Heavy Gunner

Heavy Gunners are female walking tanks equipped with Gorgon machine-guns.

Identified by their taller, thinner frame and female voice, Heavy Gunners are capable of laying down suppressive fire to support their teammates. If left unchecked, they can tear through players' shields and health very quickly, especially on Warframes with lighter armor.

In addition to her Gorgon minigun, the Heavy Gunner can punch the ground and knock down Tenno that get too close, and although they can use this ability over and over, there is a very long delay before it can be used again.

The Heavy Gunner does have weaknesses, however - she is still capable of being knocked down and has a very long reload time. Take advantage of her reload time to get in close and finish her off.

In the Grineer Settlement, Arid Heavy Gunners can found with the same weapons but a slightly different color armor.

In the Grineer Forest tileset, Frontier Heavy Gunners are found carrying Desert-camo Gorgons, while bearing a shade of armor similar to the standard Seeker.

Tactics
The Heavy Gunner is a formidable opponent, but not invincible.


 * Electrical damage will stop them from firing their Gorgon.
 * Loki's Disarm ability will rob them of their Gorgon, and most of their threat capacity with it. However, they are still capable of performing their Ground Punch attack.
 * Headshots are highly effective.
 * As of Update 11, Heavy Gunners lack shields to protect themselves, making them more vulnerable.
 * Also by the Update 11, Heavy Gunners take damage similarly to those of the Bombard while also carrying the same health capacity. Making both unit types equally durable.
 * After Update 10.5.0, the Heavy Gunner can be seen reloading her Gorgon. Use this as an opportunity to attack as the reload time of the Gorgon is normally slow.
 * The Lotus will not alarm the players when this heavy unit approaches. Compared to the Bombard and the Napalm, this makes detection of Heavy Gunners difficult.
 * The starting damage of each shot from the Gorgon is around 10.

Trivia

 * As of update 9, Grineer Heavy Gunner dead bodies look different from the live bodies http://i.imgur.com/a9tppVh.jpg
 * Unlike other masked Grineer units, Heavy Gunners do not have a face modeled behind their masks.
 * Before Update 10.4.0, the Gorgon, that Heavy Gunners' carry, used to be available in the Player Market. This is now unknown whether the Gorgon will be re-released soon either as a Wraith-version or remains as a standard.
 * As of Update 11, Heavy Gunners have gotten a tweaking, thinning out some parts of their body and removing their shields and replaces them with greater armor values.
 * The Desert Heavy Gunner looks surprisingly similar to the regular Ballista, despite of her size.

Bugs

 * Similar to those of Grineer Scorpions, applying Freeze or Fire damage causes their faceplates to turn pitchblack.