Raven

The Raven is an all-around workhorse that combines the functions of a surveillance drone and a combat engineer. A common sight among the fringe-world colonies, these robust air-mobile vehicles are built to operate independently in harsh climates. Ravens excel in protection and reconnaissance due to their defensive Auto-Turrets and their advanced sensors, which can detect cloaked or burrowed enemies. The Terran Dominion initially designed the Raven to give low-level protection to its most isolated outposts, but recently the Raven has been used in escalating levels of conflict to replace the older and costlier Science Vessel.

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Unit Statistics

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Basic information

Race:	Terran
Life:	140
Energy:	200 Starting: 50 Regeneration: 0.562
Armor:	1 (1)
Movement:	Normal Acceleration: 2 Turn Rate: 999.844
Attributes:	Light - Mechanical

Production

Producer:	Starport
Hotkey:	R
Requires:	Tech Lab
Cost:	100 200
Supply:	2
Build time:	60

Combat

Upgrades:	Corvid Reactor Increases the starting energy of Ravens by 25. Hotkey: T Cost: 150 150 Build time: 110 Durable Materials Extends the timed duration of Raven Auto-Turrets and Point Defense Drones. Hotkey: D Cost: 150 150 Build time: 110
Ability:	Build Auto-Turret Automated defensive turret. Times out after 180 seconds. Can attack ground and air units. Hotkey: T Energy: 50 Seeker Missile Deploys a Seeker Missile which activates after 5 seconds and pursues the target unit, dealing 100 splash damage upon contact. Hotkey: R Energy: 75 Build Point Defense Drone Uses a laser to shoot down enemy missiles. Cannot target special attacks. Times out after 180 seconds. Each shot consumes 10 energy. Hotkey: D Energy: 100 Detector This unit can detect cloaked, burrowed, and hallucinated units.

3D Model

Basic information

Race:	Terran
Life:	140
Energy:	200 Starting: 50 Regeneration: 0.562
Armor:	1 (4)
Movement:	Normal Acceleration: 2 Turn Rate: 999.844
Attributes:	Light - Mechanical

Production

Producer:	Starport
Hotkey:	R
Requires:	Tech Lab
Cost:	100 200
Supply:	2
Build time:	60

Combat

Upgrades:	Terran Ship Plating Level 1 Upgrades the armor of units built at a Starport. Hotkey: P Cost: 150 150 Build time: 160 Terran Ship Plating Level 2 Further upgrades the armor of units built at a Starport. Hotkey: P Cost: 225 225 Build time: 190 Terran Ship Plating Level 3 Maximizes the armor of units built at a Starport. Hotkey: P Cost: 300 300 Build time: 220 Corvid Reactor Increases the starting energy of Ravens by 25. Hotkey: T Cost: 150 150 Build time: 110 Durable Materials Extends the timed duration of Raven Auto-Turrets, Seeker Missiles, and Point Defense Drones. Hotkey: D Cost: 150 150 Build time: 110
Ability:	Build Auto-Turret Automated defensive turret. Times out after 180 seconds. Can attack ground and air units. Hotkey: T Energy: 50 Seeker Missile Missile that chases its target. Has enough fuel for 15 seconds. Deals up to 100 area damage. Hotkey: R Energy: 125 Build Point Defense Drone Uses a laser to shoot down enemy missiles. Cannot target special attacks. Times out after 180 seconds. Each shot consumes 10 energy. Hotkey: D Energy: 100 Detector This unit can detect cloaked, burrowed, and hallucinated units.

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Strong Against

Weak Against

Support craft with detection capabilities. It can also deploy Auto-Turrets and Point Defense Drones.
Use it to reveal cloaked/burrowed units or hallucinations and to support your troops.
Vulnerable to enemy fire, so keep it protected and hot-keyed to a different control group.
Do a diversionary assault on the front of the enemy base while you use a few Ravens to deploy Auto-Turrets behind the enemy’s mineral line.
Launch Point Defense Drones to protect your units from enemy missiles.

Tech Lab Upgrades

Corvid Reactor: Increases the starting energy of Ravens by 25.
Durable Materials: Extends the timed duration of Raven Auto Turrets and Point Defense Drones.

Countermeasures

VS Terran

Place Missile Turrets behind your mineral line and send in Marines or a couple Thors.
Use Ghosts to drain the Ravens’ energy by means of EMP rounds.

VS Zerg

Use the Queen in tandem with a few well placed Spore Crawlers.
Don’t clump up your units and always attack from two sides at once.
Mutalisks are the best to take them down due to their superior speed.
If you have Hydralisks, be sure to have the Grooved Spines upgrade and always attack from two sides at once or spread out.

VS Protoss

Cover your probes with Photon Cannons.
Focus fire the Ravens using Stalkers.
Use the High Templar Feedback ability to drain their energy and deal damage. If the Raven’s energy reserves are full, they will die in one cast of this ability.
The Phoenix is fast and does extra damage against Ravens.

Terran
Zerg
Protoss

* Requires Heart of the Swarm expansion pack

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Raven

3D Model

Basic information

Production

Combat

3D Model

Basic information

Production

Combat

Flight Manual

Strong Against

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Tech Lab Upgrades

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