Heavy Recon Vehicle

Heavy Recon Vehicle
Unit Type	Vehicle-Metal
Short Name	Hvy Recon
Player Level Req.	Level 23
Building Required	Vehicle Factory level 4
Immunities	Plague
Blocking	Partial
Defense (Max Rank)	165  50%  75%	30  50%  50%

Overview

The Heavy Recon Vehicle is a premium vehicle and the only trainable unit until the 1.3 Patch that had two attack options. This unit is also one of the first units available that has . It costs  26.

Its primary attack is the Flame Cannon which can fire over most enemy units (Precise Fire) and has long range. It has a listed range of 4, but targets in the 1-2 range will take full damage and tapers off. The attack will go beyond its listed range of 4 and affect a target 5 rows away, but the damage is so minimal it is negligible.

The Flame Cannon attack can also apply a Damage-over-Time effect that does considerable damage. However, the weapon can only fire at targets directly in front of it, and its meager damage will render the attack less useful in higher levels. Battlefield positioning is important if the player wants to make the most of this unit.

The second weapon is the Rocket Pod which will target every other square with its Checker Strike attack. This can be fired once before triggering an 8-turn reload. It's great for softening units up, combined with other Heavy Recon Vehicles and/or Rocket Trucks, they can clear the battlefield quickly.

An attack option, Triple Strike, can be researched at Rank 3. This attack uses half the ammunition of Checker Strike, allowing the Heavy Recon to attack twice before reloading. This attack concentrates damage to a single square, and splashing out to adjacent squares (for potentially full damage!), and even more splash damage to targets caught in the outer edges of this 5-square radius attack.

While not as consistent in dealing damage, Triple Strike's ability to concentrate damage to a target, affect potentially more targets, and shoot twice before reloading makes this attack a worthwhile upgrade. Note that the Heavy Recon only has 2 ability slots, so it would be wiser to replace the Checker Strike attack with the Triple Strike.

The Heavy Recon Vehicle is a powerful unit, since it functions exactly like the Rocket Truck, but available much earlier, costs Nanopods and has . The armor enhances survivability compared to the Rocket Truck, allowing it to take several hits even at higher levels. Its Flame Cannon attack isn't as powerful as the Firedrake, but having a second attack option gives this unit more utility on the battlefield and allows it to defend itself even if all of its rockets are spent. As such, its Point Value (PV) is considerably high for a unit of its level, so players fielding this unit in PvP will tend to face higher-tiered units.

Attacks

• Flame Cannon
• Rocket Pod

Ammo:	1
Reload:	2 Rounds
Attack Icon Targetable Unit Types Air LTA Soldier Sniper Vehicle Tank Metal Critter Civilian Sea Ship Rank Available 1 Range 1-4 Line of Fire Precise (Fixed) Ammo Used 1 Armor Piercing 25% Suppression Mod x1.25 Effects  60% (2 Turns) Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 Damage 21-35 23-38 25-42 27-45 29-49 31-52 DoT 14→7 15→8 17→8 18→9 20→10 21→10 Offense 56 61 66 71 76 81 Crit 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%

Ammo:	4
Reload:	8 Rounds
Attack Icon Targetable Unit Types Air LTA Soldier Sniper Vehicle Tank Metal Critter Civilian Sea Ship Rank Available 1 Range 1-5 Line of Fire Indirect Ammo Used 4 Suppression Mod x1.5 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 Damage 48-72 52-79 57-86 62-93 67-100 72-108 Offense 46 51 56 61 66 71 Crit 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Attack Icon Targetable Unit Types Air LTA Soldier Sniper Vehicle Tank Metal Critter Civilian Sea Ship Rank Available 3 Range 1-5 Line of Fire Indirect (Random) Ammo Used 2 Weapon Cooldown 1 Round Suppression Mod x1.5 Research Cost  48m,  8 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 Damage - - 57-86 (x3) 62-93 (x3) 67-100 (x3) 72-108 (x3) Offense - - 56 61 66 71 Crit - - 5% 5% 5% 5%

Statistics

Heavy Recon Vehicle Ranks
	1	2	3	4	5	6
SP	N/A	2,450	5,300	13,875	31,000	109,675
HP	100	110 (+10)	130 (+20)	145 (+15)	155 (+10)	165 (+10)
Armor	20	20	25 (+5)	25	30 (+5)	30
Total	120	130 (+10)	155 (+25)	170 (+15)	185 (+15)	195 (+10)
Bravery	30	30	35 (+5)	40 (+5)	45 (+5)	45
Defense	50	55 (+5)	60 (+5)	65 (+5)	70 (+5)	75 (+5)
Dodge	35	40 (+5)	45 (+5)	50 (+5)	55 (+5)	60 (+5)
Ability Slot	2	2	2	2	2	2
Promotion Cost	N/A	4h  8,320  5,500	12h  22,720  3,550	1d  68,024  4,700  8	2d  167,352  6,000  22	2d  557,914  7,500  7
Promotion Reward	N/A	1,100	2,000	3,000	4,300	5,800
PvP Unit Value	13	15	19	24	26	29
SP Reward	48	52	68	76	84	92
Gold Reward	240	260	340	380	420	460

Cost

Training Cost — Vehicle Factory
Level	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Time	11h 30m	11h	10h 30m	10h	9h 30m	9h	8h	7h	6h	5h	4h	3h
Nanopods	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

Healing Cost
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Time	2h 30m	2h 30m	2h 30m	2h 30m	2h 30m	2h 15m	2h	1h 45m	1h 30m	1h
Gold	8,775	7,313	5,850	5,265	4,680	4,095	3,803	3,510	3,218	2,925
Iron	1,305	1,088	870	783	696	609	566	522	479	435
Oil	540	450	360	324	288	252	234	216	198	180

Healing Cost
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Time	2h 15m	2h 15m	2h 15m	2h 15m	2h 15m	2h	1h 45m	1h 30m	1h 15m	45m
Gold	7,605	6,143	4,680	4,095	3,510	2,925	2,633	2,340	2,048	1,755
Iron	1,131	914	696	609	522	435	392	348	305	261
Oil	468	378	288	252	216	180	162	144	126	108

Trivia

• The Heavy Recon seems to be based on a variant of the Stryker family of vehicles, the M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle.
• In the front view the Rocket Pod firing animation releases a backblast while in the player view there is none as it does not feature holes in the back to release the backblast

Updates

2.2 Patch

• Unit Value increased: Rank 1: 12→13, Rank 2: 13→15, Rank 3: 17→19, Rank 4: 19→24, Rank 5: 21→26

2.0 Patch

• Unit Value increased: Rank 3: 14→17, Rank 4: 16→19, Rank 5: 18→21

1.5 hotfix

• Unit Value increased, adjusted for PvP balancing: Rank 1: 9→12, Rank 2: 11→13

1.3 Patch

• Weapon upgrade option, Triple Strike, added.

Gallery

Fire N' Fight Pack, January 2014.

Front.

Back.

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Animations

Weapon	Animation
Idle
Flame Cannon
Rocket Pod