Gunship

Gunship
Faction	Automatons
Class	Medium Vehicle
Stats
Minimum Difficulty	Hard

The Gunship is a flying Automaton vehicle equipped with rocket launchers and laser machine guns. Gunships spawn from Gunship Facilities on Hard and above, and may also spawn as patrols in groups of three. They will call in Dropships if they detect a Helldiver.

They were quietly introduced to the game on April 2nd, 2024 in addition to the Factory Strider during the Operation Swift Disassembly, Phase III major order.

Anatomy

Part Name	Health*	AV**	Durable	%To Main***	Bleed	Fatal
Main	700	Medium I	0%	-	-	Yes
Body	Main	Medium II	100%	100%	None	Yes
Thruster	400	Medium I	100%	0%	None	No

* Parts with their HP listed as "Main" do not have their own individual health. All damage dealt to these parts is dealt to the enemy's Main damage pool.

** Refer to armor values as defined in Damage.

*** The percentage of damage that applied to the enemies Main damage pool. At 0 HP, the enemy dies.

Tactical Information

• The weak spots of the Gunship are the two thrusters on either side, which have an armor rating of  Medium I, leaving them vulnerable to many  Medium I Primary Weapons.
• Targeting the thrusters, effective methods are:
  • 1 shot from the EAT-17 Expendable Anti-Tank, GR-8 Recoilless Rifle, LAS-99 Quasar Cannon, FAF-14 Spear, or EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit's rocket pod.
  • The autocannons mounted on the EXO-49 Emancipator Exosuit are capable of penetrating the armor of gunships, making them effective against gunship squadrons.
  • 2-3 shots from the AC-8 Autocannon
  • 4 shots from the APW-1 Anti-Materiel Rifle
  • 1-2 seconds of sustained fire from the LAS-98 Laser Cannon
  • Half a magazine from the MG-206 Heavy Machine Gun
• Less effective methods:
  • 2 rockets (e.g. EAT-17 Expendable Anti-Tank) to the main fuselage
• It's equipped with a Detector, similar to that of the Detector Tower
• Rocket salvoes launched by the Gunship have a consistent delay between shots, avoid damage by diving only when it fires its rockets.
• Gunships can crash into units and objectives, damaging them and possibly destroying structures like Detector Towers.

Change History

Patch

Description

1.000.400
2024-06-13

Undocumented Changes

• Gunships can now appear as a patrol in groups of three.

1.000.302
2024-05-07

Changes

• Increased Gunship hearing range slightly.

1.000.300
2024-04-29

Changes

• Gunships sideways movement slightly increased

Fixes

• Fixed issues where Automaton Gunships sometimes could not see the player.

1.000.200
2024-04-02

Added to the game.