Mutator: Missile Command

Endless missile bombardments target your structures and must be shot down throughout the mission.

Difficulty points	3
Available in custom	Yes
Rollable in Chaos Studios	Yes

Detailed Mutator Information

Missiles get launched from the sides of the map. The spawning of the missiles cannot be stopped, but the missiles can be destroyed. There are different types of missiles that will appear. These are shown in the table below:

Missile	HP	Damage	Description
Standard	10	100	This is the standard missile and most commonly-spawned missile.
Point Defense Missile	15	-	This travels alongside a missile and will stop when it reaches the target building. It starts with 200 energy and shoots down any projectiles. Each projectile shot drains 10 energy.
Splitter Missile	20	175	When destroyed, this will split into two smaller missiles.
Splitter Missile Child	5	75	Spawned from a Splitter Missile.
Nuke	100	300 (500 vs Structures)	Accompanied by 5 PDM's. Nukes can only be deployed once every 60 seconds. Damage dealt depends on distance from center of hit: 100% within 4 range 50% within 6 range 25% within 8 range

Depending on the mission time, the spawn rate for the missiles is different as shown in the table below, as well as the percentages for each of the missiles. Note that 2 missiles are fired every spawn cycle, one for each player.

Mission Time	Spawn Rate	Standard %	Standard + PDM %	Splitter %	Nuke + 5 PDM's %
0:00-5:00	15 seconds	100%	0%	0%	0%
5:00-10:00	5 seconds	90%	10%	0%	0%
10:00-15:00	2 seconds	60%	20%	20%	0%
15:00+	1 second	40%	20%	30%	10%

Point Defense Missiles shoot down all Projectile attacks until they run out of energy, but they be shot down/bypassed by Hitscan attacks. The video below explains the difference between the two attack types:

Another option would be to simply overwhelm the Point Defense Missiles. Point Defense Missiles will lose energy quickly and cannot shoot down all projectiles if many are being fired at them at the same time.

Commander-specific Tips

Artanis: High Templars/High Archons can feedback the Point Defense Missiles.
Kerrigan: Desolate Queen Kerrigan's Kinetic Blast is blocked by Point Defense Missiles and Point Defense Drones.
Stetmann: Super Gary's auto-attack cannot be shot down by Point Defense Missiles and Point Defense Drones.
Vorazun: Time Stop does not affect Missile Command timings.
Zeratul: Tesseract Monoliths can stun Point Defense Missiles, allowing projectile attacks to connect with their targets.

Mutator Interactions

Afraid of the Dark	Missiles do not appear on the minimap.
Alien Incubation	Missiles do not spawn Broodlings when destroyed.
Avenger	Missiles do not give out Avenger stacks when destroyed.
Barrier	Missiles get the Barrier buff.
Black Death	Missiles cannot carry Plague.
Concussive Attacks	Missiles apply the Concussive Attacks debuff.
Darkness	Missiles do not appear on the minimap.
Evasive Maneuvers	Missiles do not get the Evasive Maneuvers buff.
Fatal Attraction	Missiles do not trigger Fatal Attraction when destroyed.
Fireworks	Missiles do not launch Fireworks when they are destroyed.
Gift Exchange	Missiles can capture gifts.
Hardened Will	Missiles cause Hardened Will to activate.
Just Die	Missiles respawn when destroyed.
Laser Drill	Missiles do not provide vision for the Laser Drill.
Naughty List	Missile kills do not increase the Naughty List count.
Polarity	Missiles have Polarity applied to them.
Power Overwhelming	Point Defense Missiles can cast abilities.
Scorched Earth	Missiles set the ground on fire when they are destroyed.
Self Destruction	Missiles create an explosion when destroyed.
Speed Freaks	Missiles do not move faster with Speed Freaks.
Void Reanimators	Void Reanimators cannot resurrect Missiles.
Walking Infested	Missiles do not spawn Infested when they land on their target. Missiles spawn Infested when destroyed by players.
We Move Unseen	Missiles are cloaked.