Light Soldier

Overview
The Light Soldier is a unit that carries over from the original game, The Conquerors. It’s considered a Soldier troop/unit and is produced in the Barracks. The Light Soldier is the most basic unit in TC3, along with being one of the weakest. They can be killed easily by other units, and thus, isn’t very useful in either attack or defense situations, apart from some early-round instances. If one insists on using the Light Soldier, it would be wise to use it either while escorting the Scout unit or when attacking/defending plants in the early game. In the Conquest, Survival, and King of the Hill game modes, players start with 3 Light Soldiers.

Usage
The Light Soldier is produced in the Barracks. This unit is not as easily feared by enemy players as other units are, however, they can be used to take hits for your weaker units such as snipers as they share the same health stat as Heavy Soldiers and can be produced for half as much. They can also be used for early game economy raiding as they are cheap and fast. Later on in the game it is advised to not produce any as they fall off when stronger units come into play.

Strategy

 * When using Light Soldiers, it's good to keep in mind that they are extremely weak and only useful for placing and defending Power Plants early in-game. As matches get longer, Light Soldiers become useless, due to enemy players having more money to produce better troops and defenses.


 * When a player has built enough Power/Nuclear Plants with the help of the Light Soldier, the best action they could probably take is to sell them, assuming that they or an ally has already built a Barracks. The Light Soldiers will probably die anyway, and getting $4 back instead of none is always better.

Trivia

 * The basic skinless version appears to be armed with a variant of M4 carbine, the weapon of choice for the U.S army infantry divisions.


 * The Light Soldier was in The Conquerors, The Conquerors 2, and The Conquerors Mark 2.