Detriment

The Detriment is an ultimate assault strider from the Strider Hub.

Detriment (striderdetriment)
Ultimate Assault Strider (Undersea Fire)
Stats
Cost	24000
Hit Points	86000
Mass	2673
Movement Speed (elmo/s)	36
Turn Rate (deg/s)	57
Vision Radius (elmo)	900
Sonar (elmo)	900
Transportable	Heavy
Abilities
Jumping Range (elmo) 960 Reload (s) 100 Speed (elmo/s) 240 Midair jump No Improved Regen Combat Regen (HP/s) 100
Weapons
Gauss Battery × 2 Damage 200 × 3 Reload Time (s) 2.7 Damage per Second 225 Range (elmo) 550 Projectile Speed (elmo/s) 900 Inaccuracy (deg) 1.80 Water capable Damage increase vs large units Obliteration Blaster Damage 1200 × 10 Reload Time (s) 40 Damage per Second 300 Range (elmo) 800 Area of Effect (elmo) 106 Projectile Speed (elmo/s) 1500 Inaccuracy (deg) 2.4 Smooths ground Potential friendly fire Anti-Air Laser Battery Damage 20 Reload Time (s) 0.1 Damage per Second 205 Range (elmo) 820 Instantly hits High-Energy Laserbeam Damage 800 × 3 Reload Time (s) 6 Damage per Second 399 Range (elmo) 550 Burst Time (s) 0.70 Instantly hits Jump Landing Damage 2000 Reload Time (s) 120 Damage per Second 17 Range (elmo) 400 Area of Effect (elmo) 250 Projectile Speed (elmo/s) 5

Description

The Detriment is the single heaviest strider in the field. It can defend itself against air attacks or use its rockets to hit distant targets, but the real meat lies in the massive gauss guns designed for one purpose - to kill other heavy units quickly and efficiently. Remember - the wise commander sends his Detriment out with adequate escorts against light unit swarms and air assaults.

Tactics and Strategy

Think of the Detriment as a game-ender in giant robot format. There are a few tricks that can stop one in their tracks involving heavy aerial bombardment, close-range EMP units, disintegrator gun (found on Ultimatums), and the like, but with a decent escort they're nigh unstoppable and can punch right through everything your enemy has and proceed to merrily blow up their bases.

However, they're very slow and their range is limited, so they suffer from the problem of being an absolutely enormous metal investment that can only be effective at a relatively small area at a time. If your frontlines are already collapsing, a Detriment won't save you: the enemy will simply kill you everywhere where the Detriment isn't. You need to be capable of surviving long enough for the Detriment to actually reach the enemy's economy and do its thing.