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Hellburner

“…A swift robot for those who prefer an aggressive playstyle. Hellburner is able to quickly close the distance and inflict serious damage to all enemies nearby…” – in-game description

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In-Game Cost	Real Value	Exp Level
Purchase Information
10,000 or 6,500	$50	14
Robot Information
Class	Ability	Faction
Medium	Overload	Yan-di Ventures

Base Statistics
Level	Durability	Speed
1	91,000	46 kph

Armaments			Standard Paint Jobs
Hardpoints	1x Light + 1x Heavy
Default Weapons	1x Punisher + 1x Thunder
Module Slots			Legendary Paint Jobs
Active	Yes
Passive	3
Other			Legendary Pilots
Tier	III		N/A
Wiki Class	Medium		N/A

Workshop Production Information
1 Day Cost	3 Day Cost
180,000	600,000
Components	Components
80	230

Introduction

The Hellburner is a medium robot with a heavy and a light hardpoint. (Hellburner 3D Model)

Ability

Hellburner's unique ability is named Overload. Upon activation the bot receives a 100% speed boost for 5 seconds (120 kph at top speed), then detonates, dealing tremendous damage to all enemies (see table) within 75 meters. This damage is applied equally to all robots and shields in range.

Upon death the ability activates regardless of charge status, dealing half the amount of damage as a normal burst.

Strategy

Hellburner has relatively high health for a medium robot. Hellburner is best used to attack enemies grouped closely defending a position, or to ram into and "hug" a single bot to destroy it. Because of its ability, Hellburner often causes enemy robots to spread out and give up a position (or a beacon), or allow squad mates to push into undefended areas.

Hellburner's playstyle encourages use of weapons such as Glory/Halo for the lockdown and immense damage, Glacier/Rime for the slowing effect and the AoE damage, Ember/Blaze for the consistent DPS, or Ancile/Ecu for incredible survivability. It is not recommended to use Lock-On weapons as you will often lose target on an enemy due to your speed and the many robots attempting to take you down.

Hellburner is often used as an opener in Beacon games to cap center beacon at the start of the battle. Due to its explosion damage and considerable speed boost it will often severely damage several enemies before going down, allowing slower, more durable tanks to lumber in and obliterate remaining resistance. Since the 7.0.0 update, Hellburner no longer damages itself with the ability use, which allows Hellburner commanders to adopt a much more effective brawling playstyle instead of playing as a kamikaze bot.

The ability can be used to gain short bursts of speed to key points. Given the ability's relatively short range of 75 meters, pilots must be careful to keep multiple enemies nearby. Using the ability solely for faster movement is recommended as it does not damage itself anymore. As such, Lock-Down Ammo or Lockdown weapons will help root enemies in place so they can't escape Hellburner's explosion, however Jump Unit can also be considered due to the increased speed during jump. It also allows the Hellburner to destroy enemies flying overhead with Overload provided the commander's timing is right. It is, however, more worth it to use Phase Shift or Advanced Repair Unit due to how vulnerable Hellburner is when its ability is not active.

The Hellburner is especially effective against Ares, Hades, Demeter and Nemesis groups, as they rely on banding close together to make use of their Absorber shields, which allows the Hellburner's explosion to damage multiple bots. Furthermore, the Pantheon robots rely on their shield for survivability, and they are actually very brittle without it. It is also effective against robots that provide cover with an Aegis or standard energy barrier (e.g. Bulwark, Fenrir, Blitz, Cerberus, Fujin, Carnage, Haechi, Jaeger and to a much lesser extent Typhon), and also robots that provide healing to allies provided they remain in a certain distance (e.g. Weyland, Mender, Tyr, Demeter and to a lesser extent Nightingale, as the Hellburner's overload will most likely not be able to scratch the flying Nightingale).

Hellburner is most effective against either spider robots such as Weyland and Fujin, or robots that rely on their ability to survive, such as Leech or Ares. Spider robots often sacrifice their movement entirely in order to use their shield or healing, and also encourage grouping, which is perfect for a Hellburner. Robots like Leech will be taken down in 2 uses of Overload, not counting the damage from Hellburner's Heavy and Light slot.

Threat Measure

Hellburner is considered a beacon capper and support unit, and is a moderate threat to more durable bots. However, given its self-destructive nature and lack of significant firepower the Hellburner can be easily dealt with by vigilant pilots. However, as a beacon capturer and spawn raider, it is rivalled only by Shell which has considerably less ability damage.

Possible Setups

These are the recommended setups for the Hellburner:

Note: When "Opt." is next to a slot type, it refers to one of the multiple options that can be used in combination with the other weapon(s) slot type(s).

Close Range (350m or less)

Slot Types →	Heavy Slot ↓	Light Slot (Opt. 1) ↓	Light Slot (Opt. 2) ↓	Light Slot (Opt. 3) ↓	Light Slot (Opt. 4) ↓
#Slots →	x1	x1	x1	x1	x1	Name (If Applicable) ↓
Setup 1 →						Shotgun (Opt. 1)
Setup 2 →
Setup 3 →
Setup 4 →						Mini-Plasma Death Button (Opt. 1)
Setup 5 →						Mini-Death Button
Setup 6 →						Mini-Leadhose (Opt. 1)
Setup 7 →						Mini-Nuke
Setup 8 →
Setup 9 →						Lightning Death Button (Opt. 1)

Other

Slot Types →	Heavy Slot ↓	Light Slot ↓
#Slots →	x1	x1
Setup 1 →

Upgrade Cost

Tier color

Level	Upgrade cost	Upgrade time HH:MM
Tier 3	Mk 1
1	100,000	02:00
2	200,000	05:00
3	400,000	14:00
4	2,000,000	28:00
5	3,000,000	48:00
6	4,000,000	66:00
7	8,000,000	90:00
8	13,000,000	106:00
9	25,000,000	116:00
10	35,000,000	124:00
11	45,000,000	130:00
12	0	00:00
Totals	Cost	Time [DD:HH:MM]
	135,700,000	18:20:00

Level	Upgrade cost	Upgrade time HH:MM
Tier 3	Mk 2
1	1,000,000	12:00
2	2,000,000	24:00
3	4,000,000	36:00
4	16,000,000	48:00
5	16,000,000	48:00
6	16,000,000	48:00
7	16,000,000	48:00
8	16,000,000	48:00
9	16,000,000	48:00
10	16,000,000	48:00
11	16,000,000	48:00
12	0	00:00
Totals	Cost	Time [DD:HH:MM]
	135,000,000	18:00:00

NOTE: base level starts at level 1 cost is
MK2 Upgrade cost 500

Stats

Hellburner
In the workshop Yes or No						Faction
Version	Exp Level	Tier	Wiki Class	Class	Ability	Yan-di Ventures
7.7.7	1	3	Medium	Medium	Overload	Yan-di Ventures
MK 1					MK 2
Durability		Speed				Durability	Speed
91,000		46		1		180,000	63
97,000		47		2		183,300	63
103,000		49		3		186,600	63
110,000		51		4		189,900	63
117,000		53		5		193,200	63
124,000		55		6		196,500	63
132,000		56		7		199,800	63
140,000		58		8		203,100	63
149,000		60		9		206,400	63
159,000		61		10		209,700	63
169,000		62		11		213,000	63
180,000		63		12		216,300	63

Durability		Speed
MK3	227,115	63

Gallery

Update History

Version	Changes
7.0.0	No longer damages itself upon ability ending
5.6.0	New limited edition skin: Redline (Operation: Cold Snap)
5.0.0	New skin: Redline (5th Anniversary)
4.8.0	Bug fix: Overload (ability) sound now plays properly in sync with its animation Total Upgrade Time: 38 days 2 hours 30 minutes⟶30 days 13 hours
4.7.0	New skin: Barong (Lunar New Year) Ability duration: 7 seconds → 5 seconds Ability cooldown: 3 seconds → 5 seconds Self-inflicted damage (on ability use): 12.5% of max durability Ability damage upon death: Decreased by 50% (59750 → 29875 at Level 12 Mark I) Total Upgrade Time: 45 days 17 hours⟶38 days 2 hours, 30 minutes
4.5.0	All self-inflicted damage from ability is now non-repairable Now available for 6,500 gold (can still be produced via Workshop 2.0)
4.3.0	Ability damage increased by 15%
4.0.0	Value (USD): $225⟶$50 Total Upgrade Cost: 76,828,000⟶135,700,000 Total Upgrade Time: 27 days 17 hours⟶45 days 17 hours Explosion radius increased from 50 meters → 75 meters
3.7.0	Robot was added to the game

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Trivia

When Overloading, the Hellburner can boost into the fastest robot in the game at 120 Km/h at lv 12, allowing it to easily run down any other bot. Even Dash bots struggle to escape, they must hold their dash until the last second to avoid being caught and exploded. But, when the Phantom joined the game, the speed was nerfed.
This robot's speed makes it difficult to manage around ledges
A Hellburner with a Thermite and an Aphid can be considered as a "double nuke" due to the fact that the missiles and Overload, if used properly, can deal catastrophic damage to a target
The Hellburner was the first robot to be able to deal damage without any weapons mounted.
This robot was added on March 14, 2018.
The Overload explosion animation was similar to Mercury's Helldive animation before WR Remastered.
When the Hellburner was first released, many full squads would start with a Hellburner and rush towards the enemy spawn. In most cases, the enemy teams gets spawned raided and the match would end in 2-4 minutes.
Hellburner is the first bot that has a exploding ability, the Second is Mercury.
As long as Hellburner is in range of a robot, its ability will do damage regardless of walls, shields, and terrain, excluding if the enemy activates Phase Shift or a similar ability.