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| − | | name = | + | | name = Cloaky Bot Factory |
| defname = factorycloak | | defname = factorycloak | ||
| − | | description = Produces | + | | description = Produces Cloaky Robots, Builds at 10 m/s |
| − | | image = http:// | + | | image = http://packages.springrts.com/zkmanual/unitpics/factorycloak.png |
| − | + | | cost = 600 | |
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| hitpoints = 4000 | | hitpoints = 4000 | ||
| + | | energy = 0.3 | ||
| sight = 273 | | sight = 273 | ||
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}}==Description== | }}==Description== | ||
| − | Emphasizing guile over brute force, the | + | Emphasizing guile over brute force, the Cloaky Bot Factory makes good use of stealth, mobility and EMP weapons to strike at the enemy's weak points. |
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| + | The Cloaky Bot Factory builds: | ||
| + | * [[Conjurer]] | ||
| + | * [[Glaive]] | ||
| + | * [[Scythe]] | ||
| + | * [[Rocko]] | ||
| + | * [[Warrior]] | ||
| + | * [[Zeus]] | ||
| + | * [[Hammer]] | ||
| + | * [[Spectre]] | ||
| + | * [[Gremlin]] | ||
| + | * [[Tick]] | ||
| + | * [[Eraser]] | ||
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== Tactics and Strategy == | == Tactics and Strategy == | ||
| − | Compared to units from other factories | + | Compared to units from other factories Cloaky Bots tend to be faster and cheaper, but have lower health and range. The specialist Tick, Scythe, Sniper, Gremlin and Eraser units are cloaked (or in the latter case provide a cloaking field), allowing for more stealthy strategies. Cloaky Bots should use their mobility and stealth to attack only where and when they have the advantage. |
| − | Owing to its lack of tough, high-weight units, | + | Owing to its lack of tough, high-weight units, Cloaky Bots tends to become weaker as a factory used on its own in the late-game. Nevertheless, in combination with the raw strength of a different factory like [[Amphibious Bot Plant|Amphibious Bots]], [[Heavy Tank Factory|Heavy Tanks]] or [[Strider Hub|Striders]], the utility and subtlety of the Cloaky Bots remains very powerful. |
=== Example Unit Combinations === | === Example Unit Combinations === | ||
| − | Lay traps for groups of enemy units with | + | Lay traps for groups of enemy units with Ticks, then use Glaives to quickly destroy the stunned enemies. |
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| − | + | Engage an enemy at long range with Rockos or Hammers, while protecting them from faster units with Glaives or Warriors. | |
| − | + | Use an Eraser in combination units that inflict lots of damage but are slow, flimsy or short-ranged like Warriors, [[Roach|Roaches]], [[Scalpel|Scalpels]] or [[Scallop|Scallops]]. | |
| − | + | Alternatively, use [[Valkyrie|Valkyries]] to drop your Warriors near to vulnerable enemy units or structures. | |
| − | + | Have some escort units standing by to protect your Spectres if the enemy tries to find them. | |
| − | + | === Beating Cloaky Bots === | |
| − | + | In the early game, don't move your raiders in a tight group, or they may all be stunned by a Tick. | |
| − | + | Make sure you are protecting your Commander and your infrastructure from Scythes. Have a few raiders standing by to deal with any cloaked threat that appears. | |
| − | + | Try to avoid units which Spectre can kill efficiently. Instead, use units which are too strong for a Spectre to kill in one or two hits, or units which are too cheap and spammable for the Spectre to kill fast enough. | |
| + | In general, try to avoid a large dependence on static defences, since these will be dealt with easily by Hammers and Spectres. Instead, try to force a direct fight between your army and theirs. Unless you charge directly into Warriors, your army probably outclasses a Cloaky Bot army in such a fight. | ||
{{Navbox buildings}} | {{Navbox buildings}} | ||
