Pelican Transport Helicopter
Airlifts 2 ground vehicles anywhere.
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Stats
- Tier
- Tier 1
- Cost
- 280 metal
- Build time
- 16 s
- Hit points
- 380
- Armor
- Aircraft
- Speed
- 3.1 tiles/s
- Unit cap
- 1
- Vision
- 8 tiles
- Transport capacity
- 2 ground units
- Weapons
- Unarmed
Production and tech
Built at
Overview
The Pelican Transport Helicopter airlifts two ground vehicles anywhere on the map. It is unarmed but sturdy for an aircraft.
How to use
Drop a pair of tank destroyers on a cliff above the enemy's approach, land engineers on an island deposit, or evacuate a damaged Mammoth. Order units aboard as with a Landing Craft. Fly around anti-air, not over it, and unload outside turret range. Two Pelicans can put a small strike team behind an enemy base long before its tanks get there.
Counters
Every anti-air weapon, and a loaded Pelican shot down loses its cargo. It counters nothing directly, but it turns terrain into an advantage.