Thor Transportation [Opinions and Suggestions]

[DemolitionSquid]

But marines do 3 damage to battlecruisers without upgrades, and with enough battlecruisers marines will drop like flies.

Look, Vikings are meant to be the best counter. Its Blizzard forcing you tech to Starport if your opponent also has. If you don't want Vikings, than your best option is Marines, because losing a Thor (which is pretty much ensured) will hurt more.

[RainbowToeSocks]

Well depends how much the final cost of a thor is
you could probably have one thor per BC
and also some marines backing it up...

But i dont know current stats/cost of BC I donno how effective that would be

[Santrega]

Actually, DS is right on the issue. Thors don't get any bonus against any armors (according to Starcraft Wikia). Also, consider Thors do their damage in smaller chunks. Therefore, their damage output is heavily dependent on their target's armor (which Carriers and Battlecruisers have lots of). Finally, air splash works better against smaller air units as they're more numerous. Given their size and cost, it's less likely that there would be fewer air units within a specific area, thus further reducing the total damage output Thors would deal when faced against Battlecruisers exclusively.

No, he isn't right. The wikia is outdated. The latest news that we got from SC:L is the following

What is the Thors missile pod attack description?
No text, the air attack is not the same as the normal attack. It's 4 attacks, each do 4 damage (+2 against armored)

4 attacks, at 4+2 damage to armored is 24 damage to Battle cruisers, not 16.

Source in Terran section here : http://sclegacy.com/feature/3-events...-stats-and-qaa

[PsiWarp]

And you're not correct Santrega. Kicho, Blizzard Representive from SC2 Battle.net Korean forums, informed us with the updated stats of the Thor (30x2 vs Ground, 5x8 vs Air splash).

Source: http://blizzforums.com/showthread.ph...ighlight=Kicho


-Psi

[The_Blade]

still remember bcs can barage the ground with an spell and slagther mariens. and you would require to buy like 100 mariens to counter less than 5 bcs.

[PsiWarp]

still remember bcs can barage the ground with an spell and slagther mariens. and you would require to buy like 100 mariens to counter less than 5 bcs.

No they cannot. The current abilities are Defensive Matrix, Yamato Cannon and Missile Pods (AtA AoE damage).


-Psi

[DemolitionSquid]

still remember bcs can barage the ground with an spell and slagther mariens. and you would require to buy like 100 mariens to counter less than 5 bcs.

Uh, d00d, BC hasn't had Plasma Barrage for like a year. Your BC upgrade options are:

Yamoto Cannon: Single Target, High Damage
Missile Barrage: ATA Splash
Defensive Matrix: Extra 200 HP.

[seakebab]

I'm pretty sure the Thor will just be like the Siege Tank in the original SC, two can fit in a dropship. I dunno, I just feel that it probably could and resource-wise, isn't the Thor a whole heap just to build anyway? So you wouldn't see many on field anyway and it'll all balance out even if it could be transported.

[Santrega]

And you're not correct Santrega. Kicho, Blizzard Representive from SC2 Battle.net Korean forums, informed us with the updated stats of the Thor (30x2 vs Ground, 5x8 vs Air splash).

Source: http://blizzforums.com/showthread.ph...ighlight=Kicho


-Psi

I still don't understand how 5 X 8 = 16... which is what DS said the thor's damage is per shot...

[DemolitionSquid]

I still don't understand how 5 X 8 = 16... which is what DS said the thor's damage is per shot...

It's called an armor value of 3 on the BC.