Mythic Beasts · Ranged · Starting troop

Gnome Slinger

Knee-high, hard to hit, and a frighteningly good shot with a loaded sling.

Anti-air · shoots fliers down

Stats

Health: 20
Damage: 8per hit
Damage per second: 10
Attacks every: 0.8s
Range: 145
Move speed: 66
Sight: 230how far it spots a foe
Population: 1of the army cap
Raise: 450gold, in battle
Armory: Starteryours from the first match

These are the Gnome Slinger's own figures, the ones the Armory prints. In battle the Mythic Beasts's trait is added on top: +12% speed · −11% damage · −18% health. Range, reach and speed are in the battlefield's own units.

Special powers

Anti-air. Deals ×1.5 damage to fliers.
Dodge. Evades 20% of the blows aimed at it.
Forest-walker. Crosses forest at full speed.

Strong and weak

Strong: Fliers, chip, skirmishing.

Weak: Splash, being caught.

As a ranged troop, it deals extra damage to Siege (×1.3), Anti-Armor (×1.2) and Beast (×1.2) troops.

Cavalry (×1.35), Shock (×1.3) and Beast (×1.3) troops deal extra damage to it.

Raising it

The Gnome Slinger comes out of its own spawner, which your Builder raises for 450 gold in the middle of a battle. Once it stands it musters a Gnome Slinger every 10.5 seconds by itself, and levelling it shortens that — to 6.7 seconds at level 2 and 4.3 seconds at level 3.

Upgrades cost 300 gold to level 2 and 1,450 gold to level 3. Every level also makes the troops it musters hit harder and last longer.

It is one of the five troops the Mythic Beasts roster opens with, so it is yours from the first match — no unlocking.

Other Ranged troops

Every other ranged troop in the game, cheapest to raise first. See all Ranged troops.

Troop	Kingdom	Raise	Health	Damage	Range	Speed
Slinger	Orcs	400	21	6	120	58
Wyld Scout	Elves	500	23	8	158	64
Bone Archer	Undead	550	21	9	150	50
Frost Archer	Dwarves	600	21	8	158	52
Archer	Humans	650	26	11	160	56
Axe Thrower	Dwarves	650	35	11	118	48
Javelineer	Orcs	700	29	12	112	60
Ravenkin	Beasts	700	41	9	148	126
Arbalest	Dwarves	750	25	22	175	46
Chu-ko-nu	Dynasty	750	26	7	135	50
Cogshot	Overwound	750	44	12	135	66
Emberling	Damned	750	37	11	140	74
Fire Lance	Dynasty	750	29	17	105	48
Huntress	Elves	750	26	12	165	64
Ray Splitter	Fallen	750	40	12	160	66
Shardslinger	Fallen	750	43	12	145	72
Steam Lance	Overwound	750	44	13	150	60
Yumi Archer	Dynasty	750	26	12	195	56
Marksman	Elves	900	27	15	185	54
Crossbowman	Humans	1,000	30	23	165	50
Longbowman	Humans	1,100	27	12	240	54
Flame Archer	Dynasty	1,450	29	12	158	52
Hand Cannon	Dwarves	1,550	36	36	150	44
Bone Hurler	Undead	1,600	59	25	180	46
Beamlance	Fallen	1,650	57	23	185	58
Spike Hurler	Orcs	1,650	54	29	175	52
Vent Gunner	Overwound	1,700	60	14	120	58
Flare Crew	Fallen	1,750	66	19	190	50
Chainshot Crew	Overwound	1,800	72	28	175	48
Sharpshooter	Elves	1,950	30	33	300	52
Screamer	Damned	2,050	54	19	165	80
Watcher	Fallen	2,050	47	26	240	54
Gyrocopter	Dwarves	2,600	131	17	140	118

More Mythic Beasts troops

The Mythic Beasts page has all 26 of them side by side, with the kingdom's powers.