TGMC:Praetorian
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| Ranged-Support XENO | |
 Praetorian |
Difficulty: Hard Duties: Assist xenos with your pheromones and very strong acid, stun marines with acid cone Guides: no separate guides Quote: "Say '*scream' again. Say '*scream' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say *scream one more Goddamn time!" |
The Praetorian
The Praetorian is a powerful ranged-support Tier 3 Xenomorph that can spit both neurotoxin and acid, spray a large cone of acid, and emit pheromone auras to help allies within a certain radius. You are also tough enough to help with front-line combat, but are still somewhat vulnerable to fire.
Playing the Praetorian
Praetorians are some of the hive's most powerful support and leader castes. When the hive decides what caste the spitter should evolve to, they default to the praetorian for the following reasons:
- opening push with acid spray
- stunning multiple marines with acid spray
- increasing marines' horizontal state with acid spray
- suppressing marines with neurotoxin spit
- assaulting, harrassing, and insulting the marines with acid spits
- disengaging out of marines' firing lane with the pheromones frenzy to repeat the harrassment
- emitting Pheromones for your sisters
- extinguishing fire with acid wells and, to a lesser extent, acid spray
| Name | Description | Metabolism Rate | Overdose Threshold | Critical OD Threshold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Neurotoxin ▮ |
A debilitating nerve toxin. Impedes motor control in high doses. Causes progressive loss of mobility over time. Causes progressively increasing pain and stamina loss, increasing after ticks 20 and 45. Additionally, purges medicines at a rate of 1u per tick. On overdose, causes 0.5 toxin and oxy damage; critical overdose stops breathing. |
0.4 units per tick | 30u | 60u |
All spitters want to be the Praetorian, and all Praetorians want to burn down marines with acid spray and spit.
You can switch between neurotoxin and acid spit, and your acid spray is a very powerful ability which sprays a cone of acid across the ground seven tiles wide and four tiles long. Acid spray will knock down any marine that it hits and will do damage to anyone that stays in it or moves through it while it's on the ground.
Pheromones are another critically important tool you must use. You can switch between recovery for faster healing and plasma regeneration, warding for extra protection, and frenzy for a speed bonus. Make sure you're always emitting pheromones to help yourself and your team, and when applicable, make sure you aren't overlapping pheromone types with other Xenomorphs to maximise their usefullness.
Maturity Statistics and Evolution Paths
The Praetorian is a Tier 3 and cannot evolve further.
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 | 290 | 800 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 28 | 35 | 28 |
 Mature |
320 | 900 | 20 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 33 | 40 | 33 |
 Elder |
340 | 1000 | 23 | 40 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 35 | 45 | 35 |
 Ancient |
360 | 1000 | 23 | 45 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 38 | 50 | 38 |
Maturity for the Praetorian will increase considerably more stats compared to other castes, which includes
- Acid Spray damage
- The delay between Acid Spit actions
- The amount of neurotoxin transferred when using Acid Spit, while neurotoxic splash is selected.
- The strength of pheromones, which can determine how powerful some actions will be, along with pheromones themselves
| Age | Spray Damage | Spit Delay | Neurotoxin Amount | Pheromone Strength |
| Young | 35 | 1.3s | 9.5 | 3 |
| Mature |
39 | 1.2s | 9.0 | 3.5 |
| Elder |
43 | 1.1s | 9.5 | 4 |
| Ancient |
47 | 1.0s | 10.0 | 4.5 |
Praetorian 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 | ||||||
 Corrosive Acid |
Expells acid onto an object or wall, destroying it after a while. If used on wall, after some time a hole will appear. Small xeno can climb through, large xeno can break the wall with hole.
|
75 | N/A | ||||||
 Emit Pheromones |
Toggles to see your pheromones, allowing you to select recovery, warding, or frenzy. You may only emit one at a time, and you can see which pheromones you are effected by in the game tab. Each pheromone uses 5 plasma every regeneration tick. Strength of pheromones is tied to caste and maturity, and increases effect. More in Xenomorph Mechanics.
|
30 | N/A | ||||||
 Xeno Spit |
Spit neurotoxin or acid at a target or tile. While neurotoxin is generally not lethal, it will cause pain and slow marines and can have a big impact while supporting other Xenos or fighting on your own. Your acid spit will do burn damage and can slowly wear down poorly-guarded barricades. | 40-100 | N/A | ||||||
 Spray Acid |
Channel a cone of acid across the ground in a 4x7 tile area. Knocks down targets it hits and does tick damage to any target that stands in or moves across the acid while it remains on the ground. | 300 | 30 seconds |
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.
For the XENOMORPH, this primordial ability is Acid Dash.
| Ability | Description | Plasma Cost | Cooldown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Acid Dash |
Instantly dash up to 5 tiles, ignoring small strucures like tables and spraying acid in your path. Marines in your path are knocked down. For 2 seconds after the initial cast, you can recast the ability without cooldown for an additional, acid-less charge. | 250 | 30 |
Tips & Tricks
- In the absence of the Queen, you will often be looked at as a central point of combat due to your powerful pheromones. Make sure you're supporting your other Xenomorphs and paying attention to the battle.
- You can help an assault succeed, or even influence a push to begin, with a well-placed acid spray that drives marines back from barricades or catches some out, wounding them or cutting them off from support.
- Praetorians also rival Spitters in their harassment ability, so make sure you're constantly spitting neuro or acid when you're not spraying or fighting.
- Your acid spray can peek through the corners of cades, given that there isn't anything blocking.
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