Moderator

The Moderator is a disruptor skirmisher walker from the Jumpbot Factory.

Moderator (jumpskirm)
Disruptor Skirmisher Walker
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Stats
Cost	240
Hit Points	480
Mass	146
Movement Speed (elmo/s)	57
Turn Rate (deg/s)	474
Vision Radius (elmo)	473
Transportable	Light
Abilities
Can ignore unidentified targets
Weapons
Disruptor Pulse Beam Damage 460 Slow Damage 1840 Reload Time (s) 10 Damage per Second 46 + 184 Range (elmo) 420 Instantly hits

Description

The Moderator's disruptor beam reduces enemy speed and rate of fire by up to 50% in addition to dealing damage, making it effective against almost all targets.

Tactics and Strategy

Since the Moderator's slowbeam instantly hits, and since it deals significant amounts of slow damage, even high-weight raiders such as the Blitz and Pyro are ill-suited towards dealing with about equal numbers of Moderators. To counter this, try switching to using cheaper, smaller raiders like Glaives, or longer-ranged skirmishers like Ronins or Fencers.

Mechanics

Not only does the Moderator slow, it also overslows - the targeted enemy unit can take extra slow damage, equivalent to 2 seconds of decay, above the usual cap, though without actually increasing the slowdown (this means staying at the maximum 50% slowdown for 2 seconds instead of falling off immediately, as long as enough slow damage was dealt).