Leecher
The Leecher is a decently fast and heavily armed Destroyer.
Description
The Leecher is a small Destroyer with decent maneuverability and a high potential for damage. It comes Gatling lasers and Cannons, as well as Phasers and Cannons, allowing it to quickly damage both the Hull and Shield of a ship. It has two large wings with mounted thrusters, and has wing-mounted Turrets arranged in a similar fashion to the Archangel.
Appearance
The interior of the Leecher is entirely comprised of its small cockpit. The only object inside the cockpit is a small, black pilot's seat with little detail.
Advantages
Disadvantages
- Turrets are mounted on the bottom, limiting their ability to fire on ships approaching from above.
- Spinals are hard to aim.
- Below average top speed for a Destroyer. Which in certain cases, it can be easily chased and destroyed.
- Fragile health and light weapon fire-power make it easily out-gunned by bigger ships.
- The Defiance and Cobra are superior options in all stats, though it is a suitable starter ship.
- Extremely slow acceleration
Strategy
- Use the Spinals and Turrets to quickly eat through enemy health. This can be especially effective with the support of other ships.
- Move constantly to avoid being hit by enemy fire.
- Avoid ships like the Ampharos or Tempest whose high accuracy Turrets can quickly destroy even the smallest and fastest of Fighters.
- Outside of combat, it's a great ship for hunting down Alien Swarmers, but ALWAYS avoid the Alien Punisher for obvious reasons.
Version History
Trivia
- Has 5 forward-facing spotlights, 3 small and 2 large. Theoretically used for looking through debris or asteroid fields.
- A fleet of these ships have destroyed a Prototype X-1.