Barracuda Blitz

Unlock fish: Tropical Barracuda
Trigger: Fire
Cooldown: ~0.25 sec
Research time: 16 min

Overview

While firing, summons schools of tropical barracuda from screen edges that streak across the entire screen.

Research note

Their speed is remarkable.

Mechanics

While firing continuously, every about 5 to 2 shots depending on domain layers with cooldown ready (about 0.25 seconds), a full row of tropical barracuda spawns from a random screen edge and crosses the screen. Row size is about 3 plus domain layers divided by 2.

Barracuda travel in straight lines at high speed, pierce 9 times, and vanish after about 5 seconds or when leaving the screen. About every 0.17 seconds in flight they slightly steer toward the nearest enemy within about 25 tiles. They ignore terrain. Damage scales with domain layers.

Tips

High fire-rate weapons trigger schools more often. Best when enemies stay on screen for multiple pierces; open battlefields beat tight caves.