Hazardous Mechs

Hazardous Mechs

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These Mechs have spectacular damage output but rely on nanobots feeding off dead Vek to stay alive.

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The Hazardous Mechs are one of the Squads from Into The Breach. They consist of the Leap Mech, Unstable Mech and Nano Mech and are unlockable for 4 coins.

This squad has obscene damaging abilities as the Leap and Unstable mechs both have powerful pushing weapons. However, everything comes with the price of dealing self-damage, relying on the Nano Mech's A.C.I.D. Projector and its signature passive Viscera Nanobots to stay fighting.

Mechs

Name	Class	Health	Move speed	Default loadout	Special
Leap Mech	Prime	3	4	Hydraulic Legs (Prime) Effect Leap to a tile, damaging self and adjacent tiles. (1 self, 1 damage) Upgrade I +1 Damage Each () Increases damage to self and targets by 1. Upgrade II +1 Damage ( ) Increases damage to targets by 1.
Unstable Mech	Brute	3	3	Unstable Cannon (Brute) Effect Powerful projectile that causes damage to shooter as well as target. (1 self, 2 damage) Upgrade I +1 Damage Each () Increases damage to self and target by 1. Upgrade II +1 Damage ( ) Increases target damage by 1.
Nano Mech	Science	2	4	A.C.I.D. Projector (Science) Effect Fire a projectile that applies A.C.I.D. and pushes. Viscera Nanobots (Passive) Effect Mechs heal 1 damage when they deal a killing blow. Upgrade I +1 Heal ( ) Increase healing to 2.	Flying: Flying units can move over any terrain tile.

Achievements

Healing

Heal 10 Mech Health in a single battle.

Immortal

Finish 4 Corporate Islands without a Mech being destroyed at the end of a battle.

Overkill

Deal 8 damage to a unit with a single attack.

Strategies

• Keep your Nano Mech alive at all times, and your other two mechs are virtually immortal. Viscera Nanobots will heal a mech even if its health would be reduced to zero or lower, including Self-Destruct. This ability doesn't account for negative numbers, so if your mech's health has been reduced to a negative number, the game will just treat mech's HP as 0 and heal the according amount of HP.
  • For example, if your Unstable Mech has 1HP, has Upgrade I powered and kills two enemies in one attack, it will have 2HP after the attack resolution.
• The A.C.I.D projector is key to killing high-health targets such as the Firefly with the Unstable Mech.
• All of this squad's weapons push enemies, so beware of inside corners, particularly where one of the obstacles is a city or allied unit, and either occupy them with your own mechs or prevent enemies from moving into them.
• Get the +1 Heal upgrade on Viscera Nanobots first before any other damage upgrades.
• If Advanced Equipment is enabled, Networked Shielding fully negates any self-damage and voids the purpose of Viscera Nanobots.
• Recommended starting pilots include:
  • Mafan can use the Zoltan Shield each turn to absorb self-damage, and can use the included reactor core to immediately power +1 damage each.
  • Abe Isamu prevents the initial 1 point of self damage from Hydraulic Legs and Unstable Cannon, allowing you to get their +1 damage each upgrades early.
  • To a lesser extent, Ariadne's +3HP can tank the self-damage and can also get the +1 damage each upgrades early, provided she gets kill-shots to auto-repair some of the lost HP.
• Other pilots to look out for include:
  • Any pilot with Conservative if you have Self-Destruct.
  • Chen Rong and Archimedes: Lets you move one of your mechs after attacking, which is important as the Leap Mech likes to enter into enemy fire. Also helps the Nano Mech escape trouble.
  • Silica: Lets the Leap Mech hop twice before actually moving.
  • Morgan Lejeune: Lets you keep the boost in case Viscera Nanobots does not fully heal, which is often the case after getting health upgrades.
  • Rosie Rivets: can pilot the Nano Mech and be positioned to repair and revive the other two mechs, decreasing the squad's reliance on Viscera Nanobots.