TGMC:Bull

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Frontline Combat XENO
Bull	Difficulty: Hard Duties: Plow marines out your way. Headbutt marines to the ground. Gore marine hearts. Guides: N/A Quote: "I can't wait to be primo!"

The Bull

The bull is a merger between the speed of a runner and the charge of a crusher, creating an effective front line hit and run caste.

Playing the Bull

When your charge is active, you will build up speed as you move forward in a straight line and you will hear a stomp sound as you begin to charge. You will do damage to anyone you smash into, which will scale with your built up speed.

Charging will constantly drain your plasma, so keep an eye on it as you will return to normal speed if you run out of plasma. It can also be deactivated to save plasma while moving.

The bull is often misplayed by new bull players due to the assumption that the bull is a "budget crusher". This is the leading reason of death among bulls as they inevitably get stunned or gunned down after getting bodyblocked for being overconfident. You must always remember that shotguns and explosives can and will stun you and that also that you are NOT tanky and your healthpool is smaller than you think.

Now that we've got that out the way, how do you properly charge without dying? Before you charge, consider the following:

• At who am I charging at? If they can stun you in close range, try to avoid them or use plow charge to minimize the risk of them stunning you.
• What charge should I use? If you are charging at a dangerous group, use plow to try to rush in and rush out the other side of their force. Small group? Use headbutt to get a cheeky stun and some broken bones or gore for good damage.
• If I by some chance get stunned, do I have an escape route? Plan for the worst and you might live after someone stuns you.

The last is likely the keystone of a good bull, as the hardest part of being a bull is not dealing damage, but staying alive after doing so.

Maturity Statistics and Evolution Paths

The Bull is a Tier 2 and can evolve into a Crusher.

Maturity increases stats as follows.

• Slash is the melee damage when the xenomorph is in harm intent and slashing marine. In the code, it's melee_damage.
• Melee, bullet, laser, energy, bomb, bio, rad, fire, and acid are soft armor values, not hard armor, which means that they reduce damage by a percentage rather than a flat value.

Age	Health	Plasma	Slash Файл:Intent Harm.png	Melee	Bullet	Laser	Energy	Bomb	Bio	Fire	Acid
Young	250	200	19	25	35	25	25	0	25	35	25
Mature	275	250	19	30	40	30	30	0	28	40	28
Elder	300	260	21	35	45	35	35	0	30	45	30
Ancient	325	270	21	40	50	40	40	0	33	50	33

Bull's Abilities

Ability	Description	Plasma cost	Recharge
Toggle Bump Attacks	This ability allows you to toggle bump attacks on and off. If for some reason you want to avoid them, toggle this off. The red arrow means it's on, you attack; the green arrow means it's off, you push.	N/A	N/A
Rest	This ability is used to rest and get up, you will heal faster when resting on weeds.	N/A	N/A
Psy Drain	This ability is executed on dead marines. Every dead marines psyhic drained will give 60 psychic points (scaled from 30 to 90 on number of marines) and 1/8 of a larva.	100	N/A
Toggle Charging	Toggles charging while moving. Speed and plasma consumption scales with how long you have been moving in one direction. Unable to charge diagonally. Upon contact with an entity, you will deal roughly 22.5 brute damage while still charging.	Avg. 3 per tile	N/A
Plow Charge	While activated, deals damage and throws anyone out of the way that you come into contact with while charging. Damage scales with charging speed.	N/A	N/A
Headbutt Charge	While activated, charges will fling the collider behind you, and stun them for about 2 seconds. Stun scales with charging speed. When collided, additionally skids you to a halt.	N/A	N/A
Gore Charge	While activated, charges will heavily damage who you collide with, making you skid to a halt. Along with the charging damage, it also applies your melee damage, resulting in around 65 brute at Ancient tier.	N/A	N/A

Primordial Evolution

Once the hive has enough psychic points, your queen has the option to unlock powerful primordial evolutions for each strain. Primordial evolutions grant additional abilities for the relevant class.

Ability	Description	Plasma Cost	Cooldown
Toggle Charging (Agile)	Toggles charging while moving. Speed and plasma consumption scales with how long you have been charging. Upon contact with an entity, you will deal roughly 22.5 brute damage while still charging. Still charges after changing directions.	Avg. 3 per tile	N/A

Tips & Tricks

• Sometimes it is good to take risks, such as risking a headbutt charge to knock over a heavily armored target for your sisters to slash and/or capture.
• Your speed also makes you effective for flanks of the main marine force.
• Always watch your lanes as a bull, make sure you enemies are in a nice clear and long lane, this is for both escaping and making sure you can build enough speed for good damage.
• You are NOT a sieging caste, cades and tight spaces are you worst enemy, stay out of buildings unless you have a good charge lane and STAY OUT OF CLOSE QUARTERS COMBAT, you will die.
• Your fellow hive mates will sometimes call you useless, don't be discouraged! You fill a niche that neither Runners nor Crushers can fill, you are a push breaking, marine harrassing, heavy weapons stopping machine!

TGMC Roles
	TerraGov Marines	Command	Captain, Field Commander, Staff Officer, Pilot Officer
		Engineering and Supply	Chief Ship Engineer, Requisitions Officer, Ship Technician
		Medical	Chief Medical Officer, Medical Officer, Researcher
		Marines	Squad Leader, Mech Pilot, Squad Smartgunner, Squad Engineer, Squad Corpsman, Squad Marine
		Civilians	Corporate Liaison
		Silicon-Based	Combat robots, Synthetic, AI
	Xenomorphs	Tier 0	Larva, Minions
		Tier 1	Drone, Runner, Defender, Baneling, Sentinel
		Tier 2	Hivelord, Carrier, Hunter, Wraith, Bull, Warrior, Puppeteer, Spitter
		Tier 3	Gorger, Defiler, Widow, Ravager, Warlock, Behemoth, Crusher, Praetorian, Boiler
		Tier 4	Shrike, Queen, King, Hivemind
	Others		Zombie, Emergency Response Teams, Sons of Mars, Survivor