Unit Types: Pros and Cons

Brotherhood of Nod

Minigunner

Pro: Kick ass in large numbers, Cheap

Con: Die easily

Why we care: They make a real cool squishing sound

Rocket Soldier

Pro: Works well in groups, works better against mechanized units than against other infantry

Con: Squishable, slow, weak against other infantry

Why we care: Hate it when they kill the unit trying to squish them

Flame Thrower

Pro: It slices, it dices, it makes charcoal minigunners

Con: Sucks against tanks, slow, kills adjacent units when it dies

Why we care: I like my minigunners medium rare

Chem Warrior

Pro: Immune to tiberium, kills infantry with ease too

Con: Slow, Ineffective against tanks, kills adjacent units when killed

Why we care: Adds just that needed bit of flavouring to minigunners

Commando

Pro: Says cool stuff, kills all infantry with only one shot

Con: Sucks against mechanized units

Why we care: Just love hearing him say, "I gotta present for ya!"

Engineer

Pro: Capture enemy buildings

Con: Expensive, slow, killed easy

Why we care: APC's full of these end games!!

Recon Bike

Pro: Exactly what the name says reconasense, very fast, can dodge shells easily

Con: Underarmoured and underarmed, gets toasted by minigunners

Why we care: The best unit for scouting and decoying

NOD Buggy

Pro: Fast, cheap, more powerful than infantry, works well against infantry

Con: Weak armor, only has a machine gun, doesn't do well against tanks

Why we care: They make good scouts and tank escorts

Light Tank

Pro: Fast, better reload rate than that of the medium tank

Con: Weaker armor than the medium tank, shells not as strong

Why we care: The only general purpose tank that NOD has, its speed makes minigunner squishing easy

Stealth Tank

Pro: Great for ambushes and escorting havesters

Con: Weak weapons and armor

Why we care: It's cool when 30 of these tanks pop out of nowhere to surprize your opponent (Check out the look on their face if you can).

Flame Tank

Pro: Barbeques better than Martha Stuart

Con: Ain't that great against tanks

Why we care: Can you say minigunner burgers?

Surface to Surface Missile Launcher (SSM)

Pro: Very potent missiles, works well against structures and infantry

Con: Weak armour and slow

Why we care: Its death from a distance

Mobile Rocket Launch System (MRLS)

Pro: Can attack any kind of unit, long range

Con: Vulnerable to any unit that gets close, weak armour

Why we care: Excellent support during tank rushes

Artillery

Pro: Powerful projectile

Con: Slow and weak armour

Why we care: Great support during tank rushes

Transport "Chinook" Helicopter

Pro: Carries units aerially

Con: Expensive, slow, limited usage capability

Why we care: Excellent way to sneak engineers into an enemy base during a ground attack

Apache

Pro: At least NOD has an ariel unit, more effective against infantry than the Orca

Con: Weaker, slower, and less powerful than the Orca

Why we care: Its just a wannabe Orca

Mobile Construction Vehicle (MCV)

Pro: Lets you move to where you want a base

Con: Slow, unarmed, expensive

Why we care: The more of these you have the faster you can build structures

Harvester

Pro: Gets money, good armour, can harvest minigunners

Con: Slow, expensive, unarmed

Why we care: It gets money, need we say more?

Hover Craft

Never get to build one or control one so nobody cares.

Cargo Plane

Pro: Brings in your units, can't be shot down

Con: No control over it

Why we care: You spent your hard earned tiberium on that unit so get it here already!

Nuclear Bomb

Pro: Makes a big, damaging explosion, hurts more than 1 building or enemy unit at a time

Con: Reqires an expensive (yet cool looking) Temple of NOD, recharges slower than GDI's Ion Cannon

Why we Care: It goes BOOM!