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'''Gremlin''': This disappoints me every time I build it. You get to scout and ambush with it, but its DPS is just... really bad. | '''Gremlin''': This disappoints me every time I build it. You get to scout and ambush with it, but its DPS is just... really bad. | ||
| − | '''Hacksaw''': Once in a blue moon you need this. You don't enjoy needing it. But you make one anyway. | + | '''Hacksaw''': Once in a blue moon you need this. You don't enjoy needing it. But you make one anyway. Even at this thing's one job it is often worse than Newton. |
Revision as of 20:00, 25 October 2023
Contents
Preface
S Tier: I would happily make a new factory to make only this unit
A Tier: I feel good when I make this unit
B Tier: I feel OK about making this unit
C Tier: I am a bit unhappy if I have to make this unit, other factories have better options
D Tier: I am quite unhappy to make this unit
F Tier: I do not make this unit, and you should not make it either
Unclassifiable: Too weird or specialized to give a sensible grade
Ratings are for a mid-size teams game on a land map unless otherwise indicated. 1v1 ratings would be different.
Constructors
A Tier
Convict: Borderline S tier. Basically a combat unit in its own right, between supporting Felon and protecting its own turrets.
Welder: Strong at all stages, although the cost is a little annoying early game.
Constable: Very good early game constructor. Fragile and inefficient in late game.
Conjurer: As a constructor it is B tier at best... but it enables some cloak shenanigans.
B Tier
Weaver: Sometimes you need to build things on a hill.
Mason, Quill, Mariner: Meh.
C Tier
Conch: On land it is slow and expensive. When underwater it is absolutely goated, S+ tier.
Wasp: Useless as a combat constructor, but decent at expanding if it doesn't die to Swift.
D Tier
Crane: I guess expand with this if you absolutely have to... but it's pretty ass.
Related Units
Funnelweb: A Tier, although its construction is less important than its shield.
Athena: Unclassifiable. Practical efficacy lies anywhere from A to F tier, depending on the vanity of the person using it.
Commanders
A Tier
Recon: Does not die to Placeholder. Dies a lot to Lance though. S tier if it enables expansion for you (like on Quicksilver).
B Tier
Guardian: Dies to Placeholder, but at least it has HP so it's less likely to die to Lance.
C Tier
Strike: Dies to Placeholder and Lance.
Engineer: Dies to Placeholder and Lance.
Skirmishers and Fire Support
A Tier
Fencer and Scalpel: Good cookie-cutter early game units.
Buoy: Beats a pretty big variety of things while taking minimal attrition.
Felon: Obviously this has the potential to be really good, but the style it fits into is pretty inflexible.
B Tier
Recluse: A tier on some maps. Good damage, but a little too flimsy for my taste.
Moderator: When you are ahead this is A tier. When you are behind this is terrible.
Crab: Extremely strong if it is not countered... but everybody knows its counters.
Rogue: Really, really bad at defending itself. Decent DPS if it gets to do its thing.
C Tier
Ronin: Occasionally good in the early game. Gets outscaled VERY quickly though.
D Tier
Dominatrix: Overrated. You have to have a lot or they don't pose a meaningful threat, and even if you do have a lot they tend to die all at once.
Bulkhead: Fills a hole in Amph, but if you have access to any other factory it probably has a better option than this.
Assaults
S Tier
Cyclops: Difficult to kill, effective against almost anything that costs more than 250 metal and enters its range. An absolute chad of a unit.
A Tier
Minotaur: Has enough HP that a commitment is always required to kill it. What more do you want?
Thug: Good at protecting other units that actually do something.
B Tier
Halberd: This is fine. Not amazing. But fine. Can spot for Lance if you don't have air.
Jack: In the right situation it's incredible. Otherwise it chases things and makes sad melee noises.
Grizzly: Good if you are fighting things it cleanly one-hits. Can be quite dubious otherwise.
C Tier
Knight: Strong if it gets a fight it actually wants. But being slow makes that difficult.
D Tier
Hermit: Decent range I guess, but 1500 HP is just not a lot.
Ravager: Reasonably fast, but that's really its only redeeming feature.
Anti-Air (mobile and static)
A Tier
Angler: The best anti-bomber AA at anything like its price point.
Razor: Single-handedly makes Gunship a bad factory.
B Tier
Ettin: A tier if you need its area of effect attack. C tier if you don't.
Crasher, Tarantula, Vandal: All quite serviceable missile-based AA. You need a really gigantic blob of Vandal which can be awkward.
Toad: In any other factory this would get built a lot more, but in Jumpfac it competes with Moderator and Jugglenaut.
Artemis: This shuts out enemy air in a way no other AA does... but it is an expensive, flimsy target.
Chainsaw: An unexciting compromise between cost and impact. It's okay.
C Tier
Thresher: Static, unarmoured and short range is a pretty bad combination. Ettin is almost always better.
Flail: Below average, but not awful.
D Tier
Gremlin: This disappoints me every time I build it. You get to scout and ambush with it, but its DPS is just... really bad.
Hacksaw: Once in a blue moon you need this. You don't enjoy needing it. But you make one anyway. Even at this thing's one job it is often worse than Newton.
