User:Aquanim/UnitTierList - Revision history

Aquanim at 08:34, 4 October 2026

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Planes

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Other Static Defences

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Support and Utility

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Anti-Heavy and Bombs

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Raiders etc.

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Water maps

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Other Static Defences

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Anti-Air (mobile and static)

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Riots

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 '''Locust''': Playable in small teams games on large maps. If you build this there is a lot of pressure on you to demonstrate that it was a worthwhile investment.
-<span style="color:orange">'''D Tier'''</span>
+<span style="color:brown">'''F Tier'''</span>
-'''Nimbus''': Does too much Losing To Razor for my liking.
+'''Nimbus''': Does too much Losing To Razor. And misses very often. And has woeful DPS.
 = Anti-Air (mobile and static) =

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 '''Raven''': Not the game-defining unit it once was, but there is nothing wrong with the Raven of today. Does the job it is designed to do.
-<span style="color:brown">'''F Tier'''</span>
+<span style="color:#666">'''Unclassifiable'''</span>
-'''Magpie''': Flat out unbuildable.
+'''Magpie''': It is going to take a while to figure out just how good slowing-Magpie is.
 '''Sparrow''': Very specific usecases as a jammer, decloaker or scout-without-a-planefac. If you need it for one of those things, build it. Otherwise don't.

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 '''Stardust''': Plonk this down somewhere that you expect a bunch of raiders to try to flank. Gets outranged by too many things to be a good frontline turret.
-'''Desolator''': I think the present meta doesn't favour Desolator but it's not inherently awful. Use it with terraform if you are going to use it.
+'''Lucifer''': This is a lot of metal to spend on something that dies to Impaler. But if the other team doesn't have Impalers it can pose a real problem.
 <span style="color:orange">'''D Tier'''</span>
-'''Lucifer''': This is a lot of metal to spend on something that dies to Impaler.
+'''Desolator''': This beats just about anything that walks into its range, but nothing ever does. Then it dies to artillery.
 = Tactical Missiles =

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 '''Charon''': Maybe this is a hot take. Enables some pretty brutal offensive drops. This can force AA from your opponent while most of your actual metal is still invested in the land units being transported. Stonks on this unit go up on large maps where you might need to support multiple fronts.
 <span style="color:#44f">'''A Tier'''</span>
-'''Iris, Aspis''': Maybe these should be S tier, but I do sometimes find that these give you a false sense of security.
+'''Aspis/Aegis''': Maybe this should be S tier, but I do sometimes find that these give you a false sense of security.
 '''Placeholder''': Potentially completely broken, but its range and HP are poor enough that something generally manages to kill it.

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 '''Snitch''': Combined with areacloak this solves an awful lot of difficult problems. Even without a cloak you can sometimes get these to connect for big damage, if you're wily enough.
 <span style="color:#44f">'''A Tier'''</span>
 '''Limpet''': This can turn the tide of a midgame fight. Suffers from being in a slow factory which can struggle to take advantage before the slow wears off.

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 <span style="color:#44f">'''A Tier'''</span>
 '''Bandit''': Very good at screening, excellent range for a raider, good HP, decent DPS. A bit on the slow side, though.
 <span style="color:lightblue">'''B Tier'''</span>
 '''Kodachi, Pyro''': Very good early game, but they lose value a lot quicker than the higher tier raiders. I have a serious skill issue with both of these units.

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	'''Reef''': The guided disarm missile has interesting applications. Everything else about this unit is somewhere between "useless" and "an outright liability".		'''Reef''': The guided disarm missile has interesting applications. Everything else about this unit is somewhere between "useless" and "an outright liability".
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−	~~<span style="color:orange">'''D Tier'''</span>~~

	'''Locust''': There is a theory where this is good against ships, because Urchin and Hunter can't hit air units at all. Extremely niche.		'''Locust''': There is a theory where this is good against ships, because Urchin and Hunter can't hit air units at all. Extremely niche.

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 <span style="color:#44f">'''A Tier'''</span>
-'''Stinger''': This very nearly makes it into S tier, but its matchup against Lance and Impaler in particular is just a little bit too bad. Among several other roles, Stinger props up the bad-skirmisher factories in the early to mid game.
+'''Stinger''': This very nearly makes it into S tier, but its matchup against Lance and Impaler in particular is just a little bit too bad. Sling is also a problem, but you may have time to fix this with terraform. Among several other roles, Stinger props up the bad-skirmisher factories in the early to mid game.
 '''Lotus''': Boring, reliable and effective.

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 '''Chainsaw''': An unexciting compromise between cost, range and impact. It's okay. Enemy air can't stay in its range forever, but if they dart in and out quickly this will only inflict limited damage.
-'''Thresher''': Static, unarmoured and short range is a pretty bad combination. Ettin is almost always better. But flak AA is quite good in the present metagame and you can't always afford a switch.
+'''Thresher''': Static, unarmoured and short range is a pretty bad combination. Ettin is almost always better. But sometimes you need AA with splash and don't have time for a switch.
 <span style="color:gold">'''C Tier'''</span>

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 '''Redback''': Gets kited by a few too many things, and not as explosive as Reaver if it gets mobility help, so this doesn't quite make A tier. Quite strong if it gets a good fight though.
 '''Ripper''': Unexciting, but it gets the job done.
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 <span style="color:gold">'''C Tier'''</span>
-'''Scallop''': In combination with Lobster it's obviously a lot better than this.
+'''Claymore''': If you need to shoot over terraform or you have a need for AoE attacks, this is your guy in Hover factory. Solves some problems quite nicely. Would not build unless confronted with one of those problems.
 = Assaults =