AH-64E Guardian

Apache AH-64E Guardians carve through enemy heavy armor. They are the best ground support VTOL on the battlefield.

—In-Game Description

AH-64E Guardian
Unit Tier	4
Blueprint Acquisition	Player Level 46
Build Requisites	Helipad Level 4
Metal Cost	1,100,000 Metal
Basic Information
Unit Type	Helicopter
Unit Role	Attack Heli
DPS	38,586
Health	2,963,144
Unit Speed	133
Unit Range	320
Capacity Used	200
Squad Limit	3
Weapon Information
Weapon Type	Armor-Piercing Rocket
Advanced Information
Equipment	AH-64E Targeting Systems, AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles, Helicopter Pilots, 8mm Composite Armor, M197 20mm Gatling Cannon
Targets	Ground

General Information

The AH-64E is a T4 Helicopter Unit, unlocked at level 46 and requires a level 4 Helipad.

Weapons

The rocket pods fire Armor-Piercing Rockets at enemy targets, inflicting damage in a small hit radius.

Additionally, the AH-64E Guardian can be equipped with some secondary weapons.

• The second slot, unlocked at level 4, only has AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles, which specialize in contributing to siege damage with its bonuses against platforms and structures but can also help to damage ground threats.
• The fifth slot, unlocked at level 10, only has the M197 20mm Gatling Cannon, which assists in taking out lighter threats that it generally struggles to deal with, such as Reapers and Force Recons, while allowing it to concentrate on attacking its main targets.

Usage In Battle

A major step up from the Cobra, the AH-64E's primary highlight is its ability to deal heavy splash damage, which dramatically improves its effectiveness against a wide variety of targets. They can melt several barriers/turrets in seconds before said turrets cause too much damage, and can also wipe out or gravely cripple tightly packed clusters of ground units. Its hellfire missiles further increase its damage to Defense Platforms, and its secondary Gatling Gun can deal with small targets attacking it from other directions, especially fixed-wing aircraft like Reapers that it can't hit. Furthermore, by the time it is unlocked, many don't tend to have access to dedicated anti-air units like Pantsirs, which potentially allow Guardians to gravely cripple if not fully deter an enemy assault

As attack helicopters, Guardians are best used with gunships like the Hind. The gunships can distract enemy turrets while Guardians steamroll them, leaving the helicopters with free reign over the airspace.

Unit Progression

Level	Promote Cost		Repair Cost Per Unit	DPS	Health	XP Gain
	Resource	Component
1	N/A	N/A		639	5,250	N/A
2	Template:Metal	x300 AH-64E Guardian Critical x300 Helicopter Common	Template:Oil	680		3,500
3	Template:Metal	x370 AH-64E Guardian Critical x350 Helicopter Common	Template:Oil	710
4	Template:Metal	x400 AH-64E Guardian Critical x400 Helicopter Common	Template:Oil	750
5	Template:Metal	x450 AH-64E Guardian Critical x450 Helicopter Common	Template:Oil	820
6	Template:MetalTemplate:Thorium	x600 AH-64E Guardian Critical x500 Helicopter Common	Template:Oil	900
7	Template:MetalTemplate:Thorium	x750 AH-64E Guardian Critical x550 Helicopter Common	Template:Oil	1000
8	Template:MetalTemplate:Thorium	x930 AH-64E Guardian Critical x650 Helicopter Common	Template:Oil	1179
9	Template:MetalTemplate:Thorium	x1,100 AH-64E Guardian Critical x720 Helicopter Common	Template:Oil	1226
10	Template:MetalTemplate:Thorium	x1,300 AH-64E Guardian Critical x790 Helicopter Common	Template:Oil	1251

Equipment

Name			Floor Armor
	HP Increase	New HP Total
Lv1	+5% (+300 HP)	6,300 HP
Lv2	+10% (+600 HP)	6,600 HP
Lv3	+15% (+900 HP)	6,900 HP
Lv4	+20% (+1,200 HP)	7,200 HP
Lv5	+25% (+1,500 HP)	7,500 HP
Lv6	+30% (+1,800 HP)	7,800 HP
Lv7	+35% (+2,100 HP)	8,100 HP
Lv8	+40% (+2,400 HP)	8,400 HP
Lv9	+45% (+2,700 HP)	8,700 HP
Lv10	+50% (+3,000 HP)	9,000 HP

Trivia

• Although its primary weapon behaves accordingly with the description, it visually resembles and reuses the audio of a ballistic weapon.

External Links

• AH-64E Guardian on Wikipedia