Devimon Dreadnaught

## Description

Devimon Dreadnaught is an NPR ship belonging to the Devimon. The Devimon Dreadnaught bears a faint resemblance to a freight train engine, having an elongated front cylinder with a rear upper cabin dotted with windows around its perimeter. Just in front of the cabin, the ship bears a spiked collar, bolted down by black streaks of hull plating. The ship has two ventral sphere-like thrusters on each side, and the ship itself is a mix of organic-looking crimson textures and glyph-etched metals.

## Combat and Strategy

All associated items can be found on the Devimon page.

The Devimon are dangerous enemies, with many of their weapons inflicting Heat Damage, Hellfire, or Curse Status Effects.

For Primary Weapons, the devimon have access to variants of Fireballs that apply lots of the heat damage effect - another variant, the Shadowball, applies Slow instead. All of these are fairly easy to avoid at close-range, but at longer distances when they have a chance to speed up, their combined spam can weaken players from afar.

For Secondary Weapons, devimon have access to a high-damage Plasma Cannon analog - the Devimon Hellfire Sphere, which deals heavy damage and applies long durations of Hellfire. Additionally, devimon have Devimon Illusion Seekers and Devimon Curse Seekers that, while lacking in agility, can pick up speed and apply debilitating Hallucination and curse. Devimon also employ Devimon Hellfire Blaster variants that function like low impact, high effect damage Xandelevium Blasters. Devimon Spike variants are used to deal rapid damage and apply pressure at close-to-mid range, allowing the devimon to keep enemies on their toes. Ultimately, players that stay up-close and are evasive will give the devimon a hard time when it comes to actually connecting with any secondary weapons - though getting caught even once can lead to a lot of damage being taken.

For utilities, Devimon use a variety of glyph-like AOE items that apply debuff effects in close proximity. These include:

* Devimon Lethargy
* Devimon Curse
* Devimon Unseeing
* Devimon Drain

Players should take care to avoid these when deployed, as they can quickly cripple player builds.

For Mines, devimon employ Devimon Hellfire Mine variants and Devimon Illusion Mine variants, applying hellfire and hallucination respectively. Players must take care to not sit too close behind a devimon to avoid these effects,

For Proximity Weapons, devimon employ versions of the Blizzard and Heat Blast: Devimon Heat Blast and Devimon Ice Blast, whose windups stay stationary when fired instead of being centered on the user like the former two items. These have a fairly wide AOE, so players should not get so close such that they cannot be avoided in a pinch.

For Large Weapons, players should be wary of the Devimon Portal, which can summon Devimon Sprites that can quickly overwhelm targets. The portal also applies a long duration of curse, so a wise choice would be to wait out the curse and give the devimon a chance to scatter before re-engaging. The devimon also have access to a Devimon Fire Relay, which functions like a Plasma Relay, so players cannot afford to charge head-on into the devimon dreadnaught, instead approaching at an orthogonal angle.

Overall, the devimon can harass at range and feature powerful close-range weaponry, so players must be on top of their game to swap between CQC and long-range depending on the weapons in play. More importantly, players should have some kind of Thermal Shield to deplete the heat damage and hellfire effects.

The Devimon Dreadnaught in particular, having access to all devimon items, can be quite deadly if rushed without consideration - however its large size and low agility makes it easy to attack from afar, as well as approach from a flanking angle where it has very few methods of attack. A 4/8 o'clock angle is ideal for ensuring few of its attacks are able to hit the player if they choose to perform CQC.

## Notes

* More info about the respective NPR in general can be found on the Devimon page and the Devimon category page.
* The Devimon Dreadnaught appears to emit a smoke trail as it moves, further confirming suspicions that it bears a resemblance to a locomotive.