Sprayer

The  is an upgrade from the Machine Gun which can be selected at Level 45 if the player does not upgrade at Level 30. The Sprayer cannot upgrade further.

Design
The Sprayer sports a circular base with a trapezoidal cannon similar to the Machine Gun’s, but longer, overlapping a longer cylindrical Barrel, much like the Hunter and its upgrades.

Technical
The Sprayer features an increased rate of fire and increased recoil. It fires in a sequence of 3 Bullets where it shoots 1 normal sized bullet and then shoots 1 normal and 1 smaller bullet simultaneously. The larger bullet is as strong as a Machine Gun bullet, and the small one is seven times weaker. However, the big Barrel is wide, making it less accurate while the small Barrel is accurate, at the cost of doing significantly less damage.

Strategy

 * Strong Against: Ramming Boosters, tanks with low Penetration and DPS (Damage Per Second), Destroyer-class Tanks, Gunner branch, Triplets
 * Weak Against: Tanks in the sniper branch, Mega Trappers (If you are low on health)

As the Sprayer

 * Overwhelm enemies with your Bullet Penetration, as the Sprayer’s rapid fire can make for powerful piercing.
 * Stay away from tanks with fast and sudden Bullets, like the Sniper and the Assassin Upgrades.
 * Never approach the summoning Classes unless you are aware of how to handle them.
 * Try to focus more offensively as a Sprayer. On Team Modes, they can be quite a useful asset.
 * A good build is 1/4/2/7/7/7/5/0.
 * Not much reload is needed for this tank because the Sprayer reloads faster than even the Triplet.

Survival
This tank, along with other bullet spammers such as the Triplet, is ideal for this game mode, as the Sprayer and its previous upgrades are ideal for quickly killing a player’s low-level peers, who rarely have the time to upgrade to a powerful counter-tank such as the Overlord.

Against the Sprayer

 * Use a long range tank, and take them out by surprise (A stalker is recommended).
 * Use another Sprayer, and max out your Bullet Damage and Penetration, as well as your Reload if you want a real edge over them (which should be maxed anyways).
 * Use Drones of Overseer’s branches, and surround them, however the Manager will be identified quickly, so strike fast.
 * Use a Triplet or Penta Shot, as you can spam out a ton of Bullets at them.
 * If you have a Booster, Tri-Angle, or Fighter, stay away from them.
 * DO NOT go up to a Sprayer with a Level 45 regular Tank with Bullet Speed, Damage, Penetration and Reload maxed out. The Bullets might be weak but assuming they did a glass cannon build with it, they could kill you very quickly.
 * However, the smartest of players can cope, and ultimately achieve one of the most masterful scores ever with a glass cannon.

History

 * The Sprayer was immediately nerfed after being released, with the small Barrel firing a small Bullet instead of a normal Bullet. After recognising that the Sprayer was really overpowered, it was nerfed yet again.
 * The Sprayer was originally a Tier 3 Class, but as from the update from July 31st, the Sprayer is now a Tier 4 Class that still upgrades from the Machine Gun, but at Level 45. It is assumed the Sprayer was moved to Tier 4 because the Hunter and the Sprayer were extremely similar. The Sprayer, however, had much better Reload and thus did much more damage than the Hunter’s double bullet. The Sprayer was recognised to be too strong for Tier 3 as well.

Trivia

 * The name “Sprayer” is likely based on its insane Reload of uniquely sized Bullets. The Sprayer somewhat resembles the Machine Gun II, as they share many similar traits.
 * The Sprayer and the Triplet are the only Classes to switch Tiers.
 * The Sprayer's small bullet is the weakest ammunition in the game.
 * This also makes the Sprayer one of the former “secret” Class like the Smasher, Landmine, Auto Smasher, and the Mega Smasher, whose introduction was not immediately announced in the Changelog.
 * The smaller Bullet, which doesn’t deal much damage, is to be seen as an asset, as due to the high penetration, it is good at breaking through bullets and preventing regeneration.

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