Elite Rifleman

"Armed with M4A1 Assault Rifles and new armor, Elite Riflemen are capable of doing massive damage while also being able to withstand stronger enemy hits."

- In-game description

"Armed with the new HK416 and reinforced armor, Elite Riflemen are more effective than ever more."

- Level 10 description

Addition Info

 * Elite Rifleman have better damage resistance and deal more damage. They fire a burst of 4 bullets, which is a significant improvement over the regular Riflemen's single shot.  They retain their 4 shot ability when placed inside of bunkers dealing significant damage to units within range.


 * They were first introduced in Operation: Crossfire.
 * Can near-instantaneously be mass-produced, especially with high level Barracks.
 * The exeptional combination of low cost of production, low cost+time of repairing, and the numerous number of these soldiers that can be placed in a single platoon allows the player to Zerg rush an enemy base/platoon with more than 150 Elite Riflemen, depending on level of storage.
 * High level Elite Riflemen are effectively superior to normal Rifleman and Heavy Machine Gunners, especially in large numbers.
 * As they fire up 4 bullets they are highly effective against the units ejected by the Drone Silo. They take the units with ease even if it has 8 level 10 Slayer Drones.
 * In Operation: Front Line you could easily kill the v2 rockets with many Elite Riflemen.
 * If you put 200 Riflemen on your base, you can destroy any amount of missles fired at your base by Hellfires, Hellstorms, V2s, and the Missle Silo.
 * 150 Elite Riflemen can easily take care of many other platoons that are used in platoon battles such as 21 Gatling Trucks.
 * At level 10, they can outrange level 10 Hellstorms when placed in a watchtower.