Is an Archon a robotical, non-mechanical unit?
Yesterday I was playing mission 7 of the Zerg (Episode VI) campaign of StarCraft Brood War. You're not allowed to build Guardians there, so I had to rely on Duran (an infested Terran Ghost) and Queens to get rid of tougher enemy units.
When opposed with a (Dark or normal) Archon, I noticed I couldn't use the Queen's "Spawn Broodling" ability; the system says it can only be used on non-robotical ground units. However, when I tried to use Duran's "Lockdown" ability on it, the system told me that it can only target mechanical units.
How can a unit be robotical but not mechanical? Or is the Archon somehow a non-ground unit, even though it "walks"?
Best Answer
There seems to be an exception for the Spawn Broodling ability against this type of unit:
Spawn Broodling affects all ground units with the exception of:
- Probes
- Reavers
- Archons
- Dark Archons
The page later goes on and states:
Broodlings are rarely seen in Zerg vs. Protoss since the most expensive Protoss ground units are immune to the spell (i.e. Reavers, Archons).
The same site lists Archons and Dark Archons as Large Ground Units. So it's not that it is not a ground unit, it just has an immunity to the Spawn Broodling ability.
Edit:
The Starcraft Wiki states for Archons:
Archons are neither biological nor mechanical and are therefore immune to a number of abilities, such as Lockdown, Spawn Broodling, and Irradiate.
All that being said, they appear to be immune to both of these abilities that you mentioned.
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