Coolest RTS Game Unit

[bro1667]

come on, the giant death robot from civ 5 maybe not the coolest but has to have the best name

 

[Crimson_Dragoon]

Tesla Coils from classic C&C. So much fun to fry enemy troopers with.

 

[FaustianBargain]

Marza Dreadnaught from SoaSE. It uses nuclear warheads to obliterate planets with reckless abandon, what else could you want.

 

[fuzzydrummer]

hmmmm

starcraft 1: medics and dark archons
starcraft 2: dark templar, marines, hellions, banshees
wc3: goblin sappers, tauren hero unit, pandaren hero unit
aoe2: longbowman, jaegers, elite mameluke
red alert 1: tanya
halo wars: scarabs

 

[Tom Phoenix]

Dragoon from StarCraft. Dragoons were always cool.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Spoiler: I also like the Masakari mech in Mech Commander.

It's a Clan assault 'mech. It's heavily armoured, extremely imposing and can carry enough weaponry to annihilate a light to medium mech in one salvo. It resembles nothing so much as a dump truck with legs!

I think the Masakari was the Inner Sphere name, the Clanners called it the Warhawk. (Much cooler)
Anyways, it is still my favorite mech, regardless of names.

Also, best rts unit is the Siege Tank. My favorite strategy is leapfrogging into bases with a combination of tanks and bunkers being built as you advance.

 

[Omniscient Apathy]

The Monkeylord from SupCom 2, the car cheat from AoE, or perhaps the Anubite from Age of Mythology. Spamming them and seeing them all leap into battle is simply magical.

I know exactly what you mean. Good times.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Not really a unit, but...

The Mavor.

Game winner. And I am addicted to that 'boom boom' sound.

 

[ERS86]

CTRL+F: Tanya not found.

Son, I'm dissapoint

Seconded.

Also, the Chrono Commandos were amazing as well. C4 like Tanya. Machine gun to mow through enemy infantry. And the ability to teleport around the map. Sneak one of these guys close to your enemy's base without him noticing (and let his teleport lag catch up), and you can bomb out half of his base before he knows what's going on.

"Little C4, knockin at'cha door!"

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

For me it's the Marine from Starcraft and Starcraft II. Cheap, quick to make, reliable, and their voices aren't grating. Got a problem? Send enough of them in, and eventually you won't!

That's my strategy. Remember people "With enough marines, you can accomplish anything."

Spoiler: I also like the Masakari mech in Mech Commander.

It's a Clan assault 'mech. It's heavily armoured, extremely imposing and can carry enough weaponry to annihilate a light to medium mech in one salvo. It resembles nothing so much as a dump truck with legs!

I think the Masakari was the Inner Sphere name, the Clanners called it the Warhawk. (Much cooler)
Anyways, it is still my favorite mech, regardless of names.

Also, best rts unit is the Siege Tank. My favorite strategy is leapfrogging into bases with a combination of tanks and bunkers being built as you advance.

I love it when someone starts talking about MW on these forums. *Sigh*

 

[Twad]

SC - Goliath and marine
HW - Taiidan Assault Frigate
HW2 - Hiigaran Battlecruiser
AoE2 - English Longbowmens and Spanish cannon galleons (with balistic upgrade)
SoaSE - TEC Marza, Advent Revelation.

 

[Mcupobob]

I love me some vertigo bombers.

Spoiler

Or the planetary assault Carrier

Spoiler

Both are pretty much cheating, especially the P.A.C.

 

[olendvcook]

Why is this in off-topic?

Anyway. My absolute favorite might be the Teutonic Knight from Age of Empires 2, if it weren't for the Kadeshi Multi-Beam Frigates, which are absolutely wonderful, both in design and in function.

In a game where a single beam weapon requires an entire frigate, this thing has four on something midway between a frigate and a corvette (the next size down). And it spins when it fires.

sorry didn't read 7 pages to see if it was answered but what game is that picture from?

edit: never mind found out its Homeworld.

 

[vviki]

That thing, spiderbot from supcom.

I have never played the Supreme Commander Series and now I see it's a loss . This thing is awesome!

 

[baddude1337]

Stormblade in Dawn of War Steel Legion Mod

Venator Star Destroyer in Homeworld 2 Star Wars: Warlords mod

Battlestar Galactica and Viper in Homeworld 2 BSG mods

 

[DragonBorn96]

The Galactic Collusus from Supreme Commander. A giant laser which nothing can reflect
or absorb at ALL. Tractor beams which destroy smaller units, anything it walks on is crushed and if it happens to die, whatever it falls on will die.A game-ender

 

[Blackdoom]

Angry Mob from Generals. Give them AK47's and a single Angry Mob can wipe out an entire base by itself or build as many as you can and lag your enemy to death.

 

[Nickolai77]

Cretan archers!

I loved these guys, they're a brilliant asset to infantry based Roman armies.

 

[Legendsmith]

That thing, spiderbot from supcom.

I have never played the Supreme Commander Series and now I see it's a loss . This thing is awesome!

Yep. It does EVERYTHING. It has AA, torpedos, the huge microwave laser and some secondary bolters.

The Galactic Collusus from Supreme Commander. A giant laser which nothing can reflect
or absorb at ALL. Tractor beams which destroy smaller units, anything it walks on is crushed and if it happens to die, whatever it falls on will die.A game-ender

I've stopped one. The UEF's defences is not so easily destroyed by a single sparkly robot.

 

[tombman888]

um.... what was the name of that giant three-legged walker you get in the japanese campaign of Red-Alert 3? cause i'm going with that.

or if that doesn't count, i'll just go with a Necron warrior... nothing like a whole horde of those guys.