Battleship (Warcraft II)

For lore about battleships, see Battleship.

This article contains lore taken from Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.

Battleship
Race	Human
Faction	Alliance
Statistics
Hit Points	150
Armor	15 20 (1 upgrade) 25 (2 upgrades)
Sight	8
Speed	6
Production
Gold	1000
Lumber	500
Oil	1000
Food	1
Produced at	Shipyard
Build time	140 seconds
Combat
Basic Damage	130
Piercing Damage	0 5 (1 upgrade) 10 (2 upgrades)
Range	6

The Alliance relies upon its great Battleships to control the seas. These hulking behemoths possess armor and weaponry far greater than that of any other Alliance vessel. The combination of devastating weaponry and substantial armor that they brandish more than outweigh their somewhat slow speeds in waterborne combat.

Information

• Battleships are heavy warships. They are extremely powerful but slow and expensive, and are used to destroy enemy ships and bombard their buildings and any units foolish enough to stay close to the shore.
• They are far superior to Towers, but need to take care around Catapults, which outrange them.
• Their biggest drawback is that they cannot target flying units. Due to their slow speed, they are also very vulnerable to the Death Knight's Death and Decay spell.
• Another drawback is that they have a long cooldown time between their attacks, and fast units can evade their cannonballs. Thus, a skilled enemy can use a cheap ship such as a Tanker make your Battleships waste their first shots, and then immediately send in their Juggernaughts.
• Like Ballistas, their attacks have splash damage.
• They can use the "Attack Ground" command to destroy enemy Giant Turtles even if they cannot see them, but will not do this unless you specifically order them to.

Upgrades

Upgrade Cannons (Damage +5)

Increases the piercing attack damage of Elven Destroyers and Battleships by +5.

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
700 100 1000	Foundry	200 secs.

Upgrade Cannons (Damage +5)

Further increases the piercing attack damage of Elven Destroyers and Battleships by +5.

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
2000 250 3000	Foundry	250 secs.

Upgrade Ship Armor (Armor +5)

Increases the armor of Elven Destroyers, Battleships, and Transports by +5.

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
500 500	Foundry	200 secs.

Upgrade Ship Armor (Armor +5)

Further increases the armor of Elven Destroyers, Battleships, and Transports by +5.

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
1500 900	Foundry	250 secs.

Quotes

• See Warcraft II battleship quotes