The Surrogate Soldier is the ranged military unit of the Arctic Future. It is trained in a Surrogate Assembly but it can also be received by completing the Our Secret, Rations, The Pendant, Goldmine, Shallow Pockets, Story Quests.
Surrogate Soldiers are very similar to MG Teams and Anti-Aircraft Vehicles: all three units have the same range and the Contact! skill. It also possesses the Dug In skill as well, giving it a small defense boost if the attacker is more than 2 tiles away.
Compared to the Satellite Spotter, attack is improved by 60 points; defense by 30 points, although movement and range are decreased. It also gains terrain bonuses in houses and entrenchments as well. Bonuses against light units are kept the same, and it also gains very strong bonuses against fast units. However, compared to other Arctic Future units, it has only modest attack, defense, movement and range.
So far, the currently available units that can attack the Surrogate Soldier without retaliation are artillery units, Snipers, ranged units from Tomorrow Era upward (except the Ninja), Combat Drones, light units with the Dragon Breath ability, Hover Tanks, Battle Fortresses, Behemoths and Ronin Bots.
Usage[]
The strong bonuses the Surrogate Soldier has makes them very useful against fast and light units of same age and previous ages, and they are very useful when paired with rogues and are much relatable as the MG Team and Anti-Aircraft Vehicle, only better.
However, heavy units such as the Hover Tank, Battle Fortress and Behemoth not only have bonuses against the Surrogate Soldier, but they also have longer range than them, meaning they can often escape the Surrogate Soldier's retaliation. Furthermore, light units will also have the Dragon Breath ability, which will also avoid their retaliation, making their retaliation useless. After the Tomorrow Era, their retaliation is much less useful due to the massive range increases of many units. After the Arctic Future, they are much less useful due to low base stats.
Against Same Age Units[]
Recon Raider[]
The Surrogate Soldier is the best counter to the Recon Raider due to their bonuses against fast units as well as the Contact ability of the Surrogate Soldier, making them very efficient at killing the Recon Raider.
Dragon Drone[]
The Surrogate Soldier is very strong against the Dragon Drone due to their bonuses against light units, and the weak attack and defense of the Dragon Drone, despite the Dragon Drone being able to avoid the Surrogate Soldier's retaliation.
Battle Fortress[]
The Surrogate Soldier is very weak against the Battle Fortress due to the Battle Fortress's greater range than the Surrogate Soldier meaning that they are able to avoid their retaliation. Even worse, the Surrogate Soldier has to 4 hit kill the Battle Fortress and they will take a lot of damage along the way if the Battle Fortress are not eliminated quickly.
Behemoth[]
The Surrogate Soldier is very weak against the Behemoth due to the Behemoth's greater range than the Surrogate Soldier meaning that they are able to avoid their retaliation. The Behemoth also has a very high attack and bonuses against the Surrogate Soldier, which means they can deal a lot of damage to them. Meanwhile the Behemoth also has a Force Field ability, which means that the Surrogate Soldier is ineffective at attacking them, unless you have a very high attack boost.
Plasma Artillery[]
The Plasma Artillery is a very big threat to the Surrogate Soldier. They have much greater range, attack, defense and bonuses against the Surrogate Soldier, making the Surrogate Soldier very weak when fighting them.
Other Military Units[]
Legend: = Light Unit Class = Ranged Unit Class = Artillery Unit Class = Heavy Unit Class = Fast Unit Class