Rifleman

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• Beta
• Second iteration

"Rifleman ready! Let's take the fight to the enemy!"

Summary

• The Rifleman is the first troop available in the game. He is unlocked as soon as the game begins.
• Riflemen are balanced troops with moderate HP, damage, and medium attack range.
• They have the lowest unit size of any troop, which is 1.

Visual Appearance

• The Rifleman appears as a fair-skinned man with a blue uniform, simple boots, and a grayish-green helmet with a blue cloth band around it. He carries a rifle and has a red ace of diamonds tucked into his helmet band.

Offensive Strategy

• Riflemen are usually deployed in large numbers for maximum effect. This is especially devastating against enemy point defenses (Boom Cannons and to a lesser extent Doom Cannons), as they cannot hope to defeat groups of Riflemen on their own. In strategies with large units vulnerable to them, Riflemen are often used as fodder to shield said units from fire. Area defenses, however, will quickly defeat them, as can Mines of various types, so Gunboat support may be necessary.
• Riflemen are effective when used with Heavies acting as meat shields.
  • Using Heavies as meat shields will allow them to take most of the damage while the Riflemen behind them deal the damage as Heavies do not yield much damage themselves. However, due to very short range differences, the Heavies may not be able to properly defend the Riflemen.
• Another great strategy is to exploit the Medics' AoE healing when against enemy area defenses, although Medics should not be solely relied upon to out-heal their DPS.
• A third popular strategy with riflemen is the Rifle-Zooka strategy (Full guide by TheCoolBoss). This strategy is very weak to area defenses due to the high amount of troops and relatively low health per troop, but this is a devastating tactic when combined with high-level Medkits and/or Medics or when used against a base with low level or at least very few splash defenses. Using Smoke Screens can also help to flank the Riflemen and Zookas around defenses and to the Headquarters.

Defensive Strategy

• A group of Riflemen's worst enemy is the Rocket Launcher, so place it well behind other defenses.
• The Mortar is effective in taking out large numbers of Riflemen, but it fires very slowly. Having a Machine Gun in front of a Mortar will cause the Riflemen to target the Machine Gun (in the absence of a Flare), giving the Mortar more time to fire at the Riflemen. 
• Place the Mortar behind various buildings so that it is difficult for the Riflemen to reach the Mortar without having any casualties, the same goes for any other slow-firing defense.
• Riflemen are vulnerable to fast firing defenses such as Sniper Towers, Machine Guns, and Flamethrowers, so place them strategically. 
• Cannons and Boom Cannons can easily one-shot kill Riflemen, but remain ineffective if they aren't properly supported by appropriate counters. As Riflemen often appear in extreme quantities, Cannons and Boom Cannons would rarely make a dent, as they can only pick off one every few seconds.
• Place your Mines well. Groups of them can kill Riflemen quickly if the attacker ignores them.
• Some very good Prototype Defenses against Riflemen include Lazor Beams, Hot Pots, Microwav'rs and Flotsam Cannons. All of these are capable of defeating hordes of Riflemen quickly, but they can also prove to be prime targets for Shock Bombs.

Upgrade Differences

• There are no visual changes between levels, but each upgrade increases the Rifleman's hitpoints (by 7%), DPS (by 8.2%), and training cost.

Skins

Name	Appearance	Description	Unlocking
Default		Your original look. A familiar and timeless classic.	-
Skele-man		He's been on half rations for too long.	Boom Pass Season 8 50 Mission Points

Trivia

• The Sniper Tower's sniper reuses the Rifleman's model and SFX.
• You can have a maximum of 240 Riflemen in a complete set of fully upgraded Landing Crafts.
• During the tutorial, the training time of 5 Riflemen is reduced to 5 seconds, and costs 0 Diamonds to speed up.
• Riflemen sent by Lt. Hammerman in the tutorial are weaker than normal. A level 1 Sniper Tower requires three shots to destroy a level 1 Rifleman, while Hammerman's troops are easily destroyed in one hit.
• Rifleman training time was reduced from 1 minute to 10 seconds in the April 2024 update "Take Cover".
• Rifleman, along with Heavy and Rocket Choppa, has the highest maximum level of all troops.

Statistics

Unit Size	Training Time	Movement Speed	Attack Range	Attack Speed	Headquarters Level Required
1	10s	Moderate / 220	Medium / 4.7 Tiles	1s	1

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Level	Hitpoints	DPS	Training Cost	Research Cost	Armory	Research Time	Instant	XP Gain
1	140	30	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	150	32	50	9,500	1	2h	56	14
3	160	35	100	19,500	2	3h	79	17
4	172	38	150	42,000	3	6h	138	24
5	184	41	200	83,000	4	8h	190	30
6	196	44	250	140,000	5	12h	261	37
7	210	48	300	236,000	6	17h	349	43
8	225	52	350	370,000	7	22h	444	50
9	241	56	400	540,000	8	1d	517	52
10	257	61	450	630,000	9	1d 1h	552	52
11	275	66	500	710,000	10	1d 4h	602	55
12	295	71	600	970,000	11	1d 9h	716	61
13	315	77	700	1,320,000	12	1d 12h	832	67
14	337	84	800	1,500,000	13	1d 15h	901	67
15	361	90	900	1,800,000	14	2d	1,038	74
16	386	98	1,000	2,480,000	15	2d 3h	1,211	78
17	413	106	1,100	2,850,000	16	2d 5h	1,304	78
18	442	115	1,200	3,200,000	17	2d 11h	1,417	83
19	473	124	1,300	3,800,000	18	2d 13h	1,549	84
20	506	134	1,400	4,400,000	19	2d 17h	1,690	87
21	542	145	1,500	5,100,000	20	2d 19h	1,832	89
22	580	157	1,600	5,500,000	21	2d 21h	1,916	91
23	620	170	1,700	6,000,000	23	2d 23h	2,017	93
24	662	184	1,800	6,500,000	24	3d 1h	2,115	95
25	706	199	1,900	7,000,000	25	3d 3h	2,212	97
26	755	215	2,000	7,500,000	26	3d 5h	2,294	99
27	808	233	2,200	8,000,000	27	3d 7h	2,402	101

Warships

Rank	Level	Reserves Size	Upgrade Tokens	Tech Level
1	8	224	N/A	5
2	12	272	58,000	10
3	16	320	84,500	15
4	18	368	112,500	20
5	22	416	165,000	25
Total			420,000	75