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Tank Killer
Unit Type Vehicle-Fast-Metal
Player Level Req. Level 27
Building Required Vehicle Factory level 5
Other Requirements Gun Foundry
Immunities Suppressor breach icon Breach
StatusEffect-plague Plague
Blocking Partial
Defense
(Max Rank)
Stat-HP 195
Damage crushing 50%
Damage piercing 75%

Description[]

The Tank Killer is statistically a stronger, more accurate version of a Gun Truck. As its name suggests, it is very strong against tanks.

Its Recoilless Rifle weapon can dish out over 240 Damage explosive damage (at Rank 1) to another vehicle, artillery, fortification or emplacement, making this the second most damage-dealing vehicle in the entire game--at least, assuming all six shots hit the enemy and score some critical hits with an exception for the Ancient Sentinel, where it only dishes out 90 damage due to damage reduction. Even though it shows a 6 ammo capacity, its basic attack consumes all six ammo, so at low levels it is effectively a one-shot attack with a lengthy cooldown. The damage potential means it can be a devastating addition to your army - it can kill anything weaker than a Medium Tank in one hit, assuming all shots hit.

At Rank 2, the Partial Volley attack is available for research at the cost of 8 Resource-nanopod. It fires three shots instead of six, doing half its potential damage, but this attack also consumes half the ammo. This gives the Tank Killer the option to divide its already devastating damage across two targets before triggering its lengthy cooldown.

At Rank 4, a third attack, Blast Everything, can be researched for the hefty cost of 25 Resource-nanopod. Similar to Barrage, all six ammo are used but the damage is spread across 3 spaces, rather than 1. This attack is considered overpriced at the time at which you will most likely be able to obtain it, and therefore generally not advised to research. However, for any players with any extra Nanopods, this attack may be something you would want to get; it's damage output is the same, although divided among 3 units at once and they must be next to each other. This attack will fire 6 shots in total, each shot randomly hits one of the 3 spaces.

Before researching any new attack options, the player needs to take into account that the Tank Killer only ever has 1 Ability Slot, even at Rank 6.

A Rank 6 Tank Killer is able to deal 360-540 Damage explosive damage in 1 hit, making it useful even later in the game. It is arguably one of the most stable units in the game to have, as many other units become outdated by later levels.

Attacks[]

Ammo: AmmoIcon 6
Reload: 8 Rounds
TankKiller Barrage Damage
Attack Icon UnitAbility grenade exp icon
Targetable Unit Types
Air X mark
LTA X mark
Soldier Yes check
Sniper Yes check
Vehicle Yes check
Tank Yes check
Metal Yes check
Critter Yes check
Civilian Yes check
Sea X mark
Ship Yes check
Rank Available 1
Range 1-3
Line of Fire Direct
Ammo Used 6
Armor Piercing 75%
Suppression Mod x0.5
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6
Damage explosive Damage 40-60 (x6) 44-66 (x6) 48-72 (x6) 52-78 (x6) 56-84 (x6) 60-90 (x6)
Stat-Offense Offense 20 25 30 35 40 45
Stat-Critical Crit 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Class vehicle Crit vs. Vehicles 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
TankKiller PartialVolley Damage
Attack Icon UnitAbility bazooka 3shot icon
Targetable Unit Types
Air X mark
LTA X mark
Soldier Yes check
Sniper Yes check
Vehicle Yes check
Tank Yes check
Metal Yes check
Critter Yes check
Civilian Yes check
Sea X mark
Ship X mark
Rank Available 2
Range 1-3
Line of Fire Direct
Ammo Used 3
Cooldown 1 Round
Armor Piercing 75%
Suppression Mod x0.5
Research Cost Resource-time 24m, Resource-nanopod 8
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6
Damage explosive Damage - 44-66 (x3) 48-72 (x3) 52-78 (x3) 56-84 (x3) 60-90 (x3)
Stat-Offense Offense - 29 34 39 44 49
Stat-Critical Crit - 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Class vehicle Crit vs. Vehicles - 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
TankKiller BlastEverything Damage
Attack Icon UnitAbility mg 1 4clip icon
Targetable Unit Types
Air X mark
LTA X mark
Soldier Yes check
Sniper Yes check
Vehicle Yes check
Tank Yes check
Metal Yes check
Critter Yes check
Civilian Yes check
Sea X mark
Ship Yes check
Rank Available 4
Range 1-2
Line of Fire Direct (Fixed, Random)
Ammo Used 6
Armor Piercing 75%
Suppression Mod x0.5
Research Cost Resource-time 1h 12m, Resource-nanopod 25
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6
Damage explosive Damage - - - 52-78 (x6) 56-84 (x6) 60-90 (x6)
Stat-Offense Offense - - - 35 40 45
Stat-Critical Crit - - - 0% 0% 0%
Class vehicle Crit vs. Vehicles - - - 5% 5% 5%

Statistics[]

Tank Killer Ranks
1 2 3 4 5 6
Resource-SP SP N/A 3,135 7,620 17,025 37,625 131,900
Stat-HP HP 130 145 (+15) 155 (+10) 170 (+15) 180 (+10) 195 (+15)
Stat-Bravery Bravery 20 20 25 (+5) 25 30 (+5) 30
Black shield Defense 45 50 (+5) 55 (+5) 60 (+5) 65 (+5) 70 (+5)
Stat-Dodge Dodge 30 35 (+5) 40 (+5) 45 (+5) 50 (+5) 55 (+5)
Stat-Ability Ability Slot 1 1 1 1 1 1
Promotion Cost N/A Resource-time 4h
Gold 10,664
Steel 3,325
Resource-time 12h
Gold 32,624
Steel 4,450
Resource-time 1d
Gold 83,480
Steel 5,725
Gears 8
Resource-time 2d
Gold 203,104
Steel 7,175
Gears 24
Resource-time 2d
Gold 670,957
Steel 8,800
Resource-widget 6
Promotion Reward N/A XP 1,300 XP 2,200 XP 3,400 XP 4,700 XP 6,200
PvP Unit Value 17 20 22 25 27 30
Resource-SP SP Reward 56 68 76 84 92 104
Gold Gold Reward 280 340 380 420 460 520

Cost[]

Training Cost — Vehicle Factory
Level 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Resource-time Time 18h 42m 17h 51m 17h 16h 9m 15h 18m 13h 36m 11h 54m 10h 12m 8h 30m 6h 48m 5h 6m
Gold Gold 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 16,150 15,300 14,450 13,600 12,750 11,900
Steel Steel 1,900 1,900 1,900 1,900 1,900 1,805 1,710 1,615 1,520 1,425 1,330
Gears Gears 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
    Healing Cost
    Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Resource-time Time 4h 15m 4h 15m 4h 15m 4h 15m 4h 15m 3h 49m 3h 24m 2h 58m 2h 33m 1h 42m
    Gold Gold 11,475 9,563 7,650 6,885 6,120 5,355 4,973 4,590 4,208 3,825
    Steel Steel 1,283 1,069 855 770 684 599 556 513 471 428
    Gears Gears 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
    Healing Cost
    Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Resource-time Time 3h 49m 3h 49m 3h 49m 3h 49m 3h 49m 3h 24m 2h 58m 2h 33m 2h 7m 1h 16m
    Gold Gold 9,945 8,033 6,120 5,355 4,590 3,825 3,443 3,060 2,678 2,295
    Steel Steel 1,112 898 684 599 513 428 385 342 300 257
    Gears Gears 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

    Trivia[]

    • It appears that on the attack range picture of its unit card, the gray areas appear white.
    • This unit may have been inspired by the M50 Ontos, itself an anti-tank vehicle. Both the M50 Ontos and the Tank Killer are armed with six recoilless rifles, and both are known for its fearsome firepower. Both vehicles are not very tough, the Ontos in fact thinly armored. A few saw combat in the Vietnam during the Tet Offensive with great success before being withdrawn due to attrition. 
    • The real life counterpart of the Tank Killer, the M50 Ontos, carried six, 105mm recoilless rifles. This creates somewhat of a logical problem in game as the Mega Tank wields an 80mm cannon, a gun of smaller caliber that "is supposed to" deal less damage since the gun isn't as big. However, one shot from the Mega Tank can do more damage than one shot from the Tank Destroyer (not the Barrage, Partial Volley, or Blast Everything. Just one shell). 
    • During war, the massive clouds of dust generated by the M50 Ontos was sometimes used as a smoke screen for retreating soldiers. The giant cloud of dust may be represented in the firing animation for the Tank Killer. 
    • When firing, the shadow of the Tank Killer disappears. It reappears once done firing. 

    Updates[]

    2.2 Patch

    • Unit Value increased: Rank 1: 14→17, Rank 2: 17→20, Rank 3: 19→22, Rank 4: 21→25, Rank 5: 23→27

    1.3 Patch

    • Main attack, Barrage, changed from single shot to (x6) smaller shots - lessens chance to miss outright, and each shot can land a critical hit.
    • Weapon upgrade options, Blast Everything and Partial Volley, added.

    1.2 Patch

    • Healing cost reduced: 12,750 Gold and 1,425 Steel to 7,650 Gold and 855 Steel.

    Gallery[]

    Animations[]

    Weapon Animation
    Idle Tankkiller grey front idle Tankkiller green back idle
    Recoilless Rifle Tankkiller grey front attack Tankkiller green back attack


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