Cheap as hell, the Cloakbots should always be your first factory as they DO NOT have to use a lot of metal, making them really spammable. Also, some of them have cloaks, which are really good for stealth. Glaives and Reavers MUST be the infantry of your army, while Iris's can hide game-changing heavy units and Striders. Phantoms can attack AND stay cloaked, meaning having a bunch of them with Iris's guarded by scythes can sneak in a base and rip it to hell. Cloakbots are ALWAYS a first option when building the foundation of your army.

Cloakbots getting shredded to bits by Stardust turrets? Being bombed by a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of Merlins? Say hello to Shieldbots. Glaives getting beaten? Try Bandits, tougher Glaives only slightly more expensive. Need to cover your factories from artillery? Aspis's can do that for you. Need better assaults? Try some thugs with SHIELDS over there ADDED DURABILITY. Using a shieldbot to get into a base is a extremely smart move, especially with 20 thugs. Also, there are dirtbags which are weak, but they can transform the land and they ONLY COST 40 METAL, making them very cheap and easy to make thousands of them.

Rovers are made to go as fast a f***. The basic raider for a rover is a pretty good rover with a laser cannon that DESTROYS. Assault rover can fire high damage plasma ball, and 50 of them can absolutely demolish stingers. Domnatrixeces (pardon my spelling) can capture enemies and TURN them against their own people, which is great for converting Striders.

This bot is good against ships and they can sneaky sneak behind lines and come out of water. Ducks are raiders with ROCKET LAUNCHERS. Thats right, you can shoot the enemy with a bunch of rockets from your raiders. Also, Grizzlies can destroy bases when escorted with ducks or something. Scallops are shotgun tanky bots, and they can shoot and kill very efficiently. Djins can teleport your allies nine at a time, which is pretty good. But the MOST OP unit here is the lobster. It can YEET your units and send them flying, so the enemy will be shocked when you have a FLYING ARMY GOING TO KILL.

You really dont need hovercrafts except Lances. Lances can DESTROY striders. Otherwise, the other hovercrafts are ok, and they can float over water, but mostly, you'll need lances.

Yes, you can make your own, specialized, airforce. You can choose from aerial radar jammers to persision bombers to napalm and mini-nuke bombers, and you can make them bomb a line, just be careful of friendly fire and anti air turrets and bots. The factory also comes with air superiority fighters to keep other planes from attacking you.

These things can also provide air support and they also have a gunship that can carry your troops. Getting Krows and Nimbuses can help your team dominate air-to-ground support. Again, watch for anti airs.

Having trouble with shieldbots? Tanks are the answer. Having their constructor gives it laser turrets to fend off raiders. Ogers can decimate swarms in a instant, and the heavy tank can ram defences. Just be careful of sunlances or cerberuses.

These give you sea superiority and a safer artillery option. Envoys can clear out areas, subs can guard the oceans from Amph-bots and allow on-water construction. Just be wary of torpedoes.

These dominate the game, but they cost a lot. Dantes are superior against swarms, Shoguns and Merlins can fire heavier artillery, and Detriments can destroy everything. Having a lot of these can be costly, but the enemy CANNOT do anything against 10 detriments.

Spider factory are ALL TERRAIN bots. The basic costs 20 metal, making it VERY SPAMMABLE. The other spiders are really good and the Crab is OP as a riot.

These can jump over things and they have a fire artillery option, and their raider has flamethrowers and jumpjets, making them OP if you get a hundred of them.

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https://zero-k.info/mediawiki/index.php?title=Units
better guide fro Zero-K units cause its the official wiki.