-+- 6.2. Protoss -+- [6200]

Learn about Protoss buildings in StarCraft: Brood War, including costs, prerequisites, and production. Nexus costs 400 Minerals.

Nexus

• Cost: 400 Minerals
• Prerequisite/s: N/A
• Hit Points: 750
• Plasma Shields: 750
• Produces: Probe (Cost: 50 Minerals)

The primary command structure for Protoss forces, the Nexus serves to produce Probes for base construction and collects resources from delivering Probes. Due to the structure's importance, it's strongly recommended that you defend all of your Nexuses with as much vigilance as possible.

Assimilator

• Cost: 100 Minerals
• Prerequisite/s: Nexus
• Hit Points: 450
• Plasma Shields: 450

Assimilators are built atop Vespene Gas geysers to allow Probes to harvest the gas from the geyser. Once the building is constructed, the gas can then be transferred by a Probe to a nearby Nexus and processed.

Pylon

• Cost: 100 Minerals
• Prerequisite/s: Nexus
• Hit Points: 300
• Plasma Shields: 300

Pylons serve two main purposes. First off, in order to expand your base, you have to build buildings within the powered radius of a Pylon. If, for any reason, a building loses its Pylon connection, it becomes unpowered and incapable of functioning. Pylons also add 8 to the supply count. In order to expand your forces, more Pylons must therefore be constructed.

Gateway

• Cost: 150 Minerals
• Prerequisite/s: Nexus
• Hit Points: 500
• Plasma Shields: 500
• Produces: Zealot (Cost: 100 Minerals), Dragoon (Cost: 125 Minerals/50 V.Gas), High Templar (Cost: 50 Minerals/150 V.Gas)

Infantry units are trained and produced at the Gateway. Due to the slow speed of Protoss infantry production, it's always recommended that you have more than one Gateway to greatly speed up unit creation.

Forge

• Cost: 150 Minerals
• Prerequisite/s: Nexus
• Hit Points: 550
• Plasma Shields: 550
• Upgrades: Ground Weapons (Levels 1-3), Ground Armor (Levels 1-3), Plasma Shields (Levels 1-3)

The ground unit upgrades can be researched at the Forge. It's strongly recommended that you upgrade Plasma Shields because that effects every unit. Suggest building more than one Forge to speed up research.

• Ground Weapons: Level 1 (100 Minerals/100 V.Gas), Level 2 (150 Minerals/150 V.Gas), Level 3 (200 Minerals/200 V.Gas)
• Ground Armor: Level 1 (100 Minerals/100 V.Gas), Level 2 (175 Minerals/175 V.Gas), Level 3 (250 Minerals/250 V.Gas)
• Plasma Shields: Level 1 (200 Minerals/200 V.Gas), Level 2 (300 Minerals/300 V.Gas), Level 3 (400 Minerals/400 V.Gas)

Cybernetics Core

• Cost: 200 Minerals
• Prerequisite/s: Gateway
• Hit Points: 500
• Plasma Shields: 500
• Upgrades: Air Weapons (Levels 1-3), Air Armor (Levels 1-3), Singularity Charge (150 Minerals/150 V.Gas)

All air unit upgrades can be researched at the Cybernetics Core. Should you find it necessary to construct two Cybernetics Cores to speed up research, don't hesitate to do so. The Dragoon's essential Singularity Charge can also be researched here.

• Air Weapons: Level 1 (100 Minerals/100 V.Gas), Level 2 (175 Minerals/175 V.Gas), Level 3 (250 Minerals/250 V.Gas)
• Air Armor: Level 1 (150 Minerals/150 V.Gas), Level 2 (225 Minerals/225 V.Gas), Level 3 (300 Minerals/300 V.Gas)
• Singularity Charge: Cost - 150 Minerals/150 V.Gas

Shield Battery

• Cost: 100 Minerals
• Prerequisite/s: Gateway
• Hit Points: 200
• Plasma Shields: 200
• Energy: 200

Shield Batteries can be an incredible asset both defensively and offensively. The purpose of the structure is to recharge the shields of any selected unit that you lead to it. When built along the perimeter of your base, you can use it on your defending units to extend their lifeforce. On the other hand, Shield Batteries can be effective when assaulting an enemy base, especially when they're built very close to the enemy's front lines.

Photon Cannon

• Cost: 200 Minerals
• Prerequisite/s: Forge
• Hit Points: 100
• Plasma Shields: 100
• Ground Attack: 20
• Air Attack: 20

Photon Cannons are incredibly fragile. However, they can deliver quite a punch against both air and ground targets. Their detector status allows them to see cloaked units and reveal them. Although fairly expensive, Photon Cannons are an invaluable defensive measure to any base.

Robotics Facility

• Cost: 200 Minerals/200 V.Gas
• Prerequisite/s: Cybernetics Core
• Hit Points: 500
• Plasma Shields: 500
• Produces: Shuttle (Cost: 200 Minerals), Reaver (Cost: 200 Minerals/100 V.Gas), Observer (Cost: 25 Minerals/75 V.Gas)

The Robotics Facility serves to produce the robotic units in the Protoss arsenal. In times of need, considering constructing more than one Robotics Facility to speed up unit production.

Robotics Support Bay

• Cost: 150 Minerals/100 V.Gas
• Prerequisite/s: Robotics Facility
• Hit Points: 500
• Plasma Shields: 500

The Robotics Support Bay is required for certain robotic unit upgrades.