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4.11: The Fido | [Back to the WarGuide]
I have made some experiments regarding the range that each unit has and my conclusion of the Fido is that they have pretty long range, much more range than bulldogs. Both the fido and the bulldog fire similar cannons (plasma and gauss), so they make similar amounts of damage, but the longer range of the fido gives it an advantage over the bulldog: The fido has more range than heavy lasers and thus you can knock those lasers out if you use a radar as you did, but the heavy laser has more range than the bulldog and so the bulldog is easy prey for them. My opinion is: if you need to destroy defensive structures, a group of fidos with a radar kbot will do the job just fine, as you yourself found out. Of course there are other units that can do the same job effectively too. In the picture above, the Fidos on the right edge of the screen are shelling the Slasher, while the Slasher can't do anything because it is out of range. This range difference also works with missle towers, and can be used as an attack to take out your opponent's AA defenses. The key to getting your huge air force into his base!