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@Gyrtop: archons are really strong and do a high dps

@lonelighters:
1st: Terran bullets are much more advanced than what we have right now, and with the bullets going at supersonic speeds, it would probably be able to hit and archon before it gets worn down.
2nd:Protoss would be much to OP against Zerg, if Blizzard put the idea of only having a few units being able to do damage to it.
3rd:Well, 2 templars fused together, would probably still have a body, to control the Psionic bolts or else the Psionic energy would probably go wild, causing the Protoss to turn on their powerful Archons, and losing many of their soldiers.
4th:Yes, the unit would die lol

@lonelighters: a even better question... how do infestor's neural parasite penetrate the massive shields of archons?

@SFuNk: YES! I wonder why they decided to get rid of it. It was incredibly useful.

@Aladril: well it was useful but they got a extra amount of regeneration to their sheilds they recharge really fast now

@Thehydralisk: Ah, I didn't notice that...

@Aladril: shield battery+archon=EPIC

@Protoblaster: That's an interesting point, however I think Blizzard doesn't tell us those kind of things because it's not all that important, though it would be interesting to know.

@Aladril: I think in fact they do continue to live on. At least thats what I think. But at the same time there's the problem that no archon is found as part of the story line that and the line laying down their lives to merge which implies either the ht or dt die as a result of the merge or they die later. then there's the line saying they will be forever honored in their people's memory, that implies that their dead as well cause if they're living they wouldn't exactly need to be honored in the peoples memory. (Might be wrong, probably am)

@Aladril: I miss being able to use dark archs to mind control a drone/scv and build terran protoss and zerg armies. :(

@condeh: I concur

@Aladril: yeah...............

@Exopocalypse: I love playing as Protoss but even I know that will be way too overpowering... I only wish there were Dark Archons

@Exopocalypse: or at least add the health and Armor

@ThePraetor: lol, No. Health is archons weak spot, have you noticed their sheilds though? also it is a recycle unit so that you can make use of your mana-drained ht and dts when they have detection, its not going to be the most powerful unit in the game.

@thecurrupted: Indeed. I'm surprised they don't mention the EMP. That's the real way to beat Archons.

@PTZ: They are sentients not robots. I wish we still had dark archons. Mind Control the enemy archons and they kill each other! LOL.

@condeh: they are recycle units, better than haveing two hts with no mana in a battle.

@Colinmac: if u r fighint terren going mnm then i go with 2 to 3 if zerg going mutat get like 5 and u r good

@Colinmac: archon cost way too much; two DT's or High templar is expensive. Archons are also only good as support units; as you can see they only have 10 life and not an extraordinary shield. If your bored and trolling, yeah make some, but to me archons are a waste of units.

@Colinmac: Having a well balanced gateway force(sentry's,chargelots,few stalkers, HT) can handle almost any situation fairly well. Fighting terran Bio your butter number is 4-5, make sure you have Guardian shield up and if you are planing to go Archons get shield upgrades along with damage.

Against zerg I primarily use them against infestors builds and they handle it fairly well, again 3-5 is a good amount for a sizable battle. They are usable against mutalisks,however mutalisks far outmaneuver them. It's more cost effective to go with phoenix's to counter muta builds. just remember to micro your unit's properly.

@Colinmac: When your high templars run out of energy, and/or when your opponent has created enough detectors to make DT's ineffective. Use it.

Archons do a great amount of damage and is great support backed by zealots

@AkshayMishra: Dude can you not read? He says hes very new,I doubt new players know what MNM means let alone what it is.

@Colinmac: Use them agaisnt zerglings or mutalisk!