Coolest RTS Game Unit

[Discord]

Harbinger from C&C Red Alert Upriseing

 

[Skjutentrast]

Monkeylord from Supcom. Just because it's a huge spider with a laser. Not always that useful, but it looks cool.

The overlord is cool as well.

But the most useful unit ever is cavalry in the Total war games. Nothing says fuck you as 4 units of Teutonic Knight charging into your enemies flanks.

Dawn of war's Defiler is cool. But saying something from DOW is cheating. That entire universe is based on a board-game. Hence, not VIDYA. (Everything in DOW universe is pretty cool)

 

[Master Kuja]

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Alternative...
Chaos Space Marine Squad from Dawn of War: Chaos Rising. Basic upgrade boosts their stats. The can get a champion who makes them better again. Lastly they can be upgraded to be either amazing ranged soldiers or given chain-axes (a bit like a chainsaw, but in axe form - nasty!) and used as heavy assault troops. The just look awesome as well.

Seconded on this.
These bastards are absolutely OP with the chain axe and plasma pistol upgrade, especially with a Champion attached to them.
I've taken one squad and a Chaos sorcerer on an absolute rampage across the map, started off with 0 zeal, or the Chaos equivalent and landed back at my base with one Chaos Marine dead and enough points to call in Chaos' AoE rape ability.

Those things demolish everything in their path, they're brilliant from the word go, cheaper and more versatile than your average Space Marine counterpart because chain axes make them useful against everything.

 

[Xealeon]

The original badass giant robot, the Krogoth from Total Annihilation.

yes. just yes. If I had to pick a different unit, though, it'd probably be the Vulcan from TA.

 

[brodie21]

i dunno, my favorite unit is the Urban Cohort from Rome: Total War. i dunno if they are the coolest, but they are the best to have

 

[Booze Zombie]

The Black Hand unit from C&C 3.

"It is Kane's will!" "They can not hide!"

 

[Stuntcrab]

I would say the C&C 3 mammoth tank

 

[Abize]

Tesla Trooper reporting...


cause who doesnt love a man with a lightning gun for a weapon

 

[No-Superman10]

Top this.

Spoiler: The Shogun Executioner.

3 head-mounted targeting systems, 3 wave-force katanas, 3 legs with a foo that is larger in diamater than an Apocalypse tank, and it can regenerate when subjected to Tesla fire. (The Soviet's primary technology)
Such a shame you only get to use it for 2 missions.

 

[Withall]

I second (or whichever order it is) the Mammoth Mk2. It was only due to gameplay balancing that it was as "weak" as it was in gameplay. It'd have made Command & Conquer Tiberium Wars better if you could take control over one and used it as territory control.

 

[Sajuuk-khar]

Elite Mameluke from AoE2. Not cool looking, nor cool sounds, but few have resisted one of my attacks with those.

Command & Conquers Mammoth Mk1&3/Apocalypse/Overlord tank since they're basically the same awesome thing.

And I guess I should list Homeworld's Sajuuk.

 

[Denamic]

The simple zergling from SC2.
It's individually without a doubt the weakest combat unit in the game.
But fully upgraded and en masse, they're unbelievably devastating.
On top of that, they're fucking adorable.

Spoiler: Dawwwww

 

[Sajuuk-khar]

Edit: Gotta agree that Red Alert 2 has some of the best unit lines ever to grace gaming (as well as Tim Curry and goddamn JAMES EARL JONES! That's the tip that the russians were going to lose hard in that game, you can't do shit against FREAKIN DARTH VADER(/Mufasa).
In the Emperor's name charge!

Ehm... Tim Curry was in Red Alert 3 and James Earl Jones in Tiberian Sun. RA2 had other cool characters though.

 

[feather240]

Forgot. For people who haven't played Generals. The 'Overlord Tank' is the last in the line of tanks with 2 gun barrels, 125mm each, can construct one of 3 different add-ons:
Propaganda Tower - heals all units in range, increases attack speed slightly
Gatling Cannon - perfect against infantry, also only defense against air
Bunker - where you can store up to 5 infantry and they can fire from it, while the tank survives they are protected (if they are the basic ones, they can be unloaded and capture bases).

It's preprocessors were the Mammoth Tanks and the Apocalypse tanks, but this one wins, since it can heal others, not only itself and has best lines with an awesome voice.

Don't forget running over small vehicles.

 

[shotgunbob]

This is the overlord tank.

Probably the coolest tank design in any RTS

 

[Kurt Horsting]

THOR IS HERE!!! Its like I don't even need to try.

 

[Radu889]

Kirov reporting.

 

[Crumpet Man]

Can the Grinder from C&C Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge be considered a unit, because, if so, than that's my favorite unit

 

[Slycne]

Well if coolest and ridiculous go hand in hand, then the Arcani unit from Rome Total War.

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