Flying Machine

[e][h] Flying Machine

Unit Information

Built From:

Workshop

Cost:

 100  30  13  1

Hit Points:

250

Armor:

2 (8)

Race:

Human

Classification:

• Mechanical

Sleeps:

no

Formation Rank:

2

Sight:

1800 / 1100

Acquisition Range:

500

Level:

1

Selection Priorty:

2

Movement

Speed:

400

Turn Rate:

0.5

Move Type:

fly

Collision Size:

8

Cargo Size:

0

Icon

Combat

Requirement:

Flying Machine Bombs

Damage:

18 - 19 (21 - 25)

7 - 8

Range:

500

100

Weapon Type:

instant

missile

Cooldown:

2

2.5

Targets:

• air

• ground
• structure
• debris
• item
• ward

Fast moving flying machine. Excellent at scouting, and effective against air units. Can learn the Flying Machine Bombs and Flak Cannons upgrades. Can see invisible units. Attacks air units.

Flying Machines' main role is being the best anti-air unit for big air fights. This is because of the immense splash damage output of the Flak Cannons upgrade. Flak does not benefit from the standard damage upgrades, so the armor upgrades are more important for this unit. They are also good scouting units (cheap, with truesight against invisibility as well as an extreme sight range).

If the amount of Flying Machines with Flak Cannons reaches a critical mass they are unbeatable by air units. 50 food of Flying Machines win easily against 100 food of Hippogryphs even if their attacks would deal 0 damage, as Flak Cannons deal much more damage in big air fights.

Strategy

They are often used in masses to counter Undead heavy air armies. In low numbers they are used to counter Goblin Zeppelins or Faerie Dragons and to scout.

Spells & Abilities

True Sight
	Cast Type : Passive Target Type : No Target Reveals nearby invisible units.
Area of Effect : 900

Flak Cannons
	Cast Type : Passive  Ability Type:  Physical Target Type : No Target  Damage Type:  Physical Adds splash damage to enemies within a certain area of the targeted unit. Deals 7 damage to enemies within 75 range, 6 damage to enemies within 150 range and 5 damage to enemies within 325 range.
Upgrade: Flak Cannons
Cost : 100 150  Research Time:  40 Researched at : Workshop  Hotkey : C  Requirements : Keep

Notes

Flak Cannons is one of the strongest upgrades in the game. Against an army of 7 destroyers it will increase the damage output of the Flying Machine by more than 300%.

Flying Machine Bombs
	Cast Type : Passive Target Type : No Target Enables the Flying Machine's second attack to allow it to attack ground units and buildings.
Upgrade: Flying Machine Bombs
Cost : 150 100  Research Time:  35 Researched at : Workshop  Hotkey : B  Requirements : Castle

Upgrades

Black Gunpowder

Increases the ranged attack damage of Riflemen, Mortar Teams, Siege Engines and Flying Machines. Researched at : Blacksmith  Hotkey : G  Cost : 100 50  Research Time:  60 Damage Dice Bonus : 1

Refined Gunpowder

Cost : 175 175  Research Time:  75 Requires : Keep Damage Dice Bonus : 2

Imbued Gunpowder

Cost : 250 300  Research Time:  90 Requires : Castle Damage Dice Bonus : 3

Iron Plating

Increases the armor of Militia, Footmen, Spell Breakers, Knights, Flying Machines and Siege Engines. Researched at : Blacksmith  Hotkey : P  Cost : 125 75  Research Time:  60 Armor Bonus : 2

Steel Plating

Cost : 150 175  Research Time:  75 Requires : Keep Armor Bonus : 4

Mithril Plating

Cost : 175 275  Research Time:  90 Requires : Castle Armor Bonus : 6

Trivia

• The Flying Machine is the fastest unit together with the Hippogryph
• The Flying Machine has the lowest gold cost, training time, and food requirements of all combat units
• With Flak Cannons Flying Machines can have the highest damage output per food cost

Version History

Balance Patch History
Version	Release	Balance Changes
1.30.0	2018-08-08	Flying Machine gold cost increased from 90 to 100. Flying Machine damage increased from 14-15 to 18-19 (air-only). Flying Machine Hit Point increased from 200 to 250.
1.15	2004-05-10	Flying Machine damage vs. air increased to 1d2 + 13 from 1d2 + 11.
1.13	2003-12-16	Flying Machine hit points increased to 200 from 175.
1.10	2003-07-03	Flying Machine damage versus air increased to 12-13 from 7-8. When "attack-moving", air units now prefer to attack other air units more often than previously. Flying Unit Improvements: We have turned off collision detection for flying units so that they can now easily pass through each other. This will allow air units to move about more smoothly than before. We have also added "separation behavior" so air units will break out of clusters once they reach a destination.