Explosive uranium cannon shell

Explosive uranium cannon shell

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Recipe
12 + 1 + 1 → 1
Total raw
20 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1
Stack size	100
Range	30
Damage	Impact: 350 455 560 665 875 (physical) Area of effect: 315 410 504 599 788 (explosion)
Damage bonus	Piercing Power: 150
Area of effect size	4.25
Used as ammunition by
Prototype type	ammo
Internal name	explosive-uranium-cannon-shell
Required technologies
Boosting technologies
Produced by

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.

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 worms, nests and large 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 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

Tank

History

• 0.15.0:
  • Introduced

See also

• Explosive cannon shell
• Uranium cannon shell
• Enemies
• Damage & resistances
• Defense