Xta units

A brief guide to the Tech two units of XTA

Arm Kbots

Warrior

• Best used in groups of 3-5 for quick raiding parties or harassing.

• Quite low health but enough to get past enemy lines.

• Can out range Commander, if microed well one can easily kill a Commander.

• In many ways a cross between Tech one Peewee and Zipper.

Mouse

• Medium priced Kbot, but needs to be spammed to be effective.

• Low damage for Tech two (still stronger than AK), fast firing laser.

• Very quick and small, (hard to D-Gun/shoot).

• Best used in swarms against Commanders or through gaps in enemy defences.

• Very effective late game if group is large.

• Very hard to stop, pinpoint weapons are largely ineffective.

• Keep away from Anti Air.

• When using, always keep moving.

Fido

• Medium range Artillery Kbot, fairy accurate and good damage for cost.

• Not heavily armoured so keep away from enemy fire.

• Can be used with Commander/Decoy like a Jethro line, if in numbers.

• Fairly fast and can fire on move so good for "kiting" or hit and run.

• Loses accuracy when moving, so best used in groups.

• In one sense, a cross between a Hammer and Jethro, but faster.

Zeus

• Low range, high armour fairly high damage but slow Kbot.

• Avoid Commanders at all cost, only use once Commander is dead (or as bait).

• Good for breaking defences.

• Recieves a 10% armour increase if gun is packed (it unpacks to fire).

Pelican

• An Amphibious Kbot with Anti Air and small laser.

• Treated by type map as a Hovercraft.

• Has a Tech one missle and a quick firing laser.

• Good in swarms but avoid heavy contact.

• Only Tech Two Kbot with Anti Air.

Maverick

• High Energy cost, low health but very high DPS.

• Fast firing plasma shots that do high damage, range is just less than missile units.

• Good with Commander healing but keep away from close quater combat.

• Very good at killing Commanders due to high accuracy (with LoS) and damage.

• Best in groups of two, with healing support or supporting close quater units.

Sniper

• Long range support unit, slow but very high damage.

• Has the ability to Cloak at a high E cost, also costs Energy to fire.

• Good against structures and will hit most times if you have LoS.

• Will hit a radar dot nearly every time if you have three Radar Targetting Facilities.

• Commanders have a damage tag against this unit. (Snipers do less damage).

• However, still good at killing Commanders, best with multiple and units to occupy Commander/gain LoS.

Raven

• Longest ranged Kbot, outranges even Popup.

• Very inaccurate but fires six missles.

• Can cause for huge damage if multiple shots hit.

• Costs Energy to fire.

• Gains accuracy with Experience.

• Very high Metal cost to build, most expensive Arm Kbot.

• Best used against concentrated amounts of units or to suppress an enemy.

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Arm Vehicles

Panther

• Fastest Arm Tech Two Vehicle with medium health.

• Has Lightning attack (quick and high damage), and missile.

• Basically a Tech Two raider which can handle itself in a fight.

• Best used in groups and to get into bases (economy).

Luger

• Rapid fire, inaccurate but longed ranged artillery unit.

• Does not do a lot of damage on impact, but rapid fire means targets are hit.

• Expensive, but cheap enough to make two-three easily.

• Low health and lack of speed mean it is best kept at a distance from fighting.

• Best used in groups to compensate for inaccuarcy, and to supress an enemy or base fire.

• Has High Trajectory mode to fire over/onto hills.

Penetrator

• Slow moving Energy weapon with constant firing Energy beam.

• Costs a lot to build, most expensive arm Vehicle, and energy to maintain fire but worth it.

• Long ranged and needs defending.

• Has low health for Tech Two so keep it at distance.

• Explodes when killed.

• Best used with scouts for LoS as the beam can constantly fire.

• One is enough, however additional ones work well.

Spider

• All terrain paralysing unit with low health and cost.

• Fast unit which can crawl anywhere, even vertically.

• Has "EMP overload", does damage to self, paralyses self, but does same to surrounding units.

• Due to cheap nature, easy and best to spam.

• Many Spiders needed to paralyse enemies with large amounts of health.

• Good to suprise enemies, need support to be effective.

• Works very well against swarms and can be used to temporarily bring down Anti-Air.

Mobile Fusion

• Arm's only "mini" fusion.

• High health but very slow, high cost.

• Gives 260 energy but is second most expensive Arm Vehicle.

• Keep away from all battles.

• Best used at start of Tech Two economy.

• Has large explosion, can be used, when desperate, to Self Destruct near enemies for big blast.

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Core Kbots

Pyro

• Lightly armoured and cheap assault Kbot.

• Quite fast for Core allowing it go ahead of most Core armies.

• Uses flame weapon with low range however at close range does a lot of damage.

• Best used in groups against defences or microed against units.

Can

• Heavily armoured, slow moving assault Kbot.

• Has mounted Light Laser to deal moderate damage.

• Best used in line formation in a group to give LoS whilst dealing damage.

Morty

• Cheap, long ranged mortar unit.

• Fires fast plasma shots with moderate damage and accuracy.

• Able to keep up with most units meaning it can stay within range.

• Has slightly less range than Heavy Laser Tower.

• Low health but easily spammable and best used in line formation.

• Comparable to Tech One Crasher lines with Commander repairing.

Dominator

• Long range Rocket Kbot, with medium cost.

• Rockets have long flight time, so poor against moving targets.

• Low health so best used with protection.

• Best used against stationary targets or behind hills (can fire over).

Sumo

• Heaviest Tech Two Kbot.

• High cost however heavily armoured.

• Slow moving with twin Heavy Laser weapon (fires quicker).

• High damage and good accuracy with medium range.

• Slow but compensates with heavy armour, keep away from Commanders.

• Best used as supporting troops whilst shooting from range.

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Core Vehicles

Leveller

• The slower, heavier counterpart of the Arm Panther.

• Low cost, heavy armour with flame weapon.

• Closer range gives more damage.

• Good for assaulting defences or larger units.

• Not good against fast units.

Core Artillery

• Heaviest mobile land artillery.

• High cost, slow and moderatly armoured.

• Takes a lot of Energy to fire but delivers high damage AoE plasma shot.

• Long range and slow reload time, needs protection to be effective.

• Can have low accuracy and needs LoS to be effective, AoE can compensate.

Goliath

• Heaviest Vehicle and Tech Two land unit.

• Has a lot of health however costs over 4,000 Metal.

• Slow turnrate and speed makes it easily D-Gunnable.

• Medium range Plasma turret, similar in damage to Core Artillery.

• Medium fire rate and secondary mounted Light Laser weapon.

• Needs support but good for assaulting defence, units and drawing out Commanders.

• Keep weary of enemy Commanders.

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Similar units for the two Factions

Zipper/Freaker

• Tech 1.5, quick but weak, has ability to Stealth for 50 Energy a second.

• Has high Los but only useful if enemy has limited defences/firepower.

Radar/Jammer Kbots/Vehicles

• Radar has larger radar than Tech Onene Radar Tower.

• Vehicles have more health, but less range.

• Produce Energy, but loses same amount of Energy when on.

• Jammers will jam your own Radar, so keep them off unless needed.

Scarab/Hedgehog

• Mobile Missle Defence Systems, to stop Nuclear Missles or Tactical Nukes.

• Same price as stationary Anti-Nuke, (medium Metal, very high Energy).

• Same range as stationary Anti-Nuke.

• Can store missles like normal Anti-Nuke.

• Has a small explosion on death, very slow and should be kept far from enemy.

• Can be used to give front line forces Anti-Nuke coverage.

• Hedgehog is slightly more expensive.

• Turn to "Hold Fire" to avoid them trying to attack.

• Set them to Patrol or Repeat a Move order, to keep base in Anti-Nuke coverage and so Enemy does not spot them making them harder to bomb.

Merl/Diplomat

• Long range Rockets Vehicles, with medium cost.

• Rockets have long flight time, so poor against moving targets.

• Slow and low health so best used behind main force.

• Diplomat does more damage but costs more Metal and has higher Build Time.

• Best used against stationary targets or behind hills (can fire over).

Invader/Roach

• Crawling bomb Kbot, cheap, quite fast and can climb many surfaces.

• Not completly all terrain.

• Very low health, but has instant Self Destruct when activated.

• Small explosion if killed but very large explosion if Self Destructed.

• Best used in ambush or against preoccupied enemies.

• Can go underwater.

• One can kill a Commander if close enough.

Phalanx/Copperhead

• Mobile Tech two flakker Vehicles.

• Able to hit ground and air effectively.

• Fast firing flak weapon does small damage but constant fire.

• Has medium range and quite low cost.

• Due to low health, not a frontline unit.

• Is needed for any force due to Anti Air abilities, best if you have multiple ones.

• Copperhead costs more but has more health.

Bulldog/Reaper

• Upgrade of Tech One tank, second highest health/armour of Tech Two Vehicles.

• High damage per shot and medium rate of fire but slow.

• Quite expensive, but good in groups of three and to protect support units.

• Best used against defence, when no Commander is around or to bring Commander out of hiding.

• Reaper is slightly faster and cheaper in Metal.

• Bulldog has higher health and cheaper in Energy/buildtime.

Infiltrator/Parasite

• Spy Kbots with ability to Cloak and Stealth.

• Cheap in Metal but expensive in Energy.

• Costs Infiltrator 210 and Parasite 200 Energy to Cloak while stationary.

• Costs Infiltrator 420 and Parasite 400 Energy to Cloak while moving.

• Costs Infiltrator 1000 and Parasite 1300 Energy to Stealth (radar invisible).

• Infiltrator has longer Line of Sight, and costs less to build.

• Used to infiltrate enemy base to discover weak points, give LoS and find key structures.

Triton/Croc

• Amphibious Vehicles, very cheap at less than 500 metal.

• Low range and relatively low health.

• Triton has 3000 while Croc has 3500.

• Has low DPS, however good in groups and effective for price.

• Has good slope tolerance and can go underwater, so useful for flanking.

• Triton is useful with Spider due to slope tolerance.

Decoy Commanders

• Look exactly like real Commanders.

• Give 1000 storage in Metal and Energy but produce low amounts.

• Has fake D-Gun, activated by button.

• Primary weapon is laser.

• High buildspeed, LoS and radar, but no sonar.

• Same health as normal Commander but do not have Anti-Sniper damage tag.

• Have smaller decloak radius than Commander (harder to decloak).

• Can build everything normal Commander can, but cannot Morph or Capture.

• Expensive, but useful as builders, repairers, to give LoS or to trick Enemy.

• Can go underwater.

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Additionally, there is a more in depth unit guide here.