Seraphim T2 Assault Bot

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v • e Tech 2 Land Units Heavy Bot             Heavy Tank             Amphibious Tank                 Mobile AA Flak Artillery                 Mobile Missile Launcher                 Mobile Defense             Other         v • e Bots Tech 1 Scout Bot         Tech 1 Light Assault Bot             Tech 1 Assault Bot     Tech 2 Gatling / Rocket Bot         Tech 2 Assault Bot     Tech 2 Mobile Bomb     Tech 3 Heavy / Siege Assault Bot             Tech 3 Armored Assault Bot         Tech 3 Sniper Bot         Experimental             Experimental     Seraphim T2 Assault Bot: Ilshavoh f • s • e   Lightly armored assault bot. Effective against equivalent enemy units. Build Costs -1800 -360 1600 Max Health 2300 Speed 2.9 (Land) Veterancy 9 ( +2/s) Intel (Radius) Vision: 20 Weapon: Aire-au Bolter Direct Fire - Projectile DPS 105 Projectile  Damage 35 Rate of Fire 3 Projectiles/s Range 26

The Seraphim T2 Assault Bot, nicknamed the Ilshavoh, is a Seraphim unit. It is a direct fire unit.

Like the Aeon Obsidian, the Ilshavoh is a markedly heavier unit than its contemporaries, reflected by both its cost and its power. Fast-moving, tough and destructive, the Ilshavoh is one of the strongest units available in T2 and is almost comparable to some T3 units. It can quite possibly remain in good use even when the Seraphim player is into T3 (See the page on the Seraphim Othuum siege tank for more information) due to the lack of a light land raider comparable to the UEF Titan or Cybran Loyalist (the T3 Othuum siege tank is, like the Ilshavoh itself in T2, a heavier unit). Contrary to the opening cinematic of Forged Alliance, you should not expect Ilshavohs to be able to defeat Titans in direct combat.

However, mass for mass and energy for energy, it can rival heavy assault bots and armored assault bots, especially Percivals; for example, except for slower speed and having a greater range, three Ilshavohs can do exactly what two Titans can do, at only a slightly greater mass cost and a much cheaper energy cost.

They are also excellent for taking on tech 1 ground forces. Their extremely high rate of fire (reducing the opportunity for overkill or loss of potential damage due to missed shots unlike their Aeon counterpart) and good DPS allow them to cut through T1 tanks and bots like a hot knife through butter. An Ilshavoh will destroy a Cybran Mantis every 3 seconds, whereas it takes the equivalent of almost one and a half minutes of Mantis fire to down an Ilshavoh. Given that an Ilshavoh only costs about 6 times the Mass of a Mantis, this makes a rush to T2 ground an attracitve strategy for a Seraphim player.

Bottom line: Do not ignore these units, even at tech 3. A Seraphim player without Ilshavohs is a Seraphim player who is probably losing.