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Updated for 1.12.4.1, April 2024
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Updated for 1.12.1.2, March 2024
  
 
= Preface =
 
= Preface =
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'''Guardian''': Dies to Placeholder, but at least it has HP so it's less likely to die to Lance. The free drone is quite handy, use set-target to tell it where to go and scout.
 
'''Guardian''': Dies to Placeholder, but at least it has HP so it's less likely to die to Lance. The free drone is quite handy, use set-target to tell it where to go and scout.
  
'''Engineer''': Dies to Placeholder and Lance. The blueprint-stealing tool has some useful applications though; for example, if you are playing air grab a land constructor.
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<span style="color:gold">'''C Tier'''</span>
  
'''Strike''': Dies to Placeholder and Lance. However, in a meta where Engineer is popular, Strike is the best commander at running down and killing Engineers.
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'''Engineer''': Dies to Placeholder and Lance. Only plop this if your commander is never going to leave your base.
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<span style="color:orange">'''D Tier'''</span>
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'''Strike''': Dies to Placeholder and Lance. Only plop this if you are doing some cloaked Commander meme.
  
 
= Raiders etc. =
 
= Raiders etc. =
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'''Likho''': There are very few things this is not good against.
 
'''Likho''': There are very few things this is not good against.
  
'''Owl''': Knowledge is power, and Owl provides it. Even without the jammer this is S tier.
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'''Owl''': Knowledge is power, and Owl both gives you a lot of information and denies it to the enemy.
  
'''Thunderbird''': After the HP buff I'm going to go ahead and put this in S tier again.
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<span style="color:#44f">'''A Tier'''</span>
  
<span style="color:#44f">'''A Tier'''</span>
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'''Thunderbird''': I want to put this in S tier really badly, but it just doesn't connect as often as it used to. Of course, if the stars align this can still end a game in five seconds flat at a premium price.
  
 
'''Odin''': Forces the other team to build a pretty annoying amount of AA if they want to keep their Singus. I suspect the best uses of the shield sidearm have not been figured out yet.
 
'''Odin''': Forces the other team to build a pretty annoying amount of AA if they want to keep their Singus. I suspect the best uses of the shield sidearm have not been figured out yet.
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<span style="color:#666">'''Unclassifiable'''</span>
 
<span style="color:#666">'''Unclassifiable'''</span>
  
'''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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'''Sparrow''': The decloak on this can solve some pretty obnoxious problems. Otherwise you are pretty sad to have to make this as a scout when you don't have an air factory.
  
 
= Gunships =
 
= Gunships =
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<span style="color:lightblue">'''B Tier'''</span>
 
<span style="color:lightblue">'''B Tier'''</span>
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'''Nimbus''': I don't know that the meta is doing this any favours at present, but it's still decent at putting on pressure.
  
 
'''Trident''': Really quite good against planes, Swift in particular.
 
'''Trident''': Really quite good against planes, Swift in particular.
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'''Gnat''': Niche, but if your opponent slacks on AA to protect their strider this is the punishment. Also has some early game uses.
 
'''Gnat''': Niche, but if your opponent slacks on AA to protect their strider this is the punishment. Also has some early game uses.
 
'''Blastwing''': Build these if you see a good target.
 
  
 
<span style="color:gold">'''C Tier'''</span>
 
<span style="color:gold">'''C Tier'''</span>
 
'''Nimbus''': I don't think that the meta is doing this any favours at present, but it's still decent at putting on pressure.
 
  
 
'''Locust''': Doesn't seem very good at the moment, but maybe it's just unpopular. I could never get this to work even when it was objectively strong, so how should I know?
 
'''Locust''': Doesn't seem very good at the moment, but maybe it's just unpopular. I could never get this to work even when it was objectively strong, so how should I know?
  
 
<span style="color:orange">'''D Tier'''</span>
 
<span style="color:orange">'''D Tier'''</span>
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'''Blastwing''': Has an awful tendency to blow up before it does the job it is supposed to do.
  
 
'''Krow''': No longer quite so bad that you are actively throwing the game by making it, but actually makes a positive contribution to winning in very few games.
 
'''Krow''': No longer quite so bad that you are actively throwing the game by making it, but actually makes a positive contribution to winning in very few games.
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'''Gremlin''': This disappoints me every time I build it. You get to scout and ambush with it, but its effective damage is just... really bad.  
 
'''Gremlin''': This disappoints me every time I build it. You get to scout and ambush with it, but its effective damage is just... really bad.  
  
'''Hacksaw''': D-minus. At least it kills Phoenix now. But even considering that, it only outperforms Newton in a situation where Newton is not physically possible to build (on water).
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'''Hacksaw''': Once in a blue moon you need this. You don't enjoy needing it. But you make one anyway. Even at Hacksaw's one job it is often worse than Newton once you have an army to kill the trapped unit.
  
 
= Other Static Defences =
 
= Other Static Defences =
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= Appendix: Commander Weapons =
 
= Appendix: Commander Weapons =
 
<span style="color:#44f">'''A Tier'''</span>
 
 
'''Beam Laser''': Free, good damage, good range. Very solid weapon.
 
 
'''Machine Gun''': Good damage and just enough AoE to be helpful against raiders. Range is a little low but since it is ballistic, clever use of terrain or Recon jump can compensate.
 
 
'''Disruptor Bomb''': Very decent utility option.
 
 
<span style="color:lightblue">'''B Tier'''</span>
 
 
'''Light Particle Beam''': B-plus. Somewhere in between Beam Laser and Machine Gun in terms of range and damage, but it's not free and it doesn't have AoE. However, if your plan is to morph further then LPB has the most upgrade potential.
 
 
'''Riot Cannon, Missile Launcher, Rocket Launcher''': Makes your commander really good in one specific type of fight, but bad at everything else.
 
 
'''Lightning Rifle''': Doesn't have enough conventional damage compared to the A-tier primaries. I would only use this in synergy with Venom/Widow or maybe Blitz. Without synergy this is D-tier at best.
 
 
'''Heavy Particle Beam''': Strong, but you have to invest a lot of metal in a dubious chassis to get it.
 
 
'''Disintegrator''': The potential upside is tremendous, but you really have to put your commander in harm's way to land a shot.
 
 
'''Cluster Bomb''': Not as much upside as Disintegrator but also less risk.
 
 
'''Multistunner''': Has a little more potential than Disruptor Bomb, but requires some help from other EMP sources and puts your commander at more risk.
 
 
<span style="color:gold">'''C Tier'''</span>
 
 
'''Flamethrower''': Like Machine Gun, but worse.
 
 
'''Shock Rifle''': This is a really expensive way to make one Phantom. I guess it is a tanky Phantom at least.
 
 
'''Concussion Shell''': Very, very niche. The only use I have found for this is countering Recluses with a Recon commander on a hilly map. It is pretty good at that though!
 
 
<span style="color:orange">'''D Tier'''</span>
 
 
'''Shotgun''': Like Machine Gun, but a lot worse.
 
 
'''SLAM''': This is a really expensive way to make an Impaler, and most statics are either overkilled or not killed by 1500 damage.
 
 
<span style="color:brown">'''F Tier'''</span>
 
 
'''Hellfire Grenade''': This just doesn't do very much.
 
 
<span style="color:#666">'''Unclassifiable'''</span>
 
 
'''Heat Ray''': An occasional cheese option, especially for meme maps like Duck. In any ordinary fight you will just get killed from a distance.
 

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