AI War:Vorticular Cutlass

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

Spinning blade mass crashes into enemies, damaging itself and them, straight through their armor. Unless issued a specific command by its controller, it will automatically attack nearby enemies.

Base Stats

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Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
Blades	Close-Combat	Tractor Beams Force Fields Repair	4 Light, 4 Neutron, 0.01 Command-Grade, 4 Composite

Mark	Ship Cap	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Abilities
I	196	1,440	0	1 sec	147,000	1,500	128	Inf	1,440 dmg/sec	282,240 dmg/sec	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 Attacks Are Self-Damaging
II	176	2,880	0	1 sec	294,000	3,000	128	Inf	2,880 dmg/sec	506,880 dmg/sec	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 Attacks Are Self-Damaging
III	156	4,320	0	1 sec	441,000	4,500	128	Inf	4,320 dmg/sec	673,920 dmg/sec	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 Attacks Are Self-Damaging
IV	137	5,760	0	1 sec	588,000	6,000	128	Inf	5,760 dmg/sec	789,120 dmg/sec	Regen Time 01:30 Target Seek Range 5,000 Armor Piercing 10,000 Attacks Are Self-Damaging

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	--	60	60	120	20	00:00:01	11,760	11,760	23,520	3,920	00:03:16
II	2,500	120	120	240	40	00:00:01	21,120	21,120	42,240	7,040	00:02:56
III	6,000	240	240	480	40	00:00:02	37,440	37,440	74,880	6,240	00:05:12
IV	Adv Fac	360	360	720	40	00:00:03	49,320	49,320	98,640	5,480	00:06:51

Note: Cutlass does not have a Mark V version.

How to use in your fleet

After the 5.026 buff, Vorticular Cutlasses have become the creeping doom that they deserve to be. Numerous and vicious, if they can reach any non-command-grade target, they will shred it. The Blade attack has few immunities (where as fusion cutters have plenty). All of these points make the ships a good addition to the player fleet, as long as they are regularly replaced.

Their ultimate doom comes in the form of gravity (speed reduction), and self-damage. You will experience massive losses in a long battle just from the self-damage, and you will also experience much waiting nearby Gravity Guardian (or worse, Spire Gravity Drainers).

How to counter when in the AI fleet

Gravitational Turrets. End of story. As with all melee-ships, it is worth build an extra layer or two to increase the slowing area if you only unlock the mark-I version.

Adding the Flagship-line of starships to your fleet will also assist immensely with taking down Cutlasses.

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