Guides & Information

Author Rating: A

• Merc Hub is a stationary structure; Longer Reinforcing Time

• Diverse, All-Purpose Roster

• Excellent Anti-Air Capabilities; 3/4 Units

• 4/4 Ranged Units

• Best T1.5 Merc Tank

• Only Faction with an Artillery Merc

• High Item Synergy; 2/4 Units are Mechanical

• Can benefit every Commander

Author Rating: B

Roles: Ranged, Anti-Medium, DPS, Caster, Hexite Dump

Synergies: Melee, Rover, Flamer

• Spawns in Trios

• Basically a Commando with +1 Range; Deceptively effective

• Note that said +1 means a total range of 8; Still insufficient for many builds

• Slower Fire-Rate in exchange for more per-shot damage

• Quite fast

• Small unit size; Very Space-Efficient

• Cannot compete with Upgraded Commando performance

• +50% Damage to Medium

• Can target Air

• Requires Melee Range to be cast; 5sec Casting Time

• Raiders sometimes cancel the queued ability en route to target; Watch them carefully

• Can Steal Flux from Enemy Harvesters; 35 per Raider

• Flux stolen does not depend on the Enemy Faction

• Very useful early-game tool

• Trades 175 Hexite for 105 Flux; Excellent value on repeated use

• Utility depends on Starting Hexite effects and Builds

• Raider Cost can slow down builds that aren't Flux-heavy

• Note that not all Enemy Comps on Maps spawn Harvesters

• Recommend scouting and buying Raiders only if you spot a Harvester

• Requires good micro and communication with your ally for value

• Thieve can be utilized even with AI allies; If you tell them to Retreat beforehand

• Reliable Maps for Thieve: Ancient Walkers, Iron Shield, Planetdeath, Metal March

Author Rating: B+

Roles: Ranged, DPS, Tank

Synergies: Ranged, Raider

• Spawns in Pairs

• Surprisingly effective Tank, when combined with Valkaru Archeoalloys

• Affordable cost

• Solid DPS Output; Fast Attack Speed means they make good clean-up DPS

• Fast; Reliably gets to the front-line

• Good enough range

• Low Per-Shot Damage; Ineffective against targets with armor

• DPS increases by 175% for targets within Range 3; Further incentivizes Tanking

• Can target Air

Author Rating: B

Roles: Artillery, Anti-Light, Burst

Synergies: Melee, Rover, Flamer, Raider

• Spawns in Pairs

• Only Artillery DPS Merc

• Slower Firing Rate; Excellent Range

• Caution: Artillery Range can leave them vulnerable to attacks spawning/coming from the rear

• Artillery Range makes them excellent at sniping dangerous opponents

• 50% Shields; 50% Life

• Larger Unit Size; Less Space-Efficient

• Slow; Partially compensated by their long range

• Due to their low DPS, Deadeyes can be stuck targeting a random enemy structure

• Deadeyes function best on a separate control group from the main army

• Greatly benefits from Attack Speed Boosting effects

• Also benefits from support by faster-attacking units

• Very Powerful when Infused

• Flux-Expensive; Can be attenuated by good Raider micro

• +100% Damage to Light

• Can target Air

Author Rating: C+

Roles: Ranged, Anti-Light, Crowd Control, Tank, DPS

Synergies: Ranged, Raider

• Expensive but capable Tank

• Can be out-performed by baseline Roster units

• Good durability

• Short Range; Okay Damage Output

• Limited by its slow speed; Cannot reliably get to the front-line

• Outran by most units that would benefit from its tanking

• +50% Damage to Light

• Cannot target air