Lockdown

[e][h]Lockdown

Spell Information

Caster(s):

Ghost

Cost:

 100

Hotkey:

L

Range:

8

Cooldown:

0

Area of Effect:

Target Only

Researched from:

Covert Ops

Research Cost:

 200  200  62.7

Research Hotkey:

L

Lockdown is an offensive spell cast by the Terran Ghost which shorts out the target's circuitry, rendering it immobile for 43.83~ seconds (lasts between 1040-1047 frames, the same duration as the Arbiter spell, Stasis Field). During this time the unit can be attacked, repaired and destroyed, but it cannot return fire, move, or respond to any orders. Lockdown can only be cast on mechanical units (unless in Stasis).

Use

In competitive play Lockdown rarely sees the light of day. Its late-game tech requirements make its single-unit targeting ineffective versus the big late-game armies. Occasionally though, Lockdown is deployed to snipe high-priority targets like Arbiters, Carriers and Battlecruisers.

Versus Zerg, Lockdown is never used as no Zerg units can be affected by this spell.

In Combination with Other Spells

• Unlike units in Stasis, Lockdowned units can be Recalled. If a Lockdown missile is underway when a unit is Recalled the missile will dispel.
• Lockdown will dispel Hallucinations.
• Irradiate, Plague, Defensive Matrix and Maelstrom can be cast, will affect and wear off in combination with Lockdown.

• Lockdown can be cured with Restoration.

Other

• If a Lockdown missile is underway while an SCV or Probe enters a gas station it will simply dispel. You can sabotage gas mining if you Lockdown the worker just before it enters the building: the other workers will refuse to mine from it.
• If a Lockdown missile is underway while a unit enters a transporter it will also dispel.

Notable Games

• Boxer vs Nal_rA - 07-22-05 - Proleague 2007 - Boxer used Lockdown versus Carriers
• Firebathero vs UpMagic - 07-11-12 - Proleague 2007 - FBH used Lockdown versus Battlecruisers
• Boxer vs Free on Othello - Boxer successfully averts a critical Recall using Lockdown.
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGI1l0nYVcY Leta vs Tyson on Neo Jade - July 2nd, 2012 - Proleague 2012 - Leta using defensive Lockdowns against Arbiters and Shuttles.