The Elite Carrier is the Hard-Mode version of the Elite Battleship. It is superior to it's non-Hard-Mode variant in every way. Now, the 6 side Swarm Drone spawners are much longer, and more powerful. The middle Swarm spawners are replaced with a Carrier turret on each side, making 3 Carrier turrets. On the corner of the boss are 3 long, cosmetic spikes that don't do anything. On top of the boss, the Basic Auto Turrets are replaced with Auto-4's turrets for each, making a penetrative bullet spam. The very center of the boss has an extra Tri-Cruiser turret that spawns a lot of swarm drones. The Elite Carrier is a nightmare to deal with for all tanks alike, and it can spawn swarmnadoes that obliterate any foe along it's way.
Design[]
The Elite Carrier is a more powerful version of the Elite Battleship, so it's design had similar to it's inferior variant. On the edges of the boss, are 3 central Carrier turrets that has 3 spawners each, and fires rapid swarms of Swarm Crashers, making up a total of 9 spawners. They also has a dark grey top on top of them. Between the turrets are 6 Swarm Spawners that are longer than those of the Elite Battleship's, making up a grand total of 15 Swarm Spawners. On the corners of the boss, are 3 cosmetic spikes. They are for decoration, and don't do anything much at all. On top of the boss, are 3 of Auto-4's turrets. They replace the normal turrets on the Elite Battleship entirely. They also has the dark grey top arranged on top of them. On the very center of the boss is a central Tri-Cruiser turret. It is colored pink rather than grey like the rest of the turrets.
Technical[]
The Elite Carrier, like other Hard-Mode Elite Crashers, can spawn anywhere, but only in Siege and Hard-mode Siege where they get common. The chance of it or any other Hard-Modes to spawn in non-Siege modes are a 1/300 chance. In Siege, the chance is increased to a 1/100, meaning you can see these at times. In Hard-mode Siege however, they get more than 3x more common, with a 1/30 chance to spawn. Hard-Mode Elites in general are slow, had the same health as the others (or 2x tankier than Elite Crashers), meaning they're are tanks which goes to support on the back. When undamaged for 5 seconds, they regenerate fast. They auto-spins like any regular Elite Crashers. They also gives off a lot of score, nearly a million score, compared to an Elite Crasher's pathetic 47k score, helping really well in score, if you're a score-junkie. But you will have to fight really hard, since the Elite Carrier, like all other Hard-mode Elites, are really powerful, having the same power as a Terrestrial. It's Carrier turrets are much stronger than the regular tank's, and they shoot fast swarms at a fast pace. Each swarm deals mediocre damage, but it quickly stacks. Up to 2 Carrier turrets can focus at you, and the swarms can cause chaos. Not only that, the large Swarm Spawners spawn the strongest swarm. They have the same power as a regular Drone from a Overseer-class. It's drones might be the slowest, but the large Swarm Spawners spawns these drones at a rapid (although less rapid) pace. The 3 Auto-4 Auto Turrets are also very powerful. Each of them shoots Gunner bullets at a super rapid pace. Each bullet has high penetration for their size, and they are fast. Thankfully each bullet's damage is really weak, but still you should worry about it's penetration and the many bullets that can outpenetrate tanks. The center Tri-Cruiser turret spawns the most swarm drones, but the swarm drones are the weakest and smallest out of the 3 Swarm Drone variants. Still, the quantity of swarm drones can easily shred any tank if they are exposed.
Strategy[]
Against the Elite Carrier[]
The Elite Carrier is a formidable boss, like any other Hard-Mode Bosses, It's weapons can take care of any tank with ease. If it's in FFA or any other Non-Siege modes, you must avoid it if you don't have any teammates. It can kill you before you deal any damage in. Instead, grab 4-5 players, fighting the Elite Carrier. Two of them must be spread spam tanks like Penta Shot or Octo Tank to deal with the insane quantity of Elite Carrier's health-shredding swarm drones. Not all of the Swarm Drones can be blocked this way, but it will be enough to fight the Elite Carrier for a long time. Next, 2 players must be Factory to deal heavy damage to the Elite Carrier itself, and clear out any of it's swarm drones, and outpenetrating the small and powerful bullets. blocking them from penetrating the spread spammer tanks. Finally, you (or your last ally) must use Redistributor or Machine Gunner to directly deal damage, and penetrate the small bullets of the Elite Carrier. Even still, the Elite Carrier won't die easily. You must nullify anything that the Elite Carrier's got at you, and kill it. If it's in Siege, you must destroy it firstly,since it's a big problem in moving to defend Sanctuaries, since it's swarm drones and small bullets can slow down significantly and cripple any tank that tries to go to another Sanctuary. Kill it first. If there are bosses defending it, and Mendists healing it, you must kill any bosses that defends both it and the Mendists. Then kill the Mendists, as they will pose a big threat to your team - and heal any damage that the Elite Carrier takes. Finally, kill the Elite Carrier. If in Hard-mode Siege, well... they're one of the main threats of that gamemode, and as a result you needed to have a lot of teammates in order to deal with them.
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