Defender

Defender

Descriptor	Heavy & Steady

Defender is a ship in Battle Bay. This ship has very high health and defense, but has significantly slower speed. This ship's crew members are Brock and Blastian.

MK1 is unlocked at captain level 4 for 15,000 gold, MK2 is unlocked at captain level 10 for 185,000 gold, MK3 is unlocked at captain level 16 for 418,000 gold, MK4 is unlocked at captain level 21 for 1,550,000 gold, MK5 is unlocked at captain level 30 for 2,950,000 gold, MK6 is unlocked at captain level 40 for 4,125,000 gold, and MK7 is unlocked at captain level 48 for 4,850,000 gold.

Ingame description before 4.0 update[ | ]

Slow and steady wins the race. The Defender can take a boatload of punishment and still keep dishing out impressive damage. No need to chase your targets, let them come to you.

Big, mean and beautiful.

Base stats[ | ]

Basic stats
Defense	Speed	Max Speed	Ship Agility	Turret Agility
20	0.92	1.46	50	60

Health stat
Level	Health	Cost
1	2700 HP	0
2	2894 HP	32,000 gold
3	3088 HP	49,000 gold
4	3282 HP	79,000 gold
5	3476 HP	119,000 gold
6	3670 HP	164,000 gold
7	3864 HP	207,000 gold
8	4058 HP	244,000 gold
9	4252 HP	271,000 gold
10	4446 HP	287,000 gold
11	4640 HP	295,000 gold
12	4834 HP	299,000 gold
13	5028 HP	304,000 gold
14	5222 HP	318,000 gold
15	5416 HP	344,000 gold
16	5610 HP	383,000 gold
17	5804 HP	433,000 gold
18	5998 HP	492,000 gold
19	6192 HP	552,000 gold
20	6386 HP	608,000 gold
21	6580 HP	655,000 gold
22	6774 HP	692,000 gold
23	6968 HP	718,000 gold
24	7162 HP	740,000 gold
25	7356 HP	755,000 gold
26	7550 HP	780,000 gold
27	7744 HP	810,000 gold
28	7938 HP	855,000 gold
29	8132 HP	915,000 gold
30	8326 HP	980,000 gold
31	8520 HP	1,050,000 gold
32	8714 HP	1,130,000 gold
33	8908 HP	1,190,000 gold
34	9102 HP	1,250,000 gold
35	9296 HP	1,290,000 gold
36	9490 HP	1,330,000 gold
37	9684 HP	1,360,000 gold
38	9878 HP	1,390,000 gold
39	10072 HP	1,430,000 gold
40	10266 HP	1,480,000 gold
41	10460 HP	1,540,000 gold
42	10654 HP	1,620,000 gold
43	10848 HP	1,700,000 gold
44	11042 HP	1,780,000 gold
45	11236 HP	1,870,000 gold
46	11430 HP	1,940,000 gold
47	11624 HP	2,000,000 gold
48	11818 HP	2,100,000 gold
49	12012 HP	2,150,000 gold
50	12206 HP	2,200,000 gold

The 4.0 update made significant changes to ship stats. Below are the stats before the 4.0 update.

MK	Health	Defence	Speed	Ship agility	Turret agility
1	900 HP	5 DMG	0.89 (Max: 1.3)	27.7° (Max: 71.3° at all MKs)	28° (Max: 77° at all MKs)
2	1300 HP	10 DMG	0.83 (Max: 1.3)	24.6°	26.5°
3	2200 HP	20 DMG	0.73 (Max: 1.34)	21°	24.5°
4	2700 HP	30 DMG	0.68 (Max: 1.34)	19.8°	23°
5	3900 HP	40 DMG	0.64 (Max: 1.38)	19.1°	22°
6	5000 HP	50 DMG	0.63 (Max: 1.38)	18.6°	21.5°
7	5900 HP	50 DMG	0.64 (Max: 1.42)	19.1°	22°

Slots and slot points[ | ]

Red slots	Hybrid slots	Blue slots
5 5 5	1/0	0/6 6 6 6 6

The 4.0 update made significant changes to ship stats. Below are the slots and slot points before the 4.0 update.

MK	Red slots	Blue slots
1	2 2	3 3
2	3 3	3 3 3
3	3 3	4 4 4
4	4 4	5 5 5 5
5	5 5 5	5 5 5 5
6 and 7	5 5 5	6 6 6 6 6

Note: Needs MK1, MK4, MK6, MK7, and updated MK2 images.

MK2
MK3
MK5

Patch History[ | ]

2.4 Update - June 29, 2017: MK7 added.
2.6 Update - November 14, 2017:
- Position of Defender in menu changed from between Enforcer and Fixer to between Shooter and Speeder.
- MK1 blue slots: 1 → 2
- MK1 blue slot points: 1 → 3
- MK1 unlock level: 5 → 4
- MK2 red slot points: 2 → 3
- MK2 blue slots: 2 → 3
- MK2 unlock level: 11 → 10
- MK3 unlock level: 17 → 16
- MK4 unlock level: 23 → 21
- MK5 unlock level: 29 → 30
- MK6 unlock level: 39 → 40

Strategies[ | ]

The strategies mostly depend on how much defensive items and what weapons you equip.

However, one known strategy is Triple Torpedo, Mine, and Missile Launcher for the weapons with the defensive items being shields, and a Turbo. However, this only works for MK5 and above, so don't try this if your Defender is MK4 or below. Defenders are more defensive ships, but have more blue slots than red slots (The opposite of a Shooter), and with only three weapon slots at MK7, there aren't much useful combos. Also, with ??? speed at MK7, unless you have Turbo, this ship can be pretty slow, even at a higher level.

Setup 1:

Railgun, Big Berta, Swift Torpedo, Big Shield (x1), Turbo, Standard Shield (x2), Bandage.

Overview:

This is an example of a offensive-class defensive strategy, with some HP boosting items with it. This strategy has two heavy-damage weapons in its inventory, so this strategy can usually destroy most enemies. However, be aware of the cooldown of the two weapons (Railgun and Big Berta). The cooldown of the two weapons usually leaves the user vulnerable to additional attacks. You can also switch out that torpedo for a Cannon. You only need one Big Shield, because the Defender only has five blue slots with six in each at MK7.

Setup 2:

Mine (x2), Standard Shield (Filled by HP perks or Defence perks) (x2), Bandage (x2), Turbo

This strategy is only for defending your team. Well support for your team, you cannot attack enemy directly. Strategy is simple but not easy. Throw all mines between your team and enemy team and enemy's behind. This is a good strategy for all Speeders (they cannot see surprises in that high speed, also they don't have much HP and defence, in general are blown up by only one mine). For slot count and cooldown is very careful, time is your big enemy. All mines have a timer. When the timer is over, Mine blows up, damaging all nearby enemies. So, you will gain a big advantage near the end of the match. Enemies cannot move anywhere...

Negative Situations: Don't go in front of your team. Defence is your best friend, because you take much of the damage. You have Bandage, you have shield, but you are not immortal! Do not stop, because Defender is too big ship and easy to hit, Turbo will help you for this situation. Don't try to be a minesweeper. (Enemy team can have a miner too)

Hint: Capture points are not a good mine field, grass, wall corners, little canals, and close range battle locations are good places.

Setup 3:

Blast Cannon (with a perk or talent that increases damage while enemies are on fire), Fire Bomb, Missile Launcher, Turbo (x2) (after getting a high-level Turbo, it can be replaced with a Standard Shield due to the max speed of the ship being reached), Big Shield, Bandage (x2)

This setup helps getting rid of the slowness of the Defender, although your health will be low compared to Defenders using many shields, you would be faster than most other ships, the Fire Bomb has the biggest role of the weapons in this setup, as it deals its own damage and helps increase the Blast Cannon's damage, the Missile Launcher can be used to attack enemies while they are together or to attack at short and mid range to make max benefit of it, the two Bandages will heal you fast when there's no Fixers around, but it's best not to try taking on the whole enemy team with no other friendly ships around, or you will get destroyed somewhat fast.