# Combat Basics

## Combat Unit Specialities

With time, robots adapted to the various Alien types and developed different specialized units that can be effective against certain Alien types. They are:

* **Spider** — basic scouting unit. Great choice to fight against minor enemy forces and explore the area. It is fast and can run from any potential danger.
* **Scorpion** — a unit that is focused on taking down tough foes with a concentrated laser beam. The more a Scorpion focuses on a single target, the greater is the damage that it does per second.
* **Sniper Spider** — a Spider subtype enforced with a Sniper gun. It can take down targets from a further distance, but requires some time to reload.
* **Siege Tank** — an absolute battlefield winner when it comes to wiping out groups of smaller aliens. However, requires some support against flying enemies.
* **Tesla Turret** — a structure that shoots electric charges at the enemy groups. It can destroy smaller enemies easily, but is useless against bigger targets.
* **Bolter Turret** — shoots precise high caliber shots that can eliminate any single target, but takes too much time to reload to deal with big groups of aliens.

### Combat units and Turrets effectiveness against Aliens

<table><thead><tr><th>Unit name</th><th data-type="rating" data-max="3">Alien Vanguard</th><th data-type="rating" data-max="3">Alien Goliath</th><th data-type="rating" data-max="3">Alien Spitter</th><th data-type="rating" data-max="3">Alien Breeder</th><th data-type="rating" data-max="3">Alien Offspring</th><th data-type="rating" data-max="3">Alien Tosser</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Spider</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Scorpion</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Spider Sniper</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Siege Tank</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Tesla Turret</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Bolter Turret</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr></tbody></table>

Combining different units in your army is extremely important to excel on the battlefield.

You can learn more about the Combat units here:

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[Units](/assets/units.md)
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