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“…Energy machine gun with a high rate of fire. Most effective at close range, at higher range accuracy is lower. Each round has a chance to immobilize the enemy…” – in-game description
Introduction
The Shredder is a close to mid-range (up to 500 meters, with a 250-meter optimal range) light energy weapon.
Strategy
This energy machine gun has a chance to root enemies and a 500-meter range, meaning that it is well-suited to perform as a close-mid range suppressor. What it lacks in firepower, it makes up for in root effect potential. As a bonus, due to it being an energy weapon, the Shredder (along with its medium counterpart the Pulsar) bypasses energy shields.
With its short 3 second reload, robots equipped with the Shredder or Pulsar can be vital in guarding important beacons, stopping enemy robots and allowing teammates with more firepower to race over to help. This tactic of suppressive fire at range can be devastatingly effective on open maps such as Yamantau, Shenzhen and Canyon.
The Shredder has the largest effect on the Dash Bots (Kumiho, Strider, Haechi, Bolt and Bulgasari) as well as bots that rely on speed like Hellburner and Pursuer . The ability to lock them down and deprive them of their mobility (one of their key strengths) can lead to their destruction or crippling. The Haechi in particular is vulnerable, due to it having low base health to compensate for its built-in Ancile. It can also effectively ground robots that are capable of jumping; in other words it prevents a locked down robot from leaving the ground. It does not prevent Descend robots (Spectre, Mercury, and Inquisitor. With Mercury, it will stealth, then automatically helldive.) from entering stealth, however.
Mark I Statistics
Purchase Information
| Purchase Level | Purchase Cost | Damage | Cycle Damage | Burst DPS | Cycle DPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,000 Components/ 5,000 Au | 354 | 14160 | 3540 | 2023 |
Upgrade Information
| Level | Cost (Ag) | Time | Damage | Cycle Damage | Burst DPS | Cycle DPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 100,000 | 1 hour 30 minutes | 387 | 15480 | 3870 | 2211 |
| 3 | 200,000 | 2 hours 30 minutes | 430 | 17200 | 4300 | 2457 |
| 4 | 400,000 | 6 hours | 473 | 18920 | 4730 | 2703 |
| 5 | 2,000,000 | 12 hours | 516 | 20640 | 5160 | 2949 |
| 6 | 3,000,000 | 20 hours | 569 | 22760 | 5690 | 3251 |
| 7 | 4,000,000 | 1 day 12 hours | 624 | 24960 | 6240 | 3566 |
| 8 | 8,000,000 | 2 days 12 hours | 688 | 27520 | 6880 | 3931 |
| 9 | 13,000,000 | 3 days | 753 | 30120 | 7530 | 4303 |
| 10 | 25,000,000 | 3 days 8 hours | 827 | 33080 | 8270 | 4726 |
| 11 | 35,000,000 | 3 days 18 hours | 913 | 36520 | 9130 | 5217 |
| 12 | 45,000,000 | 4 days | 1005 | 40200 | 10050 | 5743 |
| Cost | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Totals | 135,700,000 | 19 days 20 hours |
- The damage column shows the damage for each individual energy round (out of 40 energy rounds)
Mark II Statistics
Purchase Information
| Purchase Level | Purchase Cost | Damage | Cycle Damage | Burst DPS | Cycle DPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 500 Au | 425 | 17000 | 4250 | 2429 |
Note: Level 12 Mark I is required to upgrade (purchase) to Mark II.
Upgrade Information
| Level | Cost (Ag) | Time | Damage | Cycle Damage | Burst DPS | Cycle DPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 100,000 | 1 hour 30 minutes | 465 | 18600 | 4650 | 2657 |
| 3 | 200,000 | 2 hours 30 minutes | 516 | 20640 | 5160 | 2949 |
| 4 | 400,000 | 6 hours | 567 | 22680 | 5670 | 3240 |
| 5 | 2,000,000 | 12 hours | 619 | 24760 | 6190 | 3537 |
| 6 | 3,000,000 | 20 hours | 683 | 27320 | 6830 | 3903 |
| 7 | 4,000,000 | 1 day 12 hours | 748 | 29920 | 7480 | 4274 |
| 8 | 8,000,000 | 2 days 12 hours | 826 | 33040 | 8260 | 4720 |
| 9 | 13,000,000 | 3 days | 903 | 36120 | 9030 | 5160 |
| 10 | 25,000,000 | 3 days 8 hours | 993 | 39720 | 9930 | 5674 |
| 11 | 35,000,000 | 3 days 18 hours | 1097 | 43880 | 10970 | 6269 |
| 12 | 45,000,000 | 4 days | 1206 | 48240 | 12060 | 6891 |
| Cost | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Totals | 135,700,000 | 19 days 20 hours |
- The damage column shows the damage for each individual energy round (out of 40 energy rounds)
Root Chance %
Notes:
- The percentages are per plasma round
- The percentages apply to both Mark I and Mark II
| Level | Root % |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1.65% |
| 2 | 1.75% |
| 3 | 1.85% |
| 4 | 2.00% |
| 5 | 2.10% |
| 6 | 2.25% |
| 7 | 2.35% |
| 8 | 2.50% |
| 9 | 2.60% |
| 10 | 2.70% |
| 11 | 2.85% |
| 12 | 3.00% |
Accuracy By Distance
| Range | Accuracy % |
|---|---|
| 50 meters or less | 100% |
| 100 meters | 100% |
| 150 meters | 100% |
| 200 meters | 94% |
| 250 meters | 88% |
| 300 meters | 69% |
| 350 meters | 49% |
| 400 meters | 29% |
| 450 meters | 24% |
| 500 meters | 19% |
Update History
| Version | Changes |
|---|---|
| 4.8.0 | Total Upgrade Time: 24 days 22 hours 45 minutes⟶19 days 20 hours |
| 4.7.0 | Bullet spread reduced |
| Total Upgrade Time: 29 days 15 hours 30 minutes⟶24 days 22 hours, 45 minutes | |
| 4.5 | Economy Changes: |
| Total Upgrade Time: 45 days 17 hours⟶29 days 15 hours 30 minutes | |
| Now available for 5,000 gold (can still be produced via Workshop 2.0) | |
| 4.3 | Damage increased by 7% |
| 4.1 | Weapon was added to the game |
