Guides & Information

Author Rating: B+

Roles: Ranged, DPS, Hexite Dump

Synergies: Bastion, Strider, Titan, Ironwing

• Solid Range DPS. Significant ramp-up with Veterancy and Upgrades

• Fragile and vulnerable to AoE; Utilize tanks or Striders to complement

• Strength in Numbers; Hampered by Long Training Times for one unit

• Can target Air

• Excellent Mobility Tool; Can Jump Cliffs

• Can be used beyond vision

• Will use closest-possible if the target is out of range

Author Rating: B

Best Use: Any Non-Strider Build

• Range increase is not displayed by the effect's range display circle

• Does NOT affect the Titan Jetpack ability

• Worth getting even without Commando production to buff Aster

• No benefits for Commandos if you use them in Striders

Author Rating: A

Best Use: Any Commando Build

• The resulting range is 10

• Affects Aster; Low Utility for Aster

• Reliable, good value for both Strider and Non-Strider Builds

• Generally, the better upgrade for Commandos as an unit

• Keep in mind that when using Titan-Commando, Commandos tend to end up furthest from the center

Author Rating: A+

Best Use: Commando-Strider Builds

• Extremely useful with Striders; Higher Chance of Max Stacks applying

• Low utility for regular enemies; Shreds Bosses and Objectives

• Does NOT affect Aster

Author Rating: B-

Best Use: Commando-Titan, Command-Ironwing Builds

• Ramps up heavily with Veterancy; High DPS Output

• Utility is very micro-dependent; Can be an excellent upgrade

• Affects Aster

• Very useful for keeping up with Air units

• No benefits if utilizing Commandos in Striders

• Can still work fine with Strider Builds though, if you keep Commandos outside

• Jetpack can be cast over the current location to get the buff without repositioning

• Does NOT affect the Titan Jetpack ability

Author Rating: A

Roles: Ranged, Anti-Light, Crowd Control, Burst, +Tank

Synergies: Commando, Sentinel, Strider, Titan, Ironwing, Griffin

• Reliable, Affordable, Straight-forward Tank (at lvl4) with powerful AoE

• Can achieve 1000+hp with Veterancy and Health Upgrade

• Unlike other flamethrower units, the Bastion has one slower, powerful attack instead of many smaller attacks per second; this keeps it relevant against durable foes

• Excellent in Overwatch Striders due to Range Increase

• Cannot target Air

Author Rating: B

Best Use: Any Non-Strider Build

• Excellent when not utilizing Striders

• Worthless when utilizing Striders

• Bastions are best with Striders

Author Rating: A+

Best Use: Bastion-Strider Builds

• Good all-purpose upgrade

• Excellent when utilizing Overwatch Striders

Author Rating: B

Best Use: Any Non-Strider Build

• Ensures Bastions reliably get to the front-line

• Outside of Combat = Not taking damage, nor attacking

• Roughly 6 Seconds to reapply after exiting combat

• Worthless when garrisoned inside Striders

• Movement Speed Buff can still help with Reinforcing

Author Rating: D

Best Use: N/A

• Outside of Combat = Not taking damage, nor attacking

• Roughly 6 Seconds to reapply after exiting combat

• Worthless when garrisoned inside Striders

• Movement Speed Buff can still help with Reinforcing

Author Rating: C+

Roles: Ranged, Anti-Heavy, +Anti-Air, Burst

Synergies: Bastion, Strider

• Gimmicky Anti-Heavy Burst Specialist

• Out-performed by Commandos

• Anti-Air Heavy damage is subpar compared to Titans

• Truly mediocre until massed

• Fragile and slow

• Requires a Research Lab

• 100% Damage to Heavy

• Can target Air with an upgrade

Author Rating: A

Best Use: Any Sentinel Build

• The resulting range is 16

Author Rating: D

Best Use: N/A

• There are significantly more cost-effective options for Anti-Air

• Slow Attack Speed throttles performance

Author Rating: B

Best Use: Sentinel-Strider Builds

• This brings the total bonus against Heavy to +200%

• Excellent if you already have Anti-Air covered

Author Rating: S

Roles: Ranged, Anti-Medium, +Crowd Control, DPS, +Caster

Synergies: Ironwing & Griffin

• Deceptively powerful unit. Basically a Super-charged Commando

• Easy to mass ; Spawns in Pairs and is cheap

• Clunky to mix with other ground units

• Great Veterancy Buffs (Every Predator a Heal Drone)

• Very vulnerable to crowd control and AoE (like the Hat'un)

• +50% damage to Medium

• Cannot target Air

• Holds 2 charges

• 7sec delay between casting and chase

• Can chase structures

• Can count for unit-death effects such as Tempest Core and Emperor summoning

Author Rating: S

Best Use: Any Predator Build

Author Rating: A

Best Use: Any Predator Build

• The shield regenerates automatically.

• Shield increases with veterancy.

• Shields do not benefit from Armor or bonus HP regeneration.

Author Rating: A

Roles: Ranged, Anti-Air, Anti-Light, DPS, +Caster

Synergies: Commando, Bastion, Griffin

• Powerful, Mobile, Affordable. All-Purpose AND it's durable

• Excellent AoE Anti-Air ; Weak to Swarms and Armored targets

• Relatively covers its own weaknesses with Drone Strike

• +25% Damage to Ground Light

• Can target Air

• Titan Jetpack does not receive any of the Commando-specific benefits

• The drone moves manually to the target; after it arrives, there is an additional one-second delay before its ramping damage begins

• Best aimed at stationary targets or choke points

• Multiple drones can hit the same target

• Reliant on having multiple Titans

• Genuinely needs to be spammed (2-3x per Target Zone)

• Primary purpose is to soften-up targets for the Titan

• Can target air

Author Rating: B

Author Rating: A

Best Use: Titan-Griffin Builds

• Clunky but overall fairly decent if you have good micro

• Great synergy with Aster's many stun abilities

Author Rating: B

Best Use: Titan-Strider Builds

• Useful for back-line support alongside Juggernauts/Striders

Author Rating: C+

Roles: Ranged, Anti-Medium, Crowd Control, Burst, Tank, Caster

Synergies: Titan, Griffin

• Ineffective tank to Range and slow speed

• Not expensive, but has a very long training time and meh DPS

• Pretty much every unit that benefits from a Juggernaut outruns the Juggernaut

• Cannot target Air

• Does not stack, so its maximum damage is 300

• Striders and other units can push a Juggernaut forward while it channels

• Deals damage to structures

• Clunky against the predominantly ranged enemies in co-op

• Do not walk your tank into the enemy solely to use this ability

• Cannot target air

Author Rating: C

Best Use: Any Juggernaut Build

• Still inefficient to utilize it

• Range is too small to be effective in Coop

• This should have been integrated into the base unit

Author Rating: B

Best Use: Any Juggernaut Build

• Quite Handy ; Still clunky

Author Rating: S

Roles: Ranged, Tank, Support, Transport, +Artillery, +Burst

Synergies: Commando, Bastion, Sentinel, Ironwing, Griffin

• Provides extra range to garrisoned units

• Can garrison 8 Commandos, 5 Bastions or 5 Sentinels; mix and match for a total of 16 supply

• Can garrison a plethora of other infantry units

• Basic rule of thumb for Garrisoning: No Heavy Armor, Not Floating, Not Flying, Is Infantry

• Cannot garrison Heroes

• Requires Mechanical Research Lab

• Garrisoned units can fire while the Strider is moving

• Garrisoned units are healed while inside

• Garrisoned units can still gain Veterancy

• Garrisoned units do NOT benefit from AoE buff effects like Rally

• Not Trained, but constructed on the battlefield

• Expensive but very durable

• Has a hidden supply cost of 6

• Cannot target Air

Author Rating: S

Best Use: Strider-Bastion, Strider-Sentinel and Strider-Merc Builds

• God-tier all-round upgrade

• Best used when filling Striders with Bastions or Valkaru Flame Walkers

Author Rating: A

Best Use: Strider-Commando Builds

• Long but relatively small cone of fire

• Roughly 1.3 seconds to change angle of fire

• Melts enemies; Good tool to rush for

• Can, and often does, out-range the units garrisoned inside the Strider

• Can only target ground

Author Rating: A

Roles: Ranged, Anti-Medium, DPS, Flying

Synergies: Commando, Bastion, Predator, Strider, Griffin

• Solid DPS, HP and Range

• Works Best with Stutter-Stepping

• Vulnerable to AoE

• Affordable; Horribly long training time

• +50% Damage to Medium

• Can target Air

• Fast Projectile Speed; Okay Damage

• Very powerful in high numbers

• Very poor auto-casting; Misses often

Author Rating: B-

Best Use: Ironwing-Griffin Builds

• It is more efficient to utilize a ground tank unit however

• Shields increase with Veterancy.

• Shields do not benefit from Armor or bonus HP regeneration

Author Rating: A

Best Use: Any Ironwing Build

• Excellent all-round upgrade

Author Rating: C

Best Use: Any Ironwing Build

• Auto-casted; Cannot be targeted

• Misses 9/10 shots

• Not worth getting

Author Rating: A-

Roles: Ranged, Support, Healer, Flying, Detector, +Crowd Control, +Caster

Synergies: Every Unit

• Expensive Support Unit ; Can Heal Mechanical Units

• Great Heal DPS (50 at Vet3; Two Heal Beams + Vet3 Drone)

• Can heal while moving

• Only one Griffin/Building/Vet3 Healing Beam can heal an unit at a time

• Healing Speed is increased by Attack Speed Boosting Effects (Rally)

• Fragile & Poor DPS

• Requires a Mechanical Research Lab

• Can target Air

• With good army micro, this can trivialize attack waves

• Long cooldown means only one use per fight

Author Rating: A

Best Use: Any Griffin Build

• The only choice

Author Rating: C

Best Use: Griffin-Bio Build

• EMP is a far-better ability and Aster's front-line benefits more from being Mechanical

• Griffin Heal Drone (Vet3) can still heal Biological ; Deprecates Upgrade

• More useful for your allies than yourself

• Keep in mind healing Biological units also means there will be more targets that can distract a Griffin's healing

Author Rating: S Best Use: Any Griffin Build

• Must-get upgrade