Supreme Commander - PC/Land Units
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Land units tend to be the deciding factor in most battles. There is little that can stop a mixed force of tanks, artillery, and anti-air units.
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Command Units
Armored Command Unit
Armored Command Units (ACUs) are the centerpiece of any force in Supreme Commander. At the start of each game, each side gets one ACU as their sole unit. In many games, if a player's ACU is destroyed, they automatically lose the battle. For this reason, even though they have high armor and firepower, they are usually held back from front line combat.
ACUs also act as production units. They are vital to creating other economic units at the start of a battle.
ACUs only have one tier, but they can be upgraded.
When an ACU is destroyed, the nuclear reactor inside it explodes. This destroys all units, both friendly or enemy, in the area. It's important to remember in games against multiple enemies that you're sacrificing all the units attacking an ACU. The benefit is that if you kill an ACU in its own base, you'll destroy the base as well (this only matters if you're in a game type that requires you to do more than just kill the enemy ACU).
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UEF ACU
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Cybran ACU
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Aeon
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Support Command Unit
The Support Command Unit (aka SCU) functions as both a combat unit, and as an engineer.
In combat they can use fight like an assault bot. They are most effective in groups.
As an engineer they can build any units that a tier 3 engineer can, but at twice the speed. This allows them to assist construction, but the high cost of SCUs prohibit their use as your primary building units.
The SCU can also be upgraded. Perhaps the best upgrade is the ability to teleport to any point on the map. Use this ability to quickly attack an enemy weak point or move to a critical defense. The energy needed to acquire this upgrade is considerable.
SCUs aren't built, they are summoned to the battlefield by a Quantum Gateway. It takes 3 minutes and 20 seconds to summon an SCU, and engineers cannot assist to decrease this time requirement.
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UEF SCU
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Cybran SCU
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Aeon SCU
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Engineer
Engineers are construction, repair, and recovery units. Producing the right number of engineers is an important aspect of your production vs. combat balance.
Engineers have no weapons, so they can be destroyed by even the weakest combat units. They can capture buildings or other engineers however.
All engineers are amphibious.
Tier 1 Engineer
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UEF Engineer 
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Cybran Engineer 
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Aeon Enginner 
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Tier 2 Engineer
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UEF Engineer 
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Cybran Engineer 
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Aeon Engineer 
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Tier 3 Engineer
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UEF Engineer 
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Cybran Engineer 
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Aeon Engineer 
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Land Scout
Land scouts are inexpensive units used to locate the enemy and find resources. They are only available at tier 1.
Tier 1 Land Scout
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UEF Snoop 
The Snoop's weapon is worthless, don't count on it for anything in combat. |
Cybran Mole 
The Mole has no weapons, but it does have a stealth field that lets it observe the enemy without being seen. |
Aeon Spirit 
The Spirit is amphibious. |
Assault Bots
Assault bots fill the same role as tanks, but they tend to be lighter and faster.
Tier 1 Light Assault Bot
Light Assault Bots tend to work best as raiders or armed scouts. They can patrol large areas, take out enemy scouts and engineers, but they lack the firepower to directly attack an armed enemy.
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UEF Mech Marine 
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Cybran Hunter 
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Aeon Flare 
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Tier 3 Assault Bots
Assault Bots are the backbone of the end game ground assaults. They work equally well for offense or defense.
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UEF Titan Siege Assault Bot 
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Cybran Loyalist Siege Assault Bot 
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Aeon Harbinger Siege Assault Bot 
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Tanks
Tanks are the backbone of early ground forces. Their direct fire weapons are effective against any ground target.
Tier 1 Tanks
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UEF MA12 Striker 
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Cybran Mantis Heavy Assault Bot 
Although it is a bot, it functions on the battlefield in the role of a medium tank. |
Aeon Aurora Light Tank 
The Aurora is amphibious, a huge advantage early in the game. It can cross water or control sea areas. |
Tier 2 Tanks
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UEF Pillar Heavy Tank 
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Cybran Rhino Heavy Tank 
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Aeon Obsidian Heavy Tank 
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Amphibious Tanks
All amphibious tanks are tier 2. The Aeon do not have an amphibious tank (but many of their normal units are amphibious).
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UEF Riptide Amphibious Tank 
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Cybran Wagner Amphibious Tank 
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Artillery
Artillery has long range and high firepower, but has trouble hitting moving targets. Use it to support tanks or take out buildings. Artillery is an excellent way to take out point defense buildings.
Be sure to protect your artillery against air attack with anti-air units and ground attack with tanks.
Tier 1 Artillery
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UEF Lobo Mobile 
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Cybran Medusa 
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Aeon Fervor 
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Tier 2 Artillery
Each faction's Tier 2 artillery consists of missile launchers. These are less effective against stationary targets, but are more likely to hit moving targets.
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UEF Flapjack Mobile Missile Launcher 
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Cybran Viper Mobile Missile Launcher 
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Aeon Eversong Mobile Missile Launcher 
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Tier 3 Artillery
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UEF Demolisher Mobile Heavy Artillery 
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Cybran Trebuchet Mobile Heavy Artillery 
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Aeon Serenity Mobile Heavy Artillery 
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Mobile Anti-Air
Without anti-air units, your attack force will get chewed up by gunships and bombers. These aren't as effective as stationary anti-air buildings, so don't rely exclusively on mobile units to defend your base.
Mobile anti-air is available at tier 1 and 2, but not tier 3.
Tier 1 Mobile Anti-Air
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UEF Archer Mobile Anti-Air Gun 
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Cybran Sky Slammer Mobile Anti-Air Gun 
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Aeon Thistle Mobile Anti-Air Gun 
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Tier 2 Mobile Anti-Air
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UEF Sky Boxer Mobile Anti-Air Flak Artillery 
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Cybran Banger Mobile Anti-Air Flak Artillery 
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Aeon Ascendant Mobile Anti-Air Flak Artillery 
The Ascendant is amphibious. |
Shield Generators
All Shield Generators are tier 2. They are a great way to increase the combat power of your ground units and give them a layer of protection against air and artillery attacks.
If you are being attacked with long range artillery and need to build stationary shield generators, these are a good way to protect them during construction.
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UEF Parashield Mobile Shield Generator 
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Cybran Deceiver Mobile Stealth Field System 
Cybrans have this instead of a mobile shield generator. |
Aeon Asylum Mobile Shield Generator 
The Aeon MSG is amphibious. |
