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- This article is about the Siege Tank in StarCraft 2. For the Siege Tank from StarCraft: Brood War, see Siege Tank (SC1).
The Siege Tank is able to enter Siege Mode, allowing it to shell enemies from afar with devastating power. A ring showing the tank's range will appear around the tank when a Siege Tank in Siege Mode is selected. The tech is researched in a Tech Lab attached to a Factory.
Lore
The Crucio is the Dominion update of the immensely popular but aging Arclite siege tank. The Arclite was renowned throughout the Confederacy for its devastating firepower and stalwart emplacement/advance tactics. Originally designed to serve as a "final defense" security cannon, the siege tank adopted a two-stage configuration in its final form: a mobile assault mode and a deployed siege mode that brought its massive shock cannon to bear. The immense flexibility of an armored battle tank that could advance and then deploy itself as heavy artillery was a huge success, and the design was widely copied.
Although the Arclite was supremely effective in the artillery role, it suffered some shortcomings as a battle tank. It was a superb defensive unit, but in offensive operations it required substantial support to get to a forward emplacement. Enemies would often make strenuous efforts to get close to an emplaced siege tank battery so they could exploit its "deadzone." If they were successful, this tactic usually meant destruction for the Arclites because even in assault mode the machines were too undergunned and poorly armored to fight off a determined close-range assault.
The Crucio has been designed for increased survivability with an enlarged, reinforced turret and hull. The new turret layout also features an upgraded assault-mode armament package so that the Crucio can fend for itself more successfully in an open battlefield. Force deployment costs for the Crucio have increased over the older Arclite, but the increased versatility of the powerful new siege tank more than compensates for the additional expense.
Weapons
Abilities
| Siege Mode (E) [edit]
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| Cast time
|  4
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| Requires
| Siege Tech
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| Used by | Siege Tank
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| Makes the tank stationary and able to shell enemies from afar.
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Upgrades
 | Vehicle Weapons (E) [edit]
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| | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3
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| |  |  | 
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| Minerals |  100 | 175 | 250
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| Gas |  100 | 175 | 250
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| Time | 160 | 190 | 220
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| Researched at
| Armory
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| Affects | Hellion, Siege Tank, Thor
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| Increases attack damage for Terran vehicle units.
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 | Vehicle Plating (V) [edit]
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| | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3
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| |  |  | 
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| Minerals | 100 | 175 | 250
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| Gas | 100 | 175 | 250
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| Time | 160 | 190 | 220
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| Researched at
| Armory
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| Affects | Hellion, Siege Tank, Thor
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| Increases defense for Terran vehicle units.
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History
In StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War, the Siege Tank variant used was called the Arclite. The new Siege Tank is called the Crucio (Latin for "to torture" or "torment") Siege Tank, but the name appears in-game as simply "Siege Tank."
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