In C&C4 there are 5 types of weapons and 6 types of armor. The table below will show them nd how effective they are against the 6 armor types:

                         Light       Medium Ground    Medium Air  Heavy      Reinforced     Crawler
Gun                  Good              Neutral              Neutral         Poor           Poor               Poor
Cannon             Neutral             Good              Can't Hit      Neutral        Poor               Poor 
Rocket              Neutral           Neutral              Good         Neutral         Poor               Poor
Laser                 Poor                Neutral             Neutral       Good          Poor                Good (actually its Neutral)
Blast                 Neutral            Neutral             Neutral        Neutral        Good              Poor

*Some units that have 'Blast' weapons, like the Nod Flame Tank and Underminer, cannot hit air.
*Engineers have an undefined weapon type. They do 1-2 damage on all armor types except any type or aircraft.
*Info from C&C4 guidebook (comes with the hard copy of C&C4)

Up Next: GDI Tactics and Combos

If there is any wrong, misleading or missing information, feel free to post it on this forum thread or tell me through the MGS PM/Chat system.

Below are the top 5 units that are considered 'spammers choice'. There is no right or wrong list as different people have different gaming styles.

Tier 1: GDI
1. Titan (great all around match starter, upgrades include a second railgun) -- Offense Class
2. Shepard (popular choice. Abilities include a dodge bonus for any allied units in its dodge radius) -- Support Class
3. Orca (intercepting Tib. and great match starter) -- Support Class
4. Spartan (popular choice and turns into a turret on death) -- Defense Class
5. Engineer (epic healing) -- Any Class

Tier 2: GDI
1. Zone Raider (Crawler killers and have 'laser' and 'blast' weapons) -- Defense Class
2. Sandstorm (great Tier 2 unit, popular choice and can switch between precise and AOE missiles) -- Offense Class
3. Paladin (Crawler killer and can be used to intercept and destroy any enemy rocket projectiles) -- Support Class
4. Hammerhead (Lots of HP and has 'rocket' and 'gun' damage) -- Support Class
5. Firehawk (fast, hard to hit, has 'blast' for bombs and 'rocket' for air. Its bombs are great for killing clumps of infantry) -- Support Class

Tier 3: GDI
1. Mastodon (can attack from a distance and has 'blast' and 'rocket' weapons) -- Offense Class
2. Juggernaut (only 6 cp and can attack from a distance. Able to lay mines when upgraded) -- Defense Class 
3. Kodiak (can attack from a distance and has 'blast' cannons for ground units and 3 AA 'gun' weapons mounted to fend off air units) -- Support Class
4. Mammoth Tank (lots of HP, 'cannon' and 'rocket' weapons. Upgrades include reflective armor and extra rocket pods) -- Offense Class
5. Archangel (for healing. Abilities include buffing allies and debuffing enemies) -- Support Class

Tier 1: Nod
1. Scorpion Tank (can burrow, grab and immobilize targets and a Crawler killer) -- Offense Class
2. Centurion (great Tier 1 unit, good HP and can reflect cannon weapons when stationary) -- Defense Class
3. Venom (spammers choice, popular choice, swarms of Venoms are to be avoided especially if your army consists of infantry, Hunters, Shepards, Spartans and Paladins, even more deadly when they are upgraded with Accuracy Boost, Venoms also like to prey on Tib. carriers) -- Support Class
4. Engineers (Epic heal, renowned for capturing GDI husks) -- Any Class 
5. Cobras (Used to harass Tank that can't hit air eg. Shepards, Spartans and Hunters, upgrades include stealth abilities) -- Support Class

Tier 2: Nod
1. Salamander (aircraft killer, groups to be avoided as they will most likely target an MCV with their Purification ability which causes fire to blast from the belly of the aircraft, with each blast more powerful than the last, it shoots 3 consecutive blasts of fire unless the Salamander moves or dies) -- Support Class
2. Stealth Tank (aircraft killer, stealthed, upgrades include a stealth radius in which any allied unit in it will be stealth as well, used for sneaking up on unguarded nodes and capturing them without attracting attention) -- Offense Class
3. Reckoner (used to garrison infantry units as the infantry attack from inside, when destroyed, the infantry come out unharmed. Usually used to garrison Engineers as they can heal friendlies inside the Reckoner. Upgrades include burrowing abilities) -- Defense Class
4. Hijacker (able to hijack enemy vehicles, usually used when the opponent has Tier 3 units) -- Support Class
5. Black Hand (Building and Crawler killer, upgrades give it 'Holy Water': when thrown at an enemy unit or structure it does little damage until it is ignited by any flame weapon...) -- Defense Class       

Tier 3: Nod
1. Specter (only 6 cp, stealthed, attacks from a distance and has massive AOE, upgrades make the Specter have a Tiberium artillery weapon and dealing Tib. corrosion giving small amounts of damage over time) -- Offense Class
2. Basilisk (attacks from a distance, can deploy a stasis field making anyone in it immobile but invincible for a short amount of time, upgrades make its laser weapons bounce off to nearby enemies) -- Support CLass
3. Leviathan (attacks from a distance, anyone in the Leviathan's defense radius gets a armor buff. Upgrades include 'Sortie Drones' which deal gun damage, sort of like the Leviathan's minions. When the drones die, the Leviathan can make new ones) -- Support Class
4. High Confessor (popular choice, weapon can bounce onto nearby enemies, when hit the enemy unit/s gets an armor debuff and Tib. corrosion dealing small amounts of damage over time) -- Defense Class
5. Underminer (attacks from a distance, lots of HP, fires an underground 'blast' rocket which surfaces to hit the target) -- Defense Class

If there is any missing, misleading or wrong information, feel free to post it on this forum thread or tell e through the MGS PM/Chat system
 

 

Hey CnCfanatic

I just wanted to stop by this thread and say well done you seem to write so much for this website and we like what you write about

SO all i am here to say is keep up the good work look forward to your next post

Thanks. its nice to have someone from the MGS team complementing me. And now:

Below are the top three underused units in the game:

Tier1: GDI
1. Dozer (no one really bothers building outposts) -- Defense Class
2. Talon (small, small, small) -- Offense Class
3. ------

Tier2: GDI
1. Conductor (they can EMP units but they have low HP and suckish armor) -- Support Class
2. Commando (well, you can only build one of these at a time but I needed to fill the list) -- Offense Class
3. ------

Tier3: GDI
1. Rhino (a long range artillery unit that needs to deploy to shoot and is prone to close attacks. Use it as a base defense, not an attacking unit) -- Defense Class
2. Refractor (it can bounce cannon, gun and laser weapons but if it gets hit its done for. Basically: weak armor for a tank) -- Offense Class
3. Thunderhead (it needs to be epically micro-managed to be used correctly so no one really bothers with this unit) -- Support Class

Tier1: Nod
1. Slave (same as 'Dozer') -- Defense Class
2. Spider Tank (in a group, its a crawler killer, but by itself, its a pathetic excuse for a unit) -- Offense Class
3. ------

Tier2: Nod
1. Flame Tank (wasn't as popular as in C&C3: TW/KW...oh well) -- Offense Class
2. Cyborg Commando (they're actually awesome but you can only build one of them at a time and I needed to fill the list) -- Offense Class
3. ------

Tier3: Nod
1. Aftershock (same as 'Rhino' but it isn't an artillery unit. When deployed, it releases Tiberium vapor into the air making any close range unit disintegrate into nothingness) -- Defense Class     
2. Widow (big and bulky, it can burrow but is extremely prone to unit spam) -- Offense Class
3.  Avatar (its a sad life for the Avatar. It was a killer in Tiberium Wars and Kane's Wrath but here its pathetic) -- Offense Class

sound cools genereals felt so good after not playing for a while.