Which units in Starcraft 2 cause friendly fire?
I already know that Siege Tanks do, as can misplaced Psionic Storms, but I was surprised to learn that Colossi and Banelings do not.
Which units can accidentally inflict damage on your own forces?
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asked Mar 22 '13 at 15:48
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Lol, blow up one Baneling, lose all Banelings :) – user41604 Mar 22 '13 at 16:04
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technically all of them since you can force attack, right? :D – l I Mar 22 '13 at 16:08
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@spartacus Hence "accidentally". ;) – Raven Dreamer Mar 22 '13 at 16:09
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The only units that actually cause friendly fire from splash damage are:
- Siege tank shells
- Psionic storms
- Widow Mine attacks
- Raven's Seeker Missiles
- Ghost's EMP
- Ghost's Tactical Nuke
Some units that you might expect to cause FF splash damage but in fact don't are:
- Yamato cannon on BCs (doesn't cause any splash)
- Planetary Fortresses
- Hellion/Hellbat attacks
- Thor attacks
- Baneling explosions
- Infestor's fungal growth
- Ultralisk attacks
- Mutalisk attacks
- Colossi attacks
- Archon attacks
Edit: See this website for more details.
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Mutalisks should not be expected to friendly fire, 'cause everyone knows glave wurms are intelligent, cunning and compassionate! :) – Orc JMR Mar 22 '13 at 17:14
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1Yamato Cannon does not cause any splash damage. Otherwise a great list. – OrwellHindenberg Mar 22 '13 at 17:32
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Yes you're correct, I worded the second list's title wrong. The Yamato cannon is basically a mini-nuclear explosion, and the animation for it might make people think it does splash so that's why I included it. I edited the answer, thanks! – Murkantilism Mar 22 '13 at 17:46
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Currently the units which can cause friendly fire are Siege Tanks (in siege mode), Psionic Storms, Widow Mines, and Raven's Seeker Missiles.
answered Mar 22 '13 at 16:19
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2You missed Ghost's EMP & Tactical Nuke. Although in most situations a player would have to either be an idiot or intend to EMP or Nuke themselves, it does happen accidentally. There's a common terran technique where the T will drop a nuke force an enemy retreat & gain a better position, then cancel it before it lands. I can't remember who did it, but I do remember in an SC2 WoL pro game TvP where the terran dropped a nuke to gain a positional advantage, then forgot to cancel and walked his army right underneath it. – Murkantilism Mar 22 '13 at 17:19
