Strider



"This robot is a fast, unpredictable, perilous predator for any unlucky enough to become its prey"

Introduction
The Strider is a medium robot with 1 heavy and 2 light hardpoints. It was released in version 3.6.0.

It is a fast and nimble robot. Like the Korean (Kumiho, Haechi, and Bulgasari) robots, the Strider has the Dash ability. However, the Strider contains 5 Dash charges, each charge with a 12 second cooldown. This allows the Strider to travel very far, quickly.

The extra charges aren't the only things allowing the Strider to many different tactics and play styles. The Strider is the first Dash robot to contain a light and a heavy hardpoint. This robot can potentially out range the Korean robots.

When purchased, the Strider comes with the Pinata and Thunder weapons; both are known to be knife fighting weapons with high burst damage.

Playing styles can include beacon capturing, and playing with close, mid or long ranged weapons. The 5 Dash charges can facilitate capturing a beacon and moving on to the next, or moving towards cover. Perhaps, the Strider can be used like a hawk, to quickly pick off an enemy with low health, and then disappear just as quickly. However, its low health and lack of shields (unlike a Fujin ) means that it won't last long against any considerable amount of sustained fire.

At the beginning of a game, it is possible to almost immediately capture center beacon if one uses all 5 dashes one after the other on Yamantau map.

Trivia

 * Strider has the same hardpoints as the Vityaz. The most dramatic difference between the two are total speed and the Dash charges.
 * While it has the Dash ability seen on the Korean robots, the Strider does not appear to be part of the Korean faction.
 * The design of the Strider robot appears to have a funny face.
 * the term strider means "to walk with long or extended steps" which congate words from germanic languages meaning “to fight or struggle.”
 * it appears striders design was based on a gargoyle.