Best base defense units?

[Xinephzero]

A couple of posters have talked about defending their bases with ranged units. My question is - which are your favorite units/part combinations for base defense? Any particularly good ranged weapons you use to pick attackers off from a distance?

[pwnPecan]

As soon as I unlocked the terminator robots, it was GG. A mix of grenades, lasers, machine guns, and a couple flame throwers...base was fine.

[Kazouie]

Lizardmen for the bomb knockback
Vampires for huge aoe and range
Endgame is mechanoids and even more mechanoids.

[Eightysev]

The Mantis' attacks seem to all do some knockback. Having a few of these with different attack intervals seems to keep anything from touching the tower.
Edit : Forget ranged and the Mantis. Just put 3 elementals on the tower with different attack intervals and you have 360 defence permanently.

[Tatanka]

angel head two terror staves elemental body and what ever feet if the terror doesnt kill them the head and body will.

[Pirondi]

Ciclop rock trhow is the best knockback of the game a few of them, and the ilithid staff is the best dps of the game.

[M4DM4N]

From what i did was late game, Laser Mech Head, Elemental Arms, Rocket Mech Body, and whatever legs. All defenders centered on base and about 5 at most are needed to defend it from everything.

The Best scout would be anything that has the dragon body and max speed, it leaves a fire trail and can easily, and swiftly, nuke bases while exploring map.

[Vân Ca]

3 unit with magic shield (require timing) = an invulnerable area. You only need 2 areas like that in 2 sides of the tower to finish the game.

[yamidamian]

Originally posted by RNGeepers:

angel head two terror staves elemental body and what ever feet if the terror doesnt kill them the head and body will.

This was, in my experience, the best endgame defence. Stacked up four of them and everything that got close to my base just died.

Heck, give them mechanoid legs, and they're not bad attacking units, either.

[MajorStra]

Originally posted by yamidamian:

Originally posted by RNGeepers:

angel head two terror staves elemental body and what ever feet if the terror doesnt kill them the head and body will.

This was, in my experience, the best endgame defence. Stacked up four of them and everything that got close to my base just died.

Heck, give them mechanoid legs, and they're not bad attacking units, either.

Exactly what I did. A mix of those guys with some robot machine guns.