Whirlybird

The Whirlybird is a tier 5 tank that upgrades from the and the  at level 60.

Design
The Whirlybird has a body, and a rotor with 4 blades on it. It has a tail rotor, similar to the.

Technical
The Whirlybird can continue to move in the direction that it was just moving in, even when the player is not pressing the WASD or arrow keys, like the. It can be pushed by players, crashers, polygons, and projectiles. It can also fly through borders in Portal Domination. Like the, the Whirlybird cannot go through portals, and is not affected by the portal’s pull, making this the only way of traversing the different sections of the map. The Whirlybird can fly over rocks, base protectors, portals, and dominators. Doing so will damage the Whirlybird. The Whirlybird also has an upgrade cap of 12, like most other smashers. The Whirlybird also has the same stats and upgrades as the.

As the Whirlybird
Please notice! This strategy is for the editor of this page, real_Sniper_Duel. This strategy may not work for you! Whirlybird is not easy to play, so you may create your own strategy if you think my strategy is not working.

Strong against: Weak bullet tanks with low reload, drone tanks if their drone flew away, AI fighting, AI smashers, crushers.

Weak against: Multishot branch, Octo mini grower (if they are not farming points), AI bullet tanks, flail, Annihilator branch tanks, Boardsword, Spike tanks.

Build:12/12/0/12/6/0 (recommended this build cause the world record holder and most of the players use this build too) or one of the best smasher build (5/11/0/12/12/0). The first build have full body damage and max health making you easy to defence and attack. You also need max speed so you can smash on them before they can kill you. You don’t need a lot of regeneration because you can regenerate in a rock (only for cx version). The second build have something different though. The body damage is not really high but it regenerates super fast, making the tank regenerates while smashing a tank, making the build really nice.

If you see AI tanks fighting, fly to them and smash one to two of the tank(s) and they will die. Leave one AI alone and run away ASAP.

Don’t get too close to Multishot branch tanks, Flail tanks, lance tanks, high bullet damage tanks, chiller tanks (Na this tank weak to like 1/3 of the tanks). If you get too close to a multishot, he will shot all the bullets at you and you are done for. You must get away from flails because that smasher thing on the flail can go through rocks. Even you hide in a rock is no use. If you see that flail spinning and not moving, it is a really good chance. you can go straight through the smasher and smash the flail. Lancer ( I mean long lance tanks) also like the flail, just less damage, but it can also kill you easily. if you see some shore lance tanks, and they want to attack you, don’t move until his lance reached you. When this happen, smash on that lancer guy and kill him. You should also avoid high bullet damage tanks such as chain, a basic with full damage build. They can kill you before you can reach them. Also, like most of the smash branch, avoid chill tanks. They can just stop you from get close to them and escape from them and kill you easily.

Hide in a rock if someone strong attacks you. If an AI is chasing you, and you are near the corner, go through the rocks and turn to another side and run away, so the AI will stuck in the rocks.

Against the Whirlybird
Whirlybird is a strong tank. Don’t get too close if you see he is hiding in a rock. Don’t be too excited when you reach one mil or killed a player. Whirlybirds can sneak through rocks and smash on you. (I have seen a player got one mil and keep spinning, being really excited. I smashed that guy and, you know what happened.) Use high bullet damage tanks is a good idea. you can one/ two shoot him and he will die. You can also use chainsaw to kill him because most of whirlybirds think they can kill you but this is not real. Just don’t get too low health cause his body damage is really high!

Try the flangle, too. You can easily reach the rock and kill him. if he escapes, just chase him cause you are much faster. But don’t get stuck in rocks, or this will be bad too!

Trivia

 * Like the Dirigible, the Whirlybird can never stop moving.
 * Whirlybird is a slang term for helicopter.
 * Despite the fact that Dirigible upgrades from Basiception (which has a turret and is a Ception tank), Whirlybird does not upgrade from Auto-Smasher nor Smashception.