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The '''explosive uranium cannon shells''' are an advanced ammunition type for the [[Tank]] along with [[uranium cannon shell]]s. Once they are made available, they surpass their [[explosive cannon shell|regular]] variant; their damage and [[Damage#Piercing_Power|piercing power]] is increased, leaning more towards physical damage improvement. Since regular shells are still specifically required to manufacture uranium variants, any previously manufactured stockpile can be "upgraded" without waste.
The '''explosive uranium cannon shells''' are an advanced ammunition type for the [[Tank]] along with [[uranium cannon shell]]s. Once they are made available, they surpass their [[explosive cannon shell|regular]] variant; their damage and [[Damage#Piercing_Power|piercing power]] is increased, leaning more towards physical damage improvement. Since regular shells are still specifically required to manufacture uranium variants, any previously manufactured stockpile can be "upgraded" without waste.
While uranium cannon shells still deal an amount of explosive damage, it is only dealt on the directly hit target and it is also a much lower amount than what explosive shells deal; its primary damage outlet is physical and therefore better suited against [[Enemies#Worms|worms]], [[Enemies#Spawners|nests]] and large [[Enemies#Spitters|spitters]] for their lesser resistances against it. These shells also feature the greatest piercing power in the game that is reliable for anything but the largest enemies, even capable of destroying two nests in one shot.


The [[Damage#Piercing_Power|piercing power]] of the shells has little practical use in spite of its improvement, which can be made insignificant since the enemy may often "outgrow" it by the time this ammunition is obtained. Its raw damage advantage otherwise found in the non-uranium explosive shell is also no longer as substantial; because of the kinetic energy nature of uranium-based ammunition, uranium cannon shells receive a much greater improvement overall, "catching up" in terms of raw damage potential, making explosive shell use on explosive-resistant enemies like [[Enemies#Worms|worms]], [[Enemies#Spawners|nests]] and especially [[Enemies#Spitters|spitters]] even more discouraging. However, this imbalance can be limited through [[Cannon shell damage (research)|research]], and its area-of-effect damage has undeniable benefits.
The [[Damage#Piercing_Power|piercing power]] of the shells has little practical use in spite of its improvement, which can be made insignificant since the enemy may often "outgrow" it by the time this ammunition is obtained. Its raw damage advantage otherwise found in the non-uranium explosive shell is also no longer as substantial; because of the kinetic energy nature of uranium-based ammunition, uranium cannon shells receive a much greater improvement overall, "catching up" in terms of raw damage potential, making explosive shell use on explosive-resistant enemies like [[Enemies#Worms|worms]], [[Enemies#Spawners|nests]] and especially [[Enemies#Spitters|spitters]] even more discouraging. However, this imbalance can be limited through [[Cannon shell damage (research)|research]], and its area-of-effect damage has undeniable benefits.

Revision as of 22:00, 15 December 2017

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 Explosive uranium cannon shell

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Recipe

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12
+
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1
+
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1
→
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1

Total raw

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20
+
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2
+
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2
+
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2
+
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1

Stack size

100

Range

30

Damage

Impact:

Quality normal.png 350
Quality uncommon.png 455 Quality rare.png 560
Quality epic.png 665 Quality legendary.png 875
(physical)

Area of effect:
Quality normal.png 315
Quality uncommon.png 410 Quality rare.png 504
Quality epic.png 599 Quality legendary.png 788
(explosion)

Damage bonus

Piercing Power: 150

Area of effect size

4.25

Used as ammunition by

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Prototype type

ammo

Internal name

explosive-uranium-cannon-shell

Required technologies

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Boosting technologies

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Weapon shooting speed (research).png

Produced by

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Player.png

The explosive uranium cannon shells are an advanced ammunition type for the Tank along with uranium cannon shells. Once they are made available, they surpass their regular variant; their damage and piercing power is increased, leaning more towards physical damage improvement. Since regular shells are still specifically required to manufacture uranium variants, any previously manufactured stockpile can be "upgraded" without waste.

The piercing power of the shells has little practical use in spite of its improvement, which can be made insignificant since the enemy may often "outgrow" it by the time this ammunition is obtained. Its raw damage advantage otherwise found in the non-uranium explosive shell is also no longer as substantial; because of the kinetic energy nature of uranium-based ammunition, uranium cannon shells receive a much greater improvement overall, "catching up" in terms of raw damage potential, making explosive shell use on explosive-resistant enemies like worms, nests and especially spitters even more discouraging. However, this imbalance can be limited through research, and its area-of-effect damage has undeniable benefits.

Usable ammunition for

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Tank

History

See also

Combat items

Weapons

Ammo

Capsules

Armor

Combat equipment

Defense

Turrets

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