Coolest RTS Game Unit

[Jabberwock xeno]

The scarab from halo wars.

See that huge green plasma beam? follow it up. That's a scarab, and building one means your enemy is totally, entirely screwed.

 

[protogenxl]

C&C Generals Humvee with 4 Missile Defenders and a Path Finder throw in their new Tow Missile and a Battle Drone and you have a unit that can stomp on just about any other unit

 

[Starke]

Honestly, the Terminators from Dawn of War. Yeah, the marines are more versatile, but seriously, just try to put an upgraded squad of Terminators down with anything less than a relic unit.

 

[Starke]

Banblade form DoW is just pure fun.

Super star destroyer form SW: FoC was just an instawin.

Hell, even the regular Imperial Class Star Destroyers were freakin' lethal as hell if you microed carefully.

 

[Starke]

The Dawn of War Nightbringer.
Come on guys, he's the FUCKING GRIM REAPER!
and invinceable

That guy was one of the 20 reasons the Necron Lord is the most overpowered DoW unit.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Nightbrigner the single most broken unit in the tabletop game?

 

[Mark Gillard]

The UEF mobile factory. Lots of cannons, can move on land or water and can build more units. What more can you want?

 

[bajsakorven]

I'd have to say the Baneblade from the Dawn of War games. They make playing as the Imperial Guard piss easy. Simply 'Hold The Line' with a network of turrets and garrisoned bunkers until you can get the Mars Pattern Command, then as soon as you build the Baneblade you've basically won by default. Especially if you have another one ready to be built in the queue in case your first one bites the dust, which is usually unlikely.

Otherwise, I have a soft spot for cavalry units in general in Total War. Purely because they allow me to use my favourite tactic, which is to charge the enemy from the rear and rout them in one go. 0r top charge from two sides at once in a pincer movement...

I thought you wrote beyblades at first. which would be weird

 

[rebus_forever]

Baneblade, hands down.
Nothing says badass like a tank the size of a house.

^^ this,
this post because this guy doesnt include a turret farm in his description of the baneblade.
baneblades make things go down and stay down, and tau were way op so i ignore all mention of their units.

 

[cahtush]

the fatboy from supcom2. i played a 3 player ffa with my friends, my base got pwnd but i survied, just chilling while they battled it out, and suddenly i had 9 of those babys, and ended up winning. i also hid the acu in a corner

 

[Ragnarok2kx]

CTRL+F: Tanya not found.

Son, I'm dissapoint

 

[Blind Sight]

Prophets in the original Empire Earth. I could beat nuclear bomb wielding superpowers with naked old men that have sandwich boards that declare 'THE END IS NIGH'.

 

[Antidrall]

the fire barons from brutal legend.

 

[repeating integers]

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.

You win. Everything. FOREVER.

Yeah, I agree with this guy. The Multibeam Frigate is the most badass and incredibly cool-looking RTS unit I've ever seen - and when you consider that it's from Homeworld, a game with nothing but badass and incredibly cool-looking ships, that's an achievement.

Honourable mention:

This thing looks cool, has some badass guns, is heavily armoured, is cost-effective... but my favourite thing about it is just scrolling up to it when I'm harvesting resources after a mission, and listening to the absolutely divine sound its engine makes when idling.

 

[FightThePower]

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.

You win. Everything. FOREVER.

Yeah, I agree with this guy. The Multibeam Frigate is the most badass and incredibly cool-looking RTS unit I've ever seen - and when you consider that it's from Homeworld, a game with nothing but badass and incredibly cool-looking ships, that's an achievement.

Honourable mention:

This thing looks cool, has some badass guns, is heavily armoured, is cost-effective... but my favourite thing about it is just scrolling up to it when I'm harvesting resources after a mission, and listening to the absolutely divine sound its engine makes when idling.

*Ahem*

They're great and all, but they're not Sajuuk.

 

[Distazo]

I have always loved good old fashioned zerglings in SC2. Yeah I know they die faster than gerbils in a garbage compactor but I love watching 50 speedlings tear through an enemy base like paranhas.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

Hero units from Warcraft 3

The Mountain King: He can hit you to stun you, throw a hammer to stun you, or smack the ground to slow you down; and if he is high enough level he turns into a giant silver dwarf (yes I realize its an oxymoron) that is immune to magic.

Dark Ranger in Frozen throne: What a lovely gryphon you built, its mine now.

Dreadlord: Vampire commander who can drop demonic rocks on people.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

actually they are elite soldiers, trained to be as perfect a warrior as humanly possible(Space marines are not quite human, so they don't count).

They're still just dudes with armour and an interesting selection of weaponry, 'elite soldiers' or not.

 

[Siyano_v1legacy]

My favorite?
Firebat and ghost in Starcraft 1
the Shield and spear guy (like spartans in 300) (Hypolite or something like that) in Age of Empire 2
Mammoth Tank in the first C&C

 

[KILLERTHING]

Banblade form DoW is just pure fun.

Super star destroyer form SW: FoC was just an instawin.

Hell, even the regular Imperial Class Star Destroyers were freakin' lethal as hell if you microed carefully.

Micro star destroyers at their speed?!

Now thats just witchcraft there.