| Barracuda | |
|---|---|
| |
| Stats (Min/Max) | |
| Shield Cap | 300/400 |
| Shield Regen | 8/12 |
| Energy Cap | 100/150 |
| Energy Regen | 8/14 |
| Turning Rate | 30/45 |
| Acceleration | 130/150 |
| Terminal Velocity | 70/90 |
| Stats (Constant) | |
| Tier | 6 |
| Mass | 675 |
| Designer | Neuronality |
| Status | Active |
Barracuda is a Tier 6 ship in Starblast.io. It is a ship meant purely for ramming, and fires nothing. Instead, it has an ability called "Dash", essentially charging ahead at increased speed to ram, inflicting impact damage. As a result, it has no effect at long range, and needs to get to point-blank to engage.
The Barracuda features decent shield capacity and regeneration (which is very quickly depleted due to the need to ram, and thus, it is recommended to upgrade it first), but lacks energy efficiency, having average capacity and low regeneration. It also has very low agility, as well as a rather large size, making it quite difficult to maneuver, as well as rather low speed. However, it has an immense mass, allowing it to easily crush asteroids and knockback other ships to long distances.
As a result of these features, the Barracuda makes for an excellent mining ship, provided the shield capacity and regeneration are upgraded (it is also not necessary to upgrade Shot Speed at all, as it makes no or negligible difference), mining crystals at a very accelerated rate, while also being weak against other player vessels, due to the need to make contact. With the advent of RCS, the Barracuda is essentially worthless against any ship making use of it, except in dense asteroid fields. In such areas, the Barracuda can easily ram other ships to death without allowing them to escape, and also dealing very high damage due to asteroid impact on enemy ships. In Team Mode, it can be useful against large ships such as the Odyssey.
It is almost never recommended to choose the Barracuda in Deathmatch, maps are uncertain, getting kills is very difficult, and enemies can use RCS to crush it, by simply turning back and firing while moving off, and the Barracuda can never reach them.
Cannons
| Type | Energy Per Shot (Min/Max): | Damage (Min/Max): | Velocity (Min/Max): | Mirrored: | Recoil: | Frequency: | Error: | Bullets Spread Angle (Degree(s)): | # Of Lasers: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dash | 50/75 | 160/200 | N/A | N/A | 2 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
*Energy Per Dash increases with the "Damage" upgrade.
**Dash Speed does not seem to upgrade with Shot Speed upgrade.
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