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Evolves From: Larva Evolves To: Warrior Role: A good engagement starter that additionally specifies in protecting other castes with it's unique tail sweep ability being key to keeping those marines at bay while injured sisters retreat back to heal. Guides: No external guides. |
General Information
The defender as the name implies is meant for the protection of the hive and it's 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 surperb crowd control and lower crest/fortify abilities providing varying levels of defence against incoming projectiles.
Playing as a Defender
Abilities
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Rest |
Used to rest and get up. Xenos heal faster when resting on weeds. | |
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) |
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Headbutt |
Headbutts into the designated target causing them to be thrown one tile. Use middle mouse button to toggle.
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Tail Sweep |
A spinning action that causes all marines within a one tile range to have a chance to be knocked down or thrown one tile.
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Toggle Crest Defence |
By lowering its crest the defender caste becomes more resistant to projectile damage. A lowered crest will cause a small slowdown while toggled on. | |
Fortify |
When activated the defender becomes extremely resistant to projectile weapons and additionally immobile while in this hunkered down state. |