Hind

File:HIND Unit Spotlight

Hinds are flying tanks, capable of taking significant damage. Use them to draw fire away from units that do more damage per second.

—In-Game Description

Target Efficiency
Infantry	Light Vehicles	Heavy Vehicles	Copters	Planes
Good	Good	Excellent	Good	Can't hit

Role	Damage Type	Speed	Range	Capacity	Equipment	Shoot and Move
Gunship Heli	Armor-Piercing Rocket	75	200	150	Hind Avionics Gunship Pilots 6mm Composite Armor	No

Build Cost		Unlock Requirements
Resource	Component
Template:Metal	None	Player Lvl 27 Helipad Lvl 2

General Information

The Hind is the first Gunship-role helicopter one will unlock and, true to the description, is best used to absorb damage from defenses. It also does less damage to buildings, which means that high-DPS choppers, like the Cobra, works well with it. In fact, a level 1 Hind has twice as much health as a level 1 Cobra, with the latter dealing a lot of damage against most targets but is hampered by it's low health.

However, unlike ground-based tanks, the Hind's health is far inferior. Without sufficient upgrades, promotions and blueprints for equipment, it will not last long against gunfire. Although it is able to bypass a great variety of turrets, the Flak Gun (which exclusively targets aerial units) and the Salvo both pose a threat to it, as they deal great damage to aircraft. The Machine Gun also targets aerial units, making them an even bigger concern. Being an aerial unit, the player must use it with other aerial vehicles that it can help assist, limiting their unit compositions. Helicopters cannot draw fire from SAM turrets, meaning that they must be taken out for fixed-wing aircraft to provide air support. It also has a lower squad count than most heavy vehicles, meaning that the total HP is much less than those of a single tank squad.

Fortunately, despite these downsides, the Hind more than compensates that with it's effectiveness against enemy units - As a Gunship Helicopter, it is particularly effective against ground targets and can quickly eliminate them. Under balanced circumstances, enemy units stand little chance and will quickly succumb to the rockets. It may not be able to deal with enemy fixed-wing aircraft like Reaper drones, but by this point, there are already other helicopters that can help handle that.

It is recommended to use a single squad of Hinds accompanied by other attack helicopters, and try to space them out to reduce vulnerability to splash damage. Strategic guidance of the attack choppers will easily take them out. Meanwhile, the player should keep an eye on ground units so the Hind can take them out before they pose a threat to the attack helicopters.

Unit Progression

Level	Promote Cost		Repair Cost Per Unit	DPS	Health	XP Gain
	Resource	Component
1	N/A	N/A	639	370	6,000	N/A
2	Template:Metal	x30 Hind Critical x25 Helicopter Common	692		17,000	1,500
3	Template:Metal	x60 Hind Critical x35 Helicopter Common	746		19,000
4	Template:Metal	x90 Hind Critical x50 Helicopter Common	802		21,000
5	Template:Metal	x100 Hind Critical x75 Helicopter Common	859		23,000
6	Template:Metal Template:Thorium	x125 Hind Critical x125 Helicopter Common	919		26,000
7	Template:Metal Template:Thorium	x175 Hind Critical x150 Helicopter Common	944		29,000
8	Template:Metal Template:Thorium	x200 Hind Critical x200 Helicopter Common	968		32,000
9	Template:Metal Template:Thorium	x250 Hind Critical x250 Helicopter Common	991		35,000
10	Template:Metal Template:Thorium	x300 Hind Critical x300 Helicopter Common	1,051		39,000

Equipment

Name			9K121 VIKHR
	DPS Increase	New DPS Total
Lv1	+5% (+21 DPS)	450 DPS
Lv2	+10% (+42 DPS)	471 DPS
Lv3	+15% (+64 DPS)	493 DPS
Lv4	+20% (+85 DPS)	514 DPS
Lv5	+25% (+107 DPS)	536 DPS
Lv6	+30% (+128 DPS)	557 DPS
Lv7	+35% (+150 DPS)	579 DPS
Lv8	+40% (+171 DPS)	600 DPS
Lv9	+45% (+192 DPS)	621 DPS
Lv10	+50% (+214 DPS)	643 DPS

Trivia

• The Hind is based on the Mi-24 Helicopter.
• It does not use it's nose turret gun for some reason.
• The rocket pods are actually similar to those from the S-13, but with a different damage type.
  • Real Life Hinds are also equipped with S-13 pods.