Rain Maker

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"This experimental long range artillery will outrange all but the most far-reaching defenses and rain down with its badaboom shells"

Summary

• Rain Maker is a prototype troop that is occasionally available for players who have an Armory level of 13 or above, and starts one level below it.
• The Rain Maker has low health and speed, but fires salvos of cluster munitions from extreme range, each of which land randomly around the target before splitting into multiple submunitions, followed by a long reload time.
  • All of Rain Maker's projectiles inflict indiscriminate splash damage in their AOE that can set off Mines, Boom Mines, and Shock Mines.
• Each Rain Maker costs 6 Gunboat Energy to deploy.

Visual Appearance

• The Rain Maker has the same hull & turret as a Tank, except its main gun is replaced with a golden Mortar-like barrel.

Offensive Strategy

• Groups of Rain Makers can wreck havoc and deal consistent damage by virtue of their massive range, crippling if not outright obliterating groups of them in one or two volleys, leaving them with no opportunity to retaliate. Much like Grenadiers, buildings near the primary target can also be quickly whittled down to reduce or eliminate their threat.
  • However, like how Grenadiers work against Cannons and Bombardiers versus Sniper Towers or Mortars, this is a minuscule range advantage. If you have too many Rain Makers, some of them can be pushed into range and may be destroyed immediately.
• The Rain Maker's shells can clear Mines around their impact area for them to advance later. This, however, doesn't work well with troops that have lower range due to friendly fire.
• If positioned correctly, the only normal defenses able to hit the Rain Maker are the Rocket Launcher and Shock Launcher. This means that use of Medics can be helpful to mitigate damage.
  • Due to its vulnerability to the Shock Launcher and some Prototype Defenses, it is best to counter them with Gunboat weaponry.

Defensive Strategy

• As mentioned above, Shock Launchers are an effective defense against the Rain Maker.
• Certain Prototype Defenses generally work well against Rain Makers.
  • Shock Blasters, Doom Cannons, S.I.M.O.s and Grapplers can reach them easily and dismiss their range advantage.
  • Lazor Beam can slowly do chip damage as well, but this is generally ineffective, as Medics are often used with them and will out-heal any damage dealt to them.
  • Hot Pot and Boom Surprise cannot be targeted or damaged by Rain Makers when sheltered. However, an opponent can force them into the open with other means, resulting in them falling quickly alongside any other defenses.
  • Damage Amplifiers can be used to boost any other defenses strong against Rain Makers.
• Take care to spread out buildings as the Rain Maker's cluster munitions can inflict widespread collateral damage.
• Having a beach base (a base where defensive buildings cover the beach) can prove useful against Rain Makers. Unless they have sufficient Gunboat Energy to flank, the Rain Maker will be unable to fully utilize its range advantage.

Trivia

• You can have a maximum of 16 Rain Makers in a complete set of fully upgraded Landing Crafts.

Rain Maker Blueprint

• The March 2020 Update added some Prototype Troops to the game and standardized existing Prototype Troops to fit the Proto Token upgrade system.
  • Originally, the Rain Maker required blueprints which could be purchased from the Trader as part of an additional offer, once the Armory had been upgraded to at least level 14. These blueprints allowed the Rain Maker to be used for one day.
• The Rain Maker's shells are reused assets from high-level Mortars.
• The Rain Maker has the highest combined shell & shrapnel damage of all troops.
• While under the effects of the best Troop Damage Masterpiece and 11 Guardians boosted with Power Powder, and LVL 6 Battle Orders the Rain Maker can deliver up to 48,000 combined damage.
• The Rain Maker is featured as a boss in Squad Busters, another Supercell game, being piloted by a Rifleman instead.

Statistics

Unit Size	Training Time	Movement Speed	Attack Range	Attack Speed	Shrapnel Count
14	24m	Slow / 150	Very Long / 17 Tiles	0.2s between shots in salvo; 10s between salvos of 4	5

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Level	Hitpoints	DPS	Damage per Shot & Shrapnel Damage	Training Cost	Upgrade Cost in Proto Tokens
12	1,200	339.6	150	35,000	N/A
13	1,300	396.2	175	40,000	250
14	1,400	452.8	200	45,000	350
15	1,500	509.4	225	50,000	450
16	1,600	566.0	250	55,000	550
17	1,700	622.6	275	60,000	650
18	1,800	679.2	300	65,000	750
19	1,900	735.8	325	70,000	850
20	2,000	792.5	350	75,000	950
21	2,100	849.1	375	80,000	1,050
22	2,200	905.7	400	85,000	1,150
23	2,300	962.3	425	90,000	1,250
24	2,400	1,018.9	450	95,000	1,350
25	2,500	1,075.5	475	100,000	1,450
26	2,600	1,132.1	500	105,000	1,500
27	2,800	N/A	N/A	110,000	1,500
28	3,000	N/A	N/A	115,000	1,500

Warships

Rank	Level	Reserves Size	Upgrade Tokens	Tech Level
1	12	28	N/A	5
2	14	34	86,500	10
3	16	40	115,500	15
4	18	46	169,000	20
5	22	52	240,000	25
Total			611,000	75