China

Strength in numbers

One soldier is a target. A thousand are a tide. China fights as a single body: tanks that fire faster shoulder to shoulder, artillery that turns the ground to fire, swarms of drones that hunt on their own, and hackers who empty the enemy's accounts before the first shot. When the silo opens, everyone hears the siren.

How they fight

Mass and area denial

Mass, swarms, area denial. Heavy armour, artillery, hackers and propaganda.

Mass units that grow stronger together (the horde bonus), saturate an area with artillery, napalm and drone swarms, and wage information war with hackers.

Strengths
  • The horde bonus: Red Guard, Tank Hunter and Type 12 "Longwei" fire faster in a crowd, faster still with a Propaganda Center
  • Heavy artillery: Leiting, Inferno Cannon, Nuke Cannon
  • The super-heavy Type 99 "Bawang"
  • Drone swarms from the Type 22 "Fengchao"
  • Radar Seeker drones that hunt jammers and relays
  • Hackers who shut buildings down and earn money
  • Black Lotus, the hero
Weaknesses
  • Slow heavy units
  • Hackers are fragile
  • All its hacker income can sit in one Data Bureau
Generals

Three generals

Pick one before the match. Each bends the faction in its own direction.

01

Tank General

Tanks start as Veterans and are 15% tougher; infantry 10% dearer

02

Infantry General

Infantry 25% cheaper and 15% stronger; vehicles 10% dearer

03

Nuke General

Dragonfire charges 35% faster; Nuke Cannon and Type 99 Bawang 20% cheaper

Generals' powers

Earned in battle

Destroy the enemy to earn promotion points, then spend them on powers.

Artillery Barrage

Level 1Cooldown 200 s

Fourteen shells land in the area over a few seconds

Cash Hack

Level 1Cooldown 240 s

Click an enemy building: steal up to $1500 from its owner

Emergency Repair

Level 1Cooldown 200 s

Your vehicles and buildings in the area regain half their health

Static Storm

Level 2Cooldown 200 s

Jams every enemy drone in the area for 30 s: they fall out of the sky

Carpet Bomb

Level 3Cooldown 330 s

A bomber lays eight bombs in a line across the target

Signature units

On the field

Full China roster →
Unit portrait: Type 99 "Bawang"

Type 99 "Bawang"

$2,000
Super-heavy tank

Super-heavy twin-cannon tank: slow, very tough

Unit portrait: Type 12 "Longwei"

Type 12 "Longwei"

$800
Tank

Main battle tank; horde bonus

Unit portrait: Nuke Cannon

Nuke Cannon

$1,800
Artillery

Nuclear artillery: long range, a big blast and radiation; very slow

Unit portrait: Type 22 "Fengchao"

Type 22 "Fengchao"

$1,300
Swarm launcher

Swarm launcher: when it stands still with a target in 60 m, six loitering drones fly out and work through the enemies near it (30 s reload)

Unit portrait: Hacker

Hacker

$625
Infantry

Attack an enemy building: shuts it down while he types; idle: earns money

Unit portrait: Black Lotus

Black Lotus

$1,500
Hero infantry

Hero: point her at an enemy building and she takes it over in 4 s. Unarmed

Economy

How they earn

BuilderDozer ($1,000)
HarvesterSupply Truck
PowerNuclear Reactor (the strongest power plant)
Late-game incomeHackers (idle ones earn $4 a second, up to 8 earning per player) and the Data Bureau (up to 5 Hackers inside, safe, $5 a second each, limit 1)
Superweapon

Dragonfire

A nuclear missile, a huge blast and lingering radiation. Every player sees the countdown.

Upgrades

Research

UpgradeCostBuildingEffect
Uranium Shells$2,500War FactoryTank cannons deal 25% more damage
Chain Guns$1,600War FactoryGattlings and rifles deal 25% more damage
Drone Cages$800War FactoryVehicles take half damage from drones, but are 10% slower
Active Protection$1,500War FactoryVehicles shoot down one incoming rocket, missile or drone every 8 s
Nationalism$2,000Propaganda CenterInfantry deal 20% more damage
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USALiberation Front