Enemies

**Enemies** are your primary targets in the Stages. Destroying the enemies will increase your percentage of enemy destruction, for achieving 70% or 100% enemy destruction medals. When destroying any enemies in a row, it will increase its chain bonus. You will lose the chain bonus and 100% enemy destruction results if you let go or misses one enemy. The difficulty increased (Normal - Hard - Insane - Nightmare), the weapon damage, health, and numbers of enemies and star rewards will be increased. There are different numbers of enemies with varieties of weapons or patterns you may encounter. This list will show all of the enemies you've encountered in the game (Excluding Bosses).

## List and summary of enemies

Below are a table, listing the (unofficial) name, brief description, Stage appearances as well as images. Some enemies here appear in Tournament Stages, despite it not being mentioned.

Special Event Enemies - These enemies are only included in the special event stage (ie. Christmas Tournament) and does not appear in the normal stage.

## Tips and Tricks

* As each Stage has a fixed pattern despite how much you replay, memorizing the locations and types of defenses can help you prepare for them, especially against railguns or high-damaging lasers turrets. This is especially helpful if you have unlocked the ability to supercharge, as you can destroy them as soon as they appear.
* Some enemies have collision effects such as the Prop Plane and Gunship. Take caution and keep your distance to prevent damage from collision. Since those enemy will also be destroyed upon collide with your plane, you can make use of your Energy shield to quickly crash them all without taking damage.
	+ Additionally, most Prop Planes and Drones have low enough HP that a single shot from your Wing Cannons can bring down an entire column of them. Use this strategy to save some time for dealing with other important defenses or other teams of Prop Planes/Drones.
* There are some enemies that require two parts to be destroyed. Destroying the first parts but leaving the second one will render the enemy not destroyed and thus, ruin your chain bonus.
* Stray from moving your Plane excessively when dealing with Gatling Cannons, Spiral Lasers or Flamethrowers..., as their projectiles can cover a big part of the screen in attempts to hit you.
* You can easily evade missiles by quickly get behind them, as they will take time to circle around or unable to do so at all. Be careful if they come in barrages.
* Make sure you know which enemies can nullify your shield in one shot. Misleading use might waste your shield power-ups. Although it protects you from one shot, it is not recommended to do so.
* It is advisable to prioritize Radial Cannons as if left unchecked, they can create walls of bullets along with nearby defenses that are virtually impassible.
* While facing against volatile-based enemies, make sure you prepared to evade the hailstorms of bullets comes from destroyed enemies if you decide to take out the enemies from close range.
* Some enemy weapons require to reload after numerous shots (e.g Railgun). This will be your advantage to take out the enemies quickly while they not firing their weapons. Act quickly before it finishes reloading.

## Trivia

* Most enemies often drop stars, except on Stage 5 in which destroying them is not compulsory.
* Sometimes, when you destroy the Prop Plane, it descends from the air and crashed into the ground.
* The Jet Fighter attack style is much similar to the prop plane in *Sky Force 2004/2006* in later stages.
* When destroyed, The Missile Boat is actually sunk instead of floating in the water.
* Some enemies are exclusive in some stages.
* The Gatling tank resembles the heavy tank in *Sky Force 2014*, but it is more powerful.
* The Heavy fighter is a upgraded version of the interceptor in *Sky Force 2014*, but the turret is replaced by the 3-spread shot bullet launcher and came in groups of three instead of appearing in the edge of the screen in random numbers.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IavMEZ7heQo
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXSXHVOhDZo&list=LL&index=10&t=277s