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| “ | The Eradication Beam discharges highly destructive energy over a short period of time. | ” |
| — Fan-made Description |
| !THIS WEAPON IS UNAVAILABLE TO PLAYERS! | |
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| Eradication Beam | Stats |
| Range | 11,000-18,500 m |
| Projectile Speed | 3,000 m/s |
| Shield Bypass | +25% |
Fan-made art of the Eradication Beam.
GENERAL
The Eradication Beam is an advanced Alien weapon. Visually, it is identical to the Void Beam. However, it has a much shorter beam duration and does not have to reload before charging the beam again.
This weapon is also Alien-typed, so its damage cannot be resisted by shields.
Like all Barrage Hive weapons, this weapon has built-in shield bypass, reducing the protection value of shields.
APPEARANCE
This weapon appears in Barrage Hive Fleets: each Hive possesses 4 Beams. Normally, they deal moderate damage to a single target at a time. Occasionally, the Beams are split between multiple targets.
In addition, Barrage Harvesters which spawn during Alien Decimation have 6 Greater Eradication Beams. These deal even more damage and have longer max. range, possibly destroying incoming ships before they even come close.
STRATEGY
This weapon has a very large minimum range equal to the radius of the Hives' stasis field. Therefore, it is easy to predict when the Beams will stop firing. To reduce the damage taken, get your ships inside the stasis field as soon as possible!
Due to the short beam duration, it is much harder to shield switch. Once a ship gets hit by the Beams, you need to immediately strafe it backwards to avoid it being targeted again.
You can also block the Beams by moving other ships in front of the target. However, given the short beam duration, the Beam usually shoots at the lead ship anyways.
TRIVIA
- The Eradication Beam first appeared during the first Alien Mobilization of March 2017, in Unknown Barrage Hive fleets.
- Previously named the Annihilator Beam by players, it was renamed the Eradication Beam after the release of the Annihilator Battleship.
GALLERY
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