Hornet

Hornet
Unit Type	Soldier
Player Level Req.	Level 23
Building Required	Barracks level 5
Other Requirements	Rocket Factory
Blocking	Partial
Defense (Max Rank)	130

"Hornets are known for their ability to kill, and this unit is no different. His sting is lethal. The Mini-Rocket Volley (Rocket Launcher) hits units at short to mid range. Damage will be done!"

— 1.4 Patch notes

Overview

The Hornet is a unit that costs  8 Merits to train. This unit boasts plenty of damage potential with a decent amount of ammo and decent cooldown.

Despite its large area of attack, the 4 rockets can spread out or target a space multiple times, including empty spaces, even those off the battlefield. However, the player has no control of where the rockets will actually go and more often than not, the center targeted space is the focus of the rockets and will be struck by one or more rockets. However, there is still the chance that the rockets will deviate from the target. Sometimes the Hornet gets lucky and all 4 rockets will strike its intended target. On the flip side, all rockets can deviate from the targeted space and miss all enemy units completely.

In a sense, the Hornet is an upgraded Grenadier with the Handful of Grenades attack, except that the Hornet is available at a higher player levels, requires the Rocket Factory, and cost .

Attacks

• Rocket Launcher
• Rocket Launcher (Air)

Ammo:	4
Reload:	8 Rounds
Attack Icon Targetable Unit Types Air LTA Soldier Sniper Vehicle Tank Metal Critter Civilian Sea Ship Rank Available 1 Range 1-4 Line of Fire Indirect (Random) Ammo Used 1 Cooldown 2 Rounds Suppression Mod x1.5 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 Damage 24-36 (x4) 26-39 (x4) 28-43 (x4) 31-46 (x4) 36-54 (x4) 38-57 (x4) Offense 46 51 56 61 71 76 Crit 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%

Ammo:	4
Reload:	8 Rounds
Attack Icon Targetable Unit Types Air LTA Soldier Sniper Vehicle Tank Metal Critter Civilian Sea Ship Rank Available 1 Range 1-5 Line of Fire Indirect (Random) Ammo Used 1 Cooldown 2 Rounds Suppression Mod x1.5 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 Damage 24-36 (x4) 26-39 (x4) 28-43 (x4) 31-46 (x4) 36-54 (x4) 38-57 (x4) Offense 46 51 56 61 71 76 Crit 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%

Statistics

Hornet Ranks
	1	2	3	4	5	6
SP	N/A	1,225	2,860	6,525	16,325	58,750
HP	85	95 (+10)	100 (+5)	110 (+10)	120 (+10)	130 (+10)
Bravery	25	30 (+5)	35 (+5)	40 (+5)	45 (+5)	45
Defense	45	50 (+5)	55 (+5)	60 (+5)	65 (+5)	70 (+5)
Dodge	15	20 (+5)	25 (+5)	30 (+5)	35 (+5)	40 (+5)
Ability Slot	1	1	1	1	1	1
Promotion Cost	N/A	4h  4,160  5,500	12h  12,232  3,550	1d  32,008  4,700  4	2d  88,080  6,000  11	2d  213,485  7,500  3
Promotion Reward	N/A	1,100	2,000	3,000	4,300	5,800
PvP Unit Value	8	10	11	13	15	17
SP Reward	24	28	32	40	48	52
Gold Reward	120	140	160	200	240	260

Cost

Training Cost — Barracks
Level	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Time	9h 54m	9h 27m	9h	8h 33m	8h 6m	7h 12m	6h 18m	5h 24m	4h 30m	3h 36m	2h 42m
Gold	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,000	5,700	5,400	5,100	4,800	4,500	4,200
Iron	700	700	700	700	700	665	630	595	560	525	490
Merits	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6

Healing Cost
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Time	2h 15m	2h 15m	2h 15m	2h 15m	2h 15m	2h 1m	1h 48m	1h 34m	1h 21m	54m
Gold	4,500	3,750	3,000	2,700	2,400	2,100	1,950	1,800	1,650	1,500
Iron	638	532	425	383	340	298	277	255	234	213

Healing Cost
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Time	2h 1m	2h 1m	2h 1m	2h 1m	2h 1m	1h 48m	1h 34m	1h 21m	1h 7m	40m 30s
Gold	3,900	3,150	2,400	2,100	1,800	1,500	1,350	1,200	1,050	900
Iron	553	447	340	298	255	213	192	170	149	128

Trivia

• The Hornet's first attack hits air but this unit also has an extra anti air attack.
• In the game files the Hornet is referred to as Fliegerhaust, which might be a mispelling of the word Fliegerfaust. The Fliegerfaust (lit. "plane fist"), also known as the "Luftfaust" (lit. "air fist"), was a prototype unguided, man-portable, German multi-barreled ground-to-air rocket launcher, designed to destroy enemy ground attack planes. The Fliegerfaust was not a successful weapon because of its small effective range caused by too large dispersion of projectiles, which also applies to the Hornet's attacks.
• The rockets in his pouch instantly re-appear once he takes one.
• This unit is probably a reference to real life stinger missiles.

Updates

2.2 Patch

• Promotion and costs increased significantly.
• Unit Value increased: Rank 1: 6→8, Rank 2: 7→10, Rank 3: 8→11, Rank 4: 10→13, Rank 5: 12→15

2.0 Patch

• Non-gold resources are no longer rewarded for defeating this unit.

1.4.1 Patch

• Healing costs fixed: 705 to 425 .

1.4 Patch

• Unit added.

Gallery

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Animations

Weapon	Animation
Idle
Rocket Launcher