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{{Flood Species Infobox | {{Flood Species Infobox | ||
|name = Ranged | |name = Ranged form | ||
|image = [[File:TLJ Flood Ranged Form.png|250px]] | |image = [[File:TLJ Flood Ranged Form.png|250px]] | ||
|height = Approximately 8 feet | |height = Approximately 8 feet | ||
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|notable = Can form into [[Tank Form|Tank]] and [[Stalker Form]] | |notable = Can form into [[Tank Form|Tank]] and [[Stalker Form]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Flood | The '''Flood ranged form''' is a variety of [[Flood]] [[Flood pure form|pure form]]. Ranged Forms serve to provide suppressing fire, assaulting potential hosts from a distance with a hail of deadly spikes. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The Ranged Form is formed when a [[Flood | The Ranged Form is formed when a [[Flood stalker form]] chooses to mount itself in a stationary position either on the walls, ceiling, or ground. The Stalker's body reconfigures itself into a tripodal configuration, and the abdomen morphs into a living missile platform of regenerating spikes. These spikes, constructed from scavenged bone and biomatter, can be shot out of the abdomen with extreme force and accuracy, relentlessly pelting targets from afar. | ||
When harassed, Ranged Forms will curl up to shield their heads, their weak point. In this state, they are far more resistant to damage. When a Pure Form is killed on a wall or ceiling, they will fall off. | When harassed, Ranged Forms will curl up to shield their heads, their weak point. In this state, they are far more resistant to damage. When a Pure Form is killed on a wall or ceiling, they will fall off. | ||
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Like many Flood Forms, Ranged Forms possess a small cluster of sensory appendages emitting from their "mouths". These are located at the base of the abdomen, below the rows of projectile spines. One of the simplest ways to dispatch a Ranged Form is to target this sensory cluster while it is in a dormant state. While Ranged Forms can absorb impressive volumes of damage while dormant, a few well-placed shots to the "mouth" will kill them. It should be noted that on higher difficulties, killing a Ranged Form with the Flamethrower will sometimes result in a Spike Grenade explosion. Meleeing ranged forms is an instant kill on any difficulty because they tip over. | Like many Flood Forms, Ranged Forms possess a small cluster of sensory appendages emitting from their "mouths". These are located at the base of the abdomen, below the rows of projectile spines. One of the simplest ways to dispatch a Ranged Form is to target this sensory cluster while it is in a dormant state. While Ranged Forms can absorb impressive volumes of damage while dormant, a few well-placed shots to the "mouth" will kill them. It should be noted that on higher difficulties, killing a Ranged Form with the Flamethrower will sometimes result in a Spike Grenade explosion. Meleeing ranged forms is an instant kill on any difficulty because they tip over. | ||
[[File:Dormant Flood Ranged.jpg|thumb|Dormant Flood | [[File:Dormant Flood Ranged.jpg|thumb|Dormant Flood ranged form.]] | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||