They are available at tier one and can be upgraded with a Stanchion rifle at tier three, gaining extra damage. They can also cloak themselves and detect enemy cloaked units, but they can’t engage either vehicles or aircraft. Snipers are cloaked scouts who excel at picking off enemy infantry at very long range. In blitz, they are only available via a power, which drops a squad of them, and are exclusive to Captain Cutter. They have the ‘Demolition Charge’ active ability, with which they will throw timed explosives that are effective against structures and garrisons. Elite infantry, they can be dropped into combat at a moment’s notice. Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, or ODSTs, are a special forces group within the marines, which we suppose makes them the best of the best of the best. You can upgrade them with dispersion nozzles, which can set the ground on fire, at tier two. They’re available at tier zero, so can be a deadly rush unit. They are strong versus buildings and infantry (obviously), weak to vehicles, and can’t engage aircraft. Returning from the original Halo Wars, Hellbringers are a cheap anti-infantry unit with a big flamethrower and a lovely Scots accent. In single-player and multiplayer, they’re available from the start (tier zero), but can be upgraded at tier one to throw grenades, and at tier two you can add a combat technician to their squad (he can repair vehicles and carries a rocket launcher). The staple of the UNSC military, Marines are core infantry and moderately capable against everything in all game modes. You’ll command the UNSC’s armies in the single-player campaign, and have the choice of leading them or their adversaries, The Banished, in multiplayer. They’re represented in Halo Wars 2 by the Spirit of Fire, a colony ship refitted for military purposes and capable of sustaining an army. The United Nations Space Command (UNSC) is an agency of the Unified Earth Government, and humanity’s military presence in space.

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