Bounty Hunter (XYZ)

The Bounty Hunter is a Tier 5 Tank that upgrades from Ranger at level 60.

Design
The Bounty Hunter has a unique design with a barrel that is slightly shorter and noticeably wider than Ranger's; about the width of a barrel. Its base is also widened to accommodate the barrel. The main barrel also gains 3 decorative trapezoids near its base all stacked on top of each other in a manner resembling vents or shutters. Finally, the main barrel has a longer base that seems to be about the same width as its main base that stretches farther up the barrel and is layered behind everything.

Technical
The Bounty Hunter is a unique tank that gains stats whenever it kills a tank or boss. Each buff lasts about a minute but they can stack endlessly, albeit with diminishing returns. The more stats you currently have, the weaker your next stat boost will be, putting a soft-cap on how powerful you can become.

Without any boosts, the tank is quite a bit weaker than plain Ranger, but after a few stacks it easily surpasses it.

As the Bounty Hunter

 * You are noticeably weaker than Ranger when you freshly spawn in or otherwise lose all of your buffs. Only take on weak enemies to get your stats up, as you likely will not be able to fight more powerful foes without buffs.
 * Always be on the move and looking for targets. Again, you do not want to be caught in a fight without any buffs.
 * Keep a mental timer of when your buffs run out. You do not want to be caught in a fight when 90% of your power gives out on you.
 * Being a Ranger branch, you have very high FoV. Use your heightened awareness to pick your battles.
 * Picking off Bots is the easiest way to keep your stats high.
 * Beware that your buffs only affect your bullet stats, and your body stats remain unchanged no matter what. At high levels of buff stacking, you are essentially a glass cannon as your body stats do not scale with your bullet ones.
 * You could potentially put more stats in body if you are confident in your ability to maintain buff stacks, as the stacks can supplement your bullet stats. This leads to an interesting mixed-build playstyle that necessitates extreme aggression to keep your bullets viable.

Against the Bounty Hunter

 * You can get a general judge of how many stat bonuses a Bounty Hunter has by how fast its bullets go. Of course, you can also find out by letting one of its bullets hit you, but this can be dangerous if they have stacked their stats high.
 * If you see a Bounty Hunter with extremely high bullet speed, avoid them or stalk them outside their view range and wait for their stat boosts to end.
 * Trapper branches that specialize in scattering traps everywhere can block a Bounty Hunter's shots, thus depriving them of kills and stat ups.
 * Alternatively, Mega Trapper branches that focus on deploying singular powerful traps can provide refuge from a Bounty Hunter's boosted shots.
 * If you are confident in dodging, you can simply wait out a Bounty Hunter's stat boosts. Beware if you see them going for another target though, as they are likely trying to restore their boosts. This gives you an opportunity to attack them.
 * Chiller branches can work if you use your chill defensively, aiming at their bullets rather than the tank itself until you get close enough. This strategy will test your reaction time though, as a buffed Bounty Hunter's shots can go extremely fast; comparable to the speed of a Railgun's bullet.

History
On 7/3/2022, the Bounty Hunter was added to Beta Tanks (TESTBED). This incarnation of the tank gained a flat +1 to all stats upon kill, and each buff lasted for 2 minutes instead of just 1.

On the same day, an unspecified issue with Bounty Hunter was fixed.

Again, on the same day, Bounty Hunter was released branching from Ranger, albeit with its buff duration nerfed to 1 minute and 30 seconds.

On 7/4/2022, Bounty Hunter was buffed with more base bullet speed and damage, and also gained 3x the stats from boss kills.

On 7/6/2022. Bounty Hunter was moved back to Beta Tanks since its ability had been nonfunctional the whole time.

On an unknown date between the preceding and following changes, Bounty Hunter was moved out of Beta Tanks to an unknown Developer branch.

On 7/7/2022, Bounty Hunter was moved back to Beta Tanks with its current soft-cap added.

On 7/9/2022, Bounty Hunter was rereleased, branching from Ranger as it did before.

Later on 7/9/2022, Bounty Hunter was accidentally removed by an unknown developer.

Finally, on 7/10/2022, Bounty Hunter was rereleased, branching again from Ranger with no changes since the 7/7/2022 update.

Trivia

 * This tank was conceptualized and coded by Drako Hyena.
 * Originally this tank's buffs did not have diminishing returns and each buff lasted longer, allowing the tank to become ridiculously powerful after a couple of kills.