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|evolves_from = '''Larva'''
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|evolves_to = [[Warrior]]
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|role = A good engagement starter that additionally specifies protecting other castes with its unique tail sweep ability being key to keeping those marines at bay while injured sisters retreat to heal.
|role = A good engagement starter that works great for protecting other castes with its unique tail sweep ability being key to halt marine advances while injured sisters retreat to heal.
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==General Information==
==General Information==
The defender as the name implies is meant for the protection of the hive and its members, though don't let that fool you into thinking it's only a caste about protecting others; as the defender can additionally be an aggressive pusher. The defender can easily push into the marines FOB or supply lines and come out victorious against overwhelming odds due it's unique tail sweep ability providing superb crowd control and lower crest/fortify abilities providing varying levels of defense against incoming projectiles.
The Defender, as the name implies is meant for the protection of the hive and its members, though don't let that fool you into thinking it's only a caste about protecting others; as the Defender can additionally be an aggressive pusher. The Defender can easily push into the marines FOB or supply lines and come out victorious against overwhelming odds due it's unique tail sweep ability providing superb crowd control and lower crest/fortify abilities providing varying levels of defense against incoming projectiles.
 


{{Autowiki/Content/XenoStats/Defender}}
==Playing as a Defender==
==Playing as a Defender==
Playing as the defender means you walk the fine line between defending your fellow sisters and taking on small groupings of marines at a time,
Playing as the Defender means you can both work on the defense, protecting retreats or spearhead advances with your high armor pool. Sometimes you will be required to fulfill both these roles if the marines have decided to push out an attack. Early on in the round, you'll want to be gathering hosts, and due to your defensive capabilities, you are the perfect caste to take on any survivors who may have made it through the original infestation outbreak. Once the marines have landed in force, you'll want to take an active role in defending the weaker castes especially Boilers as your fortify ability allows you to soak a lot of damage keeping the weaker Boiler behind you safe from the marines' fire.
sometimes you will be required to fulfill both these roles if the marines have decided to push out an attack. Early on in the round, you'll want to be gathering hosts, and due to your defensive capabilities, you are the perfect caste to take on any survivors who may have made it through the original infestation outbreak. Once the marines have landed in force, you'll want to take an active role in defending the weaker castes especially boilers as your fortify ability allows you to soak a lot of damage keeping the squishy boiler behind you safe from any countermeasures the marines deploy.


 
If defending the Boiler is already being done by a Crusher or a fellow Defender then you can move onto harassing the marines supply lines, wounded and unmanned defenses. Due to the defenders focus on defense they make good engagement starters so where possible try to work with other castes to surprise and harass small groups of marines, though note that you can also take on large groups of marines if you have support from your fellow sisters.
If defending the boiler is already being done by a crusher or a fellow defender then you can move onto harassing the marines supply lines, wounded and unmanned defenses. Due to the defenders focus on defense they make good engagement starters so where possible try to work with other castes to surprise and harass small groups of marines, though note that you can also take on large groups of marines if you have support from your fellow sisters.


== Abilities ==
== Abilities ==
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|[[File:Xeno_Rest.png]]
|[[File:Xeno_Rest.png]]
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|[[File:Headbutt.png]]
|[[File:Headbutt.png]]
'''Headbutt'''
'''Headbutt'''
|Headbutts into the designated target dealing damage. Effects depend on if the crest is lowered or not.
|Headbutts into the target dealing damage. Effects depend on if the crest is lowered or not.


'''Normal''': Has a 3 tile homing range which deals 30 damage with 5 penetration to the chest, but pushes only one tile away.
'''Normal''': Has a 3 tile homing range which deals 30 damage with 5 penetration to the chest, but pushes only one tile away.
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'''Lowered Crest''': Deal 20 damage with 5 penetration to the chest, knocking them back three tiles. Must be next to the target.
'''Lowered Crest''': Deal 20 damage with 5 penetration to the chest, knocking them back three tiles. Must be next to the target.


 
Costs 0 plasma, cooldown: 4 seconds.
Use middle mouse button to toggle.
 
Costs 10 plasma, cooldown: 6 seconds.
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|[[File:Tailsweep.png]]
|[[File:Tailsweep.png]]
'''Tail Sweep'''
'''Tail Sweep'''
| A spinning action that causes all marines within a one tile range will be knocked down or thrown one tile.
| A spinning attack that causes all targets within a one tile range to be knocked down for a short period and thrown back one tile, as well as dealing a small amount of damage.<br />
 
Costs 0 plasma, cooldown: 11 seconds.
 
Costs 10 plasma, cooldown: 15 seconds.
|-
|-
|[[File:Toggle_Crest_Defence.png]]
|[[File:Toggle_Crest_Defence.png]]
'''Toggle Crest Defence'''
'''Toggle Crest Defence'''
|By lowering its crest, the defender caste becomes more resistant to projectile damage. A lowered crest will cause a slowdown while toggled on. They will be able to resist knockback and stuns while the crest is lowered. Cooldown: 2 seconds (shared with Fortify).
|By lowering its crest, the defender caste becomes more resistant to projectile damage, gaining 5 extra armor. A lowered crest will cause a slowdown while toggled on. They will be able to resist knockback and stuns while the crest is lowered.  
Costs 0 plasma, Cooldown: 2 seconds.
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|-
|[[File:fortify.png]]
|[[File:fortify.png]]
'''Fortify'''
'''Fortify'''
|When activated the defender becomes extremely resistant to projectile weapons and additionally immobile while in this hunkered downstate. They will be able to resist knockback from small explosives, and take 60% less damage against explosives in general, alongside being resistant to general stuns while in this state.
|When activated the defender becomes extremely resistant to projectile weapons, gaining 30 armor, but is immobile while in this hunkered down state. They will be able to resist knockback from small explosives, and take 60% less damage against explosives in general, alongside being resistant to stuns while in this state.<br />
 
Costs 0 plasma, Cooldown: 5 seconds.
Additionally, you gain 5 more armor on top of the already high resistances of your caste to the front - totalling at 50 armor. Make sure to not let marines circle around you, however!
 
 
Cooldown: 5 seconds (shared with Toggle Crest Defence).  
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![[File:Tail_Stab64x64.png]]<br>Tail Slam
![[File:Tail_Stab64x64.png]]<br>Tail Slam
|Activating tail slam will begin a windup of one second, and upon conclusion, will enable you to launch a two tile attack that deals 1.2 times your maximum melee damage. It requires a direct click on the targets sprite, however, if it is missed, it only incurs a standard slash delay. Additionally, it will always hit the targeted limb.
|Activating tail slam will begin a windup of one second, and upon conclusion, will enable you to launch a two tile attack that deals 1.2 times your maximum melee damage. It requires a direct click on the targets sprite, however, if it is missed, it only incurs a standard slash delay. Additionally, it will always hit the targeted limb.




'''Unless otherwise stated, this is shared by all strains.'''
'''Unless otherwise stated, this is shared by all strains.'''


Cooldown: 10 seconds.
Cooldown: 10 seconds.
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=====Strain Abilities=====
=====Strain Abilities=====
<br>
====== Steel Crest (Passive)======
====== Steel Crest======
* Reduces slash damage by 5
* Reduces slash damage by 5
* Increases headbutt damage by 7.5
* Increases headbutt damage by 7.5
* Allows the defender to slash with a 50% reduction in damage against non-mobs while in fortified mode.
* Allows the defender to slash with a 50% reduction in damage while in fortified mode.
* Fortify armour is increased to 10
* Additional armor gain from Fortify is lowered to 10


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! style="background-color:#423042;" |<span style="color:white;">Description:</span>
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|[[File:Toggle_Crest_Defence.png]]
|[[File:Toggle_Crest_Defence.png]]
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|When activated the defender becomes extremely resistant to projectile weapons - however, unlike the base caste, a Steelcrest defender is capable of moving at a very slow speed while fortified. They '''cannot''' resist explosive stuns, however they still take 30% less damage against explosives in general, alongside being resistant to general stuns while in this state.
|When activated the defender becomes extremely resistant to projectile weapons - however, unlike the base caste, a Steelcrest defender is capable of moving at a very slow speed while fortified. They '''cannot''' resist explosive stuns, however they still take 30% less damage against explosives in general, alongside being resistant to general stuns while in this state.


Additionally, you gain 15 more armor on top of the already high resistances of your caste to the front - totalling at 70 armor while fortified. Make sure to not let marines circle around you, however!
Additionally, you gain 15 more armor on top of the already high resistances of your caste to the front - totalling at 50 armor while fortified. Make sure to not let marines circle around you, however!


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Costs 10 plasma, cooldown: 6 seconds.
Costs 10 plasma, cooldown: 6 seconds.
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|[[File:Placeholder.png]]
'''Soak'''
|When activated tracks damaged taken for 6 seconds, once the amount of damage reaches 140, the Defender is healed by 75 and the Tail Slam cooldown is reset. If the damage threshold is not reached, nothing happens.
<br>
Costs 20 plasma, cooldown: 17 seconds.
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{{Autowiki/Content/XenoStats/Steelcrest_Defender}}


==Defender Tactics==
==Defender Tactics==


*Watch out for marines with shotguns. Being stunned by either slugs or point blank buckshot is usually a death sentence.
*Watch out for marines with shotguns. Being stunned by either slugs or point blank buckshot is usually a death sentence, as it will further reduce your already low speed.


*If you're charging into a group of marines always start or end the engagement with a tail sweep.
*If you're charging into a group of marines always start or end the engagement with a tail sweep, to initiate combos and prevent follow up attacks while you retreat.


*Fortify can be used in front of boilers to provide defense against marine countermeasures and to keep the boiler safe.
*Fortify can be used in front of boilers to provide defense against marine fire to keep the Boiler safe.


*Lowering your crest is a good way to get marines to waste ammo on you  
*Lowering your crest is a good way to get marines to waste ammo on you.


*Due to how defensive you are, you'll want to be saving crit xenos and dragging them back whenever possible.
*Due to how defensive you are, you should try to block the fire of marines on injured sisters while they retreat, or while other sisters drag crit xenos to safety.


*Unlike the similar Warrior ability, Lunge, your headbutt does not automatically go on cooldown if you miss-click. Spam click to your hearts content.
*Unlike the similar Warrior ability, Lunge, your headbutt does not automatically go on cooldown if you miss-click. Spam click to your hearts content.
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==Defender Evolution==
==Defender Evolution==
Defenders can '''Evolve''' into the Warrior. The Warrior is focussed around offensive an play-style with abilities to quickly dispose of marines. Due to the offensive play-style of the warrior it lacks in defensive capabilities with less health and less armor when compared to the defender.
Defenders can '''Evolve''' into the [[Warrior]]. The Warrior is focused around offensive an play-style with abilities to quickly dispose of marines. Due to the offensive play-style of the warrior it lacks in defensive capabilities with less health and less armor when compared to the defender.


== Defender Stats ==
== Defender Stats ==

Latest revision as of 16:12, 25 August 2024

ALIEN - TIER 1
Defender.png
Defender
Evolves From: Larva
Evolves To: Warrior
Role: A good engagement starter that works great for protecting other castes with its unique tail sweep ability being key to halt marine advances while injured sisters retreat to heal.
Guides: No External Guides.

General Information

The Defender, as the name implies is meant for the protection of the hive and its members, though don't let that fool you into thinking it's only a caste about protecting others; as the Defender can additionally be an aggressive pusher. The Defender can easily push into the marines FOB or supply lines and come out victorious against overwhelming odds due it's unique tail sweep ability providing superb crowd control and lower crest/fortify abilities providing varying levels of defense against incoming projectiles.


Defender Stats
Maximum Health 500
Maximum Plasma 100
Plasma Regeneration 5
Armor 35
Evasion 0
Speed 1.6
Slash Damage 25–30
Claw Strength 1
Explosion Resistance 70

Playing as a Defender

Playing as the Defender means you can both work on the defense, protecting retreats or spearhead advances with your high armor pool. Sometimes you will be required to fulfill both these roles if the marines have decided to push out an attack. Early on in the round, you'll want to be gathering hosts, and due to your defensive capabilities, you are the perfect caste to take on any survivors who may have made it through the original infestation outbreak. Once the marines have landed in force, you'll want to take an active role in defending the weaker castes especially Boilers as your fortify ability allows you to soak a lot of damage keeping the weaker Boiler behind you safe from the marines' fire.

If defending the Boiler is already being done by a Crusher or a fellow Defender then you can move onto harassing the marines supply lines, wounded and unmanned defenses. Due to the defenders focus on defense they make good engagement starters so where possible try to work with other castes to surprise and harass small groups of marines, though note that you can also take on large groups of marines if you have support from your fellow sisters.

Abilities

Abilities: Description:
Xeno Rest.png

Rest

Used to rest and get up. Xenos heal faster when resting on weeds.
Regurgitate.png

Regurgitate

To devour, grab a host with Ctrl + Click or

Grab intent (3 in hotkey mode) then click yourself, standstill. To stop the host from getting up and running away, you can switch to an empty hand (X in hotkey mode) and keep tackling them using Disarm intent (2 in hotkey mode) when you are devouring them. Xenos with devoured humans inside them can not vent crawl but Xenos with devoured monkeys can. Hosts with boot knives can injure the Xenomorph they are inside if they are conscious. Using this ability with a host devoured will regurgitate them back up, giving a moderate stun. (Edit this template)

Headbutt.png

Headbutt

Headbutts into the target dealing damage. Effects depend on if the crest is lowered or not.

Normal: Has a 3 tile homing range which deals 30 damage with 5 penetration to the chest, but pushes only one tile away.

Lowered Crest: Deal 20 damage with 5 penetration to the chest, knocking them back three tiles. Must be next to the target.

Costs 0 plasma, cooldown: 4 seconds.

Tailsweep.png

Tail Sweep

A spinning attack that causes all targets within a one tile range to be knocked down for a short period and thrown back one tile, as well as dealing a small amount of damage.

Costs 0 plasma, cooldown: 11 seconds.

Toggle Crest Defence.png

Toggle Crest Defence

By lowering its crest, the defender caste becomes more resistant to projectile damage, gaining 5 extra armor. A lowered crest will cause a slowdown while toggled on. They will be able to resist knockback and stuns while the crest is lowered.

Costs 0 plasma, Cooldown: 2 seconds.

Fortify.png

Fortify

When activated the defender becomes extremely resistant to projectile weapons, gaining 30 armor, but is immobile while in this hunkered down state. They will be able to resist knockback from small explosives, and take 60% less damage against explosives in general, alongside being resistant to stuns while in this state.

Costs 0 plasma, Cooldown: 5 seconds.

Tail Stab64x64.png
Tail Slam
Activating tail slam will begin a windup of one second, and upon conclusion, will enable you to launch a two tile attack that deals 1.2 times your maximum melee damage. It requires a direct click on the targets sprite, however, if it is missed, it only incurs a standard slash delay. Additionally, it will always hit the targeted limb.



Unless otherwise stated, this is shared by all strains.

Cooldown: 10 seconds.

Attainable Strains

Strain:

Steel Crest

Strain Abilities
Steel Crest (Passive)
  • Reduces slash damage by 5
  • Increases headbutt damage by 7.5
  • Allows the defender to slash with a 50% reduction in damage while in fortified mode.
  • Additional armor gain from Fortify is lowered to 10
Abilities: Description:
Toggle Crest Defence.png

Toggle Crest Defence

By lowering its crest, the defender caste becomes more resistant to projectile damage. A lowered crest will cause a slowdown while toggled on. Cooldown: 2 seconds (shared with Fortify).
Fortify.png
Fortify
When activated the defender becomes extremely resistant to projectile weapons - however, unlike the base caste, a Steelcrest defender is capable of moving at a very slow speed while fortified. They cannot resist explosive stuns, however they still take 30% less damage against explosives in general, alongside being resistant to general stuns while in this state.

Additionally, you gain 15 more armor on top of the already high resistances of your caste to the front - totalling at 50 armor while fortified. Make sure to not let marines circle around you, however!


Cooldown: 5 seconds (shared with Toggle Crest Defence).

Headbutt.png

Headbutt

Headbutts into the designated target dealing damage. Effects depend on if the crest is lowered or not.

Normal: Has a 3 tile homing range which deals 37.5 damage with 5 penetration to the chest and pushes one tile away.

Lowered Crest: Deals 27.5 damage with 5 penetration to the chest, knocking them back three tiles. Must be next to the target.


Use middle mouse button to toggle.

Costs 10 plasma, cooldown: 6 seconds.

File:Placeholder.png

Soak

When activated tracks damaged taken for 6 seconds, once the amount of damage reaches 140, the Defender is healed by 75 and the Tail Slam cooldown is reset. If the damage threshold is not reached, nothing happens.


Costs 20 plasma, cooldown: 17 seconds.

Steelcrest Defender Stats
Maximum Health 500
Maximum Plasma 100
Plasma Regeneration 5
Armor 35
Evasion 0
Speed 1.6
Slash Damage 20–25
Claw Strength 1
Explosion Resistance 70


Defender Tactics

  • Watch out for marines with shotguns. Being stunned by either slugs or point blank buckshot is usually a death sentence, as it will further reduce your already low speed.
  • If you're charging into a group of marines always start or end the engagement with a tail sweep, to initiate combos and prevent follow up attacks while you retreat.
  • Fortify can be used in front of boilers to provide defense against marine fire to keep the Boiler safe.
  • Lowering your crest is a good way to get marines to waste ammo on you.
  • Due to how defensive you are, you should try to block the fire of marines on injured sisters while they retreat, or while other sisters drag crit xenos to safety.
  • Unlike the similar Warrior ability, Lunge, your headbutt does not automatically go on cooldown if you miss-click. Spam click to your hearts content.
  • You have the ability to halt the tank in its tracks if you face the tank and fortify yourself. If the tank tries to ram you head on, you will be able to stop it. Be cautious though, the tank can still rotate and shoot you. Even if you do fortify yourself, the tank can ram you if you're facing the wrong direction.

Defender Evolution

Defenders can Evolve into the Warrior. The Warrior is focused around offensive an play-style with abilities to quickly dispose of marines. Due to the offensive play-style of the warrior it lacks in defensive capabilities with less health and less armor when compared to the defender.

Defender Stats

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Tier 13
Tier 12
Tier 11
Tier 10
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Tier 6
Tier 5
Tier 4
Tier 3
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Health Lower Melee Upper Melee Plasma Plasma Regeneration Armor Explosive Resistance Speed Evasion


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