--------------- Protoss WOL --------------- Zealot Early Game Meat Shield Can be upgraded with charge Sentry Early game support spellcaster Can be upgraded with hallucination Stalker Early game ranged support Can be upgraded with blink Dark templar Late game cloaked spec ops anti armor and structure High templar Late game support spellcaster Can be upgraded with psi storm Archon Late game meat shield Observer Mid game cloaked detector Warp Prism Transport unit (Can provide pylon power) Immortal Mid game anti armor meat shield Colossus Late game artillery (Targetted as air and ground) Phoenix Mid game anti air scout fighter Can use a graviton beam ability to make ground units attackable by anti air units Void Ray Mid game anti armor and structure cruiser Increases in damage over time Carrier Late game anti air and anti ground artillery Can produce interceptors in return for minerals Mothership Late game support spellcaster airship Can only have 1 at a time --------------- Protoss HOTS --------------- Mothership removed Carrier Removed Replicant Mid game support spellcaster Can transform into any unit Oracle Mid game air anti economy spellcaster Tempest Heavy late game anti air warship --------------- Terran WOL --------------- Marine Early game light ranged all purpose infantry Can be upgraded with stim Marauder Early game anti armored ground Can be upgraded with stim Reaper Early game scout and hit and runner Throws a deadly bomb at structures Ghost Mid game spec ops support spellcaster Can launch nukes Hellion Mid game scout and anti biological unit Siege tank Mid game medium damage dealer Can transform into long ranged artillery Thor Late game massive meat shield Viking Mid game long ranged anti air Can transform into a ground unit that attacks ground only Medivac Transport unit Can heal infantry Banshee Mid game anti ground tactical air unit Can cloak Raven Mid game air spellcaster Detector Battlecruiser Late game air meat shield Can use anti armor yamato cannon ability --------------- Terran HOTS --------------- Thor can now only have 1 at a time on the battlefield Battle Hellion Mid game meat shield and anti biological Transforms from hellion Warhound Late/mid game (not sure) long ranged support walker Shreddar Mid game defensive anti biological --------------- Zerg WOL --------------- Zergling Early game massable scout unit Spawns 2 zerglings in 1 Each counts as .5 supply Baneling Early game anti ground sacrifice unit Roach Early game short ranged meat shield Can be upgraded to move while burrowed Queen Early game economic support spellcaster and defender Hydralisk Mid game anti all Mutalisk Mid game air scout Attacks bounce Corruptor Mid game anti air Infestor Mid game spellcaster and masser Can move while burrowed Brood Lord Late game artillery masser Ultralisk Late game melee anti structure meat shield Overlord transport unit provides supplies Overseer air spellcaster detector --------------- Zerg HOTS --------------- Swarm Host Mid game artillery masser Viper Mid game air spellcaster --------------- Custom Race --------------- Scout Drone Early game light all purpose SCU Early game medium ranged support Clanker Early game meat shield Repair detector (???) Mid game Repair detector Walker Mid game medium all purpose Drillbot Mid game oddball with various strengths Melee Spellcaster/stealth thing (???) Early-mid game stealth spellcaster Demolition Droid Mid game combat/explosive spellcaster Petard? Mid game stealth spellcaster Fighter/Bomber (???) Mid game all purpose air unit Air superiority fighter (???) Mid game anti air scout unit Hauler Transport unit Air Powerhouse (???) Late game meat shield...ish...air "powerhouse" Destroyer Mech? Late game meat shield all purpose ------------------------- Now...let's compare some races... zealot-marine-zergling role first unit, massable =====Scout Drone stalker-marauder-roach role 1.25-1.5 tier medium ranged support unit =====SCU sentry role (Doesn't need to be filled) defensive early spellcaster =====000000 baneling role (Doesn't need to be filled) sacrificial unit =====000000 queen role (Doesn't need to be filled) economic spellcaster =====000000 reaper role (Doesn't need to be filled) 1.25-1.5 tier light scout, anti structure =====000000 hellion role (Doesn't need to be filled, but should) 1.25-1.5 tier fast scout vehicle =====000000 hightemplar-infestor role tier 2-3 ground spellcaster =====Demolition Droid-Petard? hydralisk role tier 2 all purpose =====Walker siegetank-colossus-broodlord role (Doesn't need to be filled, but should) artillery =====000000 immortal role (Doesn't need to be filled, but should) medium meat shield =====000000 ghost-darktemplar role ground spec ops =====Spellcaster/stealth thing (???) viking-corruptor-phoenix role anti air fighter =====Air superiority fighter (???) medivac-warpprism-overlord role transport =====Hauler voidray-mutalisk role all purpose airship =====Fighter/Bomber (???) banshee role (Doesn't need to be filled, but should) all out anti ground airship =====000000 raven-observer-overseer role detector =====Repair detector (???) thor-archon-ultralisk role ground powerhouse =====Destroyer Mech? carrier-battlecruiser role air powerhouse =====Air Powerhouse (???) --------------- HOTS --------------- swarm host role (Doesn't need to be filled, but should) artillery =====000000 viper role (Doesn't need to be filled, but should) air spellcaster =====000000 oracle role (Doesn't need to be filled) anti economy air spellcaster =====000000 replicant-shreddar role oddball =====Drillbot tempest role air powerhouse =====Air Powerhouse (???) warhound role ground powerhouse =====Destroyer Mech? battlehellion role early meat shield =====Clanker ----------------------------------------------------- Roles that our race has but none of the other fit in -----------------------------------------------------