Troops : Heavy

"The Heavy can absorb a lot of damage and still keep on moving forward. He's happy to draw all the attention, and will take a punch to give a punch!"

Summary

• The Heavy is the second troop unlocked in the game. They are unlocked at Headquarters level 2.
• The Heavy can be used as a meat shield, as he has the second highest health in the game (after Tank).

Visual Appearance

• The Heavy appears as a big, muscular, dark-skinned man with a red bandana, a bullet strap across his body and a modified Machine Gun.

Offensive Strategy

• The Heavy is a great troop to deploy in front of other troops. Although he has low DPS, he is capable of taking hits from Flamethrowers, Mortars, and other defenses.
• Mines do not have much effect on Heavies, but Boom Mines can be a big problem.
• They can be heavily damaged by Cannons and Boom Cannons.
• A great strategy is to have Heavies up front and Zookas behind them. The Heavies take the hits while the Zookas deal the damage.
  • It is very important to direct troops with Flares when using a Heavy + Zooka army. Sometimes, the Zookas might get too close to the Heavies, causing them to be within the ranges of Flamethrowers or Machine Guns. 
  • When using this strategy, be careful not to Flare right on a Rocket Launcher (or aMortar), because the Heavies will walk into the Rocket Launcher's blind spot, leaving the Zookas vulnerable to the Rocket Launcher's attacks.
• Be sure to deploy your other troops (although not Zookas due to their slow movement speed) a few seconds after your Heavies to prevent them from running past the Heavies.

Defensive Strategy

• Try to arrange your defenses so that Sniper Towers and Cannons will fire at Heavies. Usually 2Sniper Towers firing at a single Heavy will be able to take him out with little trouble.
• Try to place your Mines so that Heavies won't trigger them but other troops will. On the other hand, try to place your Boom Mines so that Heavies will trigger them. In higher levels, this can be difficult, as Boom Mines are also needed to defend against Tanks, which attack very differently than Heavies.

Upgrade Differences

• Every level the Heavy is upgraded he increases his Hitpoints, DPS and Training Cost, but not his visual appearance.

Trivia

• The Heavy seems to be carrying a modified (and smaller) version of the Machine Gun.
• The Heavy is the only troop that can move and attack at the same time. However it typically only begins firing a second or so before it stops moving, and it will remain stationary until its target is destroyed or it is ordered to move via Flare. As such it does not play a major role in the use of the Heavy.

Unit Size	Training Time	Movement Speed	Attack Range	Attack Speed	Headquarters Level Required
4	6m	Moderate / 230	Short / 330	.1s	2

Level	Hitpoints	DPS	Damage per Shot	Training Cost	Research Cost	Armory	Research Time	XP Gain
1	1,000	26	2.6	300	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	1,080	28	2.8	500	10,400	1	3h	17
3	1,166	31	3.1	700	21,800	2	4h	20
4	1,260	33	3.3	900	47,000	3	7h	26
5	1,360	36	3.6	1,100	94,000	4	11h	33
6	1,469	39	3.9	1,400	159,000	5	15h	38
7	1,587	42	4.2	1,700	268,000	6	21h	45
8	1,714	46	4.6	2,000	420,000	7	1d 4h	52
9	1,851	50	5.0	2,400	610,000	8	1d 8h	56
10	1,999	54	5.4	2,800	720,000	9	1d 8h	56
11	2,159	59	5.9	3,200	800,000	10	1d 11h	59
12	2,332	64	6.4	3,600	1,100,000	11	1d 20h	66
13	2,518	69	6.9	4,000	1,500,000	12	2d 3h	71
14	2,720	75	7.5	4,400	1,700,000	13	2d 3h	71
15	2,937	81	8.1	4,800	2,040,000	14	2d 16h	80
16	3,172	88	8.8	5,200	2,810,000	15	2d 22h	83
17	3,426	96	9.6	5,600	3,200,000	16	2d 22h	83
18	3,700	104	10.4	6,000	3,600,000	17	3d 7h	88
19	3,996	113	11.3	6,500	4,300,000	18	3d 10h	90
20	4,316	123	12.3	7,000	5,600,000	19	3d 14h	92