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“ | Energy weapon. It produces a powerful charge and deals considerable damage in seconds
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- — in-game description
Introduction
The Ion is a mid-range (up to 600 meters) medium energy weapon.
Strategy
This energy weapon is usually used along with its heavy counterpart the Zeus, as well as with the Gekko, and Scourge. Being an energy weapon with a range of 600 meters, it can bypass built-in or mounted Ancile shields, making those robots prime targets.
Dealing 12,650 damage at max level by itself, this weapon is used most effectively with other mid-range energy weapons. Players are advised to use this weapon in a support role, providing cover fire for teammates attempting to capture beacons, or involved in brawls. Robots usually considered as relatively easy targets for mid-ranged energy builds equipped with the Zeus, Dragoon, or Ion are light robots (due to their low health) and robots with in-built energy shields, such as the Haechi.
This weapon is usually mounted on robots such as the Spectre, Doc, Kumiho, Haechi, Bulgasari and the Fujin, as all of these robots have 2-4 medium weapon slots. The primary role of builds using the Ion is as a mid-range sniper providing support fire for allies. This weapon should not be used for brawling as it is outgunned by purpose-built close range setups such as the Magnum/Orkan (Hellfire) Rhino. A Spectre with quadruple Ions can deal serious damage towards other bots, and that’s why a Spectre with quadruple Ions appeared in one of the Hangar X slots.
Mark I Statistics
Purchase Information
Level | Cost | Damage | Cycle Damage |
Cycle DPS |
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1 | 10,000 Components/ 5,000 Ag |
4480 | 4480 | 747 |
Upgrade Information
Cost | Time | |
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Totals | 135,700,000 | 29 days 15 hours 30 minutes |
Mark II Statistics
Purchase Information
Level | Cost | Damage | Cycle Damage |
Cycle DPS |
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1 | 500 Au | 5380 | 5380 | 897 |
Note: Level 12 Mark I is required to enhance (purchase) to Mark II.
Upgrade Information
Cost | Time | |
---|---|---|
Totals | 135,700,000 | 29 days 15 hours 30 minutes |
Update History
Version | Changes |
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4.5 | Economy Changes: |
Total Upgrade Time: 45 days 17 hours⟶29 days 15 hours 30 minutes | |
Now available for 5,000 gold (can still be produced via Workshop 2.0) | |
4.0 | Economy Changes (July 5): |
Total Upgrade Cost: 57,626,000 Ag⟶135,700,000 Ag | |
Total Upgrade Time: 21 days 1 hour 15 minutes⟶45 days 17 hours | |
3.7.0 | Weapon was added to the game |
Poll
Trivia
- Its shape and design strongly resembles a Zeus.
- An Ion is a charged particle created when an atom of inert gas ( usually Xenon ) becomes electrically charged.