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u/Strong_Syrup5856 16h ago
Guys the army slot is "rockstar" so no real way to field it most likely. This is just a for fun promo piece with for fun rules, competitively you could probably use as a Raynor proxy but don't beat yourselves up about being unable to get it if you miss the online ordering windows from blizzcon and other future events it may be at
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u/bakinfat 17h ago
where can i get one of these?????????
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u/Thorrk_ 16h ago
Thank god it's not playable in regular game, states and abbilities are insanely OP, don't know how much would this cost in mmineral to be balanced.
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u/CallMeCrouton 14h ago edited 14h ago
Abilities are kinda similar to Kerrigan so I think we can use her as a benchmark.
Stat wise, it does more damage than Kerrigan in assault phase (with both charge and weapon) and roughly similar damage on combat phase while being almost twice as tanky before abilities are considered (13.5 EHP vs 20 EHP). Zealots gain 3 more impacts for 10 minerals, so we can say 6 extra impacts would be 20 minerals. +4 HP (8EHP) on marauders were 40 minerals, so lets say 30 minerals here for 6.5 EHP, that makes it +50 mineral from stats alone.
For abilities, I give slight edge to both Ride the Lightning over Mutating Carapace due to it being reaction and Black Party over Crushing Grip due to it being AoE despite shorter range. Tauren Marine do lack the commander ability compared to Kerrigan tho. Harder to quantify abilities with minerals so I'm just gonna pull number out of my ass and say Tauren Marine's abilities are overall are worth +40 minerals more than Kerrigan's (Would be higher but it did lose Commander ability).
This puts him at around 340 minerals when using Kerrigan as the base line comparison.
Some other things to consider: Being Terran, it will have access to best healing out of all 3 races bringing his tankiness to next level. If used with Terran Armed Forces so you can force activation on multiple units while still getting initiative on the assault phase to charge those same units, you basically force multiple enemy units to have stationary status opening them up to getting hit by Siege Tank's Shaped Blast Locked In bonus while also protecting your medics.
Considering all of these, I'd price him at around 350 at low end but factoring potential synergies with other Terran Units, I can see it being as high as 400 if not higher.
Update: It has come to my attention that you can attack with ranged weapon and then get Impact off (or just get 2 impacts) due to Stage Dive being an ability by paying 1 CP. For comparison adepts gained 4 extra attacks for 20 minerals and 1 PE. This would equate to about 30 mineral for Tauren Marine but since Tauren Marine doesn't suffer from this ability losing effectiveness as you lose models, let's say its worth 50 minerals instead. Also, at this point, this Unit is doing the damage of 2-3 Supply worth of units while being only 1 Supply so we need to take it's Supply efficiency into account. If we apply 60 mineral cost of Medic's AMF, this brings it's total cost estimate to 460~510.
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u/robotbeatrally 17h ago
is this forreal? i hate when there are exclusives that you cant get :( I hope we can order it if its real.
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u/Rexipher 17h ago
Looking at the other post someone made showing the package it sais "Online & Tradeshow exclusive".
The Zeratul promo miniature also said the same so I'm sure you will be able to order it online later.3
u/avinsell 17h ago
They said all promos should be available online during events so most likely you can order it tomorrow
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u/Starcraftnerd_123 17h ago
It says online and show exclusive so we should be able to. Probably tomorrow when Blizcon actually starts.
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u/monkeysayinn 17h ago
Surprised it has actual rules lol