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Professor Anders
Professor Anders is a UNSC leader that kills from range with static or slow-moving firepower, with tech as a second axis. A tier in our 2026 ranking, and rated some study.
Win rate
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ranked 1v1, last 30 days
Pick rate
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of 16 leaders
Avg matchNew query
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needs a duration rollup
Ultimate byNew query
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median unlock time
Strengths
- Everything costs less — R&D cuts research cost and time across infantry, vehicles, air and hero — Grenade Throw drops from 400 power to 340, and to 289 with R&D II.
- Sentinels from four directions — buildable Protector Sentinels, Arc Defense, Sentinel Beacon on siege units, and Sentinel Network for map vision.
- The best siege in UNSC — Sentinel Beacon makes Kodiaks and Siege Turrets spawn friendly Sentinels while they fire.
- Douglas hits hard at Tech 2 — the Spartan picks up a rocket launcher with real splash damage.
Weaknesses
- No nuke, at all — nothing resembling Eradication, Inferno, Rain of Fire or even a Beam — Sentinel Network will not delete an army.
- No unit drops — outside the Retriever Sentinel ultimate, her whole wheel is passives and actives, so she cannot reinforce a losing fight.
- Her own siege invites air — committing to Sentinel Beacon pushes opponents into air units she then has to answer separately.
- Her stats look worse than she plays — every Sentinel spawned by Sentinel Beacon counts toward the opponent's units-destroyed, so her units-lost is inflated on any stats page — including ours.
Leader powers
17 powers on the wheel, grouped by the leader point that unlocks them.
1st point2 powers
R&D I
PassiveCheapens every research line across the board — a modest early discount on infantry, vehicle, air, and hero upgrades.
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R&D II
PassiveStacks with R&D I for a much steeper discount on the same upgrades.
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2nd point5 powers
Lotus Mines I
ActiveLays three mines in a line, armed about a second and a half after they land.
Cooldown 90 seconds75 supply75 power
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Lotus Mines II
ActiveThe same minefield, hitting harder over a wider blast.
Cooldown 90 seconds150 supply150 power
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Restoration Drones I
ActiveAn area heal that patches up everything caught inside it, units and buildings alike.
Cooldown 160 seconds200 supply50 power
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Restoration Drones II
ActiveWidens the heal radius and speeds up the healing rate.
Cooldown 160 seconds350 supply125 power
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Restoration Drones III
ActiveThe biggest, fastest version of the area heal.
Cooldown 160 seconds400 supply150 power
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3rd point6 powers
Ark Defense I
ActiveSummons a ring of 6 sentinels that patrol and fire on anything nearby for half a minute.
Cooldown 150 seconds300 supply200 power
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Ark Defense II
ActiveA bigger 8-sentinel ring that holds the field for longer than Ark Defense I.
Cooldown 150 seconds400 supply300 power
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Ark Defense III
ActiveThe largest, longest-lasting sentinel ring in the line — a full 10 sentinels for a minute.
Cooldown 150 seconds500 supply400 power
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Protector Sentinel
PassiveUnlocks Anders' signature unit — buildable straight from the main base once researched.
250 supply30 power
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Turret Drop I
ActivePlants a temporary defensive turret wherever you point, stunning whatever it lands on.
Cooldown 170 seconds400 supply25 power
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Turret Drop II
ActiveA sturdier version of the same turret drop.
Cooldown 170 seconds550 supply50 power
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4th point2 powers
Sentinel Beacon
PassiveTurns siege units into sentinel factories — Kodiaks and Siege Turrets spawn Aggressor Sentinels as they fire.
0 supply0 power
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Sentinel Synergy
PassiveBuffs every sentinel Anders fields — from Beacon and Ark Defense alike — with shields plus a health and damage bump.
0 supply0 power
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5th point1 power
Sentinel Network
ActiveSends three sentinel waves sweeping the map for vision, slowing anything they catch in their EMP.
Cooldown 260 seconds650 supply450 power
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Ultimate1 power
Retriever Sentinel
ActiveAnders' ultimate — drops the Retriever Sentinel super unit to fight alongside the Condor.
Cooldown 360 seconds2000 supply2000 power
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Cast frequency — how often players actually pick each power — needs the meta-stats powers query, which is the one tab with no Supabase rollup behind it. Left off deliberately so a leader page costs no D1 reads.
Unique units
Protector Sentinel
Buildable sentinel line — siege and base pressure
Retriever Sentinel
Ultimate super-unit alongside the Condor
Standard opener
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The Anders beginners guide post has a full build order to draft this from.