Wraith is the terran fighting air unit.
Overview[]
The Wraith is most effective as a mobile anti-air option, especially against large-sized air targets such as battlecruisers, Valkyries, overlords, devourers, guardians, scouts, arbiters, and carriers. With the Apollo Reactor upgrade a Wraith can remain cloaked for over 3.5 minutes. The ground attack and cloak make Wraiths useful for harassing the workers of poorly defended expansions. They're also useful for picking out lone units scouting before the opposition can react. They can also harass ground units that cannot fire back, such as opposing Siege Tanks, forcing the enemy to build anti-air options of their own. Wraiths, however, have a weak and slow-firing ground attack, are fairly fragile against most units that can fire back, and easily damaged due to their zero starting armor. While this can be mitigated with their cloaking ability, Wraiths are generally still not massable due to their cost. For the same price, siege tanks are the far superior option versus ground targets, while Goliath s have both superior anti-air attack and ground attack for a cheaper price. The Wraith must take advantage of its speed and flying mobility to be cost effective.