Suck Cannon

Manufacturer

“
Coming soon to a Gadgetron vendor near you, the Suck Cannon is a prototype weapon that uses new quantum technology to suck up small enemies and convert them into explosive projectiles.

”— Description in game manual, Ratchet & Clank
The **Suck Cannon** is a weapon invented by the Blarg and manufactured by Gadgetron, featured in *Ratchet & Clank*, *Up Your Arsenal* and *Size Matters*. Functioning as a deadly vacuum cleaner, it pulls smaller enemies in and uses them as ammunition.

The Suck Cannon can be upgraded to the Gold Suck Cannon in *Ratchet & Clank*. In *Up Your Arsenal*, it can be upgraded to the Vortex Cannon, then to the Mega, Giga and Ultra Vortex Cannons. In *Size Matters*, it can be upgraded to the Titan Suck Cannon.

## History

### *Ratchet & Clank*

During the events of the first game, the Suck Cannon could not be purchased from a Gadgetron vendor, and was still a prototype. As such, the Suck Cannon could be found when Ratchet acquired it on Eudora, but was not available for purchase. Upon completion of the game, the player could purchase the Gold Suck Cannon for 10,000 bolts and 4 gold bolts.

### *Up Your Arsenal*

When Ratchet and Clank returned to Solana in *Up Your Arsenal*, the Suck Cannon had been commercialized and sold in vendors once the player reached the Starship Phoenix, but also had a different appearance and could be upgraded to the Vortex Cannon. Additional changes included the ability to suck up crates.

## Characteristics

The Suck Cannon's appearance in *Ratchet & Clank* is an ovoid shape with a vacuum muzzle at the end, held with a bar at its back and a tube leading to the main gun. In *Up Your Arsenal* and *Size Matters*, the commercialized Suck Cannon is much shorter, with a shorter ovoid shape filled with rotating blades, and a thicker muzzle. When upgraded to the Vortex Cannon, several green pads are placed around the ovoid shape, with the handle bar being bright green.

## Combat

The Suck Cannon will suck in smaller enemies, and when the player stops sucking in enemies with the cannon with some pulled in, the next time the weapon is fired, it will shoot its ammunition out. Ammunition fired out is single-target and will only hit a single enemy. When upgraded to the Vortex Cannon in *Up Your Arsenal* and *Size Matters*, the enemies pulled in become flaming comets, have a greater rate of fire, and can pull in crates. Upgrading the Suck Cannon, and the Vortex Cannon, would increase its ammunition capacity and damage.

The Suck Cannon is a very niche weapon, and its use is situational. However, there are many scenarios in which the player can take advantage of the Suck Cannon. An example in *Ratchet & Clank* is on Pokitaru, in which the player can suck in puffer fishes to then fire at the larger psytopuses. In *Up Your Arsenal*, the Suck Cannon is also useful when fighting tyhrranoids, being able to pull in the one-eyed tyhrranoids to fire at the three-eyed tyhrranoids or mecha tyhrranoids. In situations such as these, the Suck Cannon fills its niche very effectively, but when enemies that are too large to be sucked in are fought, the Suck Cannon cannot be used. When fighting only smaller enemies with no larger ones in sight, the Suck Cannon is often ineffective, as it could potentially not suck in enough enemies to fill its capacity, and will force the player to fire its ammunition at other smaller enemies, a much less efficient use.

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