Troops : Rifleman

"Rifleman at the ready! Basic infantry units, the Riflemen are able to deal out and withstand moderate damage. In large enough numbers, they are almost unstoppable."

Summary

• The Rifleman is the first troop in the game. They are unlocked as soon as your game begins.
• Riflemen are good average troops with moderate HP, damage, and attack range.
• They require the lowest amount of space in the Landing Craft of any troop.

Visual Appearance

• The Rifleman appears as a fair-skinned man with a blue uniform, simple boots, and a green helmet with a blue cloth band around it. He carries a bolt-action rifle and has tucked an ace of spades into his helmet band.

Offensive Strategy

• The Rifleman is effective when deployed in large numbers.
• The Rifleman is effective when used with Heavies acting as meat shields.
  • Using Heavies as meat shields will allow them to take most of the damage while the Riflemen behind them deal the damage, as Heavies don't do much damage themselves. Be warned that because Riflemen walk so close behind Heavies, they are likely to be hit by Rocket Launchers, Machine Guns, and Mortars that fire at your Heavies even when the Heavies are in front of them.
• Another great strategy is Rifle-Medic. Riflemen have moderate health, so Medics will be able to heal up most of the damage that the Riflemen take from splash damage defenses. Medics' healing does have a splash effect, so they can heal Riflemen faster than any other unit.
• The Rifleman is great to use against the Cannon and Boom Cannon as these defenses are single target, and Riflemen can easily overwhelm them.
• Riflemen are weak against Machine Guns, Mortars, Flamethrowers, and Rocket Launchers.
• Due to their large numbers and shorter range, Riflemen can be used to protect Tanks fromCannons and Boom Cannons.

Defensive Strategy

• A group of Riflemen's number one enemy is the Rocket Launcher, so place it well behind other defenses.
• The Mortar is effective in taking out large numbers of Riflemen, but it fires very slowly. Having a Machine Gun in front of a Mortar will cause the Riflemen to target the Machine Gun (in the absence of a Flare), giving the Mortar more time to fire at the Riflemen. 
• Place the Mortar behind various buildings so that it is difficult for the Riflemen to reach theMortar without having any casualties.
• Riflemen are vulnerable to fast firing defenses such as Sniper Towers, Machine Guns, andFlamethrowers, so place them strategically.

Upgrade Differences

• There are no visible changes between levels, but each time the Rifleman is upgraded, his hitpoints, DPS, and training cost increase.

Trivia

• They appear as the snipers in Sniper Towers.

Unit Size	Training Time	Movement Speed	Attack Range	Attack Speed	Headquarters Level Required
1	1m	Moderate / 220	Medium / 470	1s	1

Level	Health	DPS	Training Cost	Research Cost	Armory	Research Time	XP Gain
1	140	30	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	150	32	50	9,500	1	2h	14
3	160	35	100	19,500	2	3h	17
4	172	38	150	42,000	3	6h	24
5	184	41	200	83,000	4	9h	30
6	196	44	250	140,000	5	14h	37
7	210	48	300	236,000	6	19h	43
8	225	52	350	370,000	7	1d 1h	50
9	241	56	400	540,000	8	1d 4h	52
10	257	61	450	630,000	9	1d 4h	52
11	275	66	500	710,000	10	1d 7h	55
12	295	71	600	970,000	11	1d 14h	61
13	315	77	700	1,320,000	12	1d 21h	67
14	337	84	800	1,500,000	13	1d 21h	67
15	361	90	900	1,800,000	14	2d 8h	74
16	386	98	1,000	2,480,000	15	2d 14h	78
17	413	106	1,100	2,850,000	16	2d 14h	78
18	442	115	1,200	3,200,000	17	2d 22h	83
19	473	124	1,300	3,800,000	18	3d	84
20	506	134	1,400	4,400,000	19	3d 4h	87