Matchlock

The Matchlock is a Tier 5 Tank upgrading from Musketeer at level 60.

Design
The Matchlock has a broad, widening Trap launcher, with two barrels with no purpose resembling Twin Sniper underneath. It has a rectangle at the back with no function.

Technical
The Matchlock shoots many traps (around 18, give/take) from its main barrel, the Trap launcher. These traps have around the same stats as those of the Trapper. The traps disappear after either waiting for around 5 seconds (give/take) or firing a third batch of traps (first disappears).

Strangely, Matchlock has the same FOV as Multishot instead of Trapper.

Upgrades
The Matchlock upgrades from Musketeer at level 60. It does not upgrade any further.

Strategy
WARNING: This tank is very overpowered, needs nerfing, and, if used and tryharded with, will earn the disapproval of ThuliumThe69thElement and many others. Use at your own risk!

As the Matchlock
Where to start...


 * Put Barricade out of its job by firing a few times and quickly creating a wall of traps.
 * This can block most bullets of all but the strongest bullet spammers, so it's good against them.
 * However, avoid strong bullet spammers like pre-nerf Twin Twin or focused-fire ones like Streamliner if you don't have enough Bullet Penetration/Health.
 * If you upgrade Bullet Speed, your traps will be launched basically out of your FOV. Use this to kill fleeing tanks or for ambush attacks.
 * To ambush people, upgrade Movement Speed. It goes along well with Multishot tanks.
 * To kill Sanctuaries, get up close (to the ones that don't attack) and fire all your traps into the Sanctuary. This will take massive amounts of health out.
 * This strategy could work against low-firepower and low-health bosses like Defender solo. Fire a wall of traps before approaching and fire traps from that wall.
 * To kill drone tanks, fire a wall of traps and enter it so that drones cannot get to you, then kill the drone tank.
 * Avoid tanks with fast and small bullets like Nailgun. If you are a daring person, fire at them to hopefully kill before you get killed.
 * Avoid Builder tanks as well. With enough penetration/health, their Blocks can most certainly damage and kill you.
 * Generally, this tank is quite overpowered. Expect to get at least, like, 400k with it, probably more.

Against the Matchlock

 * Use tanks with small and fast bullets like Nailgun to slip through their traps and kill.
 * Use tanks with focused fire like Streamliner. You only have to cut through a small portion of the wall of traps.
 * One-shot tanks like Redistributor or Planer could work. Redistributor is better since its Stabilizer bullet travels faster.
 * However, Matchlock will probably have upgraded Movement Speed, so you'll probably miss. It's worth a *shot* though! (dang bro, you got the whole squad laughing)
 * Really strong bullet spammers like pre-nerf, current-restored-version Twin Twin could kill it if Matchlock doesn't have that much Bullet Health/Penetration.
 * Generally, if you see a Matchlock above 750k, it's best to go over to Oxyrex.io and yeet Ascended Steamroller 69 times with Steamroller. At least they don't have- OH SHOOT THEY DO

Trivia

 * A matchlock is a type of firearm from around the late 15th century. It shot by igniting gunpowder by burning a piece of rope.
 * From 100 meters away it hits with an accuracy of 50%. Much more than Woomy Arras Matchlock! Don't even get me started on Oxyrex—
 * Matchlock does not work in cold weather. It's also impractical to light, so it fires slowly.
 * Unlike the Woomy Arras matchlock, which 69-DESTROYs Chiller and fires like 69420 traps in one millisecond.