- For the Archwing counterpart, see Attack Drone (Archwing Enemy).
Attack Drones are deployed by Fusion MOAs when they reach about 50% health, but can be avoided if you destroy the MOA during its short deploying period.
Due to their fast-firing weapon, hovering nature, and immunity to crowd control status (e.g.: ragdoll, stun), they pose a big threat.
Their attacks are very similar if not identical to laser turrets found in the Void, probably due to the fact that they are a direct result of the Corpus integrating Orokin technology directly into theirs. Drones are sent as a syndicate death squad by Cephalon Suda.
Tactics[edit | edit source]
- The Drone's rapid firing usually cripples its targets very quickly, but the projectiles themselves have travel time. So, avoidance is a must.
- They do not portray similar flight patterns to those of support Ospreys, instead they charge against their targets and fire like moving turrets.
- Drones do not have rotating guns like the MOAs, which makes them very dependent on the turn rate of their entire bodies.
- Since their turn rate is somewhat slow compare to the other Corpus units, this can be taken to advantage.
- It would seem that the Drones are exceptionally weak against Banshee's
Sonar, allowing any shot to most locations to deal lethal damage.
- One can spot a Drone without a radar by listening to its roaring hover engines.
- Critical Hits seem to have altered damage outputs against the Drones. Having high values on such weapons is surprisingly effective against them.
- Despite the immunity of slow from Cold Damage, the Drone is not immune to the slow of
Nova's
Molecular Prime and
Rhino's
Rhino Stomp.
- The Drone's model is solid and knocking the Drone down with a Flying Kick is impossible, thus allowing players to slide over the Drone to allow greater dodges.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- They are immune to
Vauban's
Bastille (Vortex will suck them in without ragdolling them and will damage them, but they are still able to shoot).
- They are labelled in the Codex as "Attack Drones".
- Corrupted versions of these drones are deployed by Corrupted MOAs, which only spawn in the Orokin Void. They are called Corrupted Drones.
- In Update 10.0, Drones would spawn by themselves in the Void, without the need of a host Fusion MOA.
- Since Update 11.0, Drones no longer spawn by themselves in the Void.
- As of Hotfix 18.4.4.1, these Drones replaced the Scavenger Drones in Cephalon Suda's Assassination Squad.
Variants[edit | edit source]
Terra Attack Drone | General | Miscellaneous | ||
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Introduced | Update 24.0 | ||
Tileset | Orb Vallis | Codex Scans | 10 | |
Weapon | Laser Repeater | Other Drops | None | |
Statistics | Mod Drops | Magazine Warp 1.2645% Melee Prowess 1.2645% Vitality 1.2645% Convulsion 0.1845% Fury 0.1845% Hawk Eye 0.1845% Shotgun Spazz 0.1845% Sinister Reach 0.1845% Stretch 0.1845% Concealed Explosives 0.0335% Metal Auger 0.0335% Shock Absorbers 0.0335% | ||
Robotic | 250 | |||
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Shield | 75 | |||
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- These variants follow normal enemy spawn patterns, since there are no Fusion MOA variants in Orb Vallis.
- At higher levels, their laser bolt rifle is replaced with a missile launcher.
Media[edit | edit source]
Patch History[edit | edit source]
- Fixed Terra Attack Drones in the Orb Vallis idling on the ground when not in combat instead of flying around like a good Drone should.
- Fixed Nyx Mind Controlled Shield Ospreys spawned from Corpus Tech and Attack Drones spawned from Fusion Moas not being friendly.
- Fixed the Hek Drone sometimes arriving as an Eximus unit, but also as a Corpus attack drone in The Law of Retribution.
- Fixed double listing for Attack Drones in the Codex.
- Vauban’s Bastille now works on Corpus air units. (Attack Drones, etc.)
- Regular attack drones and corrupted drones now play proper explosion sound, not space explosions.
- Added in new Codex entries for Corpus Attack Drone and Corrupted Drone.
- Fixed crash that could occur when damaging certain enemy types (Moas and Drones) after migrating hosts.
- Fusion Moa drones spawn with a level similar to the Moa instead of level 1.
- Introduced.
Last updated: Update 29.8
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