Railgun Tank

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Description

The Railgun Tank is the fifth and final vehicle that spawns from the Military Base, spawning when the Military Base is at Level 5. It can also be spawned by the War Machine when it uses its Convoy Ability. As with other units, it starts from the end of the map path and moves towards the entrance of the map. The Railgun Tank has a spawnrate of 35 seconds.

Like the Tank, the Railgun Tank has a gun that can deal damage to enemies. Additionally, the Railgun Tank has a pulse cannon that can be used to deal splash damage to enemies. These can detect hidden enemies, but not flying enemies. The cannon can damage lead enemies, but the Tank's gun cannot.

There is a limit of three units per Military Base, limiting the amount of Railgun Tanks that can spawn. However, this should generally not be an issue, due to how hard it is to reach this limit.

Appearance

The current version of the Railgun Tank is a AbramsX tank with blue accents and multiple neon blue lights. It has a pulse cannon mounted on it. Its caterpillar tracks are covered by armor. There are two antennas on the back of the vehicle. There is a mounted machine gun on the top of the tank.

Skins

Skin	Classic	Wasteland	Cyber	Base 1776
Obtained From	Premium Crate	Hexscape Event Premium Battle Pass	Deluxe Crate	🦅 Eagle Screech Mission Quest, Patriotic Crate
Skin	Ice Cream	Pirate
Obtained From	Beach Crate	Pirate Crate

Strategy

• The Railgun Tank is great for hordes with high health enemies, like the Slow Boss, Speedy Boss and Molten Golem.
  • The Railgun Tank even fares quite well against other high health enemies that certain towers struggle against, like the Fallen Tank and Fallen Guardian.
  • The Railgun Tank cannot be stunned, so it is quite useful against major bosses, like the Fallen King.
    • However, the Railgun Tank can be damaged by abilities that damage units, like the Warden.
      • It is left severely weakened by some enemies (like the Brute) and is completely destroyed by others (like the Void Reaver).
• On two-pathed maps, only one Railgun Tank will spawn per Level 5 Military Base. It will go down a random path.
• The Railgun Tank can deal full collision damage to enemies with defense, like the Bulwark and Warden.
  • Its cannon and explosion upon destruction can also deal full damage to enemies with defense.
  • While the Railgun Tank can deal full collision damage to enemies with defense, the damage from its gun is decreased.
• The Railgun Tank's splash damage (through its cannon or upon its destruction) cannot damage enemies that are immune to splash damage, like the Wraith.
  • However, the Railgun Tank can still deal collision damage, as well as gun damage, against these enemies as long as they are detectable or collidable.
• The Railgun Tank's gun and cannon can detect hidden enemies, but they cannot detect flying enemies.
  • Flying enemies can still be hit indirectly through its explosions.
  • The Railgun Tank cannot collide with ghost enemies, like the Soul.
• The Railgun Tank is not affected by any buff or debuff.

Trivia

• The first version of the Railgun Tank appears as the Military Base Level 5 upgrade icon.
• Although the Railgun Tank's beam from its pulse cannon is an electrical beam similar to the Electroshocker, it does not stun enemies.
• The Railgun Tank is the first unit to be spawned by more than one tower, those being the Military Base and War Machine.

Update History

• 10 July 2019 - BETA v1.4.0
  • Railgun Tank added.
  • Bug: The spawnrate is longer by 5 seconds.
• 13 October 2019 - Release v1.0.0
  • Appearance changed.
  • For two-pathed maps, two Railgun Tanks now spawn per Level 5 Military Base.
  • Health decreased from 950 to 800.
  • Damage increased from 4 to 6.
  • Firerate increased from 0.1 to 0.45.
  • Cannon firerate increased from 1.5 to 3.
  • Cannon splash range increased from 5 to 6.
  • Destruction splash range decreased from 10 to 6.
  • Spawnrate changed from the beginning of each wave then every 65 seconds to every 50 seconds.
  • Speed increased from Below Average to Average.
  • Now uses the new explosive system.
• 9 November 2019 - Release v1.2.0
  • Damage decreased from 6 to 5.
  • Firerate decreased from 0.45 to 0.15.
• 12 January 2020 - Release v1.6.0
  • For two-pathed maps, only one Railgun Tank spawns per Level 5 Military Base, going down a random path.
  • Bugfix: The spawnrate is now correct.
    • Spawnrate decreased from 50 to 45.
• 4 March 2020 - Release v1.8.0
  • Health increased from 800 to 1,200.
• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Damage increased from 5 to 16.
  • Range increased from 25 to 30.
  • Cannon splash damage decreased from 120 to 60.
  • Collision splash damage decreased from 400 to 155.
  • Firerate increased from 0.15 to 0.23.
  • Spawnrate decreased from 45 to 40.
  • Cannon explosion range increased from 6 to 7.
  • Destruction explosion range increased from 6 to 5.
  • Splash damage now deals damage to lead enemies.
  • Speed increased from Average to Fast.
  • Appearance changed.
• 12 March 2022 - v1.1.0
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Firerate decreased from 0.23 to 0.225.
• 17 April 2022 - v1.2.0
  • Bug: Railgun Tank's range can be increased by the DJ Booth.
• 21 May 2022 - v1.2.3
  • Bug: Railgun Tank can be damaged by towers that use hitboxes.
• 22 May 2022 - v1.2.3b
  • Bugfix: Railgun Tank can no longer be damaged by towers that use hitboxes.
• 5 August 2022 - v1.3.1
  • Bugfix: Railgun Tank's range can no longer increased by the DJ Booth.
• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Railgun Tank firerate increased from 0.225 to 0.23 due to Firerate Bug getting more severe for units.
• 9 January 2023 - v1.6.0
  • Railgun Tank firerate decreased from 0.23 to 0.225 due to Firerate Bug getting less severe for units.
• 12 November 2023 - v1.9.0n
  • Bug: Railgun Tank starts going backwards after reaching the entrance, dying at the exit.
• 1 December 2023 - v1.6.4b
  • Bugfix: Railgun Tank no longer goes backwards after reaching the entrance and disappears instead.
• 10 February 2024 - v1.13.0
  • Railgun Tank now has hidden detection.
• 29 March 2024 - v1.17.0
  • Now slows down when attacking enemies.
  • Health increased from 1,200 to 1,500.
  • Damage increased from 16 to 24.
  • Firerate decreased from 0.225 to 0.175.
  • Cannon splash damage increased from 60 to 80.
  • Cannon explosion range increased from 7 to 8.
  • Destruction splash damage removed.
  • Spawnrate decreased from 40 to 35.
  • Speed slightly decreased.
• 3 June 2024
  • Bug: Railgun Tank sometimes stops shooting at enemies.
• 5 June 2024 - v1.23.8
  • Bugfix: Railgun Tank now shoots at enemies again.
• 21 June 2024 - v1.25.0
  • Bug: Splash damage is now boosted by Damage Buffs.
• 23 October 2024 - v1.37.0
  • New skin: Wasteland
• 22 January 2025 - v1.50.0
  • New skin: Cyber
• 2 July 2025 - v1.69.0
  • New skin: Base 1776
• 9 July 2025 - v1.70.0
  • Damage increased from 24 to 25.
  • Health increased from 1,500 to 1,600.
  • Spawnrate decreased from 35 to 30.
• 23 July 2025 - v1.71.0
  • Spawnrate decreased from 30 to 25 in PVP mode.
• 20 December 2025 - v1.83.0
  • Damage decreased from 25 to 22.
  • Cannon damagae increased from 80 to 100.
  • Spawnrate increased from 30 to 35.
• 22 April 2026 - v1.89.0
  • Cannon damage decreased from 100 to 75.
  • Cannon firerate decreased from 3 to 2.
  • Speed decreased from 5.5 to 5.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Without Firerate Bug, firerate increased from 0.15 to 0.175, however, as in the same update it has been fully fixed, the firerate effectively does not change and remains at 0.175.
• 2 July 2026 - v2.1.7
  • New skin: Ice Cream
• 17 July 2026 - v2.3.0
  • New skin: Pirate