Bomb Cannon
The Bomb Cannon is a Secret artillery unit from the Pirate faction. They are equipped with Bomb Cannonballs as well as the Pirate Cutlass. |
Location
On Pirate (Map), look for the mountain at the far end of the map. Then look behind it, at the right side of the map (now your left if you look from behind the mountain), you will see a stone platform with a cannon and some unarmed bombs, with a cutlass on it. Just proceed like any other unit: look at it until it shines and disappears into a popup. |
Characteristics
The Bomb Cannon is a Secret Unit from the Pirate Faction. It is a crowd control unit but can easily self destruct if placed on the wrong spot. It is very powerful but when facing stronger units, it doesn't fair that well as other stronger units. Overall, a risky but blasting way to play.
Appearance
The Bomb Cannon looks like a bigger normal cannon, except that the gunner has a cutlass in their pores, and there is a small pirate on top of the cannon that wields a cutlass. The small pirate comically raises its cutlass when the cannon is ready to fire. It fires the bomb cannonball, a type of explosive artillery fire capable of dealing a devastating amount of damage to any army.
Clothes
Bomb Cannon Front Rider
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PIRATE HAT 03
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PIRATE SHIRT 04
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PIRATE BELT 02
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PIRATE PANTS 03
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PIRATE SHOES 02
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Bomb Cannon Rider
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PIRATE HAT 04
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PIRATE SWORD IN MOUTH 00
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PIRATE SHIRT 05
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PIRATE BELT 03
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PIRATE PANTS 01
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PIRATE SHOES 02
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Unit Voice
Strategy
Usage
The Bomb Cannon is a more expensive version of the Cannon that trades health and attack speed and damage per shot for greater blast radius. It is great for dealing with large groups of enemies, granted they're not close to the Bomb Cannon. If they are close, the Bomb Cannon will die from its own explosion. The small pirate on top can attack nearby enemies with its cutlass, but struggles to reach most enemies and doesn't do a lot of damage when it hits.
A small tip is not to use this against the Ballista, as while the Ballista will shoot the bolt over the cannon, because the rider sits on the top, it is considerably more likely to get shot. And once the Rider is killed, then the whole Bomb Cannon and its "operator" will die as well, so the Cannon is going to be a much more suitable alternative when fighting the Ballista.
Encounters
This unit is encountered in the Wild West (Campaign). |
Changelog
Early Access 0.7.0
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Trivia
- The Bomb Cannon crew's units both used to have voices that sound like Farmers, but with a higher pitch.
- Now, they use the Catapult's former high pitched voice-lines.
- Historically, explosive ammunition (bombs) fired from cannons were called "shells".
- The Bomb Cannon does less damage than Cannons. This makes the bomb cannon ineffective when dealing with a unit that has high health.
- Buffing a Bomb Cannon with cheerleaders is also a way to win some battles in the campaign as the AoE and speed allow the unit to destroy every unit in no time.
- It is one of the couple units that have a projectile that can be thrown back by the Dark Peasant.
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