Stovepipe

The Stovepipe is a Tier 4 tank that upgrades from the Overseer, the Colony, and the Hexa Tank at level 45.

Design
The Stovepipe has a octgonal body and eight small drone spawners on each side of its body.

Technical
Much like the Director, the Stovepipe controls drones. The Stovepipe's drones are much smaller and weaker than regular drones, however. In addition to its controllable drones, it also spawns auto drones that passively attack nearby things.

The Stovepipe can spawn a maximum of 12 controllable drones and 8 uncontrollable drones and has an increased FoV.

Strategy
The Stovepipe trades off its drones' power for sheer quantity.

As the Stovepipe

 * The Stovepipe's eight spawners make it very quick to respawn its drones.
 * Since the Stovepipe always has AI drones nearby, don't be afraid to attack enemies as your AI drones will protect you somewhat.

Against the Stovepipe

 * Always try to fire at the Stovepipe's drones as it relies on its large quantity of drones to deal damage. With little drones, it cannot deal that much damage.
 * Very agile tanks like the Propeller can also manuever around drones and attack the Stovepipe directly. However, beware of its auto drones hindering you.

History
The Stovepipe was suggested by Clarise and was added on the game on January 13, 2019.