Alarak (Co-op Missions)

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Alarak is a commander in Co-op Missions introduced in Patch 3.6. Alarak personally takes the field as a hero unit similar to Kerrigan and Zagara. In addition, he has the ability to field powerful Tal'darim units, and call down the Death Fleet to annihilate his foes.^[1]

Overview[]

Alarak functions as a hero unit, taking the field personally. He retains his soul absorption, destruction wave and deadly charge abilities from Legacy of the Void, and an ability named Empower Me, which allows him to gain power from nearby friendly units. In addition, Alarak is able to use photon overcharge on structures, as well as summon a Tal'darim mothership surrounded by destroyers.^[1][2]

Info[]

• Recommended for experienced players
• Control Alarak directly on the battlefield, using his devastating abilities to change the tide of battle
• Alarak can use the lifeforce of both friend and foe to sustain his essence and increase his power
• Command an army of loyal and fanatical Tal'darim units

Mastery[]

Power Set 1

Alarak Attack Damage: +1 – +30

Combat Units Attack Speed: +0.5% – +15%

Power Set 2

Empower Me duration: +1 sec – +30 sec (up to a maximum of 50 sec)

Death Fleet cooldown: -4 sec – -120 sec (down to a minimum of 240 sec)

• (Does not affect the initial cooldown at the start of the mission)

Power Set 3

Structure Overcharge Shield and Attack Speed: +2% – +60%

Chrono Boost Efficiency: +1% – +30%

Prestiges[]

Level 1 – Artificer of Souls

Advantage: When a Supplicant dies, it increases the damage and attack speed of one of Alarak's nearby non-Heroic mechanical combat units.

Disadvantage: Deadly Charge and Destruction Wave damage reduced by 50%.

• Increases the Wrathwalker or Vanguard' attack speed and damage by 10% per Supplicant. Can stack up to 100%.
• Increases the Slayer or War Prism' attack speed and damage by 20% per Supplicant. Can stack up to 100%.
• Prioritizes Wrathwalkers, then Vanguards, then Slayers, then War Prisms.

Level 2 – Tyrant Ascendant

Advantage: Empower Me cooldown reduced by 50%.

Disadvantage: The Death Fleet is unavailable.

Level 3 – Shadow of Death

Advantage: Summon Death Fleet has no duration or initial cooldown. The Mothership may construct Destroyers.

Disadvantage: Destroyers may no longer be summoned with the Mothership. The Mothership and Destroyers have resource and supply costs. Mass Teleport has a 60 second cooldown and no longer teleports allied units.

Game Unit[]

As a hero unit, Alarak is fragile, but a powerful all-around attacker. His Deadly Charge and Destruction Wave abilities let him deal heavy damage, and does not need energy for them, letting him use them constantly without fear. With a healthy supply of supplicants to support him, Alarak is virtually invincible, automatically healing constantly as he fights. He can also use Destruction Wave to knock enemies into range of his army, both preventing an escape and putting the enemies in closer.

The utility of Alarak's Empower Me ability cannot be overstated. With enough allied units nearby, Alarak's attacking abilities can deal several hundred damage, letting him decimate waves upon waves of enemies with ease. There is no cap to how strong he can become as long as there are units near him, his power will continue to grow. However, due to its lengthy cooldown, Empower Me is best saved for heavy battles where Alarak will need the boost in offense.

Alarak's biggest weakness is that, by himself, he is not very effective; he can kill small groups of enemies alone, but requires a healthy supply of supplicants to keep alive. While his damaging abilities are spammable, they don't do much damage by themselves. Alarak is best used in tandem with a large army that can provide support fire and tributes to heal him, while Alarak himself charges into combat to draw fire and soften up enemies for his followers to finish off. Alone, he is easily overwhelmed and killed.

Alarak takes 4 min to initially spawn at his base. Subsequent respawns take 60 seconds instead.

Abilities[]

Alarak has the following abilities as a hero unit:

Upgrades[]

Researched[]

Talents[]

Calldown Abilities[]

Alarak has the following abilities activated from the top menu.

Calldown Upgrades[]

Structure Overcharge[]

Death Fleet[]

Army Composition[]

Units and Structures[]

Alarak has access to the following units and structures:^[1][2][3]

Icon	Unit	Details	Production	Base Statistics:
	Supplicant	Short range warrior. Sacrifices itself to heal Alarak when he is near death. Supplicants are warped in two at a time. Can attack ground units.	150  4  28 (21 Warp Gate cooldown) for 2 supplicants.	Life: 75 / Shields: 125 / Armor: 0 Blood orb Targets: Ground Damage: 5 AS: 1.65 / Range: 3 Upgrade: +1 per level DPS: 3:03 (+0.6) MS: 3
	Slayer	Ranged attack strider. Can use Blink and Phasing Armor abilities. Can attack ground and air units.	125  50  2  42 (32 Warp Gate cooldown)	Life: 80 / Shields: 80 / Armor: 1 Particle disruptors Targets: Ground and Air Damage: 13 (+5 vs Armored) AS: 1.44 / Range: 6 Upgrade: +1 (+1 vs Armored) per level DPS: 9:02 (+0.69) 12.5 (+1.38) vs Armored MS: 2.95
	Havoc	Robotic support unit. Can use Target Lock, Squad Sight and Force Field abilities.	50  100  1  37 (32 Warp Gate cooldown)	Life: 40 / Shields: 40 / Armor: 1 MS: 2.25
	Ascendant	Potent psionic master. Can use Psionic Orb, Mind Blast and Sacrifice abilities. Can attack ground units. (Unlocks at level 8)	50  150  2  55 (45 Warp Gate cooldown)	Life: 40 / Shields: 40 / Armor: 0 Agonizing blast Targets: Ground Damage: 9 AS: 1.75 / Range: 7 Upgrade: +1 per level DPS: 5.14 (+0.57) MS: 2.25
	Vanguard	Assault strider. His attacks deal damage in an area around target enemy unit. Can attack ground units	250  100  4  55	Life: 200 / Shields: 100 / Armor: 1 Scatter cannons Targets: Ground Damage: 8 (+7 vs Armored) (x8) AS: 3.75 / Range: 6 Upgrade: +1 per level DPS: 17:06 (+0.26) 32 (+2.13) vs Armored with upgrade) MS: 2.25
	Wrathwalker	Battle strider with a powerful single target attack. Can walk up and down cliffs. Before upgrade: Can attack ground units. After upgrade: Can attack ground and air units.	300  200  6  75	Life: 200 / Shields: 150 / Armor: 1 Charged blast Targets: Ground (Ground and Air with Aerial Tracking) Damage: 100 (+75 vs Structures) AS: 3 / Range: 10 Upgrade: +10 (+8 vs Structure) per level DPS: 33.33 (+3.33) 58.33 (+6) vs Structure MS: 2
Transport Mode Phase Mode	War prism	Flying transport. Can load and unload units. Can also deploy to create a power field. Can attack ground and air units.	200  2  50	Life: 100 / Shields: 100 / Armor: 0 Phase blaster Targets: Ground and Air Damage: 10 AS: 2 / Range: 7 Upgrade: +1 per level DPS: 5 (+0.5) MS: 3.38
	Photon Cannon	Primary defensive structure. Can attack ground and air units.	150   40	Life: 150 / Shields: 150 / Armor: 1 Phase disruptor Targets: Ground and Air Damage: 20 AS: 1.25 / Range: 7 DPS: 16

Talent Progression[]

Alarak acquires the following talents as he levels up.

Strategies[]

Alarak and his forces are all about overwhelming offense. His units are fragile and easily killed if not protected, as is Alarak himself, but they can quickly decimate enemy forces. Alarak tends to have large numbers of supplicants to soak up enemy fire while his ascendants, vanguards, and wrathwalkers provide the damage output. Proper microing of these units to maximize their utility and keep them out of danger is important to success.

Mastery Strategies[]

Power Set 1: Alarak Attack Damage (with Ascendants)

☀Alarak attack damage: +1 – +30

If going Ascendants, unit attack speed isn't that useful, and it gives Alarak more power early-game, if going mech on the other hand the attack speed mastery will be the stronger choice mid-late game.

Power Set 2: Death Fleet cooldown

☀Death Fleet cooldown: -4 sec – -120 sec

With full masteries, the Death Fleet cooldown get down to only 4 min, with good planning, you can use it pretty reliably to bust your forces while assaulting hard defend areas and take down objectives. Note that with full mastery, the Death Fleet's cooldown matches that of Empower Me, allowing the two abilities to be easily used in tandem.

Alternatively, players with good micromanagement can take the Empower Me duration mastery to deal much more damage using the No Cooldown technique and get much more value out of the ability, as the Death Fleet's overall DPS is fairly negligible compared to the damage output of an empowered Alarak.

Power Set 3: Structure Overcharge Shield and Attack Speed / Chrono Boost Efficiency

☀Structure Overcharge shield and attack speed: +2% – +60%

At full mastery Alarak can use Structure Overcharge to quickly break the rocks blocking his expansions. He will also be able to hold off enemy attacks without an army. Later on it can also be used offensively with War Prism in phase mode. Alternatively, a 22/8 split in Structure Overcharge/Chrono Boost gives the bare minimum damage required to clear expansion rocks with a single Overcharge.

☀ Chrono Boost Efficiency: +1% - +30%

Optionally, Alarak can instead put his points into Chrono Boost. Doing this gives Alarak a slightly more focused build on quick army creation. Increasing the Chrono Boost can allow Alarak's army to quickly build a strong economic advantage in the early-game by quickly massing probes. After finalizing the economy, the chrono-boost can be transferred to either the forge for increased upgrade research speed, or to any unit production structure. This helps considerably to cut down production time for Wrathwalkers and Vanguards. The increased economic boost and the use of two Nexus' will aid in obtaining as many upgrades as possible and allowing Alarak's army to reach late-game strength before passing the halfway point of the mission.

This strategy helps if using the Tyrant Ascendant prestige, however the loss of the Death Fleet and its accompanying recall means that using this mastery strategy over Structure Overcharge can leave gaps in your defense if Alarak is too far away to defend against an attack wave or when the attack waves are considerably large, especially on higher difficulty settings.

Prestige Strategies[]

Artificier of Souls makes Alarak's mechanical forces much more powerful as a mission goes on, drastically increasing their DPS as they accumulate souls. While it may take time for this, Alarak can field fewer mechanical units than normal and their increased attack speed can make up for the loss of firepower. The player can also pre-emptively empower their unit by having their army fire upon Alarak, causing him to rapidly sacrifice supplicants and triggering the prestige's buff. The player will likely find themselves short on resources for ascendants if they choose to focus on a robotic army, and the buff from Artificier of Souls is only activated when a supplicant is sacrificed, so the player must keep their mechanical units close to Alarak, since without ascendants he is the only means of sacrificing supplicants. The drawback of this prestige is that Alarak himself more of a support unit for his army rather than a core component of it, as his abilities deal greatly reduced damage. His robotic army units are much more valuable with this prestige, so it is of critical importance to provide Alarak with enough supplicants to sustain him in battle to ensure he does not try to drain his empowered mechanical units. The player can consider the strategic option of redistributing points in his first mastery points to further increase the damage output of his army at the cost of not boosting Alarak's attack damage, hindering him further.

With Tyrant Ascendant, Alarak becomes even more of a powerhouse in battle, able to use Empower Me much more often. When combined with his masteries to increase his attack power and the duration of Empower Me, he can more often and more reliably make strong pushes against enemies, and he will likely have Empower Me ready for most engagements with attack waves or enemy strongholds. The player will need to ensure they have more supplicants than usual with this prestige since Alarak will see frontline combat more often and the player will want to get the most out of Empower Me by having a large army to support him. Micromanagement of Alarak is important to maximize the effectiveness of Empower Me, especially since his abilities will have decreased cooldowns and increased damage as he sacrifices supplicants. This desire to have more supplicants available means the player's higher-tier units may be slower to come to the field since supplicants are a considerable investment in resources. The loss of the Death Fleet greatly hurts Alarak's mobility, since he cannot easily relocate his units nor reinforce an ally's position if he is not in a position to join them in battle. To defend against unexpected enemy attacks, he must solely rely on Structure Overcharge, but against sufficiently large attack waves, it simply may not be enough to hold them off.

Shadow of Death effectively grants Alarak an entirely new branch of his tech tree. The Tal'darim mothership has no tech requirements and can be summoned at any point the player can afford it, so rushing to 400 minerals and gas to quickly call it in can be an appealing option, though not necessary a viable one depending on the map. The mothership is a powerful hero unit in its own right, with high movement speed and a powerful rapid-fire Thermal Lance ability, and it can quickly warp in destroyers nearby, holding up to eight charges at a time. Destroyers cost less resources and supply than void rays and can be easily massed, and in large numbers can quickly kill large numbers of enemies. Consistent access to Mass Teleport and simply being air units makes the Death Fleet much more mobile than Alarak's usual army, but the player should still support him with supplicants to avoid him draining health from the Death Fleet to heal himself in battle. This prestige requires some care to use - the mothership is a costly investment and takes a long time to come off cooldown when constructed, and without it Alarak cannot replace his destroyers. The natural tendency of air units to stack up makes them vulnerable to enemy units with splash damage, particularly spellcasters like ravens, vipers, and high templar. The mothership's Thermal Lance is a critical part of its damage output, thus it is most powerful against large numbers of ground units and cannot fight air units as effectively, especially in large numbers. Overall, the Death Fleet is terrifically powerful when used properly, but mismanagement can leave Alarak without an army and with no way to quickly replace them. An ally with access to healing, even just a terran ally who can spare SCVs for repairs, is of great aid for improving the Death Fleet's longevity. An additional benefit of relying on the Death Fleet means that Alarak does not need as much investment in higher-tier options, saving time and resources.

Empower Me, Minions[]

Empower Me increases the damage of Alarak's attacks and spells by a flat amount/percentage based off the supply of allied units near Alarak during the effect. This includes certain heroic and spawned units. The increases for Alarak's attacks and spells are as follows:

Attack Damage increases by 1 per supply, and

Ability Damage increases by 5% per supply up to 100 supply, and half that amount for each supply past 100.

Formulas:

Attack Damage = (default dmg) + Z

Ability Damage = (default dmg) + [(default dmg)*(X * 0.05)+(default dmg)*(Y * 0.025)]

X = supply near Alarak up to 100

Y = supply near Alarak above 100

Z = supply near Alarak

Many heroic units and calldowns contribute supply to Empower Me's buff. Notable cases include Raynor's Hyperion, Stukov's Aleksander, Vorazun's shadow guards, and Abathur's Leviathans (3 supply per unit). Abathur's Brutalisks count for 8 supply per unit, and heroic commander units such as Kerrigan, Zagara, Nova, Fenix and Dehaka count as 3 supply per unit. Dehaka's Glevig, Murvar, and Dakrun don't affect Empower Me. Alarak's Death Fleet calldown counts as 42 supply (Mothership (10 supplies) and Destroyers (4 supply multiplied by 8 destroyers), working exceptionally well in tandem with Empower Me usage. While structures do not normally contribute to Empower Me, any of Stukov's infested bunkers contribute 4 supply if they are uprooted in Empower Me's AOE. MULEs, interceptors, creepers, broodlings, assault drones, and locusts don't affect Empower Me. An Assault Galleon only contributes supply when equipped with a Drone Hangar.

Hostile Forces Approaching. Break Them[]

Alarak's Structure Overcharge power is very effective at halting unexpected enemy attacks, especially when mastery levels are put into it to increase its defensive shield and attack rate. Unless playing a defense-heavy mission, Alarak can completely forego photon cannons and build a couple of extra gateways to overcharge as needed. It is best to overcharge high-HP buildings clumped with each other, to make it more difficult for enemy troops to get into attack range.

Structure Overcharge is also very effective at clearing out the rocks blocking expansions. A single Structure Overcharge can destroy the main rock, and with full mastery, both of the vespene rocks. A really early expansion for Alarak is a good idea to build up a strong economy quickly, but this comes with the obvious drawback of putting off the player's other building options to focus on saving up for a new nexus and probes to mine. In this circumstance, good usage of Alarak in the early game is important as the player will not have much money to train or upgrade their army.

Try to use Structure Overcharge whenever you are nearing 3 charges, as they are limited by cooldown rather than resource cost and they contribute considerable damage; if the player is maxed out on charges, then the cooldown stops, preventing the player from getting additional charges. Ideally a player doesn't waste the sheer damage output one Structure Overcharge can potentially provide.

My Life for the Highlord[]

Alarak himself is mostly useful in the early game to defend his economy and complete objectives while he's still getting his economy going and getting the upgrades he requires to win the game. Late game, the strength of his army will greatly overtake Alarak, but he is still useful with his Empower Me ability, which allows Alarak's power to grow proportionally to the strength of his army, as well as acting as a light tank for his army as he heals himself continually while his enemies die.

Supplicant management is important to consider if playing with an Ascendant build. If the player does not quickly kill the enemies attacking him and keeps letting them get free hits off, they run the risk of suffering heavy Supplicant losses as Alarak consumes them to keep himself alive. This is not ideal if Alarak is going for an Ascendant build, as he needs those Supplicants to give his Ascendants additional strength, and continuously losing Supplicants like this will quickly demolish Alarak's mineral reserves.

If Alarak opts for a mechanical-based build, then the Supplicants can be better dedicated to keeping Alarak alive instead of saving them for Ascendants, but it is still important to avoid going into battle with no Supplicants. Supplicants are good at drawing enemy fire away from the more fragile Mechanical units, and they provide Alarak with sacrifices he can use to keep himself alive.

It is also important to note that if Alarak runs out of Supplicants nearby to consume, he will instead consume a nearby army unit at random to keep himself alive. This can prove disastrous if he consumes an Ascendant with several Power Overwhelming stacks, as this is a huge time commitment that has been suddenly lost. It can be similarly disastrous if Alarak starts to consume large amounts of Slayers, or if he consumes a Wrathwalker or other expensive units. While in a fight with Alarak, it's important to watch the fight and see if it's going badly and Alarak's army is starting to die quickly. If Alarak is running low on Supplicants and rapidly devouring his supply of them, it is best to retreat and come back later with more Supplicants and firepower later on, to avoid Alarak wiping out his own army in an attempt to keep himself alive. If the player is trying to retreat, Alarak's Destruction Wave is quite useful to push enemies away and allow his army to make distance.

Keep an eye on supply when building supplicants, as each pair costs 4 supply, and unlike other protoss commanders, Alarak has no quick answer to getting supply blocked. Always be building pylons to support your growing army as resources allow.

The Talons of Slayn[]

Alarak's ascendants are some of the most powerful units Alarak has access to, as they possess two spells that allow Alarak to deal incredibly high damage against enemy units. Psionic Orb is the Ascendants' best method of eliminating enemy waves, as multiple Psionic Orbs stack and can add up into an attack that eliminates even late-game waves incredibly quickly. Mind Blast meanwhile is a heavy damage single target ability with long range, perfect for focusing down powerful enemies including hybrid. With Power Overwhelming, ascendants will gain shield and ability damage each time they use Sacrifice, eventually having over 1000 shields and spells that deal more than three times normal damage. With a group of 20-24 ascendants and Empower Me, it is possible to wipe out an entire enemy compound and all enemies in it in a blink of an eye, as well as any wave at late game. However, to maximize the power of Ascendants, it is important to regularly Sacrifice Supplicants whenever you have the chance; as a result, although Ascendants' Sacrifice is autocast, it may be wise to manually consume Supplicants while outside of battle so that you Ascendants can continue to grow in power even while they're not in combat, and this helps you avoid getting supply blocked or supply capped as well. To ensure that you have a continuous supply of Supplicants to keep powering up Ascendants, it is important that you have maximum mineral income as well as remember to macro, regularly warping in Supplicants and putting those minerals to use.

Ascendants are particularly weak against structures, as they cannot Mind Blast those and their Psionic Orb does not do high damage to structures at all; Psionic Orb is really only useful against enemy static defense, and nothing else. As such, if Alarak is going to be facing off against structure-based objectives such as Void Slivers or Void Shards, then it may be best to let your ally kill those while you focus on taking out the guarding units instead, or it may be wise to add a higher number of Slayers to better deal damage against those structures. Warping in a Pylon next to the structure and then Overcharging it is also a good way for Alarak to deal high damage against those structures.

Ascendants are unsuited to prolonged combat due to the long cooldown for Sacrifice, and like all protoss casters they appreciate time between battles to recover energy and shields. It is important that you keep an eye on your Ascendants' energy bar before you commit to an attack, as having insufficient energy mid-battle can lead to catastrophic losses for Alarak's army. Careful management of Ascendants is required, as they are quite fragile (at least at first) and quite expensive to replace.

Once Wrath of the Highlord unlocks at level 15, Ascendants also enable the use of the "No Cooldown" technique. As the Ascendant's Sacrifice ability will trigger Wrath of the Highlord while Alarak is nearby, this can be used to continuously reset Alarak's ability cooldowns, letting him deal a constant stream of ability damage. High APM is required to make good use of this technique, but it can be devastating in the right hands and allows Alarak to inflict much more damage during Empower Me.

We Are Reforged[]

Alarak's robotic forces are generally much weaker than Alarak's Ascendants as they lack the Ascendant's sheer damage output. As such, they will generally have greater difficulty in taking out enemy waves or bases. That said, they do better than Ascendants in dealing damage to Structures, and they are Alarak's best option when he has not yet reached level 12. Remember to have supplicants to draw fire from these units to protect them, and if for whatever reason a player opts for Wrathwalkers, they can use the Wrathwalker's ability to fire while moving to get free shots and keep the Wrathwalkers out of harm's way.

Mass Slayer is generally Alarak's best option when using a Mechanical-based composition, as they have the best combination of mobility, durability, and burst damage. Vanguards don't synergize as well with Alarak, as his Destruction Wave can knock enemies out of the way of the Vanguard attacks, and Vanguards tend to miss their attacks against fast moving targets such as Zerglings. Generally players will opt for Slayers if they need an anti-armored option, as Slayers are capable of attacking air units as well and have a similar DPS per cost and DPS per supply to Vanguards (possibly even higher if you account for their Blink ability). Wrathwalkers are best used if there aren't a lot of small, swarmy units you're going to be facing, and if you're going to be heavily attacking structures, as anti-structure damage is where Wrathwalkers truly shine. If there aren't a lot of structures that need to be killed, or if you're going to be facing a lot of small, swarmy units, then it's best to stick with Ascendants or Slayers.

War prisms are somewhat overshadowed in Alarak's army, as they are generally set aside in favor of proxy pylons, which are cheaper, available from the start, and provide additional supply for Alarak. Pylons also save build time at the Robotics Facility and free it up to build other things. That said, War Prisms are slightly faster than probes, and do not have build time before they can start warping in units, making them an alternative if the player is willing to continuously micro the War Prism around more continuously – it is quite feasible with use of shift-commands. At the time of writing (2020), both can be Overcharged in order to contribute additional damage, although this is affected by the positioning of the pylons/prisms, and may compete with defensive usage of the ability.

The Death Fleet Descends[]

Alarak's Death Fleet calldown is not as powerful offensively as other commander calldowns, such as the Apocalisk or Hyperion. His units are easily overwhelmed by large numbers of enemy air defenses, and even his mothership can quickly fall. As of patch 4.9.0, it's damage is up to 59x6 per volley for 345 damage max (since all air units start with level 3 attack upgrades) and with its Thermal Lance, it can deal high amounts of damage. The Death Fleet, like Alarak and his ascendants, is best used to support Alarak's main army and help them overwhelm a fortified enemy position neither could do alone. The Death Fleet provides Alarak with additional anti-air firepower and air support, two things Alarak is usually in need of when attacking a base.

The mothership's Mass Teleport ability is very useful and is likely its most useful asset, as it temporarily nullifies Alarak's poor mobility. With no cooldown, it possesses the ability to rapidly teleport itself and allied armies around the map. Use scouts to find points of weakness and targets of opportunities, and have the mothership warp itself and your army there for a backdoor attack. Alternatively if the battle is going poorly, quickly warp back to base to minimize losses, gather reinforcements, and re-enter the fray.

Synergies[]

Protoss Commanders[]

Artanis synergizes decently with Alarak. This Guardian Shell can protect Alarak's Ascendants while they are still gaining Power Overwhelming stacks, or it can protect Alarak in the early game to allow him to be a bit more aggressive than normal. This same Guardian Shell can also protect Alarak's Supplicants to allow them to live as fodder for Ascendants and Alarak, preventing enemies from killing Supplicants prior to the Sacrifice. Artanis's Power Field allow for faster reinforcements with a Slayer build if Alarak opts for such a build, or it can provide faster Supplicants if it is deemed necessary.

Karax is a moderately effective teammate for Alarak. While Alarak is geared towards overwhelming offense, Karax favors impenetrable defense. Thus Alarak can focus his attention on attacking the enemy while Karax defends their bases and uses his calldown abilities to focus down stronger units Alarak may have trouble with. Reconstruction Beam is invaluable to support Alarak's fragile wrathwalkers and vanguards, and carriers with repair drones makes a powerful army combined with Alarak's robotic forces. The player can use Alarak's Structure Overcharge to power up Karax's defenses even further when faced with an overwhelming enemy force. Karax's Spear of Adun abilities, which have global range, can help with Alarak's weaker mobility, allowing Karax to eliminate the enemies Alarak may have difficulty reaching in time. However, as Karax has trouble building a large army, he will not be able to contribute much to Alarak's Empower Me.

Vorazun is a good teammate for Alarak. Her Dark Pylon can function both as an attacking structure with Structure Overcharge, as well as a means to offset Alarak's low mobility. Vorazun's high DPS Dark Templar provide excellent anti-structure damage, which is of great assistance to the low anti-structure damage an Ascendant build has. Black Hole synergizes particularly well with the large amount of splash damage Alarak can inflict with his Ascendants, as well as allowing Alarak's Destruction Wave to hit more enemy units, which can be deadly if Alarak is buffed by Empower Me. Alarak's havocs alleviate Vorazun's reliance on oracles for detection, which can allow Vorazun to skip Stargates if Alarak can consistent have his Havocs follow Vorazun's forces. Alarak's expendable army can act as distraction for Vorazun's dark templar groups to punch through enemy defenses.

Fenix can be of high value to Alarak with his Cybros Arbiter, which can use Mass Recall for swift relocation of Alarak's forces to offset his low mobility. Alarak's exceptional wave-clearing ability can compensate for Fenix's lack thereof.

Terran Commanders[]

Raynor is an excellent teammate for Alarak, providing a large army to increase the effectiveness of Empower Me. Alarak in turn can provide havocs to boost the attack range of marines. Combining their cooldowns allows Raynor to warp the Hyperion to any point on the map, at which point Alarak can immediately send in the Death Fleet to support it, or teleport their armies to the Hyperion en masse if desired. Alarak's Ascendants can quickly eliminate any enemy units that stand in their way, particularly units that threaten bio units such as High Templar or Colossi, allowing for Raynor's high DPS bio army to finish off the remains unimpeded. Raynor can provide Medics to provide sustainability to Supplicants or Mechanical units, allowing Alarak's army to last much longer.

Swann main synergy with Alarak comes from his Science Vessels and Vespene Drones. Science Vessels can sustain a mechanical-based army, and Vespene Drones allow Alarak to build said mechanical army much faster. Swann's global mobility with Hercules dropships allows him to intercept attack waves much faster than Alarak usually can, which can allow Swann to compensate for Alarak's sluggishness. Alarak's access to Force Fields and knockback with Destruction Wave can be of some value to Siege Tanks, buying them additional time to blast at the enemy, but this situation rarely occurs in practice. Structure Overcharge can assist Swann's defense should the need arise.

Nova has mostly modest synergy with Alarak. Her small army won't give him nearly as much power when he uses Empower Me. Furthermore, neither one is really excel at defense (since Alarak's Structure Overcharge has cooldowns on its charges). Tactical Airlift has a shorter cooldown than the Death Fleet, and Alarak will appreciate intelligent usage of the airlift while the Death Fleet is on cooldown. Alarak's havocs can extend the range of Nova's army and could provide protection with Force Field, but this is mostly useful in the early game when Nova doesn't have the economy to back up heavier Griffin Airstrike usage yet. Alarak can donate 2 or 3 of his gas geysers to Nova if he wants once he finishes his initial investment into upgrades and Ascendants. Nova's ravens can heal Alarak's units as needed.

Han and Horner provide a large army of cheap units, making Empower Me very powerful when used alongside them. If Han and Horner go a heavier reaper/hellion/hellbat composition, it makes Alarak's Empower Me into a devastating ability. Both Alarak's havocs and Horner's Theia ravens have variations on the Target Lock/Sense Weakness ability, increasing the damage both armies do to surrounding units. Han and Horner also have heavier air units, which can mop up after Alarak's ascendants have laid down their Psionic Orbs and Mind Blasts.

Zerg Commanders[]

Kerrigan is an ally that synergizes very well with Alarak. Kerrigan's raptors and upgraded torrasques can bypass Alarak's supplicants to get into melee range easily, allowing them to reach the enemy much more easily, while hydralisks fire from behind them and ascendants from behind them, which can help minimize how much the two armies conflict with each other. Kerrigan's Omega Worms are also of great value to Alarak, as the worms can both greatly assist Alarak's meager mobility as well as function as very tanky, high-DPS turrets if Alarak chooses to Overcharge them. Alaraks' Havocs can bolster the range of Hydralisks to give them a very long attack range, but given that Hydralisks will usually be travelling inside of Omega Worms and thus leave any following Havocs behind, it can be rather cumbersome for Alarak to repeatedly micro his Havocs and trying to have them travel alongside the Hydralisks; as such, if Kerrigan is travelling very heavily with Omega Worms, it may be wise to place those Havocs in Alarak's army instead of having them continuously be left behind by the Hydralisks.

Zagara is a moderately effective teammate for Alarak. Her swarmlings provide expendable melee troops to enter battle with Alarak, and her army's high mobility allows her to intercept attack waves more easily than Alarak. Supplicants shielded by aberrations are surprisingly effective tanks due to their defensive buffs. Alarak can use Destruction Wave to knock enemies into the range of Zagara's mostly short-ranged army. Ascendants can easily eliminate late-game attack waves, which Zagara can have considerable some difficulty with, especially on harder mutations. Mass Frenzy is of very limited value to an Ascendant build, as such a build has very low auto-attack damage, but it does benefit a Slayer or a Robotics build much more heavily, and can bolster their otherwise lower damage output. As Zagara has a low supply cap and her units die quickly, her contribution to Empower Me is limited.

Abathur posesses modest synergy with Alarak. Alarak can knock enemies into Toxic Nests with his Destruction Wave, but if he's not careful he can instead knock enemies away from the Toxic Nests, which can reduce Abathur's biomass supply early on in the game. Thus, Alarak should pay attention to where he throws his enemies if he wants to be more beneficial to an Abathur ally. When paired, it is best for Alarak to focus on a ground army (which is his only viable option anyways as he lacks a Stargate) while Abathur gets an aerial army, to minimize the two armies constantly colliding with each other. In addition to mend, Swarm Queens can empower Alarak while also using rapid transfusion to sustain his forces. Because of Alarak's damage output, it should be easy to kill large numbers of enemies while leaving Abathur to collect more biomass so brutalisks and leviathans draw fire away from Alarak, keeping him and his supplicants alive longer. In a pinch, Alarak and expensive army units can be abducted to safety. Further empowerment is possible with large groups of locusts, which could either come from a large group of enemies that have been killed, or they could come from Swarm Hosts if Abathur chooses not to go with an aerial army for that game.

Stukov provides mostly basic synergy with Alarak, as their most useful synergy is mostly Infested bolstering Alarak's Empower Me and doesn't go very far beyond this. That said, Stukov's infested infantry does provide plenty of fuel for Empower Me in addition to screening very well for Ascendants while they are in their weaker stages, as well as functioning as cleanup duty to take out leftover structures and weaker enemies while Alarak moves on to clear another area of enemies. In addition, Structure Overcharge can be used on Stukov's forward structures, but it is important to note that unfortunately, Infested Bunkers will not attack enemies with the Structure Overcharge weapon if they are uprooted; they must be rooted to attack with the Structure Overcharge weapon. They will still benefit from Structure Overcharge's shield in both rooted and uprooted form, however. Structure Overcharge can be combined with Infest Structure to allow for a very stalwart, if temporary, defense; while this shouldn't be relied on as a long-term solution, it can work very well as a short-term stopgap for an enemy attack. Stukov's Infested Diamondbacks can bring down air units for Vanguards to attack, which may seem like a good idea if you're up against an air composition, but in practice, it can be quite risky as this leaves Alarak completely dependant on Stukov's Diamondbacks in this case; if you're against an air composition, you're really better off building Ascendants or Slayers instead and allowing Stukov to focus his efforts elsewhere instead of babysitting you.

Dehaka and Alarak have some power together, but mostly aren’t the most powerful of combinations. Both rely on powerful hero units that are designed to take the brunt of a lot of damage, which can work early game as Dehaka is still working on levelling up his hero unit. Dehaka's primal pack leaders can provide global presence that Alarak otherwise lacks, which can be helpful if his Death Fleet is unavailable. Alarak can use Structure Overcharge on Primal Wurms to give them additional power and durability, and the Primal Wurms can Deep Tunnel towards enemies to avoid wasting the Structure Overcharge; unfortunately, Structure Overcharge does not work on Greater Primal Wurms.

Achievements[]

Gameplay[]

A Good Day to Die
Points	10
Criteria	Sacrifice 500 Supplicants to Alarak or Ascendants.
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Fleeting Death
Points	10
Criteria	Deal 50,000 damage with the Death Fleet.
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You're Welcome
Points	10
Criteria	Use Structure Overcharge on allied structures to deal 30,000 damage.
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Power Play
Points	10
Criteria	Deal 100,000 damage with Alarak while he is empowered.
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Highlord of the Tal'darim
Points	20
Criteria	Complete all the Commander Alarak achievements.
Rewards	Alarak portrait
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Levels[]

Alarak: Level 5
Points	10
Criteria	Reach level 5 with Tal'darim Highlord Alarak in Co-op Missions.
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Alarak: Level 10
Points	10
Criteria	Reach level 10 with Tal'darim Highlord Alarak in Co-op Missions.
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Alarak: Level 15
Points	10
Criteria	Reach level 15 with Tal'darim Highlord Alarak in Co-op Missions.
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Development[]

Alarak was chosen as the Co-op commander after Abathur, as, in the words of Blizzard, "the community wanted Alarak, and they wanted him now." The choice was also driven by player feedback that they wanted a non-zerg hero unit. It was decided that Alarak would be a good choice to reflect this, per his over-the-top personality and devastating power. John de Lancie was brought back into the studio to do new voice lines.

As Alarak was designed, it was intended that his sinister nature and the brutality of the Tal'darim shine through. The supplicant and Alarak's sacrifice ability reflect this.^[4]

In early screenshots of Alarak in Co-op Missions, he was shown alongside Tal'darim skinned zealots. These zealots are absent in the release version.^[5] Data in the map editor exists for Alarak's zealots, including a "Frenzied Overload" ability that increased their attack speed for a short time and caused them to regenerate shields when attacking.^[6]

Videos[]

Trivia[]

• In the mission "Chain of Ascension," Ji'nara will use different dialogue throughout the mission to directly address Alarak.
• Sometimes while casting Structure Overcharge, Alarak will say, "I find your lack of defenses disturbing." This is a reference to a similar line said by Darth Vader in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
• Clicking the central gem on Alarak's top bar will cause it to light up, followed by a voice clip of Alarak chastising the player for wasting time.

References[]

Blizzard Entertainment. Co-op Missions. (Activision Blizzard). PC. Alarak (in English). 2018.

External Links[]

• TeamLiquid Co-op Commander Guide: Alarak

Co-op Missions v • e

Commanders Protoss Co-op Commanders v • e Artanis Structures Nexus Pylon Assimilator Warp gate Forge Photon cannon Cybernetics core Twilight council Templar archives Robotics facility Warp robotics facility Robotics bay Stargate Warp stargate Fleet beacon Units Probe Zealot Aiur zealot Dragoon High templar Archon Immortal Observer Reaver Phoenix Tempest Unbound fanatic Vorazun Structures Nexus Pylon Dark pylon Assimilator Orbital assimilator Gateway Warp gate Forge Photon cannon Cybernetics core Twilight council Dark shrine Stargate Fleet beacon Units Probe Zealot Centurion Stalker Dark templar Shadow Guard Dark archon Corsair Oracle Stasis ward Void ray Karax Structures Nexus Solar forge Pylon Assimilator Gateway Warp gate Shield battery Forge Photon cannon Khaydarin monolith Cybernetics core Twilight council Robotics facility Robotics bay Stargate Fleet beacon Units Probe Sentinel Energizer Immortal Observer Colossus Mirage Carrier Interceptor Alarak Structures Nexus Alarak's beacon Pylon Assimilator Gateway Warp gate Forge Photon cannon Cybernetics core Death council Ascendant archives Robotics facility Robotics bay Units Probe Alarak Supplicant Slayer Havoc Ascendant Vanguard War prism Wrathwalker Death Fleet Destroyer Mothership Fenix Structures Nexus Purifier conclave Pylon Assimilator Gateway Warp gate Forge Photon cannon Cybernetics core Twilight council Robotics facility Robotics bay Stargate Fleet beacon Units Probe Probius Fenix Praetor armor Solarite dragoon Cybros arbiter Legionnaire Kaldalis Adept Talis Conservator Immortal Taldarin Observer Disruptor Colossus Warbringer Scout Mojo Carrier Interceptor Clolarion Interdictor Zeratul Structures Ancient nexus Zeratul's beacon Artifact reserve Ancient assimilator Xel'naga passageway Core forge Tesseract cannon Tesseract monolith Void shrine Constructs facility Constructs bay Void suppression crystal Units Xel'naga precursor Zeratul Xel'naga ambusher Xel'naga shieldguard Void templar Xel'naga enforcer Xel'naga abrogator Xel'naga watcher Xel'naga void array Avatar of Form Xel'naga charged crystal Avatar of Essence Telbrus Zealot Zoraya Void ray Serdath Dark archon Protoss Co-op Commanders Terran Co-op Commanders v • e Raynor Structures Command center Orbital command Supply depot Refinery Barracks Bunker Engineering bay Missile turret Factory Armory Starport Fusion core Tech lab Reactor Units SCV MULE Marine Firebat Marauder Medic Vulture Spider mine Siege tank Viking Banshee Dusk Wings Battlecruiser Hyperion Swann Structures Command center Drakken laser drill Supply depot Refinery Engineering bay Missile turret Spinning Dizzy Factory Perdition turret Flaming Betty Devastation turret Blaster Billy Armory Starport Tech lab Tech reactor Reactor Units SCV Hellion/Hellbat Goliath Cyclone Siege tank Thor Wraith Science vessel Hercules A.R.E.S. Nova Structures Command center Stasis shell Refinery Automated refinery Barracks Railgun turret Engineering bay Missile turret Ghost academy Factory Armory Starport Tech lab Units SCV Nova Terra Sabotage drone Elite marine Marauder commando Spec ops ghost Hellion ranger/Hellbat ranger Strike goliath Heavy siege tank Spider mine Raid liberator Covert banshee Raven Type-II Han and Horner Structures Command center Dominion starport Supply depot Refinery Engineering bay Missile turret Mag mine Armory Fusion core Strike fighter platform Tech lab Units SCV Assault galleon Assault drone Reaper Widow mine Hellion/Hellbat Asteria wraith Deimos viking Theia raven Sovereign battlecruiser Strike fighter Tychus Structures Command center Refinery Joeyray's Bar Engineering bay Auto-turret Gunslinger's hideout Muscle armory Fixers' safehouse Medivac platform Outlaws SCV Tychus Findlay Odin Crooked Sam James "Sirius" Sykes Warhound turret Miles "Blaze" Lewis Rob "Cannonball" Boswell Kev "Rattlesnake" West Revitalizer Vega Nux Lt. Layna Nikara Mengsk Structures Enlistment center Supply bunker Refinery Barracks Engineering bay Earthsplitter ordnance Missile turret Royal academy Factory Armory Starport Fusion core Units Dominion laborer Dominion trooper Assault Flame Rocket Aegis Guard Emperor's Shadow Shock Division Blackhammer Sky Fury Imperial intercessor Imperial witness Pride of Augustgrad Dogs of War Enthralled zergling Enthralled hydralisk Enthralled mutalisk Enthralled ultralisk Terran Co-op Commanders Zerg Co-op Commanders v • e Kerrigan Structures Hatchery Lair Hive Kerrigan's Cocoon Extractor Spawning pool Spine crawler Spore crawler Evolution chamber Hydralisk den Lurker den Nydus network Nydus worm Omega network Omega worm Spire Greater spire Ultralisk cavern Units Larva Drone Overlord Overseer Sarah Kerrigan Zergling Raptor Queen Creep tumor Hydralisk Lurker Mutalisk Brood lord Broodling Ultralisk Torrasque Zagara Structures Hatchery Lair Hive Zagara's Cocoon Extractor Spawning pool Spine crawler Spore crawler Bile launcher Baneling nest Evolution chamber Scourge nest Units Larva Drone Overlord Overseer Zagara Hunter Killer Roach Zergling Swarmling Baneling Splitter Baneling spawn Queen Creep tumor Aberration Scourge Corruptor Broodling Abathur Structures Hatchery Lair Hive Toxic nest Extractor Roach warren Spine crawler Spore crawler Evolution chamber Infestation pit Nydus network Nydus worm Spire Greater spire Units Larva Drone Overlord Overseer Swarm queen Creep tumor Roach Vile roach Ravager Swarm host Locust Mutalisk Guardian Devourer Viper Brutalisk Leviathan Broodling Stukov Structures Infested command center Infested colonist compound Infested refinery Infested barracks Infested bunker Infested engineering bay Infested missile turret Infested factory Infested armory Infested starport Infested tech lab Units Infested SCV Overlord Overseer Apocalisk Aleksander Infested civilian Volatile infested Infested marine Infested trooper Infested diamondback Infested siege tank Infested liberator Infested banshee Brood queen Broodling Dehaka Structures Primal hive Dehaka's den Extractor Primal warden Glevig's den Primal wurm Greater primal wurm Murvar's den Dakrun's den Units Primal drone Dehaka Zweihaka Primal zergling Ravasaur Glevig Primal roach Primal igniter Primal guardian Primal hydralisk Impaler Primal mutalisk Murvar Primal host Primal locust Creeper host Volatile creeper Dakrun Primal ultralisk Tyrannozor Stetmann Structures Mecha hatchery Mecha lair Mecha hive Gary's Room Stetellite Mecha extractor Mecha spawning pool Mecha spine crawler Mecha spore crawler Mecha baneling nest Mecha evolution chamber Mecha hydralisk den Mecha lurker den Mecha infestation pit Mecha spire Mecha greater spire Mecha ultralisk cavern Units Mecha larva Mecha drone Mecha overlord Mecha overseer Gary Super Gary Mecha zergling Mecha baneling Mecha hydralisk Mecha lurker Mecha infestor Mecha roach Mecha ravager Mecha corruptor Mecha battlecarrier lord Mecha broodling Mecha locusceptor Mecha ultralisk Zerg Co-op Commanders Missions Chain of Ascension Cradle of Death Dead of Night Lock & Load Malwarfare Miner Evacuation Mist Opportunities Oblivion Express Part and Parcel Rifts to Korhal Scythe of Amon Temple of the Past The Vermillion Problem Void Launch Void Thrashing Game Mechanics Artifact fragment Balius part Biomass Essence Mutators Xenon crystal NPCs NPC Characters Amon's Champion Aurana Cartwright Carolina Davis Faraday Debra Greene Graven Hill Ji'nara Kimeran Pirates Alabama Kowalski Lyrak Rosa Morales Rohana Egon Stetmann Stone Terry Donny Vermillion Unique NPC Structures Candy bucket Death grip crystal Extraction device Gift Missile Nuclear Point defense Splitter Nydus worm (boss) Parts crate Purifier data core Sigma engine Suppression tower Virophage Void shard Void sliver Xenon generator Zenith stone Unique NPC Units Archangel Ark shuttle Artifact truck Balius Blightbringer Choker Defense bot Eradicator Gatekeeper construct Harvesting bot Hunterling Infested medic Infested turkey Kaboomer Kill bot Moebius hybrid Moebius train Molten Sal Pirate capital ship Propagator Research vessel Sentry bot Slayn elemental Spotter Stank Train Turkey Turking Void reanimator Void thrasher Xel'naga construct