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Difficulty: Hard Supervisors: Queen Rank: Not defined Duties: Defend the Hive, Dissolve enemy fortifications, Provide ranged support Guides: The Guardian Caste Guide Unlock Requirements: Not available. Detailed Description: Not defined |__________| |
Playing a Spitter
As a Spitter you are basically an upgraded Sentinel. However, you also gain a new Corrosive-Spit ability that will deal burn damage to any target it hits. In addition, your Corrosive-Acid ability is now more powerful, allowing you to more quickly melt down walls and objects. A Spitter has an increased Plasma storage pool and retains the same movement speed and melee damage of the Sentinel.
You have increased offensive capabilities, but this is still a defensive caste. Unless ordered by the Queen, you should generally stay around the Hive at all times. Your primary duty is still to guard hosts and defend the Hive. You still move slowly. On open terrain, you can easily be overwhelmed by active Marines. If you do support a push, you should position yourself to retreat if the battle turns against you.
Even a Young or Mature Spitter can cause havoc offensively. You can use stunning neurotoxin or deadly spit, but stunning allows the Hive to infect them. If the Marines are pushing you to your limits, don't be afraid to be using deadly toxin! As you upgrade, you can spam more easily. Keep on spamming. Use your range!
Spitter Evolution
You can evolve into one of two unique alien roles:
The Praetorian further builds upon your advantages and strengths. You become far tougher, have greater Plasma regeneration, gain a faster spit fire rate, as well as the ability to secrete pheromones to boost the performance of other Aliens.
Alternatively, the Boiler moves away from a Spitter's primary role. A Boiler becomes bigger, slower, and physically weaker, but gains access to the most powerful ranged attack, the bombard ability, as well as the most powerful form of corrosive-acid, allowing you to very quickly break down fortifications.
Ancient Spitter
("You are a master of ranged stuns and damage. Go forth and generate salt.")
There's nothing wrong with an upgraded Spitter. The great things include the increased plasma storage/regeneration and spitting speed. Once you reach ancient Spitter, you become an alien Gatling Gun, capable of pinning down multiple hosts at once, spraying targets with acid globs, or keeping one host stunned for as long as you have Plasma. You also gain more health, which allows you to get closer to marines without getting completely annihilated, but it's important to keep in mind you're still not a ranged Hunter and you'll need a reliable escape if things get nasty.
It's also important to not get hit. Even though you have 900 Plasma capacity and can regenerate quickly, Spitters burn Plasma like a train's coal and getting hit takes all Plasma regeneration, causing you to run out very quickly. Ask around for Plasma if you get stuck not being able to regenerate.