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Increase Scathis survivability and accuracy#7147

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Description of the proposed changes

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Survivability is increased so that it can take more damage from enders and use its mobility to reposition if necessary. This way it can get more value

  • HP: 9k -> 18k (Survive a 16k dmg mavor shell)
  • Regen: 0 -> 134 (2 minutes to regen a mavor shell)

Accuracy is increased since players say it is weak against both shielded high value targets and unshielded smaller targets.

  • Fixed spread radius: 70 -> 63

Testing done on the proposed changes

I don't have an automated testing setup so I can't do any exhaustive, reproducible testing. I shot it at a Seraphim shield and some Seraphim air grids with and without shields and it didn't seem too much stronger.

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  • Balance Adjustments
    • Scathis health doubled from 9000 to 18000
    • Added regeneration capability (134 units/second)
    • Tightened Proton Artillery spread radius for improved targeting accuracy

lL1l1 added 3 commits June 20, 2026 11:42
+23% damage/area

We have to be very careful with Scathis's damage output because its large volley with high splash can achieve a critical mass to one shot any shield array, unlike the lower AoE and continuous fire of other artillery
@lL1l1 lL1l1 requested a review from Rhaelya June 20, 2026 21:29
@lL1l1 lL1l1 added the area: balance idea related to suggestions for unit balance label Jun 20, 2026
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  • changelog/snippets/balance.7147.md
  • units/URL0401/URL0401_unit.bp

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Balance changes to Scathis (URL0401): Health/MaxHealth doubled from 9000 to 18000, RegenRate added at 134, and Proton Artillery FixedSpreadRadius reduced from 70 to 63. A changelog snippet for issue #7147 is also added.

Changes

Scathis Balance Changes

Layer / File(s) Summary
Scathis health, regen, and weapon spread updates
units/URL0401/URL0401_unit.bp, changelog/snippets/balance.7147.md
Health/MaxHealth increased from 9000 to 18000, RegenRate set to 134, Proton Artillery FixedSpreadRadius reduced from 70 to 63, and the accompanying changelog entry documents these values.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

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🐇 Scathis wakes with doubled might,
Its health renewed, its regen bright.
The artillery narrows, shells fly true,
A rabbit cheered each value new.
Hop hop hooray for balance day! 🎉

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Title check ✅ Passed The title accurately captures the main changes: increasing Scathis survivability through higher health and regen, and improving accuracy via reduced spread radius.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes clear explanations of changes, manual testing results, and a changelog snippet. However, one checklist item (code annotations) is incomplete, and the optional 'Additional context' section is missing.
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@lL1l1 lL1l1 force-pushed the balance/scathis branch from 7430acb to c62d279 Compare June 20, 2026 21:32
@lL1l1 lL1l1 marked this pull request as ready for review June 20, 2026 21:32
@lL1l1 lL1l1 moved this from To Discuss to To Implement in 2025 - Balance Iteration I Jun 21, 2026
@lL1l1 lL1l1 moved this from To Implement to To Test in 2025 - Balance Iteration I Jun 21, 2026
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