Light Infantry: Difference between revisions

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Light Infantry (tier 1)
Domain	land
Tiers	5 (see all tiers)
Attack	12
Defense	10
Speed	64
Volume	2
Build time	180
Cost	10 money, 10 food
Upkeep	1 money, 1 food

Light Infantry

Cheap, mass-produced foot soldiers, the backbone of any land army. Weak alone but effective in numbers and quick to replace.

Domain: Land · Role: Line combat · Ammunition: Rifle Rounds

Stats

Higher tiers of the Light Infantry are unlocked through research; each tier has its own attack, defense, speed, range, volume, build time, cost and upkeep.

Light Infantry: stats by tier
Stat	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Attack	12	16	21	28	36
Defense	10	13	17	21	28
Speed	64	64	64	64	64
Volume	2	2	2	2	2
Build time	180	212	251	296	349
Cost	10 money, 10 food	20 money, 20 food	30 money, 30 food	40 money, 40 food	50 money, 50 food
Upkeep	1 money, 1 food	2 money, 2 food	3 money, 3 food	4 money, 4 food	5 money, 5 food

Counters

Light Infantry has no hard counters and is not a hard counter to anything, it trades on raw stats.

Hard-countered units take extra losses and cannot retaliate against the unit countering them. See Units#Counters for the full matrix.

Production

Trained at the Barracks. Build time, cost and upkeep depend on the tier (see Stats).

In combat Light Infantry expends Rifle Rounds. Ammunition is crafted in batches at ammunition buildings (Ammunition Factory, Ordnance Plant); keep the army supplied to stay effective in prolonged fighting.

Movement and transport

As a land unit it moves only across land nodes. A route that crosses water is clipped at the last land node before the crossing.

To cross water, load it aboard a Naval Cargo or Plane Cargo.

Tips

Garrison a district you have just captured with light infantry: it holds ground much better than it takes it, and its upkeep is the lowest of any land unit. Let artillery deal the damage.
It has no hard counter, so it is never singled out by jet fighters the way tanks are.

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+== Light Infantry == <!--T:1-->
-Light infantry is the cheapest land unit in WarExpand. On its own it is slow and
+<!--T:2-->
-fragile, but it is the fastest unit to raise and the lowest to maintain, which
+Cheap, mass-produced foot soldiers, the backbone of any land army. Weak alone but effective in numbers and quick to replace.
-makes it the backbone of any early expansion.
-== Movement ==
+<!--T:3-->
+'''Domain:''' Land · '''Role:''' Line combat · '''Ammunition:''' Rifle Rounds
-Light infantry is a land unit, so it can only move across land nodes. A route
+== Stats == <!--T:4-->
-that crosses water is clipped at the last land node before the crossing.
-== Tips ==
+<!--T:5-->
+Higher tiers of the Light Infantry are unlocked through [[Research|research]]; each tier has its own attack, defense, speed, range, volume, build time, cost and upkeep.
-Garrison a district you have just captured with light infantry: it holds ground
-much better than it takes it, and its upkeep is the lowest of any land unit.
-Let artillery deal the damage.
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+{{UnitTiers|code=light_infantry}}
+<translate>
+== Counters == <!--T:6-->
+<!--T:7-->
+Light Infantry has no hard counters and is not a hard counter to anything, it trades on raw stats.
+<!--T:8-->
+''Hard-countered units take extra losses and cannot retaliate against the unit countering them. See [[Units#Counters]] for the full matrix.''
+== Production == <!--T:9-->
+<!--T:10-->
+Trained at the [[Barracks]]. Build time, cost and upkeep depend on the tier (see [[#Stats|Stats]]).
+<!--T:11-->
+In combat Light Infantry expends '''Rifle Rounds'''. Ammunition is crafted in batches at ammunition buildings ([[Ammunition Factory]], [[Ordnance Plant]]); keep the army supplied to stay effective in prolonged fighting.
+== Movement and transport == <!--T:12-->
+<!--T:13-->
+As a land unit it moves only across land nodes. A route that crosses water is clipped at the last land node before the crossing.
+<!--T:14-->
+To cross water, load it aboard a [[Naval Cargo]] or [[Plane Cargo]].
+== Tips == <!--T:15-->
+<!--T:16-->
+* Garrison a district you have just captured with light infantry: it holds ground much better than it takes it, and its upkeep is the lowest of any land unit. Let artillery deal the damage.
+* It has no hard counter, so it is never singled out by jet fighters the way tanks are.
+== See also == <!--T:17-->
+<!--T:18-->
+* [[Units]]: all units, counter matrix and stances
+* Transports: [[Naval Cargo]], [[Plane Cargo]]
+</translate>
+[[Category:Units]]
+[[Category:Land units]]