The greatest RTS unit of all time, determined by democracy

Almost a decade ago, we published a list of our favourite RTS units. There are some good picks in there. But I want to revisit the topic, and not just by listing some cool tanks. Real-time strategy is competitive. I want to find out what the best unit is, and for that we need a tournament. No deliberating, no debating, just brackets and voting.

Last week, PC Gamer writers created a shortlist, and now I'm pitting them against each other in randomised face-offs. And you lot now have two days to vote for your fave, after which the victors will move to the next round and we'll do it all over again.

But what does "best" actually mean? That's up to you! Better in a 1v1 brawl? Better looking? Better at pretending to be a completely normal tree? The choice is yours.

Welcome to the first round of our apocalyptic war to determine the greatest RTS unit of all time. …