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Balance Changes

Balance Changes in Brood War and Patch 1.04

Terran

Wraith
  • Decreased cost to 150 minerals, 100 gas.
  • Increased cooldown rate of ground attack.
  • Increased air to air damage to 20.
Dropship
  • Increased speed slightly.
Science Vessel
  • Decreased cost to 100 minerals, 225 gas.
  • Increased acceleration
  • Increased overall damage of Irradiate
  • Increased sight radius
Battlecruiser
  • Increased starting armor to 3
  • Increased Yamato Cannon damage to 260
Goliath
  • Increased ground damage to 12
  • Increased effectiveness of weapon upgrade on ground to air weapon system
Nuke
  • Nuclear Missiles build faster
ComSat
  • Decreased energy cost to 50
Starport
  • Decrease cost of Starport to 150 minerals, 100 gas
  • Decreased add-on cost of Control Tower to 50 minerals, 50 gas
  • Decreased build time
Protoss
Archon
  • Increased acceleration
Dragoon
  • Decreased cost to 125 minerals, 50 gas
  • Decreased build time
  • Increased range upgrade (Singularity Charge) by 1
High Templar
  • Decreased energy cost of Hallucination to 100
Scout
  • Increased Air to Air damage to 28
  • Base Armor of Scout changed from 1 to 0
  • Increased shields to 100 and hit points to 150
  • Increased cooldown rate of ground attack
Carrier
  • Changed build cost to 350 minerals, and 250 gas
  • Increased hit points of Carrier to 300
  • Increased starting armor of Carrier to 4
  • Increased Interceptor shields and hitpoints to 40
  • Increased Interceptor damage to 6
  • Decreased Interceptor cost to 25
Arbiter
  • Decreased cost to 100 minerals, 350 gas
Shuttle
  • Increased build time
Reaver
  • Increased build time
Templar Archives
  • Increased cost to 150 minerals, 200 gas.
Citadel of Adun
  • Decreased cost to 150 minerals, 100 gas.
Stargate
  • Decreased cost to 150 minerals, 150 gas
  • Decreased build time
Robotics Facility
  • Increased build time
Robotics Support Bay
  • Increased cost to 150 minerals, 100 gas
Observatory
  • Decreased cost to 50 minerals, 100 gas
Forge
  • Decreased cost to 150 minerals
Photon Cannon
  • Decreased build time
Fleet Beacon
  • Decreased cost of "Increased Carrier capacity" upgrade to 100 minerals, 100 gas
  • Decreased research time of "Increased Carrier capacity" upgrade
Shield Battery
  • Increased starting energy to 100
  • Increased effective range of “Recharge Shields” ability
Zerg
Overlord
  • Increased speed bonus for "Pneumatized Carapace" upgrade
  • Decreased research time of "Ventral Sacs" upgrade
Scourge
  • Increase hit points to 25
Hydralisk
  • Increased build time
Queen
  • Increased range of Broodling by 1
  • Increase energy cost of Parasite to 75
  • Decreased Parasite casting range to 12
Defiler
  • Increased cost to 50 minerals, 150 gas
Hatchery
  • Decreased the speed at which the Hatchery/Lair/Hive spawn new larva
  • Decreased build cost to 300 minerals
  • Increased build time
Sunken Colony
  • Decreased cost of Sunken Colony upgrade to 50 minerals
  • Decreased build time
  • Increased attack rate of Sunken Colony
  • Increased damage to 40
Spore Colony
  • Decreased build time
  • Changed damage type to normal
Greater Spire
  • Increased build time