AI War:Spire Armor Rotter

This page is up to date for game version 5.029 and should still be correct

Shots do fairly little damage, but eat away at the armor of ships they hit with each shot. Ship armor gradually regenerates over time (it takes up to 10 minutes to fully regenerate, depending on how much armor the target has), but cannot be directly repaired. Thus the armor rotters can create a window of opportunity for other ships to strike high-armor ships.

Base Stats

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Ammo Type	Armor Type	Immunities	Damage Bonuses
Energy Burst	Medium	Reclamation Paralysis Attacks	2 Heavy, 2 Ultra-Heavy

Mark	Ship Cap	Damage	Attack Range	Reload	Health	Armor	Speed	Engine Health	Single Ship DPS	Ship Cap DPS	Abilities
I	49	4,800	7,000	2 sec	203,000	0	72	100,000	2,400 dmg/sec	117,600 dmg/sec	Armor Piercing 999,999 Armor Damage 5,000
II	44	9,600	7,000	2 sec	406,000	0	72	100,000	4,800 dmg/sec	211,200 dmg/sec	Armor Piercing 999,999 Armor Damage 10,000
III	39	14,400	7,000	2 sec	609,000	0	72	100,000	7,200 dmg/sec	280,800 dmg/sec	Armor Piercing 999,999 Armor Damage 15,000
IV	34	19,200	7,000	2 sec	812,000	0	72	100,000	9,600 dmg/sec	326,400 dmg/sec	Armor Piercing 999,999 Armor Damage 20,000
V	24	24,000	7,000	2 sec	1,015,000	0	72	100,000	12,000 dmg/sec	288,000 dmg/sec	Armor Piercing 999,999 Armor Damage 25,000

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	--	900	1,800	2,700	250	00:00:15	44,100	88,200	132,300	12,250	00:12:15
II	2,500	1,800	3,600	5,400	500	00:00:30	79,200	158,400	237,600	22,000	00:22:00
III	6,000	3,600	7,200	10,800	500	00:01:00	140,400	280,800	421,200	19,500	00:39:00
IV	Adv Fac	5,400	10,800	16,200	500	00:01:30	183,600	367,200	550,800	17,000	00:51:00
V	Core Fab	7,200	14,400	21,600	500	00:02:00	172,800	345,600	518,400	12,000	00:48:00

How to use in your fleet

Armor Rotters are capable combat vessels for use in combination with the player fleet. Its value over that of anti-armor ship-types is that these vessels effectively increase the damage of the entire fleet against highly armored targets (effectively in 5.029, Raid Starships, Armored Golems, and Spirecraft Siege Towers). Its armor-cancelling bonuses are marginally noticable against regular armored fleet ships such as Bombers. Admittedly, armor mechanics will be reviewed for the next large release - therefore watch this space for future developments.

How to counter when in the AI fleet

Combat as normal - use Fighters to increase your DPS against these vessels.

Note that all Spire ships are immune to Reclamation and paralysis.

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