FACT: scouts cost 275 minerals, 125 gas, 3 supply, and have a build time of 50 FACT: scouts have 150 hit points, 100 shields, and 0 base armor FACT: scouts deal 8(+1) damage to ground units and 14(+1)(x2) explosive damage to air units FACT: scouts have only 6.349 air-to-ground DPS but boast a substantial 30.303 air-to-air DPS (4 range for both) FACT: scouts have 8 units of vision +2 additional units with the apial sensors upgrade FACT: scouts have a movement speed of 3.72 upgradable to 4.963 with the gravitic thrusters FACT: apial sensors costs 100 minerals and 100 gas with a 105 research time FACT: gravitic thrusters costs 200 minerals and 200 gas with a 105 research time
COMPETITIVE SCOUT USAGE
PvP scouts are extremely effective at killing capital ships such as carriers. so effective in fact that carriers are rarely built in PvP. consequently the scout is almost never used in PvP
PvT scouts are extremely effective at killing capital ships such as battlecruisers. so effective in fact that battlecruisers are rarely built in PvT. consequently the scout is almost never used in PvT
PvZ while effective at killing overlords, the scout is generally outclassed by the corsair, in fact the corsair is so effective in this and other roles that the scout virtually has zero effective use in PvZ. consequently the scout is almost never used in PvZ
NOTABLE GAMES FEATURING SCOUTS
sooyoung vs mahe showmatch game 2 "gg take the bo5" [VOD unavailable]
