Battlecruiser vs Immortals

You do have to keep in mind that it unleashes a diarrhea-like burst of lasers, so it might be 8 damage per shot, out of how many in a few seconds?

 

What? Nononononono... the damage is 8, its just that he fires around 6 shot sin very fast fashion. So it shouldnt activate the shield since each atttack is under 10 dmg.

 

Wait,if the damage is 8x8,then when Immortal get an +1 armor upgrade for example ,the damage they took only 7x8 ?64-56=8,8 damage with +1 armor

 

Yes, the base damage is 8*8 or 8*6 as far as i know. Therefore armor upgrades will be pretty effective against the BC.

 

Hey, watch the Jungle World clip...

http://www.starcraft2.com/features/terran/battlecruiser.xml

I tried to count the lasers, bu they shoot too fast. Anyways it seemed to be between 10 and 12 actually. Of course, that vid could be pretty outdated.

 

Go on you tube and check the same video of BattleCruisers using Yamato Gun, right after they do you can see them firing at normal rate. Since your on youtube you will be able to pause and count them.

They fire 8 shots on that video

Even if it is an older video, for the latest ones we have BC fighting against Corruptors in the Zerg show off, which 2 BC fires 2 full volleys and each of them contains 8 shots. Again I used the pause option of that video to have a clear count

 

I don't think that it should activate the shields. if a unit is big like a tank and it is only hit by two or three of the lasers then it should only do that much damage. so if an immortal is hit by all the lasers each hit should count as different hit.

 

But a ship that size woudl create a bigger attack than a siege tank would.

 

The damage is said to be 8x8 damage (+1 damage per upgrade) so only fully upgraded attack would trigger the shield, and even then would only curb the damage by 8. The Immortal still takes a hefty 80 damage. The only real use of the Immortal's shields here is if the Terran player was dumb enough to use the Yamato Gun on the Immortal.

 

Yes, I guess the Yamato Would activate the shield
I just thought it would be interesting to have some units, with a basic attack that doesn't activate the shield, but after an upgrade it does, if you know what I mean. You have to think about each upgrade you make than.

 

But still, if you have a unit whose base attack doesn't trigger an Immortal's shields, then the chances are that if the fully upgraded attack does trigger the shield, then the damage mitigation will be so small as to be considered negligible

 

if your upgrading battlcruisers then i think you have all ready won

 

immortals cant attack air..

 

and i think plasma missiles ignore the hardened shield

 

Why do you think that? It is an attack that requires energy, just like Yamato.

 

it will attack in smaller bulbs of damage!

 

battle cruiser wins no mater what its is facing a gtg fighter

 

Against an Immortal, a Battlecruiser will win.

 

It's not a question of who wins, it's more a question of how long an Immortal with the Hardened Shields upgrade would last against a Battlecruiser.

 

^lets just say it wouldn't last long. anyway my question is how many stalkers do you need to kill a BC