Defiler

General

The Defiler is a multipurpose vehicle for the Hierarchy. It can fire a radiation beam at ground or bleed radiation into the surrounding area. The beam is strong against infantry, vehicles, and heroes. The Defiler's radiation abilities can heal Hierarchy infantry and turn organics into Mutant Slaves.

Stats

Type: Large Piloted
Movement: Walker
Max. Speed: 1.7
Health: 400
Armor: Alien Vehicle Heavy
Sight: 220
Crush Defense: 30
Crush Power: 9

Weaponry

Type: Radiation Beam
Range: 0-180
Damage: 5 per second
Sweep Duration: 0.8 seconds
Recharge: 2.0 seconds

Type: Radiation Bleed
Radius:
Damage: 20 per second
Healing: 15 per second

Production

Method: Built by Assembly Walker

Prerequisites: Defiler Pod hardpoint

Cost: 850

1 Cost Optimizer: 782

2 Cost Optimizers: 714

3 Cost Optimizers: 646

4 Cost Optimizers: 578

Time: 0:30

1 Teleport Accelerator: 0:27

2 Teleport Accelerators: 0:23

3 Teleport Accelerators: 0:21

4 Teleport Accelerators: 0:18

Pop: 5

Special Abilities

Bleed Mode On/Off

Effect: Toggles between bleeding radiation and firing the beam weapon

Cooldown: None (from activation of bleed mode); 0:10 (from deactivation of bleed mode)

Project Radiation

Effect: Covers targeted area in radiation for 12 seconds

Range: 200

Area: 75

Damage:
-5 per second to infantry
-50 per second to vehicles and structures

Cooldown: 0:28 (from launch)

Special: This ability turns off bleed mode when used

Upgrades

Advanced Mutagens

Effect: Killed organics become Slaves and last longer

Method: Research Mutagen Branch Suite 3

Gamma Radiation

Effects: Radiation effects increased
-Bleed damage becomes 35 per second
-Bleed healing becomes 25 per second

Method: Research Mutagen Branch Suite 3

Volatile Reactors

Effect: Creates radioactive cloud when destroyed

Method: Research Mutagen Branch Suite 1

Tips & Trivia

The Defiler's beam weapon will deal more damage to wide targets such as Peacebringers or structures than to thin targets such as turrets and infantry.

When the defiler is bleeding radiation make sure that you dont have any ally that is not of the Hierarchy bacause they will de destroyed or become a zombie. An example of this is in campaing when prince Zessus and his guards are your allies the guards will become zombies and prince zessus will lose health

Defiler is the name of a unit in the earlier petroglyph game Star Wars: Empire at War Forces of Corruption.