TGMC:Shrike
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The Shrike
The shrike is one of the few xenomorphs that have harnessed telekinesis to defeat the marines, but with this great power comes with great responsibility. With such psychic abilties, you are also tasked to lead the hive with and without a queen. Since you are not queen, you are not as heavy as the queen, so you cannot withstand much damage from marines; in fact, you can get stunned by shotguns and mateba. You are a support caste and should not be spearheading the xeno charge. However, your fling does provide a good stun against one marine, making you an excellent duelist.
Playing the Shrike
So, seems that you have become the shrike, but what do you do now?
First steps:
- Turn on your pheromones to either recovery, a typically non-combat pheromone, or the warding and frenzy pheromones which increase combat performance of you and your fellow xenos
- Use your Call Burrowed ability regularily, as it allows dead players to respawn at your feet as burrowed larva. Use only while you are safe as larva can easily die
Now that thats done, what should I be doing? Go help support your fellow xenos at the front line with healing and through the use of your abilities "Fling" and "Devastating Force". As you are more of a support caste marines will be especially eager to kill you. Do note you should not try to take on marines on your own, as you do not do much damage and your abilities are perfect for opening opportunities for your allies.
Evolution & Upgrades
The Shrike is a Tier 3 and can evolve into a queen if there are more than 8 xenos in the hive. Upgraded growth levels will increase your health, armor, slash damage, movement speed, plasma pool, and plasma regeneration rate.
Shrike Abilities
Abilities | Functions | Difficulty of use | Plasma cost |
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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; the green arrow means it's off. | N/A | N/A |
Rest |
This ability is used to rest and get up. You will heal only when resting on weeds and will also regenerate plasma faster. | Easy | N/A |
Regurgitate |
Regurgitate does exactly what it sounds like: expels the contents of your stomach onto the current tile. To devour someone, grab them then click on your sprite, and stand still. | Easy | N/A |
Headbite |
This ability is used to remove the brain of a downed marine, allowing for a quick execution. Takes 10 seconds to pull off. | Braindead | 100 |
Corrosive Acid |
Lets you expel acid from your body onto any structure/object you are able to. Shrike acid is medium strength, stronger than a Sentinel's but still weaker than a Boiler's or Queen's acid. | Easy | 75 |
Файл:Plant weeds.png Plant Weeds |
Can only be placed on a tile that does not already have a resin sac, and cannot be placed on rock, grass, or catwalks. | Easy | 75 |
Lay Egg |
Makes you lay a hugger egg. | Easy | 400 |
Call of the Burrowed |
Sends a ping to all ghosts allowing them to join the xeno team as burrowed larva that will spawn on you. Do not use near combat or the new larva can easily die | Easy | N/A |
Choose Resin Structure |
Click to choose which resin structure you wish to build with Secrete Resin. It will always default to Resin Wall upon evolution. | Easy | N/A |
Файл:Secrete resin.png Secrete Resin |
Builds whatever resin structure you have chosen in Choose Resin Structure on your hotbar, on your current tile. | Easy | 75 |
Psychic cure |
Allows you to heal xenomorphs from up to three tiles away on a one minute recharge. | Easy | 200 |
Psychic Whisper |
Allows you to bully captured hosts telepathically | Easy | N/A |
Larval Growth sting |
Begins a 3-part channel that injects larval serum into a target, speeding up a larvas growth. (Overdosing causes oxygen damage) | Easy | N/A |
Psychic Fling |
Use on a human or item on the floor to use psychic powers to launch it 5 tiles away from you | Hard | 100 |
Unrelenting Force |
Launches all humans and items in a 3x3 square in front of you away from you (Works only in the cardinal directions, not diagonally). | Hard | 0 |
Emit Pheromones |
Emit one of the three Pheromones. The Shrike has some of the most powerful Pheromones available to the hive. Your pheromones will grow stronger as you mature. | Easy | 30* |
Toggle Bump Attacks |
Allows you to switch between bump attacks (walking into someone to attack them) and pushing targets. | Easy | N/A |
Tips & Tricks
- Don't tank shots, you are meant as a support caste.
- Open up duels with a fling instead of screech. If you fling first, you can further stun them with a screech, and when screech is used, your fling is ready to go to further stunlock the marine.
- Aim for arms in duels. You can easily decrease the marine's capability to duel you when they have a fractured arm. Marines can't use shotgun if not wielded. If they have a pistol or submachine gun, then you will have to break both arms to prevent them from using the weapons.
- Use your screech to fling marines' nades back at them; you are the only xenomorph that can do this.
- Use help intent to help shuffle behind marines, turn around to face marines' back, and screech. Watch as they get pushed to a group of xenomorphs.
- Sometimes it's better to save psychic cure to save sisters that get into trouble than waste it for a quick heal
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, |