Initiative is a statistic for all units in Game Boy Wars 3. Its sole purpose is to determine the attack order in a given round of Direct Combat.
Initiative List[]
| Unit | Base Initiative | Amount Lost per space |
|---|---|---|
| Infantry | 10 | 3 |
| Mech | 13 | 6 |
| Commando | 16 | 3 |
| Constructor | 12 | 2 |
| Supply Truck | *12 | 2 |
| Supply Truck S | *15 | 3 |
| Convoy | 14 | 2 |
| Convoy S | 15 | 2 |
| Buggy | 22 | 3 |
| Buggy S | 25 | 3 |
| Humvee | 21 | 3 |
| Humvee S | 21 | 3 |
| APC | 13 | 2 |
| APC S | 15 | 2 |
| Rocket Launcher | *12 | 2 |
| Rocket Launcher S | *12 | 2 |
| Anti-Air Tank | 17 | 3 |
| Mercenary Anti-Air Tank | 19 | 2 |
| Anti-Air Missile Launcher | *12 | 2 |
| Anti-Air Missile Launcher S | *12 | 2 |
| Artillery | *10 | 2 |
| Artillery S | *11 | 2 |
| IFV | 17 | 2 |
| IFV S | 19 | 2 |
| Tank Destroyer | 24 | 4 |
| Tank Destroyer S | 25 | 4 |
| Main Battle Tank | 19 | 2 |
| Mercenary Tank | 22 | 2 |
| Fighter A | 32 | 2 |
| Fighter B | 29 | 2 |
| Fighter S | 36 | 2 |
| Attacker A | 30 | 2 |
| Attacker B | 27 | 2 |
| Attacker S | 30 | 2 |
| Bomber | *26 | 2 |
| Mercenary Bomber | *28 | 2 |
| Transport Plane | *21 | 2 |
| Supply Plane | *19 | 2 |
| Battle Helicopter | 24 | 3 |
| Battle Helicopter S | 29 | 3 |
| Anti-Submarine Helicopter | 22 | 3 |
| Transport Helicopter | 22 | 3 |
| Transport Helicopter S | 22 | 2 |
| Aegis Warship | 20 | 2 |
| Mercenary Missile Frigate | *24 | 2 |
| Large Aircraft Carrier | 22 | 2 |
| Small Aircraft Carrier | 21 | 2 |
| Lander | 17 | 2 |
| Tanker | *17 | 2 |
| Submarine | *17 | 2 |
| Submarine S | 23 | 3 |
- Note: All Units which cannot perform direct combat (Which is the only way to counterattack) have their base Initiative marked with an asterisk to allow the table to sort them seperately from units which can.