Blaster

Brutus	Mechanic	Trooper	Assault	Miner	Engineer	Driver	Defender	Supplier
Sprinter	Trickster	Booster	Lifeguard	Camper	Blaster	Saboteur	Hyperion	Crisis

Blaster Assault
Available from
Marshal
Price
200 000

Blaster is an assault Drone. It creates an explosion that damages nearby enemies when the tank is destroyed.

Garage description

Receiving fatal damage or self-destructing causes the tank to explode, damaging all nearby enemies. Self-destruction takes less time. Using Boosted Damage consumes additional supplies of the same type.

Mechanics

When the tank is destroyed, the tank blows up causing significant damage with moderate impact force within a 12 - 15 radius.

• - Explosive damage (hp): 1500 → 3000
• - Radius of maximum splash damage (m): 5 → 7
• - Radius of minimum splash damage (m): 12 → 15
• Maximum damage radius (m): 2.5
• - Impact force (conv. units): 150
• - Weak damage (%): 20
• Minimum splash damage (%): 10
• - Boosted Damage consumed: 1
• - Delay before self-destruction (sec): 1 (-66.7%)
• - Recharge (sec): 3

Additionally, like all Drones, Blaster provides a passive bonus to the strength of Boosted Armor and Boosted Damage:

• Boosted Armor supply's effect strength (%): 50 → 100
• Boosted Damage supply's effect increase (%): 50 → 100

Pros and Cons

Pairs well with light hulls that can easily get in the middle of several enemy tanks
Good last line of defense, since it can take out enemies that would otherwise score after you died
Can cause some enemies to avoid or delay killing you to prevent themselves from being blown up
Useless if killed from a distance

Tips and Advice

• Try to avoid traveling in exposed areas - if you're killed at long range, you won't destroy anyone with your drone
• Blaster's damage is increased by Boosted Damage, so make sure you activate the supply before dying
• Blaster's range is counted from the center of your tank, so you need to be nearly touching an enemy to deal full damage
• This drone is fantastic for attacking in Assault mode - pair it with a light hull, and even if your capture isn't successful, you'll always take out a couple of defenders when you're killed
• The fast self-destruction is useful for taking out anyone who isn't trying to kill you (like a flag carrier or a wise Juggernaut who has low HP), but use it sparingly - you still lose 10 points from your score
• If you have an augment or an overdrive that can apply the AP status effect to your enemy before you blow up, it can prevent them from lowering the damage you deal with boosted armor or protection modules from your turret

Micro-upgrades

Like all Drones, Blaster can be micro-upgraded to a total of 20 steps.

Step		Radius	Max. dmg radius			Cost Step	Delay time	Cost Speed-up
0	1,500	12	5	50	50	-	-	-
1	1,575	12.15	5.1	52.5	52.5	1000	5h	2000
2	1,650	12.3	5.2	55	55	6160	1d 6h 48m	12320
3	1,725	12.45	5.3	57.5	57.5	11320	2d 8h 36m	22640
4	1,800	12.6	5.4	60	60	16470	3d 10h 21m	32940
5	1,875	12.75	5.5	62.5	62.5	21630	4d 12h 9m	43260
6	1,950	12.9	5.6	65	65	26790	5d 13h 57m	53580
7	2,025	13.05	5.7	67.5	67.5	31950	6d 15h 45m	63900
8	2,100	13.2	5.8	70	70	37110	7d 17h 33m	74220
9	2,175	13.35	5.9	72.5	72.5	42260	8d 19h 18m	84520
10	2,250	13.5	6	75	75	47420	9d 21h 6m	94840
11	2,325	13.65	6.1	77.5	77.5	52580	10d 22h 54m	105160
12	2,400	13.8	6.2	80	80	57740	12d 42m	115480
13	2,475	13.95	6.3	82.5	82.5	62890	13d 2h 27m	125780
14	2,550	14.1	6.4	85	85	68050	14d 4h 15m	136100
15	2,625	14.25	6.5	87.5	87.5	73210	15d 6h 3m	146420
16	2,700	14.4	6.6	90	90	78370	16d 7h 51m	156740
17	2,775	14.55	6.7	92.5	92.5	83530	17d 9h 39m	167060
18	2,850	14.7	6.8	95	95	88680	18d 11h 24m	177360
19	2,925	14.85	6.9	97.5	97.5	93840	19d 13h 12m	187680
20	3,000	15	7	100	100	99000	20d 15h	198000
Total	+1,500	+3	+2	+50	+50	1000000	208d 8h	2000000
Sum of selected items:						0	0	0
Step start + speed-up:						0