Defender capsule

Defender capsule

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Recipe
8 + 3 + 3 + 3 → 1
Total raw
25.25 + 19.5 + 21 + 3
Health	60 78 96 114 150
Resistances	Acid: 0/80% Fire: 0/95%
Lifespan	45 seconds
Stack size	100
Rocket capacity	100 (1 stacks)
Range	20 22 24 26 30 (Capsule) 15 16.5 18 19.5 22.5 (Defender)
Shooting speed	4/s (Capsule) 3/s (Defender)
Damage	8 10.4 12.8 15.2 20 physical
Prototype type	projectile
Internal name	defender-capsule
Required technologies
Boosting technologies
Produced by
Consumed by

A basic capsule which, when used, will spawn a single defender robot. The defender has infinite ammunition and will follow the player, attacking any enemies that come within range, until it is destroyed or its lifespan elapses.

Achievements

Minions Have 100 combat robots or more following you.

Strategy

Follower robots will only loosely follow the player and are subject to inertia. This allows the player to 'swing' packs of follower robots into enemy bases to damage enemy structures with less risk to himself. Launching distractor capsules into the enemy base, as well as using the speed of the car or exoskeleton can further reduce damage to the player.

Defender being spawned and following the player.

Count Limit

The maximum number of active Defender robots is limited by the follower robot count research. While using follower robots, the number of robots in-use will be visible on an icon to the right of the quick-bar. Hovering over the icon with the cursor will show the types of robots and the currently researched maximum.

History

• 0.17.46:
  • Defender robots no longer require flying robot frames in their recipe.
  • Defender robot damage increased from 5 to 8.

• 0.17.0:
  • Defender capsule recipe now requires flying robot frames.

• 0.8.0:
  • Increased the lifespan of defender robot from 30 to 45 seconds.

• 0.7.1:
  • Introduced

See also

• Poison capsule
• Slowdown capsule
• Distractor capsule
• Destroyer capsule