Overload

The Overload is a tier 5 tank that upgrades from Annihilator and Apprentice at Level 60.

Design
The Overload has a single spawner placed that is very wide, like the Annihilator’s barrel. The spawner is a short wide inverted trapezoid.

Technical
The Overload has a large drone spawner that spawns drones with low reload. It slowly spawns large, slow drones that deal massive damage. The drones are very slow, but very durable and can almost instantly kill a tank. The Overload can spawn 3 drones maximum.

Upgrades
The Overload upgrades from the Apprentice and the Annihilator. It does not upgrade any further.

As the Overload

 * Keep in mind that the drones are very slow and you will need to slow down for them to catch up.
 * Always keep your drones near you, as they can provide effective defense against barrage of bullets and smashers. They can block all sorts of projectiles; including one-shot bullets from planer, bullet spam of machine gun branch and flamethrower (although only temporarily), and even high-charged necromancer if used right!
 * With little control, the Overload is very strong at 1 vs. 1, as its drones stay alive and safely reach opponent to kill it or deal massive damage. This makes Overload good at fending off AI tanks.
 * Avoid placing drones at place far from you; it makes you extremely vulnerable to smasher and tri-angle branch.
 * For smashers, you can just keep your drones around you and wait for the smasher to collide into your powerful drones which are basically faster mega crushers. Unlike bullet spammers, overload's large drones deal same damage to all smashers, effectively blocking small smashers like bonker branch and annoyance.
 * But for tri-angle branch, bring your drones immediately to you or they will collide and kill you. And don't try to kill them; they will just ignore slow drones and come back.
 * Shotgun branch is not as dangerous as you might expect; albeit your drones are slow, it is still capable of killing tanks at far and act as perfect bullet umbrella. Kill shotgun tanks if they come close to you.




 * Don't ever try to kill a boss or sanctuary with drones. Drones may be powerful, but are useless against giant health of sanctuaries and bosses. Not only killing them is very hard or impossible due to regeneration, you are defenseless while the drone spawner is reloading.
 * Don't go in the pentagon nest; drones are good as tank umbrella, but it is very inefficient against omnidirectional attack. This also means avoiding multi-tank fights.
 * Glass build is best build for this tank, because upgrading any other stats is useless.
 * Stay inside your drones because they're big and massive, so it'll be a shield from many tanks. You can also do this if you have a teammate, but, keep in mind, now you're in trouble.
 * This tank is good against AIs since they only move in a straight path.

Against the Overload

 * Try to get around the drones, as if its exposed it is very weak.
 * Go with tri-angle branch, especially Fighter. Drones of Overload is slow, so aim for the moment it is trying to kill other tanks. Smasher and other Director branch is a bit difficult but works the same way. Wait for Overload to switch attention to other tanks then ram it with tank or drone while it is defenseless.
 * Glass build flamethrower branch, especially courser, is effective. The bullet curtain will quickly destroy three drones (basically three mega crushers) and Overload itself.
 * Builder branch can be useful against Overload, since few blocks are enough to kill its drones.
 * Use a jumping tank(Spite-Shot, Marble) to jump into a crevice or otherwise outmaneuver the Overload's slow, bulky drones.
 * Upgrade Movement Speed so that the drones can't reach you. Around 4 points should be plenty.



Trivia

 * The name "Overload" is wordplay of "Overlord"
 * In Arras.io, there is a very similar tank called the “Overclock,” or more recently renamed to “Big cheese,” with some differences:
 * Can only have 1 drone.
 * The drone is surprisingly fast.
 * Is a tier 4 tank.
 * Upgrades into Overcheese in Arms Race.
 * There is a Beta Tester-exclusive variation that is exclusive to Retrograde known as the BIG Balls.
 * The barrel on the tank is slightly larger.
 * The tank used to be Beta-Tester exclusive, and couldn't be accessed by the general public. It can currently be accessed by the general public, however.