Table 5. Attack Power Rankings Sorted by Piercing Damage

No upgrades; no unarmored units. Units with 0 piercing damage not listed even if they do have a basic damage.

rank	unit (Human)	unit (Orcish)	piercing damage	basic damage
1.	dwarven demolition squad exploding	goblin demolition squad exploding	400*
2.	gryphon rider	dragon	16	0
3.	guard tower cannon tower	guard tower cannon tower	12 12	4 4
4.	mage	death knight	9	0
5.	elven ranger archer	troll berserker axe thrower	6 6	3 3
6.	paladin knight	ogre-mage ogre	4 4	8 8
7.	footman grunt	skeleton	3 3	6 6
8.	dwarven demolition squad attacking	goblin demolition squad attacking	2	4
9.	peasant	peon	2	3
10.	-	demon**	1	9

* When exploding in execution of the "demolish" command, the dwarven and goblin demolition squads cause a damage of 400 [hit points?], regardless of the opponent's armor (no random component values are figured in). That damage is caused to the unit or building at the target location as well as all adjacent units. So to be precise, the value of 400 is neither the basic nor the piercing damage; it is already the effective bottom line damage. The demolition squads are clearly ahead of the pack in both attack power rankings.

** only available to players in custom scenarios, and to the computer-controlled Orcish army in levels Human13 and Human14

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