Viking mechanic question

[Wankey]

Been playing a lot of Terran lately. Just wondering, how does the Viking mechanic work?

If I land, will ground units instantly be able to hit me the second I click land or after the Viking has landed?

Vice versa, when I click lift off, will air units be able to hit me instantly the second I click lift off?

Or is there a transformation period where vikings are invulnerable?

[Dragoonx]

Been playing a lot of Terran lately. Just wondering, how does the Viking mechanic work?

If I land, will ground units instantly be able to hit me the second I click land or after the Viking has landed?

Vice versa, when I click lift off, will air units be able to hit me instantly the second I click lift off?

Or is there a transformation period where vikings are invulnerable?

Definitely not invulnerable when transforming. If you try to move a pack of Vikings into Missile Turrets, then hit the ground mode; you will lose vikings as they touch the ground. So going off that experience, I would guess Siege Tanks for example, could kill a Viking while its still "lifting."

[Blasterion]

from my experience it's still an air unit until it completely lands and still a ground unit until the transformation to air is complete

[Gt2slurp]

I saw game, i think it was DeMuslim vs LucifroNNNNN, where 3-4 viking are shooting on another viking pack. Then the viking begin it's transformation and the missile the enemy viking as already shot disappear without doing any damage.

[Dragoonx]

I saw game, i think it was DeMuslim vs LucifroNNNNN, where 3-4 viking are shooting on another viking pack. Then the viking begin it's transformation and the missile the enemy viking as already shot disappear without doing any damage.

Yea, pretty sure as it stands now they hit in the mode they were fired upon first.

[Pandonetho]

From watching the Terran Demo commenated by Dustin Browder (old old video) I'm pretty positive myself that the Viking is an air unit until it physically touches or lifts off the ground. As in, when it's landing it's an air unit until it touches the ground, and when it lifts off it immediately qualifies as an air unit even before finishing its full transformation to fighter mode. If you watch the video you'll see missile turrets shooting at the Vikings as they land, and when they lift off to avoid the siege tanks, you see the siege cannons targeting the vikings but losing their targeting the moment they lift off.

[Blasterion]

From watching the Terran Demo commenated by Dustin Browder (old old video) I'm pretty positive myself that the Viking is an air unit until it physically touches or lifts off the ground. As in, when it's landing it's an air unit until it touches the ground, and when it lifts off it immediately qualifies as an air unit even before finishing its full transformation to fighter mode. If you watch the video you'll see missile turrets shooting at the Vikings as they land, and when they lift off to avoid the siege tanks, you see the siege cannons targeting the vikings but losing their targeting the moment they lift off.

Just did test the above is correct