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“…Close range energy weapon. High rate of fire and significant damage make this weapon extremely dangerous for any opponent who finds themselves in its range…” – in-game description

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Purchase Information
In-Game Cost	1,500
Real Value	$15
Exp Level	9
Type
Hardpoint	Medium
Tier	II

Base Statistics		Attributes
Level	1	Energy
Damage	800 per plasmoid	Manual
Range	350 meters	Automatic
Reload	5 seconds	Magazine
Capacity	32 plasmoids
Unload	11 seconds

Introduction

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

Strategy

This plasma cannon can be used in early leagues for deadly builds, for example on a Griffin, Fujin, Lancelot or Gareth can be equipped with Magnums on light slots and Thunder on heavy slots. Its verry strong in beacon based gamemodes due to the close range fights that are likely to happen. The deadly bursts can be used to steal kills or quickly deal a lot of damage, witch makes it a perfect weapon in FFA. Its main weekness is TDM due to lots of high range combat.

In medium leagues the weapon remains relevant and can be upgraded further, in the meta the weapon is less likely to be seen but can still dish out a lot of damage in a short salvo. In champion league the best builds using Taran are the Leech with 4 Tarans, the Fenrir with 2 Tarans and a Redeemer, Glory or Devastator, Ravana with 3 Tarans or a Typhon with 4 Tarans. Other robots can work, as long as they are used in 200m-350m range most of the time. In any closer range Tarans get outperformed by other Weapons and becomes hard to aim. The price for a weapon with a damage potential this high is actually cheap, why i would recommend leveling them up and maybe even keep a pair of these in your hanger as your leage rises.

Pros

• Energy attribute allows it to penetrate energy shields
• High accuracy-damage doesn’t decrease the further the target is from the robot
• High damage per clip
• Extremely good at sustained fighting
• Short reload
• Salvos can be used to steal most kills in FFA

Cons

• Ineffective against physical shields
• 350-meter range is very short
• Must expose robot for a long time to maximize damage potential
• Must empty clip before reloading
• 350m means you have to take the risk of a scorpion jumping behind you

Upgrade Cost

Tier 2 Mk 1 Level Upgrade cost Upgrade time HH:MM 1 0 00:00 2 20,000 00:10 3 40,000 01:00 4 80,000 02:00 5 400,000 08:00 6 800,000 12:00 7 1,600,000 24:00 8 3,000,000 32:00 9 6,000,000 40:00 10 10,000,000 44:00 11 16,000,000 52:00 12 26,000,000 60:00 Totals Cost Time [DD:HH:MM] 63,940,000 10:11:10

Tier 2 Mk 2 Level Upgrade cost Upgrade time HH:MM 1 0 00:00 2 500,000 05:00 3 1,000,000 10:00 4 2,000,000 20:00 5 7,500,000 30:00 6 7,500,000 30:00 7 7,500,000 30:00 8 7,500,000 30:00 9 7,500,000 30:00 10 7,500,000 30:00 11 7,500,000 30:00 12 7,500,000 30:00 Totals Cost Time [DD:HH:MM] 63,500,000 10:11:00

• MK2 Upgrade cost 500

Weapons data

Taran
In the workshop Yes or No							Energy	Manual	Automatic	Magazine
Particles	Ammo	Rate of Fire	Unload	Reload	Shot Interval			Tier	Version	Slot	Type	Trajectory
1	32	6.67	4.8	5	.15			2	6.7	Medium	Energy	Straight
MK 1							MK 2
Damage per shot	Damage per magazine	DPS	Damage per particle						Damage per shot	Damage per magazine	DPS	Damage per particle
840	26880	5600	840	1					2360	75520	15733	2360
925	29600	6167	925	2					2400	76800	16000	2400
1010	32320	6733	1010	3					2440	78080	16267	2440
1100	35200	7333	1100	4					2480	79360	16533	2480
1230	39360	8200	1230	5					2520	80640	16800	2520
1340	42880	8933	1340	6					2560	81920	17067	2560
1480	47360	9867	1480	7					2600	83200	17333	2600
1620	51840	10800	1620	8					2640	84480	17600	2640
1780	56960	11867	1780	9					2680	85760	17867	2680
1950	62400	13000	1950	10					2720	87040	18133	2720
2150	68800	14333	2150	11					2760	88320	18400	2760
2360	75520	15733	2360	12					2800	89600	18667	2800

Update History

Version	Changes
6.3.0	damage per particle ↑ 5%
5.3.0	Delay between shots increased from 0.12 seconds → 0.15 seconds Delay between bursts increased from 0.85 seconds → 0.9 seconds
4.8.0	Total Upgrade Time: 14 days 3 hours 10 minutes⟶11 days 11 hours 10 minutes
4.7.0	Total Upgrade Time: 17 days 3 hours 22 minutes⟶14 days 3 hours 10 minutes
4.5.0	Total Upgrade Cost: 96,120,000 Ag⟶63,940,000 Ag Total Upgrade Time: 29 days 15 hours 30 minutes⟶17 days 3 hours 22 minutes Now available for 1,500 gold (can no longer be produced via Workshop 2.0)
4.3.0	Damage decreased by 12%
4.2.0	Price changed from 5,650 WP to 10,000 Components (or 1,500 gold)
4.1.0	Bug fix: Projectiles can no longer phase through enemy targets with a mass (wall, hill, etc.) behind them
4.0.0	Total Upgrade Cost: 48,005,000 Ag⟶96,120,000 Ag Total Upgrade Time: 12 days 21 hours 23 minutes⟶29 days 15 hours 30 minutes
2.9.3	Damage increased by 15%
1.1.0	Firing rate reduced
1.0.0	Weapon was added to the game

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, the dots reappear one by one.
• Despite being a plasma weapon, the Taran has notable recoil, resulting in a small spread which can allow it to damage bots that are mostly behind cover and bypass some physical shields.
• 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, along with all other weapons.
• Taran also means "Ram" in Polish.