The Combat Drone is the fast unit of the Tomorrow Era. The unit is built in a Combat Drone Base. It can also be received by completing The Drug Lord Story Quest. Or receive 2 by planting the Tower Club (Side Quest).
Compared to its predecessor, Attack Helicopter, the Combat Drone improves by 35 attack, 1 range and 2 movement points, but loses 10 defense points. Bonuses against light units are increased and it gains a small bonus against artillery too. It similarly possesses the Flying ability, which means their terrain costs are always 3 movement points and it cannot be targeted by artillery units (except artillery units with the Power Shot ability).
Usage[]
The Combat Drone is a good upgrade from the Attack Helicopter, as they can now hit all enemy units on the first turn, even from the top left corner to the bottom right corner (so they can easily focus fire on a particular unit). They are best used often without rogues (as an army of 8) so they can effectively damage units before they can counterattack. Their high attack also plays an important role in their success too, though they are limited by a rather low defense. If used with rogues, they should skip their move, so that the Combat Drone can allow the rogues to transform.
The limitations of the Combat Drone, however, are units with the Stealth ability, as they are unable to attack them on the first turn, and potentially units with the Rapid Deployment ability, as they do not get the first turn. However, their rather high attack may even prove useful up to the Arctic Future, but only against certain units (usually artillery).
It is also the only fast unit that is able to attack all enemy units with the Contact! ability without retaliation (except the Sub Cruiser, the Harpoon Grenadier and the Gravity Gunner) including the MG Team, the Anti-Aircraft Vehicle and the Ultra AP.
Against Same Age Units[]
Stealth Tank[]
The Combat Drone is weak against the Stealth Tank due to the Stealth Tank's Stealth ability, preventing them from getting the first hit and causing a deadly retaliation from the Stealth Tank as well, though the high attack of the Combat Drone and the low range and mobility of the Stealth Tank means that Combat Drones can still deal effective damage to them and avoid their hits.
Microwave Blaster[]
The Combat Drone is literally invincible against the Microwave Blaster, owing to the fact that the Microwave Blaster cannot hit them. If you are using a full Combat Drone army, it is best to kill all other units first before targeting the Microwave Blaster.
Ultra AP[]
The Combat Drone’s bonuses against light units make them stronger when fighting the Ultra AP. Even if the Ultra AP can attack them on the first turn, they are very ineffective at causing trouble as they can be easily killed by the Combat Drone as the Ultra AP also has a short range and slow movement, as well as avoid their Contact! ability too.
Anti-Materiel Sniper[]
The Anti-Materiel Sniper is theoretically the biggest counter to the Combat Drone, but due to the loss of the Contact! ability (compared to the Anti-Aircraft Vehicle) and given the fact that the Combat Drone has a deadly attack, the Anti-Materiel Sniper is usually not too big of a problem as long as they are eliminated on the first round of attacks and in small numbers, even with their defense bonuses from Dug In and against fast units. If the Anti-Materiel Sniper does attack the Combat Drone, however, they are at serious trouble.
A Combat Drone In Battle:
Other Military Units[]
Legend: 
= Light Unit Class 
= Ranged Unit Class 
= Artillery Unit Class 
= Heavy Unit Class 
= Fast Unit Class