build Time

Sight

[The Basic]

Health/Shield

Armor

Energy

Movement

45 (55)

2.25

[Ground Attack: ]

Damage

Speed

Range

Ground DPS

Attack Info

1x6 (+1) vs Normal

0.86

7.0 vs Normal

[Air Attack Gauss Rifle]