Best RTS weapon in the world

[PrimoThePro]

So I was walkin' around the neighbourhood when some punks decided to hit me in the head with a 2 x 4. I immediately go home and decide to visit the Escapist. This is beside the point. I have come to ask the Escapist, what is their favourite weapon... FROM AN RTS?! Now, this can include artillery, or melee weapons, you guys can even debate what weapon would beat the other ones. My favourite is the melee attack from a Zergling. Very basic, yet can be upgraded to be devastating.

[sub][sub][sub]On a completely unrelated note, I found another thread asking others their opinion as to why MW2 was annoying. I believe I have heard this old song and dance before. Can we stop it now please, or do you guys still need to vent?[/sub][/sub][/sub]

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

BattleWagon Flaming Barrels from (Where I found it anyways) Lord Of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II, but that's for somewhat personal reasons.

[sub]And of course they're still complaining, people love to hate on things, it's fun.[/sub]

 

[Wadders]

It has to be the M7 Priest from Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts.

Its basically a British 105mm Howitzer on a tank, and it can blow the ever-loving shit out of pretty much anything on the map. Get a few of them and make a proper bombardment, and the amount of stuff you will fuck up is a sight to behold.

 

[Ryuzaki]

Well there is a lot of choice, but my personal favourite would be the Baneblade from Dawn of War, Dark Crusade.

 

[Amnestic]

The Ion Cannon. Nothing says "Fuck you" like an high powered laser strike from orbit.

 

[CoverYourHead]

Nuclear launch detected

Oh crap.

 

[Levitas1234]

Edit: the exploit in CnC generals zero hour were you could infinitley use your super weapon in online matches, called the scud bug.

 

[NeckStabber]

The Ion Cannon. Nothing says "Fuck you" like an high powered laser strike from orbit.

 

[Deathsong17]

Tanya from Red Alert. She can instantly kill and destroy every single enemy unit and building, so long as you protect her from tanks.

 

[SextusMaximus]

Grenade launchers in E:TW are damn powerful. Blast away 10 enemies at a time.

 

[grimsprice]

Laser tanks from Tiberium Wars. Have about a dozen of them and they'll combine their lasers into a death beam of death that spreads death to all your enemy units one by one.

 

[Ekonk]

Dunno really, the nukes in DEFCON always look pretty intimidating.

When you hear the launch sirens and you see the enormous waves of nukes closing in at your shore... Then you order all of YOUR bases to launch every nuke they have. Complete nuclear armageddon on both sides! No one wins! Everyone dies! Hurray!!!

EDIT: Also, in Battle For Middle-Earth II, Sauron himself is one big weapon. You'll have to track Gollum down, kill him, take the ring, bring the ring back to your fortress, wait a ridiculous amount of time and spend a shitload of resources, but then the Dark Lord will rise. One smack and half the enemies army flies through the air. Another smack and any building in your way is laid to waste. Never have I experienced MUAHAHAHAHAHA moments as much as in BFM II.

 

[mb16]

with mods: (table top round up mod)
DOW: Imperial Guard Baneblade. it can take out a demon prince in one hit from the main gun
without mods: (fair teams and all that stuff)
the super artillery from supreme commander
or nuke in world in conflict

 

[Gigaguy64]

The Ion Cannon. Nothing says "Fuck you" like an high powered laser strike from orbit.

YAY!
The object of my RTS desires does have a name!
In every RTS iv played that has a Orbital Laser weapon, its my favorite weapon.

 

[PrimoThePro]

The Ion Cannon. Nothing says "Fuck you" like an high powered laser strike from orbit.

That was terrific! I don't know what game that is from though.

 

[Spaghetti]

Surely the Super Star Destroyer Executor from Star Wars Empire At War:Forces of Corruption.
It can deploy a massive number of Tie Fighters and can single handedly destroy enemy fleets if you know what you're doing. Combined with other Star Destroyers and it...is...unstoppable!
I've only been able to destroy it once as the Rebels and that was because I caught it on it's own

 

[NeckStabber]

The Ion Cannon. Nothing says "Fuck you" like an high powered laser strike from orbit.

That was terrific! I don't know what game that is from though.

CnC(Command and Conquer) 3 Tiberium Wars

 

[sig_mid]

Archon from protoss starcraft: insta brainwash = fun

 

[Rewdalf]

Supreme Commander 1 Fatboy...
It's a fucking battleship on treads...
With its own shield generator...
And AA turrets...
And Gunship refuling stations...
And it's got its own factory to make more tanks...

Thar you go...

Oh wait, I totally forgot the Experimental Artillary! Why? Because it literally takes an hour to build...
But once you get one (forget two, two is an instant game win) it can take out your opponants base, even though it's deep in the bowels of yours...

Did I forget to mention that it has an almost automatic rate of fire?

I can go on and on about other Supreme Commander one and two units, but these seemed to be the most powerful...