Power Plant

Learn the importance of Power Plants in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and the best strategies for managing base power and defenses.

Power Plants supply your whole base with power, and most importantly, they power your defensive structures. The superb strategy is to first destroy the enemy's Power Plants and then destroy him, taking advantage of the absence of his heavy defenses.

Using a spy to shut off the base power, while a special unit (like Tanya) moves through the base and destroys anything of importance, is crucial.

Warning: If you just built a structure which needed a lot of power and you lost main power until you can build another power plant, there may be occasions where just then, the enemy decides to attack. This is very painful, as your Ore Miners could just be busy while your enemies are pouring into your base.

The best strategy to do (the fastest btw) is to sell off the power-sucking building. Base power will be immediately restored and your heavy defenses will rip apart the unsuspecting enemy.