Stardust: Difference between revisions

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Overview

The Stardust is a medium-weight anti-swarm turret, it's firerate slows as it continuously shoots and is ineffective against assaults, and does not have the range to fire at skirmishers.

Statistics

Health: 1500
Movespeed: Immobile
Cost(Metal/Energy): 220
Vision Range: 499

Pulse Autocannon

Damage Per Shot: 45
Range: 460
Reloadtime: 0.1s

Generates 1.25% heat with every shot.
Heat decays when not firing.
Maximum heat of 50% slows firerate to half.

Strategy

Use these alongside Lotuses and Pickets to defend from raids.

Counters

Counter with heavy units, artillery, skirmishers, or spreading your lightweight units to attack from different sides.

Other Information

When built it starts at max heat, which then decays.
Place one of these next to your starting factory to prevent all raiding in the earlygame.

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-The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an anti-swarm turret.{{ Autoinfobox zkunit
+== Overview ==
-| defname = turretriot
+The Stardust is a medium-weight anti-swarm turret, it's firerate slows as it continuously shoots and is ineffective against assaults, and does not have the range to fire at skirmishers.
-}}==Description==
-The Stardust sports a powerful autocannon. While it has a short range and is thus even more vulnerable to skirmishers than the [[Lotus]], its high rate of fire and AoE allow it to quickly chew up swarms of lighter units.
-==Tactics and Strategy==
+=== Statistics ===
-You can think of the Stardust as a fixed riot unit. It is deadly against raiders and can destroy large swarms very efficiently. Its damage output at close range is very high, which will severely punish enemies that have to close to melee range or are trying to rush past the Stardust.
+* Health: 1500
+* Movespeed: Immobile
+* Cost(Metal/Energy): 220
+* Vision Range: 499
-However, being like a riot unit also means having the same weaknesses: the Stardust has a very short range for a fixed unit and not that much health for cost. It's very vulnerable to artillery, skirmishers, and even heavy assaults, which can destroy the Stardust efficiently by shooting from as far away as possible.
+==== Pulse Autocannon ====
+* Damage Per Shot: 45
+* Range: 460
+* Reloadtime: 0.1s
-The Stardust is best deployed when you already know that your enemy is dealing in large raider swarms or in melee units. Use it to protect your other defenses and forward positions against such threats.
+* Generates 1.25% heat with every shot.
+* Heat decays when not firing.
+* Maximum heat of 50% slows firerate to half.
-Lone Stardusts placed behind the lines can also be effective at closing potential pathways that enemy raider forces could take to quickly reach your economically important areas before your mobile forces can react.
+=== Strategy ===
+Use these alongside [[Lotus]]es and [[Picket]]s to defend from raids.
+=== Counters ===
+Counter with heavy units, artillery, skirmishers, or spreading your lightweight units to attack from different sides.
+=== Other Information ===
+*When built it starts at max heat, which then decays.
+*Place one of these next to your starting factory to prevent all raiding in the earlygame.
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+[[Category:Buildings]]