Kanes Wrath

Vehicles

How to read this page: The values for each unit were obtained from the 1.02 Kane's Wrath XML files. The armor percentages indicate the percentage of damage the unit takes from each damage type. Something with 75% cannon armor takes 75% damage from a weapon that deals cannon damage. Time between bursts refers to the time between the end of one burst and the start of another. Damage per clip indicates that the weapon fires a rapid succession of projectiles, damage per shot indicates a singular attack. Units with multiple weapons have the damage, range, and firing rate values for each weapon listed separately. Pay close attention to the wording.


Emissaries are small, defenseless vehicles that can be deployed into Outposts to provide ground control in areas away from the initial base in order to expand. Unlike MCVs, they do not grant new build queues, nor do they provide radar, nor can they be unpacked and packed up repeatedly. Emissaries are built from a Construction Yard, unlike all other vehicles.






The Outpost is a deployed Emissary. It provides a small ring of ground control in a radius around it, but is quite vulnerable to enemy attacks.


The Black Hand's fastest vehicles, Attack Bikes are great for hit-and-run raids, and en masse they can take down aircraft. While they are exceptional at harassing Harvesters and defenseless structures, they fall quickly to hostile fire.

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Detector: Attack Bikes can detect stealth units.


Raider Buggies provide an anti-infantry complement to the Attack Bike. They can also target aircraft with their machine gun, and the reinforced Raider Buggy frame allows them to absorb more punishment than the fragile bikes. In particular, the Black Hand designed the Raider Buggy to survive encounters with GDI's Pitbulls and Orcas, and as such the Raider Buggy comes with more rocket armor than standard for a vehicle its size.
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Detector: Black Hand Raider Buggies can detect stealth units.

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The Scorpion Tank is the fastest and cheapest tank in service. This comes at a cost of armor and firepower, and thus Scorpions need the advantage of numbers and upgrades to stand up to their GDI and Scrin counterparts.

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Harvesters are vital to the Black Hand economy, harvesting raw Tiberium and returning it to Refineries for processing. However, they are vulnerable, lacking both speed and armor and, thanks to the beliefs of Marcion, also the stealth equipment found on most Nod Harvesters.



Tiberium Harvester: This unit collects Tiberium. It must dock with a Refinery to unload Tiberium in order to process it for credits. Each Harvester returns 1400 credits per load of Green Tiberium.


The MCV is a mobile version of the Construction Yard and contains all the blueprints and schematics needed to construct a Black Hand base. It is lightly armored, though.




One of the Black Hand's most feared and iconic weapons, Flame Tanks have been inspiring terror in people ever since the First Tiberium War. This iteration of the classic design is hideously effective against structures and its splashes of flames also cause significant damage to massed infantry. It is poorly suited to clash with frontline armor, however.









The Reckoner is a wheeled personnel transport that can carry two infantry units. When deployed, a third garrison slot is added and the Reckoner receives a significant armor boost as well as more hit points. This bunkering process is irreversible. The Reckoners deploys automatically if it gets "destroyed" (i.e. if it takes more damage than it has health remaining - even when struck by a nuke!).







The Beam Cannon is a lightly armored artillery piece that provides mobile long-range firepower to the Black Hand. Beam Cannons become significantly more powerful in groups and can also charge defenses.






Marcion needed a dedicated anti-air unit to counter GDI's wings of Orcas and Hammerheads, and thus the Mantis was created. This automated vehicle can easily knock down aircraft with its volleys of lethal missiles. Mantises are only lightly armored, though.




One of the Black Hand's nastiest surprises, the Specter is a highly mobile artillery platform that fires a long-range artillery shell with significant splash damage. Specters need time to set up before firing, and they are only lightly armored. On the other hand, they outrange even the mighty GDI Juggernauts.


A precursor to the Nod Avatar, Marcion intended for the Purifier to do three things: inspire his troops, counter GDI's heavy armor, and burn down anything in its path. While its weaponry is weaker than that of the Avatar and it lacks the customization options of the newer walker, Purifiers come equipped with a shoulder-mounted flamethrower that automatically targets anything nearby. To prepare them for this role and enhance their acceptability amongst the ranks of the more fervent Black Hand, each one is blessed by a Black Hand abbot before taking to the field, allowing them to inspire troops in the vicinity of the massive walker. When a Purifier is destroyed, it leaves behind a Husk that can be salvaged by a Saboteur.



Crushes tanks: This vehicle can crush most tier-1 and -2 vehicles, as well as heavy infantry.



The Black Hand's answer to the GDI MARV is the magnificent Redeemer walker. Armed with a tri-part Obelisk laser, the Redeemer can also add to its capabilities using two infantry squads. Most intimidating is its Rage Generator, a weapon that temporarily turns enemy units against each other.

Crushes tanks: This vehicle can crush tier-1, -2, and -3 vehicles, as well as heavy infantry.

Rage Generator: The Redeemer can activate its Rage Generator, temporarily causing all nearby hostile ground-based targets, including base defenses, to fire on their allies for 6 seconds. It does not affect air units. This ability has a range of 500 and a cooldown of 60 seconds.

Garrisons Infantry: The Redeemer can be garrisoned with up to two infantry. Infantry garrisoned in this manner are permanent and cannot be evacuated, but provide the Redeemer with a variety of effects depending on their type. Most infantry provide the Redeemer their respective weapons emplacement, while Saboteur provides self-healing.

• Confessor Cabal garrison: 300 range, 486 damage (Gun) every .7 seconds, 0 splash.
• Rocket Militia garrison: 300 range, 300 damage per missile (Rocket) + 150% scalar versus aircraft, 4.3 seconds between shots, 10 splash, fires 2 rockets at a time.
• Black Hand garrison: 200 range, 960 (Grenade) damage per second, .5 seconds between switching targets, continuous fire, and a splash radius of 40.

Epic Unit: The Redeemer is a sizable investment on the battlefield and only one may be built at a time. Also, the Redeemer Engineering Facility and Tech Lab are required for construction of this vehicle. Completing a Redeemer will sound an audible alert to all players.





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