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After a month of voting, PC Gamer readers have picked the best RTS unit of all time
After four rounds of reader voting over a month, the Mammoth Tank from Command and Conquer: Red Alert was chosen as the greatest real-time strategy unit in a 16-unit tournament. It narrowly beat Age of Empires’ Priest in the final, taking 52% of the vote.
The Priest had dominated earlier rounds, including winning 80% against Total Annihilation’s Peewee, but the Mammoth Tank prevailed in the close final. Both finalists faced popular challengers and large spaceships on their way through the bracket. The result crowns the heavy Soviet tank as readers’ favourite RTS unit.
In short
- Red Alert’s Mammoth Tank won the readers’ tournament.
- It beat Age of Empires’ Priest with 52% of the vote.
- Sixteen units competed across four rounds.
Explained simply
Real-time strategy games let players gather resources, build forces and direct battles as events unfold, rather than taking turns. Units are the individual fighters, vehicles or machines players control, and their abilities can shape how a game is played.
The Mammoth Tank is a heavily armed vehicle from Command & Conquer: Red Alert, while the Priest is a religious healer and support unit from Age of Empires. Both games are long-running strategy series, and their units have become familiar to many players.
Choosing a favourite unit is a way for readers to compare games from different eras and styles. The poll’s result reflects the voters’ preferences, rather than a measure of how powerful either unit is across all strategy games.