Ranged Infantry

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The Captain's Rifleman is currently the highest level of **Ranged Infantry** available in the game.

Ranged Infantry is the second type of troop to use for the player in DomiNations. They're excellent against other infantry but are weak against defensive buildings and cavalry. They're unlocked in the Stone Age.

General Information[]

The Slinger is the first level of standard Ranged Infantry available to the player. They're unlocked in the Stone Age.

The standard Ranged Infantry's default A.I. or purpose is to kill any nearby units. If there are none, they will attack the nearest building possible. If there are nearby units and the ranged infantry is still attacking buildings, they won't attack the units until the building is destroyed. Unless however, if nearby units attack the Ranged Infantry, the Ranged Infantry will stop attacking the building and attacked the nearby units. Their disadvantages is that they can't do much against heavy cavalry and buildings such as catapults and mortars.

The Chinese Ranged Infantry has x2 the firing speed; although they do 40% less damage than the regular Ranged Infantry per shot. The British ranged infantry unit has +1 Range and 15% more damage than standard Ranged Infantry. The Korean Ranged Infantry unit does 40% more damage than regular Ranged Infantry.

Ranged infantry takes up only 1 space in a barracks. They are trained in 50 seconds.

Visuals[]

Statistics[]

Strength	Deal 4x damage vs. defenders → Deal 8x damage vs. defenders(Level 8+)
Weakness	Low hitpoints, vulnerable to cavalry
Favourite target	Enemy foot troops
Damage Multiplier Target	Defenders(Level 9+)
Damage Multiplier	4x → 8x(Level 8+)
Range	4 → 4.5(Level 8+)
Range(British)	5 → 5.5(Level 8+)
Troop space	1
Training Time	50s

Default Units[]

Level	Name	Age	HP	DPS	DPS vs. Infantry	Cost	Cost	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Experience Gain
1	Slinger	Stone Age	104	12	48	70	N/A	1,000	15m	45
2	Bowman	Bronze Age	120	14	56	110		5,000	2h	135
3	Composite Bowman	Iron Age	140	16	64	160		45,000	4h	195
4	Archer	Classical Age	156	17	68	210		190,000	12h	355
5	Crossbowman	Medieval Age	176	19	76	280		525,000	1d	520
6	Arquebusier	Gunpowder Age	232	26	104	350		2,000,000	2d	760
7	Musketeer	Enlightenment Age	252	31	124	420		4,000,000	4d	1,115
8	Rifleman	Industrial Age	340	96	576	N/A	13	5,500,000	8d	1,630
9	Submachine Gun	Global Age	391	112	672		15	7,000,000	10d	1,845
10	Veteran SMG	Atomic Age	450	131	1,048		17	9,250,000	12d	2,040
11	Veteran Rifleman	Cold War Age	478	146	1,168		20	12,100,000	13d	2,130
12	Elite Rifleman	Space Age	503	162	1,296		22	13,200,000	14d	2,220
13	Honored Rifleman	Digital Age	538	180	1,440		24	15,000,000	15d	2,200?
14	Advanced Rifleman	Information Age	565	198	1,584		26	16,500,000	16d	2,270?
15	Spearhead Rifleman	Drone Age	615	228	1,824		30	17,000,000	17d?	2,350
16	Captain's Rifleman	Automation Age	662	254	?		35	18,000,000	17d 12h	2,500

Unique units[]

Firing speed x2

Shots only do approximating 60% of original damage

Level	Name	Age	HP	DPS	DPS vs. Infantry	Cost	Cost	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Experience Gain
3	Chu Ko Nu	Iron Age	104	20	80	160	N/A	45,000	4h	195
4	Elite Chu Ko Nu	Classical Age	120	22	88	210		190,000	12h	355
5	Royal Chu Ko Nu	Medieval Age	140	24	96	280		525,000	1d	520
6	Fire Lance	Gunpowder Age	156	32	128	350		2,000,000	2d	760
7	Fire Dragon	Enlightenment Age	176	38	152	420		4,000,000	4d	1,115
8	Manchu Rifleman	Industrial Age	232	?	?	N/A	13	6,000,000	8d	1,630
9	Long March Infantry	Global Age	252	?	?		15	7,000,000	10d	1,845
10	People's Rifleman	Atomic Age	340	?	?		17	9,250,000	12d	2,040
11	People's Heavy Rifleman	Cold War Age	391	?	?		20	12,100,000	13d	2,130
12	People's Veteran Rifleman	Space Age	450	?	?		22	13,200,000	14d	2,220
13	People's Honored Rifleman	Digital Age	478	?	?		24	15,000,000	15d	2,200?
14	People's Advanced Rifleman	Information Age	503	?	?		26	16,500,000	16d	2,270?
15	People's Spearhead Rifleman	Drone Age	538	274	2,192		30	17,000,000	17d	2,350
16	Captain's PRC Rifleman	Automation Age	662	305	?		35	18,000,000	17d 12h	2,500

+1 Range

+15% Damage

Level	Name	Age	HP	DPS	DPS vs. Infantry	Cost	Cost	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Experience Gain
3	Longbowman	Iron Age	104	18	72	160	N/A	45,000	4h	195
4	Elite Longbowman	Classical Age	120	20	80	210		190,000	12h	355
5	King's Longbowman	Medieval Age	140	22	88	280		525,000	1d	520
6	Yeomanry	Gunpowder Age	156	30	120	350		2,000,000	2d	760
7	Royal Yeomanry	Enlightenment Age	176	36	144	420		4,000,000	4d	1,115
8	Black Watch	Industrial Age	232	?	?	N/A	13	6,000,000	8d	1,630
9	King's Royal Rifleman	Global Age	252	?	?		15	7,000,000	10d	1,845
10	Green Jacket Rifleman	Atomic Age	340	?	?		17	9,250,000	12d	2,040
11	RGJ Rifleman	Cold War Age	391	?	?		20	12,100,000	13d	2,130
12	Elite RGJ Rifleman	Space Age	450	?	?		22	13,200,000	14d	2,220
13	Honored RGJ Rifleman	Digital Age	478	?	?		24	15,000,000	15d	2,200?
14	Advanced RGJ Rifleman	Information Age	503	?	?		26	16,500,000	16d	2,270?
15	Spearhead RGJ Rifleman	Drone Age	538	262	2,096		30	17,000,000	17d	2,350
16	Captain's RGJ Rifleman	Automation Age	662	292	?		35	18,000,000	17d 12h	2,500

+40% damage

Level	Name	Age	HP	DPS	DPS vs. Infantry	Cost	Cost	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Experience Gain
3	Hwarang	Iron Age	140	23	92	160	N/A	45,000	4h	195
4	Elite Hwarang	Classical Age	156	24	96	210		190,000	12h	355
5	Royal Hwarang	Medieval Age	176	27	108	280		525,000	1d	520
6	Singijeon	Gunpowder Age	232	37	148	350		2,000,000	2d	760
7	Heavy Singijeon	Enlightenment Age	252	44	176	420		4,000,000	4d	1,115
8	Righteous Rifleman	Industrial Age	340	?	?	N/A	13	6,000,000	8d	1,630
9	Liberation Infantry	Global Age	391	?	?		15	7,000,000	10d	1,845
10	Republic Rifleman	Atomic Age	450	?	?		17	9,250,000	12d	2,040
11	Heavy Republic Rifleman	Cold War Age	478	?	?		20	12,100,000	13d	2,130
12	Veteran Republic Rifleman	Space Age	503	?	?		22	13,200,000	14d	2,220
13	Honored Republic Rifleman	Digital Age	538	?	?		24	15,000,000	15d	2,200?
14	Advanced Republic Rifleman	Information Age	565	?	?		26	16,500,000	16d	2,270?
15	Spearhead Republic Rifleman	Drone Age	615	319	2,552		?	17,000,000	17d	2,350
16	Captain's Republic Rifleman	Automation Age	662	356	?		35	18,000,000	17d 12h	2,500

Attacking Strategies[]

Ranged Infantry has low health; making them vulnerable to defenses. Use Heavy Infantry as meat shields to protect the Ranged Infantry.
Ranged Infantry is cheap and can be used to set off hidden enemy traps.
Use Ranged Infantry to protect heavy infantry from other infantry so your Heavy Infantry won't get distracted.
Since Ranged Infantry can deal more damage to foot troops, bringing some along with Heavy Infantry and/or Heavy Cavalry will help deal with pesky defending foot troops!
Make sure to keep the Ranged Infantry behind your 'meat shields' or away from danger.

Defensive Strategies[]

Ranged Infantry can be used as good Alliance Troops. One example is that they can shoot over walls to attack troops of the attackers forcing the troops to destroy the wall to kill them. Another thing is that they're good against other Heavy Infantry.

Boosts[]

Council Committees[]

Washington's Revolution
- Barracks Troop Damage

Council Councilors[]

Cleopatra
- Ranged Infantry Damage
George Washington
- Ranged Infantry Damage
Robert the Bruce
- Ranged Infantry Damage

Library Technology[]

Cast Iron
- Ch. 2 = Increases Ranged Infantry attack by 10%
Standing Army
- Ch. 4 = +10% Barracks Troops' attack (or Healing) and health
Microprocessor
- Ch. 3 = Reduce unit's training time by 10%
- Ch. 4 = Reduces the research time of Armory research by 5%

Manufactory[]

University[]

King Sejong
- Ranged Infantry Damage: +3% Ranged Infantry Damage (10 levels)
- Ranged Infantry Hitpoints: +3% Ranged Infantry Hitpoints (10 levels)

Wonders[]

The Versailles wonder confers these bonuses to the Ranged Infantry:
- Hitpoint boost to both your attacking and defending troops: 10%
- The Heritage at the Library Chapter 1 increases the hitpoint bonus from +10% to +11%.
Notre Dame
- Unit Upgrade Discount: 10%
- The Heritage at the Library Chapter 2 increases the discount bonus from +10% to +11%.

VIP Bonuses[]

Barracks Troop Training Time
- Level 6: 10%
- Level 10: 15%
- Level 13: 20%
- Level 15: 25%

Parliament Laws[]

Military Funding: Barracks
- Reduces all Barracks Troop upgrade costs by 5,000 - 500,000 Food to a minimum of free

Others[]

The French get a 20% reduction to training time.
Barracks
- Expertise Boosts

Trivia[]

Soldiers with far-reaching weapons, called ranged infantry, have always been feared on the battlefield. Whether its arrows that block out the sun or hails of lead, these troops are the bane of regular infantry.
According to a poll from December 24, 2015 to June 6, 2016, Ranged Infantry is the most favorite type of troop with 266 out of 690 votes (38.55%).
There is a bug where the A.I. of ranged infantry are recalled to go to the center of the base, but they would attack walls even though there is an opening. It is mostly patched up.
As of update March 15 2022, Ranged Infantry received complete rework, and cost oil to build