Bomber

What is the Bomber?

A cluster of proximity mines that makes geometry out of nothing. The Bomber is slow enough that it has to fight where it already is — so it changes where it already is into somewhere nobody wants to follow.

How do you fly the Bomber?

You are not going to catch anyone, so stop trying. The Bomber turns slower than anything else on the grid and has to fight where it already is — the mines are how it changes what that place means. A cluster on a chokepoint turns an open lane into a decision; a cluster behind you turns a chase into a bad idea. Treat the cooldown as ten seconds of terrain you get to author, and lay it where the objective already forces people to walk.

How do you beat the Bomber?

Mines are destructible and they do not move. Shoot a lane through them and take it — the Bomber has nothing to stop you, because at 130 hull it can absorb a fight but it cannot force one. Never take the obvious approach twice; that repetition is exactly the read the cluster was laid against. And if you have to trade, trade in the open, where the whole ability is worth nothing.

How it plays

• Mines are destructible; a careful attacker can clear a lane.
• Best hull-per-speed trade in the roster at 130.
• Denies chokepoints, flag runs and hill approaches.