Units

Thor

The Thor project has been shrouded in mystery since its inception. Agents of the Umojan Protectorate were the first to investigate the Dominion’s new terror weapon. Images from this investigation showed a huge bipedal war machine armed with a dorsal artillery battery that wouldn’t be out of place on a battleship. Most disturbing of all was the discovery that this monster could be built rapidly from the ground up by a standard Factory.
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Unit Statistics

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Basic information

Race: Terran
Life: 400
Armor: 1 (1)
Movement: Slow
Cargo Size: 8
Attributes: Armored - Mechanical - Massive

Production

Producer: None
Hotkey: None
Cost: - -
Supply: -
Build time: -

Combat

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Basic information

Race: Terran
Life: 400
Energy: 200
Armor: 1 (4)
Movement: Slow
Cargo Size: 8
Attributes: Armored - Mechanical - Massive

Production

Producer: Factory
Hotkey: T
Requires: Tech Lab, Armory
Cost: 300 200
Supply: 6
Build time: 60

Combat

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Driver’s Handbook

  • Massive armored unit that can attack both air and ground targets.
  • Its main cannons deal heavy damage to all land-based units and structures, while its missile launchers keep enemy air forces at bay, especially Mutalisks.
  • Very vulnerable without support.
  • Slow-moving and costly to produce. Combine with SCVs for field repairs, and Medivacs to ferry them quickly across the battlefield.
  • The thor’s initial anti-air weapon is strong against swarms of light units. Switch into High-Impact Payload mode when going up against small numbers of armored units.

Countermeasures

VS Terran
  • Tanks in Siege Mode with infantry support are a great way to eliminate Thors and their escort.
  • Cloaked Banshees allow you to attack on your terms; try to catch the enemy on the move and beware of Scanner Sweeps.
  • Assemble a large force of Marauders and focus fire. Works best if you research Stimpacks and build a few Medivacs.
VS Zerg
  • For the most part, large groups of smaller units work better against Thors. Try to attack from different directions simultaneously and don’t forget to focus fire.
  • Use Zerglings to support your Roaches or Hydralisks. Be sure to research Metabolic Boost, Tunneling Claws, and Grooved Spines.
  • Infestors can take over a Thor using neural parasite, turning the tide of battle in your favor.
VS Protoss
  • Immortals excel against Thors due to their Hardened Shields and high damage against armored targets.
  • Employ a large force of Zealots and Dark Templars to surround them. Be sure to have the Charge upgrade for your Zealots and to designate a Thor as your target. If you use attack move, your units will charge the escorts.
  • Void rays work well against Thors.
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Fsinatra #366
Fsinatra
23/04/2013
Voids work well vs thors? Not what husky says...
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wadmarko #573
wadmarko
11/04/2013
No he isen`t
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Frost #381
Frost
18/02/2013
Thor is here
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SolidSteel #271
SolidSteel
03/01/2013
Bring back the old big mighty thor! Not the puny mass produced AA bots that they are in HOTS ¬¬.
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Kalapossu #815
Kalapossu
12/12/2012
I love it when i have techno music playing and i see the disco thor
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dAWZn #348
dAWZn
24/10/2012
he having a disco in his thor
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Hotlinez #106
Hotlinez
13/09/2012
I like thor rush in tvt, almost always works haha ;)
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Bling #897
Bling
23/08/2012
I do not wanna comment this stupid game I just wanted to say that I fell in love with a girl from slovakia.
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Atthasit #393
Atthasit
28/08/2012
@Bling: Cool story.
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NEXUS #168
NEXUS
28/07/2012
I don't understand why the thor pilots have an austrian accent,Thor is a god in german/nordic mythology,I think the thor pilots should have a german or nordic accent.
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Murloc #862
Murloc
28/06/2012
Thor is the best terran weapon in a pack of 4-6 with 5 SCVs backing them I ALWAYS use them When I am terran
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GrimShadow #863
GrimShadow
16/05/2012
thor is rely not good xept agenst base
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dead #938
dead
15/04/2012
thor is not good
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Rade #583
Rade
25/03/2012
Can't wait to see how the 1 Thor at a time thing will work out in HoTS :)
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noname #346
noname
12/05/2012
@Rade: 1 thor is chickensh.t! they should make the battelcruiser bigger and more pimped out 1 loki or hyperion sound much better
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turbulence #364
turbulence
06/07/2011
I've found a slight bug with the thor: If they attack ground the air cooldown is set off, making it impossible to attack ground immediately followed by air. However this does not apply to the thor the other way around. You can attack air and immediately follow it up with a ground attack. THis means that a thor can attack air as normal, and still sneak in a ground attack every 3 sec., meaning the thor still retains about 40% of its dps vs ground while attacking air. I think this should be fixed.
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BenjyBoyBros #656
BenjyBoyBros
03/07/2011
Imagine if he wasn't wearing sunglasses
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Saintspirit #101
Saintspirit
15/11/2012
@BenjyBoyBros: He'd get epilepsy
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IronStathis #928
IronStathis
24/06/2011
I like most of the new units especially Thor,Banshee and Marauder.But don't you think that Blizzard has already overdid it with Norse names for units-both mythology and history? Seriously.Odin,Thor,Valkyrie,Viking,Banshee is from Irish mythology,Valhalla(test facility),Loki(in Engine of Destruction),Hel's Angels etc.What are they going to do when they run out? I believe they already have-just use Ragnarok for something in the game and we are done.
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ShinZouX #369
ShinZouX
20/07/2011
@IronStathis: TL;DR
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IronStathis #928
IronStathis
25/07/2011
@DrAgOnX: Can you please explain what you mean?
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Moip #133
Moip
20/10/2011
@IronStathis: it means too long don't read, is basically telling you you wrote too much.
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Hejligan #390
Hejligan
08/02/2012
@IronStathis: Irish isnt Norse, Odin, Thor, Valkyrie, Viking, Baneshee, Valhalla, Loki Hel and Ragnarok is from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. And by the way, learn to use space between sentences.
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Irminsul #917
Irminsul
10/02/2012
@IronStathis:

I like the Norse mythological connection. And I think many other sc2 players are also happy that their ancient religion and culture is refered to such a great game.
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Zerging #142
Zerging
04/04/2012
@IronStathis: thor odin and viking are danish don't take away our honor
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Stjärnsoldat #409
Stjärnsoldat
19/05/2012
@Zerging: Well its not only danish...Vikings where all over scandinavia and to some extent russia (viking tribes wandering from Sweden laying the foundation of the Rus kingdoms).

But Irish...nah author must have made a typo or something..? Celtic religion is indeed something entirely different.
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NEXUS #168
NEXUS
28/07/2012
@Hejligan: actually the Banshee is from Irish mythology:its is a howling woman ghost warning from approaching death.
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NEXUS #168
NEXUS
28/07/2012
@Zerging: actually the ancient Nordic religion was the religion of the people of sweden,norway,denmark and germany.
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EXEMegadeth #374
EXEMegadeth
16/06/2011
Also strong against voids for some reason.
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Rade #583
Rade
25/03/2012
@EXEMegadeth: Splash damage. Howeverm it takes at least 5-6 Thors to actually be strong against a Void pack.
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buildzoid #100
buildzoid
09/06/2011
these things have unbelievable damage out put 60 damage per second to ground that's why if these guys are rushed + a small MM force = dead turtle terran normal terran protoss or zerg at least in bronze league
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Ripper #722
Ripper
07/06/2011
Thor is beast.
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turbulence #364
turbulence
03/05/2011
Also Thor AoE owns all air units if they are massed. There is only one unit in each race that comes anywhere near defeating thors: siege tanks in siege mode, colossi, and infestors, however if the thors are supported with their own tanks colossi and infestors don't stand a chance anymore. To add insult to injury thors can be repaired, making it even harder especially for protoss to defeat thors. At least zerg usually has a better economy allowing the zerg to throw a second maxed out army at the terran right afterwards, but protoss is worst in terms of economy.
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CortexHaxOr #357
CortexHaxOr
12/07/2011
@StarWars: You are completly wrong about colossi. They are strong vs light units. Try to put a thor and a colossi against each other and you will see that the colossus deals 50 damage at it's best before it is destroyed. Thor is the strongest ground unit that is meant for taking out heavy targets. It even crushes ultralisks.
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turbulence #364
turbulence
02/05/2011
Make hardened shields spell immune
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turbulence #364
turbulence
02/05/2011
Immortals suck against Thors due to their clumsiness and 250mm strike cannon
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CortexHaxOr #357
CortexHaxOr
12/07/2011
@StarWars: Again you fail. Please don't provide wrong information.
Immortals are the best counter-units to Thors. Yes, thors take out immortals with their 250mm strike cannons, BUT, the fewest ones are going for that uppgrade. Besides, protoss will normally have more immortals than Terran has thors, atleast in mid-game, therfore unless thors are support by SCV's or you are great microer or your thors stand on a cliff where immortals lack vision, your thors are doomed. Trust me, I use them pretty often. Also if you uppgrade their shields or cannons, they might just about stand a chance against immortals, assuming you have made uppgrades to 3 degree.
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Ymdar #105
Ymdar
01/05/2011
@ShadowDark: Truly? Dark templars op?.................how is that?......players get numb when not seeing anything just dying thors(btw dark templar can be spotted it just cannot be attacked without detection) and become unable to click scanner sweep? ^.-
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azerothen #348
azerothen
29/04/2011
Haha! gotta love the unit portrait!
He's at a rave! :D
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Maxit #512
Maxit
26/04/2011
"Use the High Templar Feedback ability to drain their energy and deal instant damage. This will prevent them from using the 250mm strike cannons."

how outdated