Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars/Nod Units: Difference between revisions

The Militant squad is the rifle squad of the Brotherhood. Their weapons and armour are not as good as GDI Riflemen, but they're capable of holding their own under most cases. Although initially weak, they can be upgraded twice; first with a Tiberium injection which toughens them up considerably and renders them immune to Tiberium exposure, then with a Confessor unit as a leader. The Confessor wields a slightly more powerful weapon than normal, but also throws powerful hallucinogenic grenades which incite friendly fire among infantry squads.

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{{quote|They're not leaving here!|Militant Rocket Squad}}

Nod lacks a powerful Zone trooper-like anti-tank infantry, so these guys will likely be the core of your anti-armour operations until you manage to get Avatars or another high-tier unit. Still, they take reduced damage from cannon fire, so their usefulness against tanks and other vehicles that cause rocket or cannon damage is rarely ever outshone.

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The Nod response to GDI Engineers, Saboteurs perform four (not three) major functions. Firstly, they can repair any building they enter to full health immediately. Secondly, they can capture enemy structures if they can get close. Thirdly, they can reclaim fallen walker units and turn them against their former owners (or allow you to use them again if they were yours to begin with). Fourthly, they can booby trap buildings.

{{CnC unit|image=C&C3_ShadowT.png|range=150|speed=80|health=300|ghealth=1200|dtype=Sniper|refire=0.8|gdps=330|damage=33|cost=800}}

Shadow Teams are powerful stealthed units that act in many ways similar to a Commando.  One feature that distinguishes Shadow Teams from any unit, however, is their ability to fly with their collapsible glider packs. This allows them to strike at odd angles, beyond enemy base defences. Additionally, while in this form, base defences (all except AA guns, that is) cannot target them (though they can see them).

They are also powerful anti-infantry units. While their power has been reduced somewhat, they are still extremely lethal against all forms of infantry, including Commandos. While out-ranged by snipers, Shadow Teams fire much quicker and cause more damage in closer ranges. Unlike militants, however, their weapons are confined almost exclusively to the anti-infantry role, as their damage type is Sniper.

{{CnC unit|image=C&C3_Fanatic.png|speed=70|health=150|ghealth=750|dtype=Cannon|gdps=3750|damage=750|cost=800}}

{{CnC unit|image=C&C3_BlackHand.png|range=80|speed=40|health=300|ghealth=1800|dtype=High Explosive|dps=35|cost=900}}

{{Quote|One mission; one purpose.|Black Hand}}

The Black Hand is the most heavily armoured infantry unit in the game. This means that against pretty much any kind of small arms fire is easily taken care of. Even Watchtowers have a tough time taking them down. They cause considerable amounts of high-explosive damage, making them powerful anti-infantry and anti-structure units. Their infantry nature also protects them from cannon fire, unlike the larger flame tanks. Additionally they are capable of clearing enemy garrisons easily.

A particularly nasty trick one can pull off in Kane's Wrath is combining Black Hand with the Reckoner APCs. Sneaking the Reckoners into the enemy's base, next to the enemy's Construction Yard, then deploying them, will allow the Black Hand inside to eliminate the yard very quickly, whilst being protected by the APC.

{{CnC unit|image=C&C3_Commando.png|range=300|health=500|speed=60|dtype=Sniper}}

Commandos of Nod are almost identical to GDI's, only they're female. They also have the added ability to stealth themselves while not moving, allowing them to execute some stealthier tactics than GDI's. Once inside an enemy base, however, the lack of jump jets can prove deadly for the Commando once spotted. Regardless, the Commando is without a doubt a powerful unit, capable of eliminating structures and walkers with a powerful C4 charge. They are also highly effective against enemy infantry, but their usefulness is pretty much limited to just infantry; they should avoid confrontations with vehicles and base defences.

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Raiders are fast and light, and do not sport much armour at all. A single predator can make short work of a raider, as can an APC loaded with missile troopers. Raiders can attack air units, but the attack is relatively weak unless upgraded with lasers, so Stormriders can work as well. Just don't get close for them to EMP you.

{{CnC unit|range=250|health=800|speed=140|damage=300 x 2|dtype=Rocket|refire=3.4}}

{{Quote|This Bikes ready!|Attack Bike}}

 

{{CnC unit|range=275|health=2400 (3200 w. dozers)|speed=90|damage=300 (500)|dtype=Cannon|refire=3.4 (2.5)|dps=150 (200)|cost=900}}

Scorpion tanks are, role-wise, roughly equivalent to that of GDI's Predator, but it lacks the armour and the firepower the Pred sports. In a fight between a Predator and a Scorpion, the Predator will win every time. The Scorpion, however, is faster and, most importantly, much cheaper than a Predator. In sufficient numbers and with the proper backup, Scorpion tanks can cut through most vehicles and buildings with ease. Power-wise, they are between the Scrin Seeker and the GDI Predator.

Larger units aside, Scorpions can easily be countered with missile troopers and any form of air unit. Until they get the Dozer Blades, they can be eliminated by Zone Troopers and Shock Troopers. With proper micromanagement, they can also use their jump jets and teleport abilities respectively to keep the Scorpions on the move and unable to crush them. The most common counter, however, is either missile troopers or larger units.

{{CnC unit|image=C&C3_FlameTank.png|range=100|health=3700|speed=75|dtype=High Explosive|dps=400|range=100|speed=75}}

Flame Tanks have scrapped the ability to burrow in exchange for a lot more firepower. While they remain very vulnerable to cannon fire, they are more than capable of shrugging off small-arms fire as well as, to an extent, missiles. Flame Tanks have the highest cost-to-damage ratio in the game, allowing them to cause heavy damage to anything provided it stays alive long enough. Buildings are a flame tank's favourite target, and a pair of flame tanks, covered by a cloaking field and snuck into an enemy base, can easily dismantle most, if not the entire, enemy base in minutes.

While the flame tank can cause considerable damage even to another tank, its short range and fragile nature prevents it from causing considerable damage to any form of anti-armour emplacement. Predators, Scorpions, massed missile troopers, and any form of aerial unit can all easily eliminate a flame tank before it can cause considerable damage.

{{quote|But what about the Tiberium?!|When ordered to move}}

The Nod Harvester is identical to that of its GDI counterpart - its only function is to gather Tiberium and shuttle it to the Refinery for processing. While GDI Harvesters tend to cause problems by fighting back, Nod Harvesters are equipped with stealth generators that render them invisible to most units.

It can run over enemy infantry if desperate, but it should never be considered a combat vehicle under any circumstance.

Combined with a disruption tower and refinery, Harvesters can often steal a lot of money from neutral or enemy-held fields, making enemies wonder where all the Tiberium went.

{{Quote|Optics cleared.|Beam Cannon}}

Finally, Beam Cannons can use their weapons to charge up the Obelisk of Light base defence, greatly increasing its attacking power.

{{Quote|Stealth emitters ready!|Stealth Tank}}

Since stealth tanks break stealth when they fire anyway, stealth-detecting units will often be blown up once the Stealth Tank is revealed. The trick, therefore, is to strike it before it stealths itself again. They do not have a real counter in the sense a unit can kill them consistently, since infantry can be easily squished due to their fast speed, and they are otherwise invisible and thus cannot be targeted; instead, simply destroying them before they can fire a second volley is the best bet.

Do not deploy air units against the Stealth Tank.

{{Quote|Avatar ready!|Avatar}}

Nod's response to the GDI Mammoth Tank, the Avatar walker is a powerful, if very expensive, unit. Initially equipped with a single large laser, it can be upgraded by sacrificing certain friendly vehicles: sacrificing an attack bike will grant it stealth detecting abilities, a beam cannon will give the Avatar a second laser, a flame tank will give it a flamethrower, and a stealth tank will make it invisible.

The price is just that; the price of all these upgrades is extremely high. Additionally, being a walker, it can be captured by enemy engineers if struck down. If a fully upgraded Avatar is struck down and captured by your opponent, all its upgrades remain. This makes upgrading Avatars a dangerous investment.

{{Quote|Venom craft ready for takeoff!|Venom Patrol Craft}}

In Tiberium Wars, the GDI's only real counter to massed Venoms was either Mammoth Tanks, or large groups of AA batteries. Nod had Stealth Tanks and SAM Sites, while the Scrin could use both Gun Walkers and Seekers in conjunction with Plasma Disc Batteries.

{{Quote|Vertigo; flight checks complete.|Vertigo Bomber}}

A Nod stealth bomber, it briefly decloaks when releasing it's two bombs. It needs to return to base to reload.

There are two sure-fire ways to counter the Vertigo.  The first method is with a cloud of anti-air. The Vertigo's not only cloak, but are fast-moving targets, so rockets aren't effective too much.  The second method is to eliminate their Air Towers, forcing them to stall and crash sometime after releasing their payload.

{{Quote|Carryall; got the mission.|Carryall transport}}

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