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This robot possesses a jump engine and defense system decreasing all incoming damage, which make it indispensable to those, striving for surprise attacks
— in-game description



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Falcon
Purchase Information Falcon
In-Game Cost Real Value Icn info for user popup Exp Level Icn info for user popup
10,000 Components or
7,500 Gold
$60 16
Robot Information
Class Icn info for user popup Ability Icn info for user popup Faction Icn info for user popup
MediumRobotinfobox
Medium
FangsOutinfobox
Fangs Out Icn info for user popup
Yan-diVenturesinfobox
Yan-di Ventures
Base Statistics
PilotRankPrivate icon
Level
Shield icon
Durability Icn info for user popup
Speed icon
Speed
1 96,000 40 kph
Armaments Standard Paint Jobs
Hardpoints Heavy Default Blackbird Jade
Default Weapons Thunder
Module Slots Legendary Paint Jobs Icn info for user popup
Active Yes Blackbird Praetorian
Passive 3
Other Legendary Pilots
Tier Icn info for user popup III Cormac de Vos
Wiki Class Icn info for user popup Medium
Potential Role Attacker
Workshop Production Information
1 Day Cost Silver 3 Day Cost Silver
200,000 690,000
Components Components Components Components
80 230

Introduction[]

The Falcon is a medium robot with three heavy hardpoints. Previously, it used to have one heavy hardpoint and two medium hardpoints.

Ability[]

The Falcon has a unique ability called Fangs Out. In its 'passive' mode all damage the Falcon receives is reduced by 66% and the player can only use the center heavy weapon, with the two other heavy weapons folded behind the Falcon's back. When the pilot chooses to activate the ability, the Falcon deploys the two heavy weapons alongside the centre weapon, however incoming damage is no longer reduced. Activating this ability means the Falcon gains significantly more firepower at the cost of reduced defence.

While the ability is active the pilot can trigger a jump at any time by pressing the ability button a second time. This can be used to get into a favorable attack position or escape from a bad situation. One tactic is to jump just before the ability ends, resulting in the damage reduction effect becoming active while in the air.

The ability lasts for 12 seconds before it switches back to its 'passive' mode and has a cooldown of 10 seconds.

Upon deactivation, both heavy weapons on the side automatically begin their reload sequence, provided they are not reload-while-firing weapons and have a partial clip remaining. This means they will almost always have a full clip upon ability activation.

Strategy[]

The standard Falcon's playstyle is very similar to a waiting game and requires a considerable amount of skill to perform. The robot's Fangs Out ability essentially trades off the Falcon's massive defense in order to supplement its miniscule default firepower with two extra heavy weapons, tripling its armaments. In addition, it gains a jump charge which aids its mobility during Fangs Out.

The Falcon should actively seek to engage in one-on-one battles due to its proficiency in that respective role. It absorbs massive amounts of damage while Fangs Out is not active (66% damage resistance essentially more than doubles its current health). While it is true that while the Falcon does not have Fangs Out active it has miniscule firepower, the commander can use its single heavy weapon to take down any shielding that the enemy may have. Once the enemy has depleted their ammunition, the commander should use Fangs Out - as it's a 1v1 scenario, the enemy will have no teammates to aid them and take advantage of the Falcon's dropped resistance as it deploys its two heavy weapons and begins shredding its opponent.

While using the above strategy, if the enemy reloads before Fangs Out is over, the Falcon can use its jump charge to glide over their head. This will throw off their targeting for one or two seconds, which buys the Falcon some valuable time in waiting for Fangs Out to finish and for its resistance to come back.

The Falcon's extremely niche ability doesn't make it suitable for many other roles other than the aforementioned assassin role, but if performed right the Falcon can make an extremely good assassin - arguably on par with some Tier 4 assassins too.

Something all Falcon commanders should remember is to steer away from any enemy wielding Defense Mitigation - the Falcon actually has relatively average durability outside of its heavy damage resistance, so the ability to even partially bypass it is equivalent to a significant damage boost. If worst comes to worst and the Falcon needs to confront them, it should be noted that the Falcon doesn't need to worry about careful Fangs Out usage - either way it essentially has no resistance so it should use Fangs Out whenever possible to maximize damage output.

Expanding on things to stray away from, enemies with the capability to apply lock-down on the Falcon quickly at their will can significantly decrease the Falcon's combat effectiveness. If the Falcon activates Fangs Out but is suddenly immobilized, it will essentially be a very squishy sitting duck with firepower to watch out for. As such, the locked-down Falcon will inevitably become most enemies' priority. Negative effect immunity should be used to its maximum extent to prevent this from happening to the Falcon.

Counterplay: As mentioned earlier a significant portion of the Falcon's considerable defense without Fangs Out stems from its massive damage resistance. Defence mitigation really does work wonders when attempting to deplete the robot's health. Once again as mentioned earlier, while Fangs Out is active, lock-down can help in turning the Falcon into a sitting duck, caught in the open without its damage resistance active. EMP can also leave Falcon out in the open without its jump if applied before the Falcon activates Fangs Out, but it is not as effective a remedy as lock-down as the Falcon will still have its defences active.

Threat Measure: The Falcon's ability to toggle between its modes is devastating for enemies given tactful usage. However, it is a relatively niche bot, so overall it poses a mediocre threat as a Tier 3 robot. However, given the right situation (or wrong, if you're the enemy), the Falcon can pose such a massive threat to enemies that it can compete even with Tier 4 robots.

A Falcon with the Traditionalist pilot skill, known as a 'T-Falcon', utilizes a dramatically different playstyle - it is arguably the most differing playstyle to the base bot that can be acquired via a standard pilot skill. It sacrifices 2 of its heavy weapons and its jump for a dramatic (up to 50%) increase in durability, turning the Falcon into a true tank with one of the highest health pools in the game, surpassing even some Tier 4 tanks.

The Traditionalist Falcon shares practically nothing in common with its predecessor - the same strategies that its base form uses cannot be applied to the Traditionalist Falcon. However, there are a variety of new roles that the Traditionalist Falcon can partake in, including running contested beacons and simply acting as a massive meatshield.

A Traditionalist Falcon's only asset is its health, as it has only average speed and low firepower. However, this advantage is so overwhelmingly large that it can afford to tank ridiculous amounts of incoming fire for extended periods of time. This makes it suitable for attacking contested beacons - the Traditionalist Falcon can simply walk onto the beacon and slowly whittle down enemies with allied help or even by its own hands using its 1 heavy weapon. Even solo it can afford to take on 2 or even 3 enemies at a time, but with allied fire support it can take on 4 enemies to their entire team provided the Traditionalist Falcon's team manages to help take down some of the enemies.

The Traditionalist Falcon can be used as a meatshield or obstacle. Fencing off chokepoints with its frame to stop enemies from getting past is a suitable tactic for defending contested areas and giving allies time to repair and/or reload. It can easily prevent 2 or more enemies from passing through and can even destroy a couple of enemies in the process due to its sheer survivability.

Commanders using the Traditionalist Falcon should maximize use of healing. As the robot has 66% damage resistance passively, it essentially has an effective health pool 166% of what it actually is but yet it can still repair at normal speeds. As such, healing the Traditionalist Falcon is much quicker and considerably more effective than healing other tanks that rely on sheer health to survive.

On the same note, like its normal counterpart the Traditionalist Falcon should attempt to steer clear of Defense Mitigation. While it has a considerably larger base health pool than its base counterpart, the Traditionalist Falcon still draws a lot of its effective health pool from its damage resistance. Enemies with defense mitigation can take down the Traditionalist Falcon much faster than enemies with normal weaponry can.

Counterplay: As mentioned above, Defense Mitigation is not an instant-win button when fighting against the Traditionalist Falcon but can greatly aid enemies in defeating it. Outside of it, there's not much else that can be done to properly counter it besides utilizing insta-killing environmental hazards.

Threat Measure: Traditionalist Falcon is a true tank that can disrupt the enemy by pushing beacons or attacking behind enemy lines, occupying several enemies for a time and also takes several robots to take it down. No longer with the stress of activating the ability at the right time, the Traditionalist Falcon is extremely dangerous to most robots and a massive threat as a Tier 3 robot, rivalling even the likes of Tier 4 tanks.

Possible Setups[]

Close Range (350m or less)[]

Slot Types Heavy Slot
(Front)
Heavy Slot
(Back Set Opt. 1)
Heavy Slot
(Back Set Opt. 2)
Heavy Slot
(Back Set Opt. 3)
#Slots x1 x2 x2 x2 Name (If Applicable)
Setup 1
Thunder
Glory
Exodus
Thunder
Shotgun (Opt. 1)
Setup 2
Redeemer
Redeemer
Plasma Death Button (Opt. 1)
Setup 3
Exodus
Redeemer
Death Button (Opt. 1)
Setup 4
Ember
Ember
Inferno(Opt.1)
Setup 5
Thermite
Avenger
Thermite
Nuke (Opt. 2)
Setup 6
Avenger
Exodus
Ember
Avenger
Leadhose (Opt. 4)
Setup 7
Glory
Thunder
Exodus
Glory
Energy shotgun (Opt. 4)

Medium Range (500m to 600m)[]

Slot Types Heavy Slot (Front) Heavy Slot
(Back Set)
#Slots x1 x2
Setup 1
Dragoon
Dragoon
Setup 2
Zeus
Zeus
Setup 3
Avenger
Chimera
Setup 4
Viper
Viper
Setup 5
Avenger
Trident

Upgrade Cost[]

  • NOTE: base level starts at level 1 cost is
  • MK2 Upgrade cost 500 Gold

Stats[]

Falcon
ID 39 Ability Faction
Tier 3
FangsOutinfobox

Fangs Out
Yan-di
Yan-di Ventures
Class Light
Medium
Wiki Class Icn info for user popup Heavy
Availability Goldcomponents Workshop/Gold
MK 1 Level MK 2
Durability Speed Durability Speed
96,000 40 1 188,000 53
102,000 42 2 191,500 53
108,000 43 3 195,000 53
115,000 44 4 198,500 53
122,000 45 5 202,000 53
130,000 46 6 205,500 53
138,000 48 7 209,000 53
147,000 49 8 212,500 53
156,000 50 9 216,000 53
166,000 51 10 219,500 53
177,000 52 11 223,000 53
188,000 53 12 226,500 53
MK 3 Level 1 237,800 53

Gallery[]

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Update History[]

Version Changes
8.7.0 Increased Defense Points while not in Fangs Out Mode: 60% → 66%
5.4.0 New limited edition skins: Blackbird, Praetorian (Operation: Raging Typhoon)
5.3.0 Durability increased by 21%
Damage resistance during standard Mode reduced from 66%⟶60%
4.8.0 Total Upgrade Time: 38 days 2 hours 30 minutes⟶30 days 13 hours
4.7.0 New skin: Jade (Lunar New Year 2019)
Total Upgrade Time: 45 days 17 hours⟶38 days 2 hours 30 minutes
4.5.0 Total Upgrade Cost: 170,700,000 Ag⟶135,700,000 Ag
Total Upgrade Time: 58 days 17 hours⟶45 days 17 hours
Now available for 7,500 gold (can still be produced via Workshop 2.0)
4.4.0 New skin: Blackbird (Halloween 2018)
4.3.0 Medium slots changed to heavy slots
Speed increased by 11%
Durability increased by 11%
3.9.0 Robot was added to the game


Trivia[]

  • The Falcon's central heavy weapon cannot be shot off by a critical hit.
    • However, all the rest can be, and this holds true if the central weapon is an Ancile, making the Falcon effectively useless in that case.
  • With the resistance, the Falcon has the largest effective health pool against non-Defense Mitigation weapons in the game.
  • Falcon may have attained its name due to the design of its feet, which looks similar to talons found in birds of prey (Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, etc.).
  • It is one of three bots named after birds, the others being Raven and Hawk.
  • Without its Fangs Out ability, the Falcon's firepower would be equivalent to that of a Schutze because it would only be able to use one heavy weapon. While its ability is active, its firepower becomes tied with the Fury and Erebus and can jump just as high as the Griffin.
  • The Falcon initially had 2 Medium Weapons and 1 Heavy Weapon prior to update 4.3.
  • This robot was added on May 23, 2018.
  • The "Fangs Out" skill is similar to Behemoth's skill called "Siege Mode"

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