Dirigible
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| Dirigible Frontier Town unit |
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Make: Steam Mode: Air Move: 3 Shoot: 1 Initiative: 3 |
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| As a flyer, he is unaffected by terrain. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Dirigible surveys the situation from high in the air and don't worry himself none about fences or impassable terrain. He's not a hard hitter nor a fast mover, but you can sneak him in to pick up whatcha need and then hightail it over a hill and out of harm's way. He's also great for taking out Artillery and other units that can only attack targets on the ground. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| He crashes into an enemy within range when killed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- If you're looking for the familiar, it's listed with the Frontier Town duds
The Dirigible is an air unit, capable of moving over cliffs, water, and other terrain that are impassable by ground units.
The dirigible deals the lowest average damage of all the units. However, it also has the highest average defense against damage dealt, although the Old Codger can destroy it in one shot. This is counterbalanced by the Dirigible's immunity to Artillery fire. Additionally, when the Dirigible dies, it homes in on an in-range unit and crashes into it, dealing 25 damage.
[edit] Historical Notes
At first, the Dirigible used to be one of the weakest units, only beaten in that respect by the Gunslinger. The advantages of being an air unit made this unit more used than the Gunslinger, however, due to some maps having very tricky terrain. As part of the June 20, 2006 release the Dirigible had its defense boosted immensely, making it much more useful. Also, before Indian Trading Post was implemented, the dirigible did not crash into another unit on death.
| Frontier Town units | |
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| Big shots: | Cavalry • Old Codger • Tactician |
| Units: | Artillery • Dirigible • Gunslinger • Sharpshooter • Shotgunner • Steam Gunman |
