Overlord

The Overlord is one of five upgrade choices from the Overseer and can be selected at Level 45. The Overlord upgrades from the Overseer by getting two extra barrels, doubling the drones' spawn rate and having faster drones. On July 30th, the Overlord was nerfed, although exact changes are unknown.

Note that all your Overseer Drones will disappear upon upgrading to Overlord.

Design
The Overlord features a circular base with four equally-spaced, trapezoid barrels. Its Drones are small, though larger than an Overseer’s, and use their respective team color in TDM, Domination and Mothership. They will be blue to you and red to everyone else in FFA.

Drones
The Overlord features a similar drone system to the Overseer, where triangles go towards the mouse cursor when left click is held, and repel away from the mouse cursor when the right click is held. The Overlord produces these drones in pairs at a rate relative to the number of skill points the player has spent on Reload. The drones deal bullet damage, meaning they take damage as they make contact with enemies and vice versa. When the Overlord is not controlling its drones, they will automatically attack nearby polygons and tanks, or surround the Overlord if there are none. The Overlord can have up to 8 drones max at any time.

Strategy

 * Strong Against: Anything in its drone cloud/scatter and 1v1 battles.
 * Weak Against: Tanks which are not in the Overlord's defense, groups of tanks and ramming build booster, (Hybrid) Destroyer/Annihilator.

As the Overlord
Recommended upgrades for the Overlord include increasing Drone Speed (to catch enemies), Drone Damage (to harm the enemy), Reload (to recover drones more quickly), and Drone Health (to add protection value and to get drones past enemy bullets).

In Team DM, Overlords are extremely valuable tanks, as they can hide behind Octo Tanks or Triplets as they support with their drones, keeping the tanks shielded from enemy fire. Attacking enemy tanks from behind is also an effective strategy in combination with other tanks, because it forces them to turn around, allowing others to close in and kill them.

The Overlord is good at 1v1 battles but has a hard time in group battles where it can only defend. If the Overlord is surrounded, the best strategy is to run away and use its drones for blockage.

Overlords should avoid facing Tri-Angle and its higher upgrades. The fast movement speed from said tanks makes it extremely difficult for The Overlord's drones to reach them. When faced against these tanks, it is best for them to surround themselves in drones to avoid getting rammed. Once again, high Drone Damage is useful. To overcome this problem, it is advised to have at least 5 in movement speed.

Players using the Overlord should avoid tanks that have high Bullet Penetration or with high Reload. A Sniper's fast, powerful bullets can destroy an Overlord if they do not shield themselves with their Drones or kill it fast enough.

Against the Overlord
Countering an Overlord is quite similar to countering an Overseer. Upon encountering one of these tanks, it is recommended to have high Bullet Penetration, Bullet Damage or Bullet Speed stats that are high enough to quickly destroy its drones. Usually, an Overlord is surprised to find the tank itself under threat rather than its drones.

Tanks that have a high rate of fire, such as the Twin, Triplet, Flank Guard or Octo Tank often manage to overwhelm an Overlord's drones with their massive amount of bullets, making the tank easier to kill. The Overlord may also be reluctant to have its drones to pass through the hail of bullets. Most of the time, it will give up its target if the target has a high rate of fire.

If fleeing is necessary, which is often the case when being attacked by an Overlord, moving towards a corner of the screen may increase your odds of survival. This maneuver makes it more difficult for the Overlord to aim its drones to target a tank fleeing this way.