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The Dragon Drone is the light military unit of the Arctic Future. It is the only flying light unit in the game. It is trained in a Dragon Drone Base.

Compared to the Exoskeleton Soldier, the Dragon Drone gains 15 defense and a lot of movement, but loses 10 attack and becomes a melee unit. It also gains terrain bonuses in Rubble, bushes and forests as well as good bonuses against fast and artillery units. Its attack and defense are fairly low in the Arctic Future, though it possesses two special skills:

It has Dragon Breath: Attacks a row of enemies up to two tiles behind the target enemy without receiving retaliation. In total up to three enemy units can be attacked. Attack value is the same for all attacked units. When Dragon Drone gets attacked, it will retaliate, but it will not use the skill. If the drone is lucky enough to deal a critical hit, the increased damage will only affect the main target and not the units attacked as secondary targets. It also has Flying, which has been seen before by previous era units.

Usage[]

At first glance, the Dragon Drone may appear somewhat useless due to low base stats and is a melee unit, but its movement and ability Dragon Breath makes them a lot more useful than they seem. Although they have the disadvantage of being a melee unit (as they have to go straight into the enemy to attack), their Dragon Breath skill is also very useful at both avoiding retaliation and damaging multiple units. This skill is much more useful than it sounds due to the fact that the AI tends to sometimes group its units together, allowing the Dragon Drone to fully take advantage of this ability.

Despite this, the Dragon Drone is still somewhat weak in terms of attack and defense, and can easily be two hit killed by most units in the Arctic Future and beyond. Furthermore, as it is a melee unit, it still faces the disadvantage of having to go right up to the enemy, which may allow the enemy to easily target the Dragon Drone. Although it can ignore the Contact! skill, many ranged units with that ability are still strong against them.

Against Same Age Units[]

Fast UnitRecon Raider[]

The Dragon Drone is very strong against the Recon Raider, especially as they have bonuses against fast units. The Dragon Breath skill can also allow the Dragon Drone to avoid retaliation when attacking the Recon Raider and potentially damage many of them with one attack as well when many Recon Raiders are lined up. However, beware of the high attack of the Recon Raider as it can usually deal considerable damage to the Dragon Drone especially in high attrition fights.

Ranged UnitSurrogate Soldier[]

Although the Dragon Drone can avoid the Surrogate Soldier's retaliation, the Dragon Drone is still weak against the Surrogate Soldier due to their bonuses against light units. However, the Dragon Drone can still deal with Surrogate Soldiers as long as the Surrogate Soldiers are eliminated quickly.

Heavy UnitBattle Fortress[]

The Dragon Drone is very weak against the Battle Fortress, especially as the Reactive Armor ability also limits their effectiveness against the Battle Fortress. Overall, Battle Fortresses can easily eliminate the Dragon Drone in two hits, whilst the Dragon Drone has to four hit kill them.

Heavy UnitBehemoth[]

The Dragon Drone is also weak against the Behemoth, especially as the Behemoth's massive attack and bonuses against light units can deal a lot of damage to the Dragon Drone. Furthermore, the Behemoth's Force Field ability also means that the Dragon Drone has difficulty killing Behemoths as well.

Artillery UnitPlasma Artillery[]

The Dragon Drone is basically invincible against the Plasma Artillery, due to the fact that the Plasma Artillery cannot hit them. Like previous Flying units, the Plasma Artillery should be eliminated last when using a full Dragon Drone army.

Other Military Units[]

Military Units
All Ages Heavy Unit Color GuardLight Unit Military DrummerLight Unit RogueFast Unit/Heavy Unit Champion
Bronze Age Light Unit SpearfighterLight Unit ClubmanHeavy Unit WarriorFast Unit Horseman
Ranged Unit SlingerArtillery Unit Stone Thrower
Iron Age Light Unit SoldierHeavy Unit LegionnaireFast Unit Mounted Warrior
Ranged Unit ArcherArtillery Unit Ballista
Early Middle Ages Light Unit MercenaryHeavy Unit Armored InfantryHeavy Unit BarbarianFast Unit Heavy Cavalry
Ranged Unit Mounted ArcherRanged Unit Barbarian SlingerArtillery Unit Catapult
High Middle Ages Light Unit BerserkerHeavy Unit Heavy InfantryFast Unit Knight
Ranged Unit CrossbowmanArtillery Unit Trebuchet
Late Middle Ages Light Unit Great Sword WarriorHeavy Unit Imperial GuardFast Unit Heavy Knight
Ranged Unit Longbow ArcherArtillery Unit Cannon
Colonial Age Light Unit RangerHeavy Unit GrenadierFast Unit Dragoon
Ranged Unit MusketeerArtillery Unit Field Gun
Industrial Age Light Unit Jaeger InfantryLight Unit Brave WarriorHeavy Unit HowitzerFast Unit Lancer
Ranged Unit RiflemanRanged Unit Mounted BraveArtillery Unit Breech Loader
Progressive Era Light Unit ConscriptHeavy Unit TankFast Unit Armored Car
Ranged Unit SniperArtillery Unit Rapid Fire Cannon
Modern Era Light Unit Bazooka TeamHeavy Unit Battle TankFast Unit Mechanized Infantry
Ranged Unit ParatrooperArtillery Unit Mechanized Artillery
Postmodern Era Light Unit CommandoHeavy Unit Universal TankFast Unit IFV
Ranged Unit MG TeamArtillery Unit Rocket Artillery
Contemporary Era Light Unit Strike TeamHeavy Unit Assault TankFast Unit Attack Helicopter
Ranged Unit Anti-Aircraft VehicleArtillery Unit Missile Artillery
Tomorrow Era Light Unit Ultra APHeavy Unit Stealth TankFast Unit Combat Drone
Ranged Unit Anti-Materiel SniperArtillery Unit Microwave Blaster
Future Era Light Unit Exoskeleton SoldierHeavy Unit Hover TankFast Unit Drone Swarm
Ranged Unit Satellite SpotterArtillery Unit Rail Gun
Arctic Future Light Unit Dragon DroneHeavy Unit Battle FortressHeavy Unit Behemoth
Fast Unit Recon RaiderRanged Unit Surrogate SoldierArtillery Unit Plasma Artillery
Oceanic Future Light Unit MantaLight Unit ScimitarHeavy Unit C.R.A.B. MechHeavy Unit Octopod
Fast Unit Hydroelectric EelFast Unit GlidersRanged Unit Sub CruiserRanged Unit Nautilus
Artillery Unit TurturretArtillery Unit Medusa
Virtual Future Light Unit Augmented SamuraiRanged Unit NinjaArtillery Unit Rocket TroopHeavy Unit Ronin BotFast Unit Warrior Monk
Space Age Mars Light Unit Space MarineRanged Unit Tesla WalkerArtillery Unit SniperbotHeavy Unit Steel WardenFast Unit Sentinel
Space Age Asteroid Belt Light Unit Drill RangerRanged Unit Nail StormArtillery Unit B.E.L.T.Heavy Unit ShredderFast Unit Hover Hammer
Space Age Venus Light Unit Observer DroneRanged Unit Ghost BlasterArtillery Unit Power DragonHeavy Unit Steel FistFast Unit Energy Cannon

Legend: Light Units= Light Unit Class Ranged Units= Ranged Unit Class Artillery Units= Artillery Unit Class Heavy Units= Heavy Unit Class Fast Units= Fast Unit Class

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