Attack Drone

Corpus

For the Archwing counterpart, see Attack Drone (Archwing Enemy).

Attack Drone
General
Faction	Corpus
Type	Ranged
Weapons	Plasma Repeater
Statistics
Robotic	250
‍+   ‍++   ‍+   ‍−   ‍−
Shield	75
‍++   ‍++   ‍+++   ‍−   ‍−
Affinity	200
Base Level	1
Level Scaling
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Selected Level	---
Effective Health	---
Miscellaneous
Codex Scans	5
Mod Drops	Melee Prowess 0.7587% Vitality 0.7587% 15 Endo 0.7587% Convulsion 0.2211% Fury 0.2211% 50 Endo 0.2211% Hell's Chamber 0.0303% 80 Endo 0.0303%

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

• The Drone's rapid firing usually cripples its targets very quickly, but the projectiles themselves have travel time. So, avoidance is a must.
  • Unlike the Corpus Tech, these Drones can fire at full speed instantaneously.
  • Drones do 7 base damage at level 1.
  • Their projectiles are slower than those shot with the Tech's  Supra.
  • There is also a delay between rapid fire bursts.
• 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

• 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

Terra Attack Drone	General		Miscellaneous
	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
	+  ++  +  -  -
	Shield	75
	++  ++  +++  -  -

• 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

• A Drone deployed by Fusion MOAs.
• A Drone firing.
• A stationary Drone with closed wings

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Patch History

Hotfix 27.3.14

• 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.

Update 23.2

• Fixed Nyx Mind Controlled Shield Ospreys spawned from Corpus Tech and Attack Drones spawned from Fusion Moas not being friendly.

Hotfix 20.6.2

• Fixed the Hek Drone sometimes arriving as an Eximus unit, but also as a Corpus attack drone in The Law of Retribution.

Hotfix 19.11.5

• Fixed double listing for Attack Drones in the Codex.

Update: Specters of the Rail

• Vauban’s Bastille now works on Corpus air units. (Attack Drones, etc.)

Update 15.1

• Regular attack drones and corrupted drones now play proper explosion sound, not space explosions.

Update 13.5

• Added in new Codex entries for Corpus Attack Drone and Corrupted Drone.

Hotfix 11.7.2

• Fixed crash that could occur when damaging certain enemy types (Moas and Drones) after migrating hosts.

Update 7.11

• Fusion Moa drones spawn with a level similar to the Moa instead of level 1.

Update 7.10

• Introduced.

Last updated: Update 29.8