Siege Tank
Siege Tank is a starcraft-2 terran unit
The Siege Tank is a staple unit of the Terran army in StarCraft 2 as it was in StarCraft 1. It brings a range of 13 and the same devastating Crucio shock cannon that it had before. The Siege tank can be in either tank mode or siege mode. In Tank mode the Siege Tank still deals effective damage and even extra damage vs. armored units, while in Siege mode the tank can deal a whopping 50 splash damage to units and increases its range from 7 to 13 - however it cannot move when it is sieged and the transformation takes 3 seconds. For tips and tricks on using the siege tank, check out the videos and strategy pages on the right. The Siege Tank is a Armored Support and Mobile Artillery and has a unit type of Armored.


[The Good]

  

[The Bad]

Strengths

  

Weaknesses
Base Defense, Siege Pushes, Cliff/Ledge Sieging, Holding Chokes   Open Ground, Fast Melee Units, Lack of Unit Support, Immortals

Good vs

  

Bad vs
Marines, Marauders, Stalkers, Hydralisks, Roaches and Sentries   Banshees, BattleCruisers, Pheonix, Void Rays, Mutalisks, Brood Lords

Hard Counters

  

Hard Countered
Terran: Marines and Marauder Balls,
Protoss: Stalkers (without blink)
Zerg: Hydralisks, Roaches		   Terran: Banshees, Air to Ground
Protoss: Pheonix, Air to Ground, Immortals
Zerg: Mutalisks, Brood Lords

[Cost]

Minerals

Vespene

Supply

Build Time

Sight
mineral cost of the unit150 gas vespene cost of the unit125 unit supply food required3 units build time45 11

[The Basic]

Health/Shield

Armor

Energy

Movement
150 1 2.25  

[Ground Attack: ]

Damage

Speed

Range

Ground DPS

Attack Info
1x15 (+2) vs Normal
1x25 (+3) vs Armored		 1.04 7 14.4 vs Normal
24.0 vs Armored

[No Air Attack]

Abilities

  • [Siege Mode]

    Hotkey: (E)
    Siege Mode is an ability of siege-tank Deploys into Siege Mode. In this mode Siege Tanks have a very long range and inflict area damage. Siege Tanks in this mode cannot move or attack targets at close range.
    Type: Command
    Requires: Siege Tech
    Cast Time: 4
       

  • [Tank Mode]

    Hotkey: (D)
    Tank Mode is an ability of siege-tank Reverts into Tank Mode. In this mode Siege Tanks can move, but they deal less damage.
    Type: Command
    Cast Time: 4
       

Upgrades

  • [Siege Tech]

    Hotkey: (S)
    Siege Tech is an upgrade of the unit siege-tank Enables Siege Tanks to deploy into Siege Mode. While in Siege Mode, Siege Tanks have significantly increased range and damage, but cannot move.
    Requries Factory, Tech Lab
    Vespene Vespene cost of the building100
    Duration Duration cost of the duration80
       

  • [Vehicle Weapons]

    Hotkey: (W)
    Vehicle Weapons is an upgrade of the unit siege-tank Upgrades the damage dealt by ground vehicles. 3 Levels
    Requries Armory
    Vespene Vespene cost of the building100/175/250
    Duration Duration cost of the duration160/190/220
       

  • [Vehicle Plating]

    Hotkey: (V)
    Vehicle Plating is an upgrade of the unit siege-tank Upgrades the armor of ground vehicles. 3 Levels
    Requries Armory
    Vespene Vespene cost of the building100/175/250
    Duration Duration cost of the duration160/190/220
       
 

[Terran Units]

 
Point Defense Drone is a Starcraft 2 Unit Auto-Turret is a Starcraft 2 Unit Battlecruiser is a Starcraft 2 Unit
Banshee is a Starcraft 2 Unit Raven is a Starcraft 2 Unit Medivac is a Starcraft 2 Unit
Viking is a Starcraft 2 Unit Thor is a Starcraft 2 Unit Siege Tank is a Starcraft 2 Unit
Hellion is a Starcraft 2 Unit Ghost is a Starcraft 2 Unit Reaper is a Starcraft 2 Unit
Marauder is a Starcraft 2 Unit Marine is a Starcraft 2 Unit Mule is a Starcraft 2 Unit
SCV is a Starcraft 2 Unit
 
 

Terran Strategies
 

Latest Forum Posts