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“ | Fast and well-armed flying dragon robot. Possesses a defense system and built-in missile launcher
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- — in-game description
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In-Game Cost | Real Value | Exp Level | |||
10,000 or 6,500 |
$65 | 14 | |||
Robot Information | |||||
Class | Ability | Faction | |||
Medium |
Dragon Fangs |
SpaceTech | |||
Base Statistics | |||||
Level |
Durability |
Speed | |||
1 | 63,200 | 33 kph | |||
Armaments | Standard Paint Jobs | ||||
Hardpoints | 3x Medium | ||||
Default Weapons | 3× Tulumbas | ||||
Module Slots | Legendary Paint Jobs | ||||
Active | Yes | ||||
Passive | 3 | ||||
Other | Legendary Pilots | ||||
Tier | III | ||||
Wiki Class | Medium | ||||
Potential Role | Attacker |
Workshop Production Information | |
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1 Day Cost | 3 Day Cost |
200,000 | 690,000 |
Components | Components |
80 | 230 |
Introduction[]
The Ao Guang is a medium robot with 3 Medium hardpoints.
Ability[]
Ao Guang's ability is Dragon Fangs.
When Dragon Fangs is activated, the robot rises into the air and gains a 40% speed boost (63 km/h at max speed), 80% damage resistance from all weapon types for the duration of the flight, and can damage enemies with a built-in homing missile launcher. The pilot can manually shorten the duration of the flight at any time, which will cause the Ao Guang to land and stop firing its built-in missile launcher.
While in flight the robot hovers and can move horizontally but cannot increase or decrease altitude. It can reach a higher altitude if the ability is activated in a location higher than ground level or uses the Jump Unit Active Module.
The missile launcher functions much like the Hydra, but with a faster rate of fire (4 missiles per second) and less damage per missile. It can fire up to 26 missiles per activation. In order for the missile launcher to be fired, the pilot must have the cross-hairs aimed at the target.
Strategy[]
The Ao Guang is a heavily ability-dependent robot that can be used in various roles.
The first thing to note while playing the Ao Guang is never to expose yourself without the bot's ability ready. The Ao Guang has relatively low hitpoints and will not usually be able to win a 1v1 duel against any non-saboteur enemy robots and as such it is advised to stay in cover while Dragon Fangs is on cooldown. However, if enemies are distracted and are firing at other allies, the Ao Guang can expose itself and unload its high firepower on them. If this is the case, always stay near to cover and be ready to retreat the moment enemies begin turning to face your direction.
The question of 'how do I maximize my effectiveness while in flight?' may come to the minds of some while playing the Ao Guang. There are a number of strategies to do so. One of the best known ones is to fly above the enemy, just enough so that the bot's weapons maintain their lock-on. If this strategy is done correctly, the enemy's targeting system will not register the Ao Guang as a bot in their view, making it physically impossible for the Ao Guang to be damaged by that enemy. However, other enemies may be able to fire at it due to the fact that it rises into the air while Dragon Fangs is active.
When the bot's ability is active, the amount of time left in flight should be noted carefully. While almost invincible in the air due to the massive amount of defense points the ability grants, landing out in the open makes the relatively slow Ao Guang a sitting duck for enemy weaponry. As such, if the commander of the bot has flown into the middle of the battlefield, they should turn back just before the Ao Guang's ability has used up half of its duration to ensure that they land back in cover.
The Ao Guang can use its ability to access areas that cannot normally be accessed by non-flying robots, mainly elevated areas of the map. This can grant the Ao Guang and its strong firepower a vantage point to make enemies more accessible. However, the commander should always have a defense mechanism in hand or cover at the ready before attacking and drawing attention to themselves - once again, the Ao Guang doesn't have very impressive health.
Something to note while using the Ao Guang is to be wary of enemies that have defense mitigation, as these robots will have the ability to partly/fully ignore your defenses while in flight. Given the Ao Guang's mediocre hull health, it will take lethal damage if it does not disengage flight and land in cover to minimize exposure time to those weapons.
Expanding on things to be wary of, steer clear of crowds while fighting. While the Ao Guang may get a high amount of defense points in flight, it also exposes itself for almost all enemies to see. When the entire enemy team is firing at you in flight, the robot may take more damage than if it was engaging with just one enemy on the ground (this is just to prove a point. Never engage with an enemy on the ground unless they're distracted!)
Always remember never to use the robot's ability just for speed. While it may be frustrating at the start of the game seeing your beacon capper allies speed straight to the center of the map while you lumber just a few meters from spawn, the Ao Guang relies entirely on its ability for combat situations when it's not sidelined. It's impossible to know when an enemy robot suddenly appears just a few meters away from the Ao Guang, having snuck up on it from the side of the map, and unloads a massive burst-damage weapon clip into its face.
Counterplay: Ao Guang's jack-of-all-trades ability make it a dangerous sight to see on the battlefield, but the most essential part of its ability is the massive damage resistance it grants. As such, defense mitigation can help greatly in destroying the Ao Guang while it's in the air. Alternatively, using fast robots to flank the Ao Guang and attacking it while grounded can also be a viable strategy, provided the DPS of the attacking robot is high enough to destroy it before it takes off again. Finally, while the Ao Guang is in flight, simply manoeuvering underneath it will throw off its targeting and make it unable to target you. However, note that it will be impossible for you to target the Ao Guang either while underneath it. There is most definitely a sweet spot to the aforementioned tactic - you must stay directly underneath to Ao Guang, as there's a few degrees in which it can target you without you being able to target it, so it has the advantage in the air.
Threat Measure: When its ability is not activated, the Ao Guang is vulnerable, but the bot's 3 medium weapons provide significant firepower, and the Ao Guang's homing missile system allows it to hit fast-moving targets. The Ao Guang poses a mediocre - high threat as a Tier 3 robot.
Possible Setups[]
These setups are recommended for the Ao Guang:
Note: Each slot type is filled with only one particular weapon. For example, if a robot has 3 light all three of those slots are filled with Pinatas, as mixing weapons of the same slot type is not advisable.
Close Range (350m or less)[]
Mid-Range (500-600m)[]
Upgrade Cost[]
Stats[]
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Wiki Class | Medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Availability | Workshop/Gold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gallery[]
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Update History[]
Version | Changes |
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9.0.0 | Flight acceleration: +28% → +50% |
6.6.0 | Bug fix: No longer fails to accelerate in flight |
5.3.0 | New limited edition skin: Robobot (Operation: Gathering Storm) |
4.8.0 | Total Upgrade Time: 38 days 2 hours 30 minutes⟶30 days 13 hours |
4.7.0 | Robot was added to the game |
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Trivia[]
- Ao Guang is named after 敖广, the Azure Dragon (or Blue-Green, Chinese: 青龙), which is the god of the East and the essence of spring. It controls rain, flood, tide and thunder. The robot's ability is also like a rain of homing missiles, likely related to the myth.
- Ao Guang's color is the same as its corresponding dragon.
- There is an ongoing bug which all of the dragon bots built in weapons, are still functioning even though the ability already ends.
- There is another bug which makes it so that the first two homing missiles fire to an opponent at any range even if it's out of 500 m range.
- This robot was added on January 29, 2019.
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