T2 amphibious tank

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Tech 1 Light/Medium Tank
Tech 2 Heavy Tank
Tech 2 Amphibious Tank
Tech 3 Siege Tank
Tech 3 Shield Disruptor

• UEF
• Cybran
• Aeon
• Seraphim

UEF T2 Amphibious Tank:  Riptide
Amphibious tank. Provides direct-fire support with two riot guns.[ e ]
Build costs	-1980  -363 1320
Max health	1700
Speed	3.7 (Hover)
Veterancy	7  (+2/s)
Intel (radius)	Vision: 15
Weapon: Hells Fury Riot Gun Direct Fire - Projectile
Damage per second	81
Projectile damage	13.5
Salvo size	2 Projectiles
Rate of fire	3 salvos/s
Range	18

Cybran T2 Amphibious Tank:  Wagner
Submersible, amphibious tank. Armed with a heavy bolter and torpedo launcher.[ e ]
Build costs	-1980  -297 1320
Max health	1450
Speed	3.7 (Amphibious)
Veterancy	7  (+2/s)
Intel (radius)	Vision: 15 Water vision: 20
Weapon: Meson Rocket Direct Fire - Projectile
Damage per second	50
Projectile damage	200
Reload time	4 seconds
Range	22
Weapon: Heavy Electron Bolter Direct Fire - Projectile
Damage per second	50
Projectile damage	50
Salvo size	2 Projectiles
Reload time	2 seconds
Range	22
Weapon: Meson Torpedo Anti Navy - Torpedo
Damage per second	3
Torpedo damage	6
Salvo size	2 Torpedos (in 0.7 s)
Reload time	4 seconds
Range	32

Aeon T2 Assault Tank:  Blaze
Fast, lightly armored tank. Armed with dual, rapid-fire autoguns.[ e ]
Build costs	-1320  -220 880
Max health	1050
Speed	3.7 (Hover)
Veterancy	6  (+2/s)
Intel (radius)	Vision: 15
Weapon: Quantum Autoguns Direct Fire - Projectile
Damage per second	45
Projectile damage	15
Rate of fire	3 Projectiles/s
Range	23

Seraphim T2 Hover Tank:  Yenzyne
Amphibious tank. Armed with a single cannon.[ e ]
Build costs	-1320  -220 880
Max health	1300
Speed	3.7 (Hover)
Veterancy	6  (+2/s)
Intel (radius)	Vision: 15
Weapon: Tau Cannon Direct Fire - Projectile
Damage per second	44
Projectile damage	175
Reload time	4 seconds
Range	18

Tech 2 Amphibious Tanks are variants on their faction's standard direct fire units, with the cross-factional unifying feature of having high speed of 3.7 units per second. This puts them among the fastest land units in the game (just behind T1 light assault bots), making them excellent at pursuing fleeing targets and kiting. Aside from being amphibious, they are a per unit upgrade for UEF and Cybran, costing more and being tougher than their T2 heavy tanks. However for Aeon and Seraphim, the Aeon Blaze isn't so due to its counterpart Obsidian having an excellent shield, and neither is the Yenzyne due to the Ilshavoh likewise being heavily armored. These tanks are otherwise quite variable in general, including price and the role they play on the battlefield, but all of them are useful units in the correct situation.

Factional differences

The UEF Riptide is by far more powerful one to one than other UEF land units, also costing more - its cost and DPS more in line with an Obsidian or an Ilshavoh, as opposed to the Pillar - the UEF's Heavy Tank. While the Riptide is more expensive than these units, there is no doubt it is less powerful, so it should not be deployed blindly. The Riptide has the highest DPS of any UEF T2 land unit, however it suffers from extremely short range.

The Cybran Wagner is the only one of the 4 amphibious tanks not to hover, instead crawling along the bottom. While this helps keep it concealed against opponents who do not have sonar, this leaves it exposed to submarines and torpedo launchers, its secondary torpedoes being all but useless in a fight with naval units. The Wagner compensates for this shortcoming with the highest DPS of any of the amphibious tanks- with two 50 DPS weapons, it is, like the Riptide for the UEF, the most powerful Cybran T2 land unit.

The Aeon and Seraphim amphibious tanks fulfil much the same role as one another - they are cheaper than their main T2 direct fire units and more mobile - allowing them to fulfil the role of skirmishing tanks early on, however as the Aeon Blaze has a longer range and higher rate of fire than the Seraphim Yenzyne, the Yenzyne is arguably the weakest of the four amphibious tanks in terms of firepower (but not significantly less than the Blaze), but still wins 1v1 against the Blaze due to its extra 250 health.