World War Live Units Guide

Units Overview
In World War, units are used when fighting other players or completing missions. Additional unit types are unlocked as you advance in level. Unlike other games, units are subject to casualties and may be permanently lost. They are grouped into four categories:

• Infantry
• Ground
• Water
• Air

The most important thing to understand is that you should treat all units as belonging to the same category. This is because each alliance member can use up to 6 units - it does not matter which category they are from.

Example: I have 9 alliance members and 54 ground units. I will be able to use all 54 ground units when fighting.

Units have the following components:

• Attack: Used to calculate your Attack points when Attacking
• Defense: Used to calculate your Defense points when Defending
• Cost: Purchase Price (can be sold for 50% of cost)
• Upkeep: ** IMPORTANT ** The amount that it costs to maintain that unit per income cycle.

Units Strategy
Unit casualties, upkeep costs, and varying attack and defense points make them one of the most important strategic elements of the game. Deciding what units to buy is an important consideration at every stage of the game.

Casualties
It is important to understand the role of casualties. Whenever your units are utilized in a fight or a mission, there is a random chance that you may lose one or more units. This possibility occurs even if you are just defending against an attacker. All units - including looted units - are subject to this risk.

This means that it may makes sense to purchase extra units in case you are attacked and can not actively replenish units that may be lost in battle.

Upkeep versus Income
The primary purpose of buying income buildings is to create a large money flow that supports the purchase of units. However, most higher level units have an upkeep cost that directly reduces your income stream. This lost income can never be recovered and it occurs every income cycle which means that a total upkeep cost of 20,000 per income cycle would result in losing at least 480,000 per day in lost income. Upkeep costs are commonly calculated as a % of your income stream and must be closely monitored. A high upkeep % too early in the game will significantly impact your future income growth.

Slow Down - Build Income
If you find that upkeep costs are having a significant impact on your income, then it may be time to slow down your character leveling and allow your income to build. This problem will only get worse as you advance in level and the costs grow geometrically (and your opponents are much stronger). This problem is compounded when you realize that each level that your character advances would require you to purchase up to 30 additional units (6 for each additional alliance member) assuming you want to maximize your fighting potential.

Purchase Strategically
When deciding what units to buy, you need to carefully consider the units Upkeep costs, Attack Points and Defense Points. Assuming you can afford to buy the unit, cost should not be a factor in your decision making as it is only a one time expenditure. Keeping in mind the reduction in income from upkeep, it does not always make sense to buy the best available units.

If you are winning most of your fights with your current units, then it may make more strategic sense to not increase your upkeep and allow your income to build at a faster rate.

Maximize Your Fighting Potential
World War allows each alliance member (up to 5 per level) to use 6 units each (regardless of category). You should always make sure that every alliance member has at least 6 units that they can use in a fight.

Attack and Defense
Each unit has an attack and defense score that is used to calculate the results of a fight. Only the attack score is used when you initiate an attack while only the defense score is used when you are attacked. If you are losing fights that you initiate, it may make sense to purchase units that increase your attack score in order to increase your chance of success. Conversely, if you are losing when you get attacked, you may want to increase the defensive point value of your units.

Defense Buildings
Although they are technically buildings, defense buildings are an important consideration when forming a strategy for purchasing units. You can think of them as additional units that provide additional defense points whenever you are attacked. These additional "units" also have the benefit of zero upkeep costs.

Because there are no limits on the number of defense buildings that your base uses, they can become a very significant factor when a large number are acquired. This means that it may not be necessary to purchase as many defense orientated units to protect yourself from attack.

Units Table
The following is a complete list of all units available in World War including those that can be randomly received as Loot for completing specific missions. Please note that promotional units are not included because they can not be acquired within the game. For pictures of loot items, see the World War Loot Guide.

Updated Infantry Units List:

Type	Level	Unit	Cost	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
Infantry	1	Minigunners	400	0	1	1
Infantry	1	Fireteam	700	0	2	1
Infantry	2	Marines	1,200	0	2	2
Infantry	5	Paratroopers	1,800	0	4	1
Infantry	8	Medics	2,500	25	0	6
Infantry	12	Grenadiers	3,500	50	6	1
Infantry	18	Snipers	5,000	100	3	5
Infantry	24	Navy Seals	7,500	200	5	4
Infantry	26	Heavy Machine Gunners	10,000	320	6	4
Infantry	30	Rocketeers	12,000	400	9	2
Infantry	33	Corner Shot Recon	15,000	500	10	1
Infantry	36	Commandos	16,000	550	6	6
Infantry	39	Aerial Vehicle Squad	29,000	1,000	12	4
Infantry	42	XM-25 Gunner	35,000	1,200	14	3
Infantry	45	Tank Blasters	48,000	1,600	17	5
Infantry	50	PackBot Robot Troopers	80,000	2,700	24	4
Infantry	55	FELIN Combat Infantry	120,000	4,000	27	9
Infantry	60	Heavy Assault Squad	150,000	5,000	28	16
Infantry	64	Future Force Warrior Squad	300,000	10,000	42	12
Infantry	67	LW50 Machine Gun Squad	440,000	15,000	55	10
Infantry	70	M110 Sniper Team	600,000	20,000	65	9
Infantry	75	XM-307 Grenade Machine Gun Squad	780,000	26,000	75	10
Infantry	80	Railgun Troopers	960,000	32,000	90	4
Infantry	85	Mobile Infantry Marines	1,200,000	40,000	95	10
Infantry	1	Prisoner	Loot	0	0	1
Infantry	2	Cadet Squad	Loot	0	1	0
Infantry	3	Patrol Unit	Loot	0	1	2
Infantry	6	Light Machine Gunner	Loot	0	3	1
Infantry	10	Avionics Engineers	Loot	100	3	5
Infantry	18	Biosoldier Unit	Loot	250	6	3
Infantry	20	Bioweapon Scientists	Loot	300	4	6
Infantry	30	Rebel Fighter	Loot	360	4	7
Infantry	45	Nuclear Squad	Loot	1,200	10	5
Infantry	39	Stealth Infiltrator	Loot	2,000	14	6

Updated Ground Units List:

Type	Level	Unit	Cost	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
Ground	1	Supply Truck	2,500	0	2	2
Ground	1	Hum-Vee	4,500	0	3	2
Ground	3	Light Tank	12,500	650	6	4
Ground	6	Mobile Artillery	25,000	1,000	9	6
Ground	10	Armored Personnel Carrier	60,000	1,600	5	18
Ground	15	Stealth Tank	125,000	2,400	20	13
Ground	20	Heavy Equipment Transport	225,000	3,500	10	35
Ground	22	Amphibious Assault Vehicle	340,000	4,200	28	24
Ground	27	SSM Launcher	420,000	5,000	42	17
Ground	30	Armored Snow Hovercraft	600,000	7,200	19	48
Ground	32	Mammoth Tank	750,000	8,500	45	30
Ground	34	Otokar Cobra Armored Vehicle	1,000,000	14,000	36	50
Ground	39	M-ATV Ambush Protected Vehicle	1,700,000	26,000	46	51
Ground	44	AHED Hybrid Electric Tank	2,200,000	36,000	54	54
Ground	49	Predator Armored Tank	2,700,000	41,000	71	49
Ground	54	Piranha V Armored Vehicle	3,400,000	55,000	83	57
Ground	59	Warthog Tracked Carrier	4,200,000	65,000	90	60
Ground	64	Black Knight Unmanned Combat Vehicle	5,100,000	75,000	115	50
Ground	69	Hellfire Tank	6,200,000	80,000	108	72
Ground	74	Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle	7,900,000	92,000	118	74
Ground	79	T-95 Battle Tank	9,000,000	140,000	125	78
Ground	84	XM 1202 Mounted Combat System	9,800,000	180,000	130	82
Ground	89	Titan Self Propelled Artillery Tank	11,000,000	250,000	140	85
Ground	15	Mobile Howitzer Cannon	Loot	2,800	13	15
Ground	11	Wiesel 2 Mortar Unit	Loot	4,200	21	12
Ground	14	M163 Anti-aircraft Vehicle	Loot	7,200	24	18
Ground	16	SA-8 Gecko Missile Launcher	Loot	9,300	15	33
Ground	28	Koalitcia-SV Artillery	Loot	25,000	47	29
Ground	55	NLOS-C	Loot	10,000	52	25
Ground	60	Patriot Missile System	Loot	173,000	60	100

Updated Water Units List:

Type	Level	Unit	Cost	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
Water	1	Cruiser	6,000	250	4	2
Water	2	Transport	10,000	400	2	7
Water	4	Frigate	30,000	800	11	5
Water	7	Naval Tanker	90,000	1,600	8	20
Water	11	Naval Destroyer	200,000	3,000	27	15
Water	14	M80 Stiletto	320,000	4,500	15	35
Water	16	Submarine	400,000	5,200	45	10
Water	20	Helicopter Carrier	600,000	6,500	28	34
Water	23	Battleship	720,000	8,000	42	28
Water	32	Aircraft Carrier	1,300,000	15,000	40	60
Water	35	Horizon Frigate	1,800,000	22,000	45	65
Water	38	Borey Class Missile Submarine	2,500,000	38,000	62	62
Water	43	Type 45 Destroyer	3,100,000	50,000	80	50
Water	48	Scorpene Submarine	3,700,000	58,000	74	74
Water	53	DDG 1000 Destroyer	4,500,000	70,000	90	70
Water	58	Elite Dreadnought	5,600,000	78,000	94	78
Water	63	Astute Class Submarine	8,000,000	81,000	95	93
Water	68	FSF-1 Sea Fighter	9,600,000	84,000	85	105
Water	73	HSV-2 Swift	11,400,000	98,000	110	92
Water	78	CG(X) Guided Missile Cruiser	12,500,000	150,000	95	115
Water	83	UXV Combatant	14,300,000	200,000	130	90
Water	200	Nuclear Battlecruiser	60,000,000	1,500,000	250	210
Water	8	Corvette	Loot	600	9	4
Water	21	Thresher Submarine	Loot	4,000	34	14
Water	67	Nuclear Submarine	Loot	12,500	65	20
Water	23	Guardian Patrol Boat	Loot	33,000	46	37
Water	32	Amphibious Command Ship	Loot	83,000	55	66
Water	82	Zubr Class Hovercraft	Loot	500,000	112	112

Updated Air Units List:

Type	Level	Unit	Cost	Upkeep	Attack	Defense
Air	1	Fighter	7,500	300	6	1
Air	3	Cargo Chopper	14,000	600	6	4
Air	5	Patrol Plane	32,000	1,000	12	3
Air	8	Harrier Jet	100,000	2,200	24	5
Air	13	Comanche Helicopter	210,000	3,500	25	13
Air	17	B-1 Lancer	400,000	6,000	50	2
Air	21	Stealth Jet	650,000	10,000	50	15
Air	25	X-20 Supersonic Aircraft	840,000	12,000	68	6
Air	28	Apache Helicopter	1,000,000	14,000	52	30
Air	35	B-2 Bomber	1,650,000	22,000	110	5
Air	38	F-18 Super Hornet Fighter	2,800,000	38,000	117	0
Air	44	IAI Harop UAV ** EXPENDABLE	700,000	20,000	135	0
Air	50	F-15 Silent Eagle Fighter	4,100,000	63,000	142	12
Air	55	Havoc Helicopter	4,800,000	76,000	102	65
Air	60	MQ-8B Fire Scout Helicopter ** EXPENDABLE	1,250,000	35,000	170	0
Air	65	Mitsubishi F3 Interceptor	8,500,000	81,000	160	30
Air	70	BAE Mantis UAV ** EXPENDABLE	2,100,000	60,000	180	0
Air	75	AV-22 War Osprey Gunship	12,000,000	100,000	182	16
Air	80	PAK-FA Fighter	13,500,000	170,000	190	18
Air	85	Sikorsky X2 Helicopter	15,200,000	260,000	160	70
Air	90	Boeing NGB Bomber	16,500,000	350,000	225	22
Air	100	Aurora Aircraft	18,000,000	450,000	165	100
Air	36	Raptor Jet	Loot	8,000	45	14
Air	25	Annihilator Fighter	Loot	11,000	54	21
Air	27	SU-34 Fullback Bomber	Loot	43,000	80	20
Air	50	Eurocopter Tiger	Loot	167,000	110	56
Air	100	Dark Sword Aircraft	Loot	600,000	145	125