Apis

**Apis,** God of Strength, is one of the Favors in the game Immortal Redneck. He is the first Favor available to unlock on the Skill Tree, requiring only points spent in Attack Upgrade to gain access to. Apis grants roughly 14% higher max health and 20% higher Attack power, as well as access to four carried weapons and an active ability to become briefly invincible; however, he also grants a sluggish 20 point speed penalty and prevents attaining more than a single jump. Also, unlike the similarly durable Sekhmet, Apis does not grant a defense bonus. This makes Apis require a more bullish playstyle, suiting Apis himself, as the Redneck can't easily avoid most attacks without any midair jumps, and the weapons Apis grants enforce this playstyle, with strong weapons that are unreliable past medium range.

## Equipment and abilities

### Weapons

#### Rusty Revolver

Description: It's a revolver. It's rusty. Solid damage for a handgun, but not as accurate as other handguns at longer ranges.

* Damage Multiplier: ~0.37
* Magazine Size: 6
* Ammo Capacity: 25
* Reticle Bloom: Medium
* Effective Range: Medium

#### Uzi

Description: A machine pistol with a high rate of fire and a high recoil when firing small amounts.

* Damage Multiplier: ~0.08
* Magazine Size: 30
* Ammo Capacity: 190
* Reticle Bloom: Large
* Effective range: Medium-short

#### Gatling Gun

Description: A multi-barrel machine gun which needs to spool up before firing but, once it fires, sprays bullets at an incredible rate.

* Damage Multiplier: ~0.7
* Magazine Size: N/A
* Ammo Capacity: 300
* Reticle Bloom: Large
* Effective Range: Short

#### Grenade Launcher

Description: A weapon which fires pellets of high explosive in a lazy arc. They explode either on contact with an enemy or after a few seconds.

* Damage Multiplier: 1.1
* Magazine Size: 3
* Ammo Capacity: 9
* Reticle Bloom: None
* Effective range: Medium

### Abilities

Active Skill: When used, the Redneck becomes completely invulnerable to all damage for a couple seconds.

Passive Ability: Apis grants the effects of the Heavy Duty scroll, allowing the Redneck to carry 4 weapons. However, while under Apis's favor, the Redneck cannot jump more than once before touching the ground again, and cannot gain extra jumps by any means.

Skill Tree upgrade: Extended duration of active skill.

### Stats

HP: +13.6% bonus

Attack: +20% bonus

Speed: -20 point penalty

Defense: No change

## Strategy

Apis grants high max health and damage but lower speed, and strong starting weapons, as well as a temporary invincibility ability. This lends itself well to a very aggressive playstyle, but it's important not to get too careless as while Apis grants more base health, he does not grant increased defense, nor does he grant any way to easily regain health like Sekhmet and Ammit do. However, those Favors have penalties that might be unappealing- Sekhmet provides very low damage, and Ammit provides low health and defenses. Also, neither Sekhmet or Ammit grant reliable weapons to clear out hordes with, unlike Apis. Apis is a good balance of defense and offense, but at the cost of mobility, meaning that you might end up in a scenario where you are forced to simply bull your way through rather than avoiding the damage. If you want a slow, high-damage class but Apis lacking a long-range option concerns you, then you may want to try Neith.