AI War:Zenith Viral Shredder

This page was designed for release 5.026 and is likely extremely inaccurate.

Melee ship that generates build points as it attacks, spawning a free copy of itself when enough are accumulated. This replication costs a portion of the replicator's health, and will not happen below a certain percent of health. Also, when there are more shredders of a specific level than the natural ship cap on a single planet, the build points required to replicate will increase exponentially.

Base Stats

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Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
Fusion Cutter	Close-Combat	Tractor Beams Reclamation Force Fields Repair

Mark	Ship Cap	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Abilities
I	98	2,300	0	1 sec	154,000	900	52	Inf	2,300 dmg/sec	225,400 dmg/sec	Regen Time 07:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 Replicates Every 23,000 Build Points
II	88	4,600	0	1 sec	308,000	1,800	52	Inf	4,600 dmg/sec	404,800 dmg/sec	Regen Time 07:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 Replicates Every 46,000 Build Points
III	78	6,900	0	1 sec	462,000	2,700	52	Inf	6,900 dmg/sec	538,200 dmg/sec	Regen Time 07:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 Replicates Every 69,000 Build Points
IV	68	9,200	0	1 sec	616,000	3,600	52	Inf	9,200 dmg/sec	625,600 dmg/sec	Regen Time 07:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 Replicates Every 92,000 Build Points

Mark	Knowledge	Metal Cost	Crystal Cost	Total Cost	Energy Cost	Build Time	Cap Metal Cost	Cap Crystal Cost	Cap Total Cost	Cap Energy Cost	Ship Cap Build Time
I	--	600	400	1,000	50	00:00:05	58,800	39,200	98,000	4,900	00:08:10
II	2,500	1,200	800	2,000	100	00:00:10	105,600	70,400	176,000	8,800	00:14:40
III	6,000	2,400	1,600	4,000	100	00:00:20	187,200	124,800	312,000	7,800	00:26:00
IV	Adv Fac	3,600	2,400	6,000	100	00:00:30	244,800	163,200	408,000	6,800	00:34:00

Note: Viral Shredder does not have a Mark V version.

How to use in your fleet

It seems paradoxic for a melee unit to be slow, but Zenith Viral Shredder have good reason to be. They are the opposite of Vorticular Cutlasses in that they reproduce on attack - this means that players can support twice or three times the default cap of Shredders without building more than a dozen or so at the start of the game.

When numbers are low, keep Shredders for wave defense. This combines well with any effect that will keep enemy ships from travelling faster than them (EMP Mines, Zenith Paralyzer, Tractor Beam Turrets, etc.), and distracts enemy fire long long for them to increase in numbers. They make for rather impressive damage soakers once there are multiple caps-worth. Although you won't be chasing down anything in a hostile wormhole, sending these guys ahead of ships that you actually have to rebuild will reduce net losses drastically.

How to counter when in the AI fleet

Coming soon

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