Taran

US$ "Deadly at close range. Fires bursts of bolts of high-temperature plasma, accelerated to enormous speeds. High accuracy"

Introduction
The Taran is a close-range (up to 350 meters) medium energy weapon.

Strategy
This plasma weapon fires eight bursts of four plasmoids per clip. In each burst, four plasmoids are fired within a second, it reloads after the eighth burst is fired.

The Taran is ideal for doing high damage at close range quickly, largely due to its quick reload time and above average damage. It can also be used very effectively against robots with either built-in or mounted Ancile shields.

It is best when combined with other close range weapons, such as the Magnum, Redeemer, Thunder, Pinata and Punisher.

Mounting Options
Although it has high damage, its short range makes it useless beyond 350 meters. To maximize its effectiveness, in the lower leagues it can be mounted fast robots like the Cossack, Gareth, or Rogatka. A Galahad with a pair of Magnums and a Taran can be commonly seen as in the middle leagues. In mid to high leagues the Lancelot, Inquisitor, Griffin and to lesser degree the Rhino, can be seen with Tarans combined with either Magnums, Redeemers, or Embers, depending on the robot's available hardpoints. Dual Tarans may be mounted on a Doc for supportive ambushes.

Base Stats

 * This table shows the damage of each individual plasmoid.


 * This table shows the damage of each individual plasmoid.

Mark II

 * This table shows the damage of each individual plasmoid.


 * This table shows the damage of each individual plasmoid.

Trivia

 * The term “Taran” refers to Ramming in Russian, referencing the brutal amounts of damage several Tarans can deal when combined with itself or other close ranged weapons.
 * In addition “Taran” also means thunder in Gaelic.
 * As each burst of plasma is fired, one of the red charges visible at the back of weapon disappears. During reload, each the dots reappear one by one.
 * Before in the early days of the Taran, when it fired, its large plasma barrel appeared to recoil along with clean, vertical recoil. In the current game, no horizontal recoil is present.
 * The player needs 2,453,910 Silver and 11 days in order to gather enough WP to buy a Taran (using all six WP slots and no Gold to buy WP).
 * Taran was originally named "E-SG Taran". This name was changed in the 2.5 update (January 26, 2017 update on IOS, January 19, 2017 on Android) to avoid confusion.
 * Taran means "Ram" in Polish