Marksman

Marksman

Long-range anti-unit bot

Mobility	Ground
Giant	No
Cost	100
Unlock cost	0
Units	1
HP	1622
Attack	2329
Target	Air & Ground
Attack Interval	3.1s
Splash Damage	No
Burst Damage	2329
Max DPS	751
Range	140m
Speed	8m/s
Description Great attack range, astounding single target damage, and excels at sniping from afar.

Values are normalized to the supply cost of the unit to make it easier to compare units. The Splash Index tries to calculate the effectiveness vs spam by multiply attacks with slash area and a penalty for damage below 350.
Unit Cost	100
HP Value	16.2
Burst Value	23.3
DPS Value	7.5
Splash Index	0.3

v1.0

Summary

The Marksman is an inexpensive unit that specializes in destroying single targets with its powerful long-range attacks. Its main drawback is fragile defenses and its low fire rate - Marksmen are vulnerable to squads with high unit counts such as Crawlers or Mustangs, as well as units capable of rapidly closing distance such as Rhinos. Marksmen are also vulnerable to any unit capable of matching or exceeding its range - by default, only Stormcallers can outrange Marksmen, but many units can purchase range upgrades to trade shots with them.

A team of Marksmen deployed in the back of your army can easily rack up kills from a safe distance, although placing them too far back can leave them easily tied down by chaff units placed on the flanks. Since they are cheap and can be fielded relatively early, Marksmen can rapidly gain experience and levels given the relative safety from which they kill units. A level two Marksman can take out a Sledgehammer tank in one shot instead of two, halving the time a Marksman needs to destroy the squad, while teams of veteran Marksmen have high enough damage to threaten even giant units, making them a very cost-effective counter to frontline units such as Fortresses and Vulcans if they are levelled up in the late game.

The Marksman's upgrades focus almost entirely on boosting its damage output. Doubleshot boosts its single-target damage still further, and is also an effective answer to Phoenixes upgraded with Portable Shield - the first shot will break the shield and the second will kill the Phoenix. Range Enhancement, while seemingly redundant for one of the longest-range units in the game, is used to maintain ranged superiority against other units with upgraded range. Elite Marksman is an effective upgrade due to the Marksman's tendency to rack up EXP consistently and safely. Quick Reload's main use is against small groups of units (e.g. Sledgehammers, Phoenixes) where attack speed is more important to kill efficiently than per-shot damage.

The remaining two upgrades are more situational - Electromagnetic shot is difficult to land on key targets due to the Marksman's low fire rate and single-target attacks, while Shooting Squad is largely redundant, as the player should already have units soaking damage for the Marksman.

Tech Upgrades

Icon	Name	Cost	Description
	Doubleshot	300	Each attack fires 2 bullets in succession but increases reload time by 15% DPS 1307
	Range Enhancement	300	Increases attack range by 40m Range 180
	Quick Reload	300	Multiplies Marksman's attack speed at the cost of lower damage Attack Interval * 0.5 (1.6s), Attack * 0.5 (1165)
	Electromagnetic Shot	300	Causes electromagnetic interference on hit, temporarily disabling the target unit's Tech and reducing its movement speed by 40% Debuff duration 3.6 seconds
	Elite Marksman	400	The effect increases with unit level, increasing range by 8m and ATK by 20% per level increased
	Shooting Squad	300	At the beginning of the combat, summon 5 Fangs at the same level as Marksman to fight with you

Unit Stats after Upgrades

Upgrades	Shots per Attack	Damage per Attack	Attack Interval (sec)	DPS	Shots per 10sec
Base	1	2329	3.1	751	3.2
Quick Reload	1	1165	1.6	751	6.5
Double Shot	2	2329	3.6	1307	5.6
Quick Reload & Double Shot	2	1165	1.8	2613	11.2

Update Notes

0.7.17 Attack interval adjusted from 2.8 seconds to 2.9 seconds, attack adjusted from 2248 to 2329 [Shooting Squad]: Price adjusted from 250 to 300 [Elite Marksman]: Attack bonus adjusted from 23% to 20% 0.7.12 Marksman's attack adjusted from 2271 to 2248. 0.7.7 [Intelligent Marksman] EXP bonus adjusted to 75% Adjusted the attack bonus of all [Elite Marksman] tech from 30% per level to 23% per level 0.6.179 Damage reduced from 2366 to 2271 HP increased from 1414 to 1471 0.6.176 Shooting Squad Tech price 150 -> 250 0.6.175 Page created