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In the aftermath of the Brood War, weapon technicians proposed a radical new concept to resolve the critical weaknesses in Terran anti-air capabilities. Based on technologies used in the Siege Tank, the Viking was designed to be the ultimate anti-air and ground-support weapon system. With the ability to change from an assault walker to an air-superiority fighter, the Viking can fulfill different tactical needs in a developing battle. However, finding pilots who excel in both modes has proven difficult. Those who survive the adaptation become the ultimate Terran aces.
Previous Terran Unit: Thor
Units
Viking
Basic information
| Race: | Terran |
| Life: | 125 |
| Armor: | 0 (3) |
| Movement: | Fast |
| Attributes: | Armored - Mechanical |
Production
| Producer: | Starport |
| Hotkey: | V |
| Cost: |  150  75 |
| Supply: |  2 |
| Build time: |  42 |
Combat
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Flight Manual
- Slow-moving armored craft that can transform to attack air or ground targets.
- Switch to Assault Mode to land in unguarded bases, eliminate key structures or personnel, and then take off.
- Scour the field in Fighter Mode to hunt down Overlords, Colossi, and enemy air units.
- If you have air superiority, switch to Assault Mode and support your ground troops with extra firepower.
- The transformation between Fighter Mode and Assault Mode takes around 3 seconds. It is not advised to activate it under heavy anti-aircraft fire.
Countermeasures
VS Terran
- Build Missile Turrets in key points around your base. If the enemy decides to switch to Assault Mode, engage with Marauders and Siege Tanks.
- Use Ravens to deploy Auto-Turrets. Use Point Defense Drones if you are bringing your own Vikings to bear.
- Marines with Stimpacks are good to take down Vikings in Fighter Mode and decent against Vikings in Assault Mode if they have Medivac support.
VS Zerg
- Use the Queen in tandem with a few well placed Spore Crawlers. Be sure to keep your Overlords covered by your defensive structures or anti-air units.
- Spawn Hydralisks and research Grooved Spines. As always, be sure to focus fire.
- If the Vikings transform to Assault Mode, surround them with Zerglings or Roaches.
VS Protoss
- Cover your mineral line with a few Photon Cannons.
- Get Stalkers and research Blink. Vikings fly slowly, so you can potentially wipe them out with a well placed Blink and focus fire.
- Cast Psionic Storm or attack with a few Archons.
Reported!
[Close]Comments (302)
how could it be better then vikings?
LOL
NO LEAGUE WINS NOOB
cons: weak, it would take like 10 or more marines to take out one thor.
u then hear an explosion.
Mappy: FTW
3 marines DIE 1 thor DIE
nice portrait
vikings are good against the "big" air units..and their ground attack wasnt meant to do much -_-
theyre good against carriers, broodlords, and bcs, etc. also if uve realized a void costs like 3 times as much as a viking -_-
their ground attack is mainly for harassment :P
2(10+4). In total they do "28" damage to armored air units which is just plain awesome due to their long range.
has 2 aa attacks too 14+14=28dmg