Steampunk Hold · Shock

Pistonfist

Both arms are the machine. He does not carry it, he is wearing it.

Assassin · kills soft targets fast

Stats

Health: 91
Damage: 26per hit
Damage per second: 34.7
Attacks every: 0.75s
Range: Meleereach 32
Move speed: 110
Sight: 215how far it spots a foe
Population: 2of the army cap
Raise: 750gold, in battle
Armory: 500gold, to unlock

These are the Pistonfist's own figures, the ones the Armory prints. In battle the Steampunk Hold's trait is added on top: +18% health · +12% damage · −6% speed. Range, reach and speed are in the battlefield's own units.

Special powers

Knockback. Its blows shove the target back.
Charge. After a run-up, its first blow deals ×1.3 damage.

Strong and weak

Strong: Casters, ranged, soft lines.

Weak: Armour, reach.

As a shock troop, it deals extra damage to Ranged (×1.3), Support (×1.35) and Caster (×1.2) troops.

Elite (×1.25) troops deal extra damage to it.

Raising it

The Pistonfist comes out of its own spawner, which your Builder raises for 750 gold in the middle of a battle. Once it stands it musters a Pistonfist every 27.5 seconds by itself, and levelling it shortens that — to 17.6 seconds at level 2 and 11.3 seconds at level 3.

Upgrades cost 500 gold to level 2 and 2,400 gold to level 3. Every level also makes the troops it musters hit harder and last longer.

Before it can be raised at all it has to be unlocked in the Armory, for 500 gold — gold carried between battles, earned by fighting them.

Other Shock troops

Every other shock troop in the game, cheapest to raise first. See all Shock troops.

Troop	Kingdom	Raise	Health	Damage	Range	Speed
Ghoul	Undead	600	72	15	Melee	126
Raider	Orcs	650	70	15	Melee	98
Gnoll Reaver	Beasts	700	65	13	Melee	106
Marauder	Orcs	700	85	16	Melee	92
Breachjack	Fallen	750	92	26	Melee	112
Flenser	Damned	750	88	30	Melee	116
Scourgeling	Damned	750	85	23	Melee	108
Gnasher	Damned	1,050	103	36	Melee	124
Duelist	Humans	1,100	71	25	Melee	122
Hammerworks	Overwound	1,100	113	33	Melee	102
Cutterman	Fallen	1,150	112	35	Melee	118
Berserker	Orcs	1,200	94	20	Melee	84
Assassin	Beasts	1,250	59	35	Melee	126
Rōnin	Dynasty	1,250	90	26	Melee	118
Reaver	Undead	1,400	109	22	Melee	86
Executioner	Dwarves	1,500	120	37	Melee	80
Myrmidon	Elves	1,500	94	30	Melee	118
Shinobi	Dynasty	1,650	73	37	Melee	136
Wraith	Undead	1,700	99	24	Melee	118
Moonblade	Elves	1,750	86	33	Melee	132
Spellblade	Elves	1,800	100	32	Melee	108
Shadowblade	Elves	1,900	77	37	Melee	124
Wrathborn	Damned	2,000	135	45	Melee	112

More Steampunk Hold troops

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