Headbutter (Alpha)
The Headbutter is a cheap melee unit belonging to the Viking Faction. They attack by ramming the opponent with their horned helmets. They are fast and have good health for such a cheap unit, but have a long attack cooldown. It is a light unit that is known for being one of the swiftest land units. In addition they can be seen flipping over an enemy unit.
Appearance
The Headbutter unit appears to be wearing a stereotypical viking helmet with horns. They ram into foes by headbutting them. After the initial attack, they go into some sort of rest, (or short concussion) then get back up and start attacking again.
Usage
The Headbutter is very overpowered in the campaign due its cheap cost. It can be spammed and, along with a few siege engines, can easily defeat most of the levels. Headbutters are best used in large numbers to cause lots of damage and overwhelm the enemy. They are a good counter to muskets, as their cheap cost and great speed makes them a great counter for the slow firing musket. When using them, keep in mind that they have high movement speed, but low attack speed.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages
- They can easily win a battle by swarming.
- They are good cannon fodder/diversions.
- In a large number and dispersed they can overcome powerful units such as a beamer, catapult, ballista, etc.
Disadvantages
- Units such as a Tesla or Flamethrower makes them useless and dangerous for their own team if there is a Tesla unit (there is some kind of glitch where when the ray touches multiple units, it will throw away the victim with a huge speed.)
- Strong units such as the Samurai Master, Axe, Neon Energy Sword/Sword Masters can heavily damage their ranks.
- In some levels they can damage themselves if they jump and land on their own teammates.
Trivia
- Despite popular stereotypes, Viking helmets did not actually have horns.
- Headbutters are the only unit in the Viking factions whose eyes are seen clearly. (Before the update.)
- It is not clear if it is a glitch or random event, but after performing an attack there is a chance that they die without reason.
- Headbutters are the second fastest unit in the game.
- Headbutters have been renamed "Velociraptors," by the popular TABS YouTuber BaronVonLetsPlay. He also uses them in what he calls the "Velociraptor Technique."
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