Tempest MLRS
Eight-rocket saturation barrage. Erases fortified positions and clumped armies.
Stats
- Tier
- Tier 3
- Cost
- 760 metal
- Build time
- 40 s
- Hit points
- 380
- Armor
- Medium
- Speed
- 1.4 tiles/s
- Unit cap
- 3
- Vision
- 8 tiles
- Power
- −3
- DPS
- 54
- Range
- 13 tiles
- Built at
- Arsenal
- Requires
- Radar Station
Weapons
Rocket pods
- Damage
- 54 ×8
- Reload
- 8 s
- DPS
- 54
- Range
- 13 tiles
- Min range
- 4 tiles
- Splash
- 48 px
- Traits
- Aimed from a mount that turns on its own: the unit fires in any direction without turning its hull, and can keep firing on the move. A fixed gun has to face its target first.The shell is lobbed over whatever stands between the gun and its mark and comes down on the spot it was aimed at: it punishes what stands still and misses what has moved.
- vs Light
- ×1.20
- vs Medium
- ×1
- vs Heavy
- ×0.75
- vs Structure
- ×1.60
- vs Ship
- ×1
Counters
- Light
- Effective against: ×1.20; Countered by: ×1.10
- Medium
- Effective against: ×1; Countered by: ×1.10
- Heavy
- Effective against: ×0.75; Countered by: ×1.30
- Structure
- Effective against: ×1.60; Countered by: ×1.30
- Ship
- Effective against: ×1; Countered by: ×1.10
- Submarine
- Effective against: —; Countered by: ×1
- Aircraft
- Effective against: —; Countered by: ×1.40
The Tempest fires an eight-rocket salvo at 13 tiles, with each rocket spreading high-explosive damage around its impact. Its eight-second reload leaves a gap between volleys, and its blast area rewards shooting into clustered units or buildings. It requires a Radar Station and is built at the Arsenal, the war factory’s third level.
How to use
Treat it as a howitzer with a bigger hammer. Get vision on the target from a drone or Radar, fire, and reposition during the long reload. It has a minimum range and no way to defend itself, so keep it well behind the line with anti-air overhead. Point defence can intercept its rockets. Against a protected gun line, overwhelm the magazines or bring shell artillery that cannot be intercepted.
Anecdotes
Soviet rocket crews named theirs Katyusha, after a popular song about a girl waiting for her soldier. The Germans underneath called the same weapon the Stalinorgel, Stalin's organ, for the noise it made on the way in.
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