Trooper

Trooper
Unit Type	Soldier
Player Level Req.	Level 1
Building Required	Barracks level 1
Blocking	Partial
Defense (Max Rank)	85

"First In, Rarely Return"

— The Trooper Motto

Official Web Profile

Troopers compose the bulk of the Imperial Army’s front-line forces. Operating under the motto of “First in, Rarely Return,” what these fresh recruits lack in experience and survivability, they make up for with a complete lack of independent thinking, and near-fanatical devotion to the Emperor. Their ability to stop bullets before they hit more important units is also a plus. Some consider their bodies to be better shields than Riot Trooper shields!

Despite the Empire’s recent advancements in weaponry, Troopers are issued the venerable M-11 Battle Rifle. Although critics point to its low rate of fire, Troopers love the M-11 because of its rugged reliability, and because its semi-automatic fire is more accurate at long range than rifles with burst and automatic modes.

Overview

The Trooper is the basic infantry unit of the game, and will be a fixture in any army for a while. Troopers are the first unit players can, and will, train.

Troopers are a staple for even high level armies in Battle Nations. They upgrade extremely quickly and cost very little resources to produce, even at early levels. They can be ranked up quickly by fighting in the Boar Badlands or raiding other players. The range of their attack allows them to placed up front to shoot into enemy lines, or fall in behind blocking units, such as tanks.

At Rank 4, the Trooper's damage output increases drastically with after the Double Shot is researched. This attack allows the Trooper to effectively double their damage output in a single turn, albeit at reduced accuracy and double the ammo cost. Against troopers of comparative rank, one shot often deflects.

Like most other Soldier units, they have reasonably decent defense against most attacks, especially after a few ranks of promotions, but they will still fall to a single tank round that finds its mark. Their ammunition capacity is also fairly limited, though offset partially by its low reload time.

While they might not see much use during later missions or high level encounters, Troopers make for great strategic occupiers and raiders against other players' outpost. Against undefended resource nodes and buildings, a handful of these are enough to take out the default militia defenders, and Troopers are extremely cheap and quick to heal in the even that the occupying forces are forcibly removed. A novice player can easily create or heal a few hundred troopers in days.

It is worth noting that when a player invades another player's outpost and targets an undefended area, the game will note that the defenders are "Militia". Defending Militia forces will consist of a single Militia and one Trooper. This Trooper is of the same rank as the defending player's Troopers, and equipped with the same attacks. The defending player will not lose anything from this, similar to the arena, unless a garrison or bunker is in the vicinity.

It is also worth noting, from a strategic standpoint, that a R5 trooper can defeat a R3 trooper and one militia in a raid battle. So it is probably worth the bars and nanopods to level up the trooper to R5 and research the double shot attack, so raiding is quicker and less expensive.

Attacks

• Battle Rifle

Ammo:	3
Reload:	3 Rounds
Attack Icon Targetable Unit Types Air LTA Soldier Sniper Vehicle Tank Metal Critter Civilian Sea Ship Rank Available 1 Range 1-2 Line of Fire Direct Ammo Used 1 Weapon Cooldown 1 Round Suppression Mod x0 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 Damage 22-26 24-28 26-31 28-33 30-36 33-39 Offense 46 51 56 61 66 71 Crit 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Attack Icon Targetable Unit Types Air LTA Soldier Sniper Vehicle Tank Metal Critter Civilian Sea Ship Rank Available 4 Range 1-2 Line of Fire Direct Ammo Used 2 Weapon Cooldown 1 Round Suppression Mod x0 Research Cost  1h 12m,  10 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 Damage - - - 28-33 (x2) 30-36 (x2) 33-39 (x2) Offense - - - 49 54 59 Crit - - - 5% 5% 5%

Statistics

Trooper Ranks
	1	2	3	4	5	6
SP	N/A	120	240	650	1,275	15,000
HP	55	60 (+5)	65 (+5)	70 (+5)	75 (+5)	85 (+10)
Bravery	15	20 (+5)	25 (+5)	30 (+5)	30	31 (+1)
Defense	50	55 (+5)	60 (+5)	65 (+5)	70 (+5)	75 (+5)
Dodge	20	25 (+5)	30 (+5)	35 (+5)	40 (+5)	45 (+5)
Ability Slot	1	1	1	2 (+1)	2	2
Promotion Cost	N/A	4h  112	12h  432	1d  1,648  600  2	2d  4,832  1,175  6	2d  41,860  5,100  2
Promotion Reward	N/A	300	700	1,400	2,200	3,200
PvP Unit Value	4	5	7	9	11	14
SP Reward	16	20	28	38	46	57
Gold Reward	80	100	140	192	234	286

Cost

Training Cost — Barracks
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Time	7m 48s	7m 30s	7m 12s	6m 54s	6m 36s	6m 18s	6m	5m 42s	5m 24s	4m 48s	4m 12s	3m 36s	3m	2m 24s	1m 48s
Gold	250	250	250	250	250	250	250	250	250	238	225	213	200	188	175
Iron	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

Healing Cost
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Time	2m	2m	2m	2m	2m	1m 48s	1m 36s	1m 24s	1m 12s	48s
Gold	180	150	120	108	96	84	78	72	66	60
Iron	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1

Healing Cost
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Time	1m 48s	1m 48s	1m 48s	1m 48s	1m 48s	1m 36s	1m 24s	1m 12s	1m	36s
Gold	156	126	96	84	72	60	54	48	42	36
Iron	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

Updates

2.2 Patch

• Rank 2-5 promotion requirements not reduced.

1.3 Patch

• Weapon upgrade option, Double Shot, added.

Gallery

Trooper concept art.

Trooper concept art.

The Trooper as depicted on the former Battle Nations website.

Front.

Back.

Icon.

Animations

Weapon	Animation
Idle
Battle Rifle