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The Missile Artillery is an artillery unit from the Contemporary Era. It is trained in a Missile Site, but it can also be received from the quest Who's the Madman?.

The Missile Artillery improves the Rocket Artillery by 5 attack and 35 defense. However, range and movement stays the same and bonuses against heavy and ranged units are decreased.

The Missile Artillery also possesses two unique abilities: One-Shot (Unit is removed from battle after attacking. The unit dies when battle is lost) and MIRV (Unit hits targeted units and between 1 and 3 additional units in range).

This makes the Missile Artillery rather different to all other units. On the one hand, they can hit multiple enemies at once. On the other hand, it can only be used for one attack, and has a very low attack. This also makes their rather good defense negligible as well because of the One-Shot ability.

Usage[]

The Missile Artillery’s One Shot ability and low damage makes them rather limited in battle, however, they are still effective at dealing a lot of damage on one attack, even if they are removed afterwards. They are often best used by deploying a few per battle and another unit type (with or without rogues). The Missile Artillery can attack and leave the battlefield whilst the remaining units can finish the enemy units, with often little injuries. You should never use a full army of Missile Artillery because if the enemy are not eliminated by one round of attacks, it is an automatic defeat. Another thing to note is that the Missile Artillery cannot target fast units with the flying ability and light units with the Stealth ability.

Generally speaking, the Missile Artillery isn’t a very popular unit, both due to their One Shot ability and low damage but they can be effective in some circumstances.

Against Same Age Units[]

Light Unit Strike Team[]

The Missile Artillery is very vulnerable to the Strike Team. Their Rapid Deployment and Stealth ability and great bonuses can easily overpower the Missile Artillery and kill them before they can counterattack. Avoid using Missile Artillery in presence of Strike Teams.

Heavy Unit Assault Tank[]

Missile Artilleries are the best counter to many Assault Tanks, only in low scaled boosts. As Assault Tanks cannot take more than 4 hit points of damage per attack, the MIRV ability of the Missile Artilleries can deal damage on many of them at once, but they will eventually be severely limited with their low attack and One Shot ability.

Fast Unit Attack Helicopter[]

The Missile Artilleries are totally vulnerable to the Attack Helicopter, given the fact that the Missile Artillery cannot attack them. If there are Attack Helicopters, Missile Artilleries shouldn't be used at all.

Ranged Unit Anti-Aircraft Vehicle[]

Though the Missile Artillery has bonuses against ranged units, the difference it makes is very limited, however the Missile Artillery’s MIRV ability can strongly help in damaging many Anti-Aircraft Vehicles. Usually Assault Tanks are more useful for attacking Anti-Aircraft Vehicles, but the Missile Artillery can serve as a good finisher once the Anti Aircraft Vehicles have reduced health.

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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