Alien Classes

Classes

COMBAT			CLASSIC
Combat HUD	Combat Tech Tree		Classic HUD	Classic Tech Tree

Alien Classes


Name	Skulk
Health/Armor	70/10
Speed	290 units/sec
Cost	Combat: none. Classic: none.
Gestation Time	Combat: N/A Classic: 7 sec
	Prerequisites/Cost	Description
Slot 1	N/A	Damage: 75 Energy Cost: 5% ROF: 1.24/sec Melee attack. Can kill an unupgraded marine in 2 bites.
Slot 2	Combat: 1 Hive. Classic: 1 working hive.	Damage: 10 Energy Cost: 30% ROF: 2/sec Ranged attack. Used to tag marines so that they show up on all aliens' HUDs. Excellent for coordinating attacks.
Slot 3	Combat: 1 point Classic: 2 working hives.	Damage: 80 Energy Cost: 25% Speed: 430 units/sec Launches the skulk at a very high speed. When followed by a bite greatly increases the lethality of the skulk.
Slot 4	Combat: 2 points, and leap. Classic: 3 working hives.	Damage: 200 Energy Cost: 70% Radius: 500 Time to Activate : 2 sec Kills the skulk by exploding to cause massive area damage and knockback.
Use	Scouts and ambushes in packs against light armor marines. Well suited to take down jetpackers when leap is available. Can climb walls allowing it to utilize vents to get to areas faster.


Name	Gorge
Health/Armor	150/50
Speed	170 units/sec
Cost	Combat: 1 point Classic: 10 resource points
Gestation Time	Combat: 6.8 sec Classic: 17 sec
	Prerequisites/Cost	Description
Slot 1	N/A	Damage: 30 Energy Cost: 12% ROF: 1.24/sec A somewhat slow travelling ranged weapon.
Slot 2	Combat: 1 Hive. Classic: 1 working hive.	Damage: 13 Energy Cost: 15% Healing Percentage : 4 Short ranged attack. Heals alien structures and players. Does no damage to marine structures.
Slot 3	Combat: 1 point. Classic: 2 working hives.	Damage: 200 Energy Cost: 22% Medium ranged attack. Does splash damage and is devastating to marine structures. Does no damage to marines.
Slot 4	Combat: 2 points, and Bile Bomb. Classic: 3 working hives.	Damage: N/A Energy Cost: 18% Limit: 8 per area When marines are caught in the web, they are slowed and cannot fire for 2 seconds. Disables jetpacks as well. Gorges create a web strand by firing at two parts of a map. Destroyed by grenade fire or welders.
Use	Builder and healer. In Classic, builds all the structures of the aliens. In both modes, good at healing other aliens in the field. They are usually targetted by marines because they are relatively delicate and very slow moving.


Name	Lerk
Health/Armor	125/30
Speed	175 units/sec, Flight: 524 units/sec
Cost	Combat: 2 points Classic: 30 resource points
Gestation Time	Combat: 8 Classic: 20
	Prerequisites/Cost	Description
Slot 1	N/A	Damage: 60 Energy Cost: 5% ROF: 1.56/sec Melee attack. Excellent at taking out lone marines due to it's high ROF and the lerk's great agility.
Slot 2	Combat: 1 Hive. Classic: 1 working hive.	Damage: 7/sec Energy Cost: 35% Duration: 6 sec Range: 225 unit radius ROF: .5/sec Ranged attack. Infests an area which damages all marines without Heavy Armor.
Slot 3	Combat: 1 point. Classic: 2 working hives.	Damage: N/A Energy Cost: 30% Range: 255 unit area Duration: 3 sec Ranged ability. Blocks 1/2 of all bullets. Excellent at supporting teammates in a firefight. Has no effect on grenade, welder, or knife attacks.
Slot 4	Combat: 2 points, and Umbra. Classic: 3 working hives.	Damage: N/A Energy Cost: 45% Range: 500 unit radius Duration: 4 seconds Area affect. Affects nearby aliens by increasing attack rate and damage by 30%, and energy recharge rate by 60%.
Use	The only flying unit of the aliens. They are the main support class dealing damage or providing protection from afar. Their high speed and maneuverability make up for their relative frailty. NOTE: tap jump to flap, and hold jump to glide.


Name	Fade
Health/Armor	300/150
Speed	240 units/sec
Cost	Combat: 3 points Classic: 50 resource points
Gestation Time	Combat: 9.2 sec Classic: 23 sec
	Prerequisites/Cost	Description
Slot 1	N/A	Damage: 80 Energy Cost: 6% ROF: 1.1/sec Melee attack. Because of the fade's relative durability, can easily decimate light armored marines .
Slot 2	Combat: 1 Hive. Classic: 1 working hive.	Damage: N/A Energy Cost: 4% Speed: 719 units/sec ROF: N/A Tapping fire slings the fade forward at a high speed. Using this in conjunction with swipe makes the fade a marine killing machine.
Slot 3	Combat: 1 point. Classic: 2 working hives.	Damage: N/A Energy Cost: 25% (need at least 25% of total energy to start it) ROF: .34/sec Heals the fade's health and armor. Heals 20 points, repairs health fully before regenerating armor.
Slot 4	Combat: 2 points, and Metabolize. Classic: 3 working hives.	Damage: 25 Energy Cost: 10% ROF: 1/sec Ranged attack. Useful to weaken a well armed squad while remaining relatively safe. Does double damage to armor.
Use	With blink available at one hive, the fade is the mainstay hit and run class of the aliens. They can quickly move to any part of the map, and take out lightly armed marines, or lone Heavy Armoured marines


Name	Onos
Health/Armor	700/600
Speed	240 units/sec
Cost	Combat: 4 points Classic: 75 resource points
Gestation Time	Combat: 15.2 sec Classic: 38 sec
	Prerequisites/Cost	Description
Slot 1	N/A	Damage: 90, 180 vs structures Energy Cost: 7% ROF: 1.11/sec With the extremely high durability of the onos, can destroy a squad of marines easily.
Slot 2	Combat: 1 Hive. Classic: 1 working hive.	Damage: 3/sec Energy Cost: 20% ROF: .5/sec Ingests one marine at a time. Excellent at taking a heavy marine from the game. If the onos is killed before digestion is done, the marine is saved. Gives health to the onos.
Slot 3	Combat: 1 point. Classic: 2 working hives.	Damage: Energy Cost: 30% ROF: .67/sec Stun Duration: 1 second Sends a shockwave stunning any marine except jetpackers that are hit by its wave. Stops them in their tracks and disables their weapons.
Slot 4	Combat: 2 points. Classic: 3 working hives.	Damage: 320/sec Energy Cost: 7%/sec ROF: N/A Doubles the speed of onos, and damages anything it comes in contact. Does not stop until all the energy is used up.
Use	With its second hive ability it can quickly disable and obliterate a squad of marines, or use hit and run tactics to break down a heavy armor squad by devouring them one by one. Takes 1/2 damage from turrets.